Evil has never been so much fun.

It has been a long time coming, but finally there is some serious competition to the mantle assumed by the behemoth that is NVIDIA. The Radeon 8500 is the latest graphics chipset from ATI, which itself is a graphics giant, though does not possess nearly the same public profile in the consumer 3D market. Unlike previous ATI cards that featured exclusively on ATIs own branding and PCB, the Radeon 8500 and 7500 are open to other board manufacturers, presumably to take a bigger bite out of NVIDIAs lucrative market share.

The Radeon 7500 is the little brother to the Radeon 8500 and is essentially an enhanced version of the original Radeon card, an example of which was tested in this round-up as a yardstick and included in the performance graphs (pages 50-51). It features the Charisma Engine; ATIs equivalent of the T&L engine found in GeForce-based cards.

A familiar plot – meddling with forces beyond our control – and some new weapons greet you as you once again enter the Mars UAC facility.

Fans of the films will probably get a kick out it, but it's probably not the greatest use of the franchise.

A new take on an old classic, with a first-person perspective and mixed results.

This card is the same card as the Bravura Evil Master II, but without the retail extras thrown in. The card itself is a fairly plain-looking affair - a simple green PCB (printed circuit board) with a small cooling fan and heatsink over the GPU, and an array of RAM modules absent of the large RAM heatsinks now commonplace on the NVIDIA models.

This is a collection of essays from the people who are pioneering peer-to-peer networking projects today.

Based on the books and film of the same name. Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events follows the story of the mysteriously orphaned Baudelaire siblings and their evil guardian Count Olaf.

We love English women with sexy accents.

A class above the rest, here's a game that's guaranteed to keep you awake at night.

Sacred first graced the pages of PC Authority just nine months ago, at which time we rated it as a solid RPG experience that would hold its own in a tough environment. Re-released with the Plus upgrade (also available via download), Sacred Plus improves a strong title and implements many of the suggestions made by the game's loyal online community.

Several attempts have been made to capture the scale and atmosphere of Tolkien's epic on PC, but few have come close. In The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth, EA Games has combined relatively straightforward RTS gameplay with an outstanding look, impressive atmospherics and a remarkably accessible interface.

With Warhammer: Age of Reckoning and World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King about to hit, Funcom has its work cut out with this new MMORPG.

Fantastically fun and balanced play, especially if you don't Rambo your way through the game

The world is Paragon City, in which costumed heroes patrol the skies or walk the streets.

A much-hyped console epic comes to the PC, but unlike others that have made the move this deserves its press.

If only all film licensed games were as wonderful as this thoroughly enjoyable game!

Logan Booker didn't think it was possible to take the 'playing' out of 'RPG'.

Is it a kids' toy? Almost: it's a shakeable MP3 player. We put it through its paces.