Consistently attracting one of the largest online groups is the first person shooter (FPS) genre. While the flavours vary, most FPSes boil down to the player moving around three-dimensional maps, pick

It would be misleading to imply that FPS games are the only game in town when talking about player numbers. While the total number of gamers who could be classed as online role-playing gamers first an

Nick Ross straps himself to ATI’s would-be SLI killer and asks does it deliver the goods?

For: Uses the Doom 3 engine so it'll run smoothly and look nice. Attempts to be original.Against: Fails to be original. Succeeds at being a funless parody of the genrel imparts no sense of achievement.

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FIC's Condor has answered the call this month, offering gamers an easy to upgrade system, wrapped up in a one of the most innovative cases we've seen.

Over the last few years there is no doubt mainstream PCs have leant increasingly towards visual applications. The power of visually communicating has grown in acceptance as more and more products and applications reach fruition.

Half-life to share its platform with Doom.

Half-life to share its platform with Doom.

Half-life to share its platform with Doom.

A fantastic specification notebook with all the trimmings you'd expect to find on more expensive notebooks, the Joybook 8100-V13 has a 15.4in widescreen WXGA with native 1280 x 800 resolution. With ATI's Mobility RADEON 9600 graphics, boasting 64MB dedicated video memory, it's great for DVD playback or gaming -- the unit returned 9,502 marks under 3DMark01SE Pro, more than enough to provide comfortable gameplay with a decent number of fps even in recent games. BenQ has gone as far as to include not just a DVD-ROM for DVD movie playback, but an optical DVD writer, capable of 2-speed DVD+R media writing, ideal for both business archiving or for personal backup.

Sometimes it’s best to deliver bad news straight up – Pariah is a really mediocre first person shooter.

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault was a huge hit a few years ago, boasting a D-Day landing most of us will never forget. Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault takes the war to the Japanese; across Pearl Harbour, Guadalcanal and the Makin and Tarawa Atolls.

Windows Vista beaten to the punch by Linux? Unthinkable!

For a company whose only other major release was the original Half Life, Valve has pushed the boundaries with fresh, bold gameplay that stays true to the legendary legacy.

If you want realism in your WWII shooters, look no further.

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Is the mighty Quake franchise becoming tired and repetitive? Or is this the best one yet?

It's time to get ready for the return of SiN, Ritual Entertainment's resplendent first-person shooter.

Explore the burnt out shell of Chernobyl while shooting and savaging your way to the top.