A combination of Battlefield 1942 with Jedi Knights it may well be, but Lucas Art's Star Wars Battlefront is a polished representation of the Star Wars universe that will satisfy sci-fi geeks and action gamers alike.

It's to the video game arm of the Star Wars franchise what "The Phantom Menace" was to the films.

RTS is getting tired and repetitive, and Star Wars games have been famous for almost always being bad.

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

Simple classic fun with a healthy dose of nostalgia for good measure.

LG’s dual-format drive is ideal for those who invested in HD-DVD before Blu-ray romped to victory in the HD wars.

Empire: Total War is a game that’ll appeal to history nerds and fans of previous Total War titles.

The format wars continue as Blu Ray comes to a monster laptop at a monster price.

This is a game that pushes PC hardware to the limit, and puts so called ‘next-gen’ consoles to shame.

The best compact Sony yet, with bags of features squeezed into a very stylish package.

The easyStore is basic, but it’s good value and its iSCSI capabilities give it an edge over the competition

A new focus on animation, better video support and deeper integration, but not the core authoring package it once was.

We've seen interesting mouse designs before, but none quite like this. Microsoft's new Arc mouse fold up like a mobile. See our photo gallery here.

Epic plot and an intruiging mix of RPG and FPS make Mass Effect worth a look, though we can't help but see some similarity with Knights of the Old Republic.

As well as being the first company to launch EIDE DVD burners into the mainstream IT marketplace, Pioneer is the company behind DVD-R and DVD-RW recordable media formats. In the last couple of years, it has fought hard to stave off competition from Philips' rival standard, DVD+RW, and until recently buying a DVD recorder meant locking yourself into one standard over the other.

Dell Dimension XPS B733r

Welcome back, Marantz, you’ve been missed. The VP-11S1 is a deadly rival for the established high-end projector specialists

A workgroup printing workhorse that delivers classy mono and colour print quality

A workgroup printing workhorse that delivers classy mono and colour print quality.

An exciting glimpse at future performance, but by the time games appear to make them worth buying, the price will have plummeted.