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Counter-Strike: Source

Counter-Strike: Source
Monday February 21, 2005
Written by Dan Chiappini
It isn't an add-on, a mod or a new way of playing the world's most popular online shooter. Counter-Strike: Source is the same game that's known, loved and often responsible for gamers sitting motionless for days on end. But it's now been ported to Valve's new 3D engine, the Source engine, giving us our first glimpse of the technology that will be powering Half-Life 2.
Half-Life 2

Genre: Shooter / FPS, Publisher: Vivendi Universal, ESRB Rating: M - (Mature), Media: DVD-ROM

The Half-Life 2 with Deathmatch DVD collects two of the must-have shooter games, bringing you twice the action. Start out with Half-Life 2, where you return to the alien research facility called Black Mesa. The aliens are now pouring into our world and you'll join the resistance movement to stop them. Battle it out with friends in crazy, realistic mulitplayer action with Half-Life 2: Deathmatch. Then test your tactical abilities with Half-Life: Source -- where the gaming kicks up a notch through the amazing Source game engine.

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Sony PSP 3000 Black Console

333 MHz Processor, 4.3 in. Screen, Installed RAM: 64 MB, Gaming Type(s): Multiplayer Gaming, Ports: 1 x USB 2.0

The PSP gaming library is hundreds of titles strong and covers a wide variety of genres. Whether you are seeking the hard hits of football or the strategy of a puzzle game, there's sure to be many games for you. The PSP is capable of graphics quality that is comparable to the PlayStation 2, but in a pocket-sized package that you can take wherever you go.

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Half Life 2 The Orange Box for Xbox 360

Shooter / FPS, Rating: M - (Mature),up to 16 players, published by: EA - Electronic Arts

The Orange Box includes all the content of The Black Box, plus the original Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2 Episode One.Half-Life 2 Episode Two -- the second installment in Valves episodic trilogy advances the award-winning story, leading the player to new locations outside of City 17.Portal.

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This article appeared in the March, 2005 issue of PC Authority.
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