ReviewsRainbow Six Vegas 2

Rainbow Six Vegas 2 looks and plays like a rehash of last year’s original. Put both action shooters side by side and you’d be hard-pressed to distinguish between them. This doesn’t mean Vegas 2 is terrible—the first game was a righteous shoot-’em-up that melded quick pacing with exciting firefights. The follow-up fleshes out the story and completes the plot lines left unfinished in the last go-round, but it falters from the same tiresome action sequences that are more frustrating than challenging.

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ReviewsFrontlines: Fuel of War

With the price of oil surpassing $100 a barrel, the apocalypse imagined in Frontlines: Fuel of War may not be so far away. In this vision of the future, the world’s remaining superpowers—split between two factions—clash in a winner-take-all war for Earth’s last oil reserves. Lucky for us, this makes a great backdrop for some intense multiplayer skirmishes.

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ReviewsZalman FPSGun FG1000

We've tested some crazy mice over the years, from ergonomic wonders designed to prevent RSI to dedicated gaming mice shaped like an actual handgun, but the new Zalman FPSGun is one of the oddest-looking designs we've ever tested. We approve of its neutral-grip, sensor-forward design, but the actual implementation has resulted in a mouse that's just too small for the vast majority of gamers to use.

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NewsNvidia Launching New Hardware to Coincide with Crysis Release

It's no longer rumor: Nvidia will launch new hardware in November.

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FROM THE ARCHIVEBattlefield 2142

The latest Battlefield installment leaves Nazi's behind and tackles the future's tougher issues, like ad placement.

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FROM THE ARCHIVEPrey

Use your inherited Native American prowess to defeat otherwordly foes in one hell of a shooter.

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