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• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.4 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Heatseeker isn't a good game, but it manages to be fun in spite of its many shortcomings. Read review

Specs: Teen, IR Gurus, Action, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.6 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Perhaps IGI 2's biggest problem is that instead of drawing you into a thrilling adventure, it makes you feel like you're just going through the motions in a generic shooter. Read review

Specs: Mature, Innerloop, Action, Sc-Fi Action Adventure, Modern, 1-16 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.0 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 2 reviews

The Bottom Line: Dirt 3 is a superb off-road racer that adds some great new features and improves upon its predecessor at just about every opportunity. Read review

Specs: Teen, Codemasters, Driving

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.9 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Soldiers: Heroes of World War II is a very good game that should appeal most to hardcore strategy fans, due to its intricate, challenging gameplay and great presentation. Read review

Specs: Teen, Best Way, Strategy, Real-Time Military, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.7 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: It may not be quite up to the level of quality of its Xbox counterpart, but TOCA 2 is still a very good choice for PC owners on the hunt for a new racer. Read review

Specs: Teen, Codemasters, Driving, General Driving, 1-12 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.3 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Despite a few rough patches, Second Sight ought to be an entertaining and unique ride for just about any action fan. Read review

Specs: Teen, Free Radical Design, Action, First-Person Adventure, Sci-Fi, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.5 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 2 reviews

The Bottom Line: Poor level design poisons Jericho's awesome but unrealized potential. Read review

Specs: Mature, Mercury Steam, Adventure, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.8 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Prisoner of War is a short but original and often entertaining game that challenges you to free yourself from the clutches of the Germans during World War II. Read review

Specs: Teen, Wide Games, Adventure, Historic Action Adventure, Historic, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.0 stars Mediocre

  Overall score: 4.5 (2.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Serious control issues spoil an already bland adventure. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Climax Group, Puzzle

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.0 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: IndyCar Series is a game that will appeal to fans of the sport who aren't looking for a strict simulation, but the lack of depth to the modes will only make it worth a rental for most. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Codemasters, Driving, Formula One Racing, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.0 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: This demon-controlling adventure lets you do more fun things with your evil minions, but Overlord II hasn't shaken all of the issues that held back the first game. Read review

Specs: Teen, Triumph Studios, Action, Action - adventure, Fantasy

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.5 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Race Driver pushes the DS hardware to its limits, and the result is a deep and enjoyable racing game. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Firebrand Games, Driving, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.0 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 3 reviews

The Bottom Line: If you have any interest whatsoever in off-road racing you'd do well to take this beautiful and thrilling game for a spin. Read review

Specs: Teen, Codemasters, Driving

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: Everyone, Codemasters, Driving

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.3 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 2 reviews

The Bottom Line: As a graphical showpiece, DiRT is an unbridled success. It also happens to be an entirely enjoyable rally racer. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Codemasters, Driving, Racing / driving - rally / offroad, Realistic, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: Everyone, Codemasters, Driving, Racing / driving - Formula 1, Realistic

• CNET Editor rating:
  1.0 stars Terrible

  Overall score: 2.5 (1.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: The game plays so poorly that you'll never feel compelled to actually trudge through and see what it has to offer. Read review

Specs: Teen, Codemasters, Sports, Boxing, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.0 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Dirt 3 is a superb off-road racer that adds some great new features and improves upon its predecessor at just about every opportunity. Read review

Specs: Teen, Codemasters, Driving

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.5 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 3 reviews

The Bottom Line: TOCA 3 boasts an awesome variety of racing disciplines, and it backs that boast up with some really excellent driving mechanics. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Codemasters, Driving, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.2 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Perimeter is without a doubt one of the most innovative real-time strategy games to appear in years. Read review

Specs: Everyone, K-D Lab, Strategy, Real-Time Strategy, Sci-Fi, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 5 reviews

The Bottom Line: Grid is a classy arcade racing game, providing enough depth and variety to satisfy any fan of the genre. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Codemasters, Driving, Racing / driving - GT/street, Realistic, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.0 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Dirt 3 is a superb off-road racer that adds some great new features and improves upon its predecessor at just about every opportunity. Read review

Specs: Teen, Codemasters, Driving

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.6 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 3 reviews

The Bottom Line: RF Online has a compelling player-versus-player component, but the rest of the game is tedious and uninspired. Read review

Specs: Teen, CCR, Inc, Role-Playing, Online games - RPG (MMORPG), Fantasy, Massively Multiplayer

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.0 stars Mediocre

  Overall score: 4.0 (2.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Hospital Tycoon tries to inject a bit of drama into its by-the-numbers tycoon game formula, but ultimately ends up dead on the operating table. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Big Red Software, Simulation, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.8 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Don't let the budget price tag fool you. Colin McRae Rally 04 is every bit as good as its most recent predecessor, and in many ways, it's quite a bit better. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Codemasters, Driving, Rally / Offroad Racing, Realistic, 1-4 Players