Top Holiday 2007 PC Games

BioShock is a superb game on all levels. The game play and features are fresh and exciting while the game's environments and graphics are a visual delight to the eyes. However it's the compelling storyline that will captivate, pull you in, and leave you wishing for more when it's all over.
Genre: Action - First Person
Theme: Sci-Fi
Rating: "M" for Mature

An alien race has invaded earth in this sci-fi action shooter from Crytek, the creators of the 2004 hit Far-Cry. Set in 2019, Crysis puts players in the role of Jack Dunn, a Delta Force agent, as he trys to save the planet, battling aliens with all types of state of the art weapons and equipment. Cryis contains a detailed single player campaign and multiplayer mode which supports up to 32 players.
Genre: Action - First Person
Theme: Sci-Fi
Rating: "M" for Mature

Part first person shooter, part role playing game, Hellgate London is a post apocalyptic game set in a future under seige by hordes of Demons. Massive and detailed environments await as players gain experience and level up through action packed battles through underground dungeons, city streets, and more.
Genre: Action/RPG - First Person
Theme: Sci-Fi
Rating: "M" for Mature

World in Conflict is a real-time tactical game (a.k.a. real time strategy) set in 1989 just before the fall of the Soviet Union. However in World in Conflict, the Soviet Union does not fall and the world spirals into conflict. The game contains three game modesl; a single player campaign, skirmish mode and multiplayer mode. Players can choose from one of two factions in the single player campaign (USA or Nato), while multiplayer allows for play as USA, NATO or the Soviet Union.
Genre: Strategy - Real-Time Tactical
Theme: Alternate History
Rating: "T" for Teen

The smash Xbox360 hit, Gears of War is making it's way to the PC as a Games for Window title. Gears of War is a third person shooter as elite forces battle to save the inhabitants of the planet Sera. The Windows version of Gears of War will contain advanced DirectX 10 graphics as well as addition content not found in the console version with five new single player campaign chapters.
Genre: Action - Third Person
Theme: Sci-Fi
Rating: "M" for Mature

The battle for Earth between Humans and the alien Strogg continues in Enemy Territory Quake Wars, a multiplayer first person shooter set in popular Quake universe of a Planet Earth under attack. Featuring a class based system Quake Wars offers a fun and balanced multiplayer expereince with individual and team based objectives, a wide variety of weapons and land, sea and air vehicles.
Genre: Action - Multiplayer First Person Shooter
Theme: Sci-Fi
Rating: "T" for Teen

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare moved the Call of Duty franchise away from World War II and into a modern battlefield. This first person shooter focuses on modern infantry warfare set mainly in the Middle East. The single player campaign puts players in the role of US and British soldiers. The multiplayer mode will include a somewhat customizable class based system of game play simliar to those found in many multiplayer first person shooters.
Genre: Action - First Person Shooter
Theme: Modern Military
Rating: "M" for Mature

Released nearly two years ago Half-Life 2 is still alive and kicking. The Orange Box is the ultimate Half-Life 2 bundle. Five(5) games in one box the original Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2, Portal, Half-Life 2: Episode One and the newest expansion Half-Life 2: Episode Two. Half-Life 2: Episode Two contains 7 more chapters following the story of our crobar wielding hero Gordon Freeman and his journey to the White Forest.
Genre: Action - First Person Shooter
Theme: Sci-Fi
Rating: "M" for Mature

The Witcher is a computer role playing game based on the series of novels by Andrzej Sapkowski. In the game players take on the role of a monster hunter know as a witcher. The game can be played in a traditional top down view that many computer RPGs have nad was built using BioWare's Aurora Engine game engine which was used in the original Neverwinter Nights.
Genre: Action/RPG
Theme: Horror
Rating: "M" for Mature

Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts is the first expansion to the award winning World War II real-time strategy game Company of Heroes. Opposing Fronts is a stand alone expansion that adds two new factions to the battles; the British and the Panzer Elite. Since this is a stand alone expansion the original Company of Heroes is not required to play.
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Theme: World War 2
Rating: "M" for Mature