Holiday gift guide for gamers

Best gaming gifts and gadgets to buy this holiday season

2010 was a bumper year for gaming. From January onwards, there has been an avalanche of great video games and gaming peripherals vying for gamers' dollars. In the following slideshow, we highlight some of the best products of the year for PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii, Sony PSP and Nintendo DS. If you're stumped on what to get your gaming buddy this Christmas, make sure it's something from this list. To read our in-depth review, click on the image for each product.

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Blizzard StarCraft 2

Starcraft 2 is an excellent single player and multiplayer real-time strategy game. There are a few niggles that stop it being perfect, but a heady combination of nostalgia, evolution and classic gameplay combine to produce one of the best games we've played in years.

  • Review Date:
  • Reviewer:
  • Manufacturer:
  • 3rd Sept., 2010
  • Campbell Simpson
  • Blizzard
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  • Price:
  • 4.75
  • $ 99.95
  • Pros:
  • It's just like Starcraft 1, the storyline is epic, massive replayability, a few choice improvements in gameplay and graphics
  • Cons:
  • It's just like Starcraft 1, occasional gameplay glitches, why did it take 12 years?

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