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Due to the massive and unexpected popularity of the original video gaming Portal, the sequel Portal 2 had very high expectations to live up to. The good news for Portal fans is that the artists at Valve studios managed to surpass the hype and exceed every expectation when it comes to this game.

Even though the replayability is a bit lower then some would like, the value that players get form the single player and co-op campaigns makes it well worth the price. As in the original game, players once again take control of Chell, and they run through a series of logic tests in the Aperture Science testing chambers using their only "weapon", the iconic portal gun. Each chamber offers a unique experience, and Portal fans are sure to love the return of old favorites like turrets and weighted cubes.

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The PC game Hydro Thunder is one of the classic racing games that many people loved to play in the arcade and then when it came out for consoles as well. This water racing game is now being ported to Tegra based devices under the name Riptide GP. This is more than a typical racing game, because the environment is amazing. It can be best described as motocross on steroids, on water.

For those who've never played the original, in this game you're a fearless jet-ski riding maniac faced with tight curves, massive jumps and narrow canals. The powerful NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor calculates the water rendering effects in real-time. The environment is always changing and it never shifts in the same direction, which makes every race play out differently. This game is expected to hit stores in May, and it will be featured in the Tegra Zone.

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The war strategy game Total War: Shogun 2 is the latest PC games to hit the shops. The Total War series is unique in combining epic real-time and turn based strategy gameplay in both single player and multiplayer modes. Shogun 2 is an incredible cohesive game, with authentic art style and separate types of gameplay integrated into one of the best strategy games of all time.

The learning curve is fairly steep for newcomers, but worth mastering through the use of tutorials. There are fairly extensive tutorials for both land battles, sea battles and even a walk through of the early stages of the campaign. You always have the option to enable text and audio tooltips, which can be really helpful to remember what everything in the game does. Once you get used to all the details, Shogun 2 will still prove to be a complex and challenging game but rarely confusing.