From Russia With Fire

Hardcore gamers with a strong appreciation for eye candy are generally well-acquainted with Russian game developer GSC Game World. Their team has already turned many heads with the pre-launch of Stalker, due out next year, which combines eye-popping graphics with a creative storyline. The less well known Firestarter, another of the team's projects, has just reached gold status and will be out in stores shortly.

Seems this guy is looking for breakfast
(Click on the image to open a window with a unscaled JPG image)

Firestarter is a classical, action-packed first-person shooter set in the year 2010. The first-person shooter is a computer gamer trapped in a virus-infected VR gaming machine called Firestarter. The character is forced to complete all 16 levels of the four simulated high-tech worlds to escape from the VR trap.

Of course, the game won't just let the player waltz out without putting up a fight and sends its own horde of fantasy-type monsters out to slaughter and frag. With twenty different types of monsters, the game offers a wide variety of opponents. The player can choose from five different character classes, which differ in strength and speed as well as special ability.