This year Science Fiction Weekly journeyed to E3 to check out the hot SF titles our readers can look forward to playing, and below we've previewed 10 of the most promising we saw. It was a tremendous hit, and now there's a sequel that adds all the recent advances in RTS games to the intricate and mysterious world of Frank Herbert's Dune . All the battles take place on the desert planet Arrakis, and players can command either House Atreides, House Harkonnen or House Ordos. The stealthy Fremen and ferocious Sarduakar Terror Troops also make appearances.
Game play involves harvesting spice and building bases, troops, tanks, etc.
Enter Aliens vs. Predator , a shooter with a difference. In this game players can play three separate races. He's slow and has powerful weapons and a motion tracker that senses when monsters or other Marines are nearby. The Alien Xenomorph is whip-fast but has no ranged weapons. Its claw and tail attacks, though, do ferocious damage and make sushi of anything they hit.