(NAPSI)-Action, entertainment, even education: today's popular video games offer all that and more, for players of all ages. With all the hype surrounding the PlayStation 2, video games are sure to become even more popular this season. Here are just some of the great titles to check out at local stores, from some of the biggest companies in the interactive entertainment software business:

For PlayStation 2

If you have a hardcore gamer on your gift list who waited in line for hours to get his PlayStation 2 console, you will want to check out Infogames' Unreal Tournament. Unreal Tournament provides mature gamers with a console version of the highly popular, award-winning PC action game, which pits players against the toughest warriors in the galaxy in multiple contests and settings. The goal: to become the Unreal Grand Master, testing your skills against, or fighting alongside, teams of "bots." Unreal Tournament is available for $49.99.

For a PlayStation 2 title that will appeal to everyone on your list, check out Real Pool for $39.99. A billiards simulation game, Real Pool offers real-world physics and dynamic graphics, with every shot behaving as it would on a real pool table. You can chalk up your skills with any of the 12 different game modes including 25 puzzle games that take place on uniquely shaped tables such as a cloverleaf, a star, a triangle and an H-shaped table.

For PlayStation

The Looney Tunes characters are on the loose in two new games that kids of all ages will enjoy. Looney Tunes Racing brings the infamous Looney Tunes gang to life in this zany head-to-head kart racing game. Take a spin as Yosemite Sam, Daffy Duck or one of your other favorite Looney Tunes characters races through 16 unique tracks, including the Hollywood Sound Stage and Marvin the Martian's Planet X. Or, if adventures are more your style, try Bugs Bunny and Taz Time Busters. An update to last year's best-selling Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time game. This time around, Bugs teams up with Taz to travel through five different eras and outsmart some of the toughest Looney Tunes adversaries around, including Yosemite Sam and Elmer Fudd. Each title is available for $19.99.

Driver 2, the sequel to the best selling PlayStation game of 1999, Driver, will be a very popular title this holiday season. Driver 2, a mission-based driving game, provides a completely new level of interactivity including split-screen multi-play and the ability to get in and out of vehicles to perform the tasks in the game. You can drive through realistic recreations of cities such as Chicago, Las Vegas, Havana, Cuba and Rio de Janiero, Brazil while listening to a retro inspired soundtrack put together with the help of Polygram/Universal. Driver 2 is reselling for $49.99.

For PC

From the makers of the popular Putt Putt and Freddi Fish series come two new PC titles for children. Humongous Entertainment's Blue's Reading Time Activities and Blue's Art Time Activities, both feature the popular puppy from the Nick Jr. series, "Blue's Clues."

In Blue's Reading Time Activities, preschoolers work with Blue and Steve to create their own newspaper, the Big News Gazette, while practicing basic reading skills. Blue's Art Time Activities lets preschoolers unleash their imaginations by creating fun arts and crafts projects on the computer including murals, dioramas and invitations to an art show. They can even win a prize for their work! Each title sells for $24.99.

Need a gift for the rugged tough guy in your family, look no further than WizardWorks, DeerHunter 4 or Dirt Track Racing: Sprint Cars. At $19.99 each, they're a steal! An exciting action game, Deer Hunter 4 keeps deer season alive year round for the hunting enthusiast. And, Dirt Track Racing: Sprint Cars, features the alcohol-burning, loud-as-thunder driving of its real-life counterparts as players slew the dirt and mud of 20 different tracks.

For Dreamcast

The Looney Tunes aren't appearing only on PlayStation. Dreamcast owners will get their own taste of the wild Warner Bros. gang with Looney Tunes Space Race from Infogames. This title is an unearthly arcade racing game where players race their characters in unique rocket-powered space vehicles through Looney Tunes-inspired graphically-rich environments that are so life-like you'll feel like you're in an actual Looney Tunes cartoon. This title is available for $29.95.

So whether it's racing, adventure, action or educational gaming the person on your shopping list is looking for, you can't go wrong with any of these fascinating titlesÉeven if you can't get that coveted PlayStation 2.

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