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While Rainbow Six Vegas 2 got good reviews, it was clearly noted that it's got much more in common with the original game than new content. A fan pack was released this week adding in a map from the first R6V among other things, and my recent play time with a rental of Vegas 2 led me to not buy the game and miss out on this content, at least for now.

I still have the original Rainbow Six Vegas and there's not much wrong with it in the gameplay department. The visuals were a little rough even when it launched, there are some sound glitches, and the warts of the Unreal Engine were stereotypically present. That includes sometimes slower texture loading and pop-in. Overall it's a fun game, but I never did ascend even halfway up the ranking system in the game. Add in the fact that most of my PS3 online gaming group has the game and can play it pretty well and there's a good reason to sit tight with the existing version of the game.

Grand Theft Auto IV is looking mighty fine with two new services revealed last week ahead of its April 29th launch, but beware of preorders. Rainbow Six Vegas 2 was supposed to be a shoo-in on the PS3 after its very strong predecessor but it has launched with online multiplayer problems, teaching early adopters a bit of a lesson in either crowd expectations or patience. Sony reveals that they've been toying with online services for about 11 years now, dating back to the PS1, and several high-profile games have been patched on the PS3 bringing them up to snuff.

In other news the PC is still going strong with Steam signing up Epic's slate of games and The Sims 3 announced for delivery next year. This and more in this week's Gaming News Roundup after the jump