If you're a PC gamer who enjoys the mobility of a laptop, then you might want to keep an eye on Bigfoot Networks. This company has been developing products to help reduce network latency in desktop PCs for years, but it branched out to notebooks this month with the launch of its new series of Killer Wireless-N adapters.

“Gaming has changed over the years. So has Bigfoot,” said John Drewry, vice president of marketing. “Notebooks now have a demand for gaming. This whole performance segment of notebooks has blossomed and continues to be a growing segment of the market.”

Like the mysterious man-beast from which the network card company draws its name, Bigfoot Networks has entered 2011 by leaving its footprint all over the gaming hardware marketplace. ASUS, Gigabyte and MSI – three leading motherboard and hardware manufacturers – have unveiled at this year's Consumer Electronics Show that they are creating components specifically for the hardcore PC gamer, and as part of their new motherboard specs they’ve included embedded Killer 2100 chipsets to serve as their onboard network connections.