I'm also in the hunt for a capable gaming laptop.
I would suggest looking into these:
Asus G750
MSI GE70
Or a custom build from Nova-tech / PC Specialist / Overclockers
Something with a Nvidia GTX---m GPU, i7 and 4gb or more RAM
I will be ordering the Asus due to the cooling, but your requirements may differ.
One downfall of that laptop is no SSD. Would rather have an SSD as the main HDD.