How can it be that time of year already? But it is! December 25 is upon us, bringing with it all of the regality and joy of the festive season. For many of you, today is a day of wild partying, gift-giving, and reconvening with old friends ...

There's something about late December that makes me want to dig out my GameCube, a stack of games, and a full set of official, full-sized, non-junky controllers. Maybe you can directly relate, or maybe you have your own personal "gaming com...

Officially, Death Stranding's update 1.08 brings "various performance improvements" to the game, but dig slightly deeper, and you'll notice something different. Something festive. Santa hats are popping up! As spotted by redditor ashtinfay,...

IO Interactive has revealed Hitman 2's content plans for the Holiday season. The coming weeks will see the return of disguises, missions, events and even weapons that all feature a dash of Christmas cheer.From today through December 20, the...

This edition of Bloggers Wanted is going to be focused on video game “families.” We’re steamrolling ever-closer to Thanksgiving and then onto the hell month that is December, culminating in yet another reason (aka Christma...

Fans, (or should that be "fangs"), of Bandai Namco's gothic anime adventure Code Vein will be pleased to hear that the publisher has finally released details regarding season pass content, which will start to roll out in 2020.Three DLC pack...

Nintendo has released a new trailer showcasing the festive fun headed to mobile racing title Mario Kart Tour. The Winter Tour got underway yesterday, bringing new content and offering up holiday-themed rewards.Snowy new course DK Pass has b...

Nintendo's mobile-racer Mario Kart Tour is gearing up for the holiday season, with the latest reveal of a new Winter Tour, which will get underway tomorrow, November 19, at 22:00 PT.The event was announced on Twitter by developer DeNO, advi...

It's not ugly sweater season just yet, but Nintendo is ready for the holidays. A retailer named Geek Store has begun selling three official Nintendo Christmas sweaters: one for Mario, Luigi, and Bowser; one for Princess Peach; and one for P...

Fans of tongue-in-cheek RPG Cthulhu Saves The World have reasons to be cheerful this week, as it appears ol' tentacle face will be returning in a new adventure, Cthulhu Saves Christmas. This new game was announced by indie outfit Zeboyd Gam...

[Image: In lieu of any games I played, here's actor Dick Miller, who I'm pretty sure appeared in every single movie that I've ever watched, and who passed this week at 90 years of age. RIP buddy.]The first month of 2019 is done. Can you bel...

Looks like we already at the end of the first week of 2019, if not the first full week, but why be picky about these things? Fact is, the new year is underway and I'm already quite ill, which better not be a portent for things to come over ...

It's that awkward week between Christmas and the start of a brand new year. Some of us will still be off work, others will never have been off work. Some companies are still closed, while some outlets are running weekend hours. Human sacrif...

Players logging into Ubisoft's tactical shooter Rainbow Six Siege over the Holiday period will bag themselves a special "Holiday Pack" (Siege's variant on in-game loot boxes) containing a free Operator that is yet to join your roster of hea...

Sony's PlayStation Classic retro console, which released at the start of this month, has dropped its price-tag from around $100 USD to around $60 USD at certain retail outlets.Both GameStop and Walmart are among the retailers knocking almos...

It's Christmas, the one day of the year the world comes together to celebrate the time Bruce Willis dropped Alan Rickman off Nakatomi Plaza. There are probably other things we celebrate too, but I'm far too drunk on the expired Four Loko I'...

[It may be Christmas Day, but that doesn't mean it's too late to request a belated holiday card! Get yer orders in. Digital cards should be incoming sometime today!] It's that time of year again! No, not the time of year where Uncle Terry g...

The weather outside isn't particularly frightful, to be honest. It's just pretty grey, which is essentially British weather 90% of the year. Regardless it's the big day. The finale of what is, for many, weeks of planning, spending and total...

For many of you, the week is over, and the holidays have begun. Some of you will be off work now until after the 25th. For others it will be business as usual. Some may be sitting at home, basking in self, while others will be making long t...

The holiday season is upon us, friends. That means me drinking my weight in crappy eggnog-flavored coffee. It means rushing around to buy dumb junk for my kids that they will be less interested in than the box it came in. And of course, mos...

You may recall, earlier this year, that Blizzard commissioned a stop-motion animated short to celebrate the second anniversary of their popular online shooter, Overwatch. As the holidays approach, it appears the same team have been hired fo...

Lyle's white whale has arrived. His cold, bitter thirst for conflict has been building since childhood to this very moment, but while we plan the first strike, here's what's been happening in video games: Devil May Cry 5 is getting...mult...

I can't believe it took this long, but the Angry Video Game Nerd managed to snag Macaulay Culkin as a guest in the 164th episode of the show, which doubles as a Christmas special. As you might expect the duo runs through every Home Alone&nb...

If you were thinking of picking up either Battlefield V or Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 during Black Friday and Cyber Monday but slept through the whole ordeal because sleep is so much better - you're in luck. Both flagship titles are now at t...

The Winter Wonderland 2018 skins for Overwatch are mostly themed around winter sports. They're okay if you're into grounded designs, but I prefer the more out-there stuff. I wasn't really feeling them. There's one big exception, though, and...