The gamer’s guide to the perfect Christmas gift this year
Gamers have spent many hours and a lot of money purchasing tech items to enhance the entertainment and experience of their hobby.
AS a gamer, you’re familiar with terms like respawn, levelling up, 3D graphics, and augmented reality.
However, if you don’t know the first thing about gaming, finding a gift for a gaming-obsessed friend or significant other can be difficult.
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Gamers have spent many hours and a lot of money purchasing tech items to enhance the entertainment and experience of their hobby, pausing only when necessary for bathroom breaks and having plenty of snacks on hand.
If you’re looking for the perfect Christmas gift for your gaming friends, here’s a list of five of the latest games guaranteed to make them squeal with excitement.
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Youtube link: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II – World Gameplay Reveal Trailer – https://youtu.be/r72GP1PIZa0
The campaign of the game follows Task Force 141, a multi-national special forces unit led by Captain Soap MacTavish, as they hunt Vladimir Makarov, the leader of the Russian Ultranationalist party, and U.S. Army Rangers from the 1st Battalion/75th Ranger Regiment who are defending Washington, D.C. from a Russian invasion. Sergeant Gary “Roach” Sanderson of the 141 and Private James Ramirez of the Army Rangers are the main playable characters in the game, with Captain MacTavish becoming playable later in the campaign. The game includes an extensive multiplayer mode, as well as several new features and modes not seen in its predecessor.
- Bayonetta 3
Youtube link: Bayonetta 3 The Witching Hour Official Trailer – https://youtu.be/ViAmnhbfaXk
The game follows the titular angel-hunting witch Bayonetta, who must face off against man-made bioweapons called Homunculi, and an entity known as the Singularity which threatens to destroy the multiverse. She is assisted by an ensemble of characters, including a coven of alternate universe versions of herself; and a new witch-in-training named Viola.
- Harvestella
Youtube link: Harvestella Trailer – https://youtu.be/0l3PUZdFVnI
It’s been compared to Final Fantasy and Rune Factory, and it revolves around farming crops while attempting to save the world from a deadly magical plague known as Quietus.
- God of War: Ragnarok
Youtube link: God Of War Ragnarök – PlayStation Showcase 2021 Reveal Trailer – https://youtu.be/EE-4GvjKcfs
The game, loosely based on Norse mythology, is set in ancient Scandinavia and stars series protagonist Kratos and his adolescent son Atreus. The game concludes the series’ Norse era with Ragnarök, an eschatological event central to Norse mythology that was predicted in the previous game after Kratos killed the god Baldur.
- Warzone 2
Youtube link: Warzone 2.0 Launch Trailer – https://youtu.be/oJca6zoI50E
Upon death, players are sent to the “Gulag,” a small-sized arena where ‘killed’ players battle one another for a chance to respawn in the map, similar to the first Warzone. Gulag matches in Warzone 2.0 are 2v2 in format, and may occasionally include an AI combatant called “the Jailer,” whom players can hunt down to obtain a key and escape, in addition to the traditional method of winning Gulag matches. In-game cash currencies are also back, allowing players to purchase a variety of items at various buy stations scattered across the map, including custom load outs with personalised weapons and perk setups.
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