Video games and christmas holiday season go hand in hand. I know some of you cant wait to get your hands wet with new game and a new console, lets just say xbox one or PS4 or PC game. For those of you, interested in action, great campaign storyline and superb graphics and gameplay, take a look on these games below.
1. Fallout 4
Buy at Amazon ($58 – $59)
Fallout 4 takes place in the year 2287, ten years after the events of Fallout 3. The story begins on the morning of October 23, 2077, with the main player character with family getting trapped at vault 111 after a nuclear explosion nearby, wakes up after years as sole survivor and main story involves quest to find his child (Shaun) .
Fallout 4 is a huge open world game with freedom to do whatever you want in massive open world with hundreds of locations, characters, and quests in the wastelands. The game has first and third person perspective, over 100,000 line of dialogues, over 50 gun types and over 700 mods in the game. The game has Vault Assisted Targeting System (VATS) shooting from various angles. The game has advanced crafting system, to collect, upgrade, and build thousands of items including weapons, armor, chemicals, settlements and food items.
Developer(s): Bethesda Game Studios
Publisher(s): Bethesda Softworks
Engine: Creation Engine
Platform: PC Microsoft Windows / PlayStation 4 / Xbox One
Release date: WW November 10, 2015
Genre: Action role-playing
Mode: Single-playerBuy at Amazon ($58 – $59)
2. Metal Gear Solid 5 – The Phantom Pain
Buy at Amazon ($20 to $59.99)
Snake is back again in this classic stealth series MGS, the gameplay involves sneaking from several points in the game world, avoiding enemy guards, and remaining undetected and subduing enemies. The game has base-building feature that allows players to develop weapons and items from their home base. Snake may traverse the game world with vehicles such as cars and tanks, in addition to traveling on foot or on horseback, mountainous locations or climb rockface.
Developer(s) Kojima Productions
Publisher(s) Konami
Series Metal Gear
Engine Fox Engine[1]
Platform(s) PC / PlayStation 3 / PlayStation 4 / Xbox 360 / Xbox One
Release date(s) WW September 1, 2015
Genre(s) Action-adventure, stealth
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayerBuy at Amazon ($20 to $59.99)
3. Call of Duty – Black Ops 3
Buy at Amazon ($39.99)
Action packed game with new breed of biotech black ops soldiers go into warfare. The game has three modes of play such as campaign, 4 player multiplayer and zombies adventure. The game starts with main character infiltrating Ethiopian airport to rescue Egyptian prime minister, but the mission is compromised and the main character gets injured, wakes up with new bio enhanced cybernetic enhancement surgery and induced into Taylors team.
Developer(s) Treyarch
Publisher(s) Activision
Series: Call of Duty
Engine: IW engine
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows (PC) / PlayStation 3 / PlayStation 4 / Xbox 360 / Xbox One
Release date(s) WW November 6, 2015
Genre(s) First-person shooter
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayerBuy at Amazon ($39.99)
4. The Witcher 3 – Wild Hunt
Buy at Amazon ($41 to $49)
The Witcher 3 is next generation driven open world rple playing game full of adventures, great storyline and dialogues and tonnes of side missions. You play as the professional monster hunter, Geralt of Rivia with main story line involves finding Ciri and free her from dangers. The gameplay involves superb sword fights, magic, finding treasures, alchemy and weapons upgrade from dealers. Witcher senses give Geralt, a special skill to see hidden tracks and hunt monsters. It will take atleast 100 hours of gameplay to finish this game.
Developer(s) CD Projekt RED
Publisher(s) CD Projekt
Series: The Witcher
Engine: REDengine 3
Platform(s): PC Microsoft Windows / PlayStation 4 / Xbox One
Release date(s) WW 19 May 2015
Genre(s) Action role-playing
Mode(s) Single-playerBuy at Amazon ($41 to $49)
5. Just Cause 3
Buy at Amazon ($53 to $59.99)
Just Cause 3, is a third sequel of the Just cause series. The storyline involves Rico Rodriguez (main character) returns to his homeland of Medici, a fictional Mediterranean island under the brutal control of dictator General Sebastiano Di Ravello, who has set his eyes on world domination. Wanting to stop him, Rico goes on a journey to destroy his evil plans. The gameplay involves exploring the open world through skydiving, grappling, gliding, scale buildings, hijack vehicles. Players can liberate hostile military bases and towns to unlock fast travel locations.
Developer(s) Avalanche Studios
Publisher(s) Square Enix
Series: Just Cause
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows (PC) / PlayStation 4 / Xbox One
Release date(s) December 1, 2015
Genre(s) Action-adventure
Mode(s) Single-playerBuy at Amazon ($53 to $59.99)
6. Assasins Creed – Syndicate
Buy at Amazon ($42 to $49.99)
Assasins creed syndicate takes the story to London industrial revolution and bringing justice. Play as twin assasin characters Jacob Frye, his twin sister Evie, will change the fate of those in the London underworld. The game is built with new combat system involves close range combat with assasins gauntles, hidden blade, rope launcher for zip lines, brass knuckles, compact revolver, a cane sword and kukri knife.
Developer(s) Ubisoft Quebec
Publisher(s) Ubisoft
Series: Assassin’s Creed
Engine: AnvilNext
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows(PC) / PlayStation 4 / Xbox One
Release date(s)
PlayStation 4, Xbox One: October 23, 2015
Microsoft Windows: November 19, 2015
Genre(s) Action-adventure, stealth
Mode(s) Single-playerBuy at Amazon ($42 to $49.99)
7. World of Tanks
Free online multiplayer tank warfare video game from Microsoft. There is nothing like shooting a game and watch the enemy tank explode. This game is free online game to download but unlocking fast upgrades require premium features (pay for gold). The game features tank upgrades by country including equipment upgrades with gold and silver. There are 6 game modes such as random battles, team-training battles, tank-company battles, team battles, stronghold battles and special battles.
Developer(s) Wargaming Minsk / Day 1 Studios (consoles)
Publisher(s) Wargaming
Engine: Bigworld
Platform(s): PC Windows / Xbox 360 /Xbox One / PlayStation 4
Release date: PC (2011-2014), Xbox (Jul 2015), PS4 (2016)
Genre(s) Action, MMO
Mode(s) Multiplayer
8. Rise of the Tomb Raider
Buy at Amazon ($29.99 to $59.99)
Rise of Tomb Raider is action-adventure a famous sequel to Lara Croft Tomb raider series. Lara has to explore huge ancient tombs with deadly traps, solve dramatic environmental puzzles, and decipher ancient texts to reveal crypts to discover secrets.The gameplay involves new combat experience, stealth/sneak attacks, crafting system, climbing trees or hiding in bushes and solving puzzles. The main storyline starts with Lara after uncovering an ancient mystery, embarks on a journey through the most treacherous and remote regions of the world to find the secret of immortality.
Developer(s) Crystal Dynamics[a]
Publisher(s) Square Enix[b]
Series: Tomb Raider
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows (PC) / PlayStation 4 / Xbox 360 / Xbox One
Release date(s):Xbox 360, Xbox One
NA November 10, 2015
AUS November 10, 2015
EU November 13, 2015Microsoft Windows
Q1 2016
PlayStation 4
Q4 2016Genre(s) Action-adventure
Mode(s) Single-playerBuy at Amazon ($29.99 to $59.99)
9. Mortal Kombat X
Buy at Amazon ($38 to $43)
Mortal Kombat X is a next generation fighting game with stunning x-ray and finishing moves with brutal fatalities. The famous characters such as as Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Liu Kang, Sonya, Kitana, Shao Khan, Shinnok and Raiden bring the original combat with best graphics and animations. The game has nice story mode.The gameplay has 3 different versions for each playable character, all of which have their own fighting style, special moves, abilities and strategies.
Developer(s) NetherRealm Studios[a]
Publisher(s) Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Series Mortal Kombat
Engine Unreal Engine 3
Platform(s) Android / iOS / PC Microsoft Windows / PlayStation 4 / Xbox One
Release date(s) April/May 2015
Genre(s) Fighting
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayerBuy at Amazon ($38 to $43)
10. Tom Clancys Rainbow Six – Siege
Buy at Amazon ($51 to $68)
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six – Siege is a Tactical first person shooter game, undertaken by the british counter-terrorist operations unit “Rainbow”, with the mission to neuralize terrorists known as “The White Masks”. The game offers unique experience under single player, co-operative modes. The gameplay involves leading the 5 member team through intense, thrilling, and destructive team-based combat. The player can preplan attacks, and recon by deploying drones.
Developer(s) Ubisoft Montreal
Publisher(s) Ubisoft
Series Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six
Engine AnvilNext
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows (PC) / PlayStation 4 / Xbox One
Release date(s) WW December 1, 2015
Genre(s) First-person shooter, tactical shooter
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayerBuy at Amazon ($51 to $68)
