It’s Christmas and during this holiday season, we seek to have fun, but above all to have fun around us. No gift ideas? Here is a selection of the best games to make or give away on Xbox Series and Xbox One
We are only a few hours away from Christmas and you still have no presents to offer? Here are some video game ideas that would make perfect holiday gifts on Xbox Series and Xbox One.
The simple and effective method
Xbox Game Pass is not a game, but a service that offers a very generous and regularly updated catalog of games. Many games are integrated as soon as they are released in XGP, such as Halo Infinite, Forza Horizon 5, A Plague Tales Requiem, High on Life or Persona 5 Royal. A card with a few months of subscriptions is therefore the perfect gift and will allow the lucky winner to try out a whole host of games at no additional cost.
For those who love role-playing games on Xbox Series and Xbox One
This is THE best game of this year 2022 on. With its simply sublime universe and its incredibly vast world, Elden Ring ensures hundreds of hours of exhilarating adventure carried by a simply incredible soundtrack. Be careful however, Elden Ring is a challenging game that will require nerves of steel. If there is nothing insurmountable, we prefer to warn you.
Voted game of the year in 2018, The Witcher 3 is definitely one of the best RPGs of recent years. Featuring a fantastic and incredibly well-written narrative, the game offers an extremely dense adventure where every choice will have an impact on the story. In addition, the game has recently been updated on Xbox Series, and benefits from improvements at all levels. It’s beautiful, engaging and timeless. Note, however, that the game is primarily intended for an adult audience.
Released in 2021, Tales of Arise can be easily found at low cost. A 100% Japanese role-playing game, it takes you on a journey halfway between fantasy and science fiction capable of keeping you spellbound for nearly a hundred hours. Explosive, dynamic and hyper colorful, the game is not very difficult and will be perfect for those who want to try their hand at the genre.
For those who love action and adventure
Who says Xbox, says Halo. The license represents the brand on its own and this last episode is a must for the Xbox Series. More open than the previous opuses, Halo Infinite makes us once again put on the armor of the legendary Spartan 117 who will try by all means to find Cortana, his faithful AI friend. The game offers dozens of hours of intense combat and reveals some secrets that are sure to delight fans. Note that its multiplayer mode is playable for free on consoles and PC.
For horror fans on Xbox Series and Xbox One
Straight out of daddy’s imagination dead space, The Callisto Protocol offers a claustrophobic and excessively gory trip to Jupiter’s moon. Locked up by force in a high security prison, our hero will try by all means to escape while a strange disease transforms all living beings into bloodthirsty creatures. Needless to say that the game is reserved for an informed adult audience.
After Until Dawn, Supermassive Games returns with an all-new story-driven horror game. In the form of a kind of multiple-choice interactive film, we follow a group of teenagers stuck all night in a summer camp. Lack of luck, creatures roam the corner and begin to decimate them one by one. Finally, everything depends on your choices, since it is your actions that will decide their fate. Very well written and well directed, The Quarry offers a very solid experience for horror film lovers and can count on the talent of many renowned actors such as Brenda Song, Ariel Winter and Ted Raimi.
For lovers of multiplayer games
Impossible to miss call of duty when talking about multiplayer games. The smash hit FPS got a new installment a few months ago and makes the perfect gift for those who love well-done frags. By the way, note that online progress on Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 is the same as on Warzone 2.0the free-to-play spin-off of the series.
THE big Xbox exclusive is a must in its genre. It is indeed impossible to miss this Forza Horizon 5 when you love beautiful cars and breathtaking landscapes. FH5 it’s several hundred cars, events galore and regular updates that constantly add new content for free. Yes, it’s a real Must Have on Xbox Series and Xbox One.
- FIFA 23 (general public, beware of online microtransactions)
Hard to ignore the new Fifa each year, although this is the very last in the series. FIFA 23 stands as the ultimate football game no more no less. No need to make tons of them if you haven’t thought of Fifa while your little nephew is a football fan, it’s because he already has the game, that’s almost certain.
Interesting alternative to Forza Horizon 5, Need for Speed Unbound offers a vast open map playable in solo or multiplayer with no less than 140 fully customizable cars. The sensations of driving and speeds are excellent and we really take pleasure. In addition, the game is expected to receive a large number of updates in 2023. As a bonus, it is playable in crossplay which means that it is possible to play on Xbox Series with PC or PS5 players for example.
