Xbox 360 Holiday Gift Guide
It’s that time of year again, kids. The time to be good consumers and buy stuff. Over the next few days, we here at the Post will be publishing our suggestions to make that special gamer in your life happy.
What’s going to be the hottest piece of hardware this holiday season? If you answered the Kinect, then you’re right on the money. Pick up Xbox’s new motion-sensor peripheral and the Dance Party Bundle so you can practice your moves and unlock achievements!
Xbox 360 Kinect Dance Party Bundle contains games rated Everyone through Teen. $249.99 from GameStop.
You already finished the fight in Halo 3 and took it one step further in Halo 3 ODST, but now Bungie and Microsoft bring you the back to the beginning with Halo: Reach, a prequel to the legendary FPS. A must-have for any 360 owner this holiday season.
Rated M for Mature. $59.99 from GameStop
Try your hand at being a king in the third installment of the popular Fable franchise. Will you rule with an iron fist or be a pushover? The choice is yours in this top-of-the-line role playing game.
Fable III is rated M for Mature and is available for $59.99
From the people who brought the world Max Payne comes this Xbox-exclusive thriller about a best-selling horror novelist. Who needs books when you have Alan Wake? Plus it’s a title that you can get for relatively cheap and is a great stocking stuffer.
Rated M for Mature. $29.98 from GameStop.
Step into the ring this holiday season with your favorite WWE superstars in the most realistic wrestling game out there. Just think about coming out to fireworks and entrance music on Christmas morning, your family will love it!
Rated T for Teen. $59.99 from GameStop.
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock is the ultimate experience whether you are a seasoned veteran or if you are picking up a guitar controller for the first time. It is a great game and one that will keep you rocking all the way through the holiday season.
Rated T for Teen. $179.99 (Super Rock Bundle), $84.99 (With Guitar) $59.99 (Game only) from GameStop.
It’s only fitting that Michael Jordan is on the cover of NBA 2K11, as it is arguably the greatest basketball game ever made. Between the graphics, gameplay, presentation and the level of realism that this title provides, 2K Sports has truly created not just a game, but an experience for players.
Enslaved has one of the best, most original and interesting narratives in all of gaming. Developers and publishers who want to actually become storytellers could learn a thing or two from Namco’s Enslaved.
It’s the end of the world, and I feel fine. New Vegas continues the fine Fallout 3 tradition of being intense, scary, funny and entertainingly violent. Shape your world after everyone else’s has ended.
The Sims are practically a gaming institution. It’s like playing god, but without any horrifying, life-altering reprecussions.
Black Ops had, I’m serious, the largest entertainment launch in history. That doesn’t come as much of a surprise. The game is a masterpiece.
Yes. Running from the police is bad. Don’t ever do it! Except in Need for Speed, because then it’s absolutely awesome. The cars look amazing and the speed is addicting. We dare you to find a better racing game.
Sure, being an uber assassin is fun, but what if you could create a whole team of insanely talented, parkour running, freedom-fighting killers? Yeah. Now you can. Brotherhood is easily the best of the AC series. You know what they say: When in Rome…
As manic all-things-zombie fans, we could probably write love letters to Dead Rising 2. And mean it. The game is brilliantly creative, while keeping its tongue planted firmly in its cheek. You can’t go wrong with a massive zombie-filled game like Dead Rising 2.
It wasn’t a critical darling by any stretch, but Force Unleashed II has graphics and gameplay worth seeing. So go crazy and rip a few Stormtroopers apart, why don’t you?
