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Can you believe it? The 2024 holiday season is now upon us, and that means it’s time to start your annual gift shopping for your friends and family members. If you’re looking for the best gift ideas for any breed of gamer in your life, look no further. I’ve scoured those stores for the most popular gifts this season.
Better yet, we’ve not just focused on the veterans. Collected below are some entry point purchases for anybody looking to get into this amazing hobby for the first time. Or, alternatively, anybody looking to make a platform switch to broaden their gaming horizons.
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Current Game Deals
Great Console Deals
Gaming Inspired LEGO
Need a cheap game or the best price on the hottest new title? We’ve got you covered for all of the major gaming platforms.
Switch Game Gifts
FC 25
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EA Sports FC 25 delivers a few bright spots, like the fun and refreshing Rush mode, but stagnating gameplay and incremental improvements leave it feeling like EA continues to play it too safe. Worth it at this price, though.
What’s hot🔥
Old gold stocking fillers
Or gift a Nintendo eShop Card.
Xbox Game Gifts
Stalker 2
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Two hours wasn’t enough time for me to see all the branching stories, admire all the beautiful graphics, and discover all the secrets within the world of STALKER 2. But it is enough to be left impressed.
What’s hot🔥
Old gold stocking fillers
Or just invest in an Xbox Card.
PlayStation Game Gifts
Space Marine 2
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Space Marine 2 is a terrific third-person shooter with a compelling story, loads of weapons that are a blast to use, and a healthy variety of enemies to use them on. 8/10, great.
What’s hot🔥
Older gold stocking fillers
Or purchase a PS Store Card.
Newcomers to gaming ought to know about its constant platform vs. platform war. Obviously, you should be such tribalism. Pick a few different consoles. Enjoy ’em all.
Switch litter pick: Personally, I’d go with the Switch OLED Neon. Unlike the cheapest option (the Switch Lite) the OLED connects to your TV and the gaming experience looks so much better than the original Switch console.
Steam Deck litter pick: Honestly, it depends on your preferences. Get an older LCD Deck with more storage (an imperative when some AAAs weigh in over 150GB+) or a sexier-looking OLED Deck with smaller space.
Xbox litter pick: Once again, it’s a question of what you value. The Xbox Series X is a beast with generous storage. It’s less beefy and cheaper variant, the Series S, can still be paired with a Game Pass subscription for a ton of (less than cutting edge) entertainment.
PS5 litter pick: Yes, the PS5 Pro is the big, high end of 4K-to-8K-delivering beast right now. That said, I find better value in the PS5 Slim. Even more so if you get the disc version that keeps your options open to cheaper “bargain bin” physical games.
Outfit your gaming cave (or somebody else’s) with these plastic fantastic conversation pieces…built from several hundred pieces.
Game Dioramas
Great Deku Tree 2-in-1 #77092
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2025 pieces. Two configurations. 4 minifigs (BotW link, BotW Zelda, OOT adult Link, and OOT child Link). Oh, plus Navi, a Skulltula, and a bunch of Koroks to hide around.
Super Mario World
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Turn the handle to make the pixelated Yoshi figure run with Mario on his back!
Hardware Replications
LEGO Super Mario NES System
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Old! Atari 2600 #10306
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Come September 1st, create all the details of this replica console, game cartridges and joystick. Gaming fans will love the 3 mini builds depicting themes from 3 popular games. There’s even a hidden 1980s scene to build for total nostalgia trip.
Actual Playsets
LEGO Sonic the Hedgehog Green Hill Zone LEGO Set
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Minecraft: Ender Dragon
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Build an IRL monument to your victory over one big old pain in the butt end boss.
Sonic: Amy’s Island
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40 bucks off a 6-character set? That’s worth every ring.
Adam Mathew is our Aussie deals wrangler. He plays at ludicrous difficulties on YouTube.