Bully
It’s likely not many people have nostalgic memories of boarding school at Christmas time, but Bully does at least nail the childhood experience at this time of year. Snowball fights, snowmen and decorations – not that everyone had a secret fort to string up tinsel in – are everything to the non-nog-drinkers at the holidays. It’s worth going back to Rockstar’s schoolyard GTA-alike this December if you’re pining for simpler times.
Hitman: Blood Money - Reprisal
If you’re looking for some more adult Christmas cheer, Hitman: Blood Money’s best level, You Better Watch Out, is the one for you – and luckily it has just been re-released in Blood Money Reprisal, available even on Android and iOS. Tasked with taking out the son of a senator during a debauched Christmas party at his chalet, you can disguise yourself as the man in red himself to get the job done. There’s plenty of Christmas atmosphere to get you in the mood for giving while you get busy taking.
Die Hard Trilogy
Everyone is limbering up for the eternal debate at this time of year: is Die Hard a Christmas film? But they’re forgetting all about whether Die Hard is a Christmas game. There’s no debate here, though, as taking out terrorists in Nakatomi Plaza’s decked out lobby, or the tree-lined arrivals lounge of Dulles International are as festive as game settings come. Die Hard Trilogy’s mix-up of genres across the three original film adaptations is already enough reason to go back and play again, but this time of year is the perfect excuse.
