Holiday gift guide roundup

By Blake Snow

'Tis the season for gaming holiday gift guides. Here are several guides to get you started, and be sure to stay tuned for Joystiq's official 2005 gaming guide in the coming weeks.

  • Gamespot features a console
    specific list and is the most comprehensive gaming gift guide we've found. Their top game picks include
    RE4 (GC), Civilization IV (PC), Forza Motorsport (Xbox), God of War (PS2),
    Advance Wars (DS), Burnout Legends (PSP), and Nintendogs (DS).


  • Barnes & Noble     contains their top picks on games from all platforms. We're not quite sure about their
    logic since it's a hodge podge of random games.

  • CNET has the goods broken down by affordable,
    midrange, and expensive prices. Toping the list are the GameCube, GBA, Micro, Xbox, DS, PS2, and ironically, the
    N-Gage. Looks like they just picked everything.

  • Gamestop's guide is console specific citing top
    selling games. See also the now sister company
    EB Games guide as well.

What's on your wishlist? And what has been your take on 2005 gaming as compared to previous years?

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