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With Thanksgiving in the rear view, holiday shopping season is in full swing. What better gift to give than a brand new game? This year has brough us plenty of indie darlings and Triple A hits week after week with releases like Princess Peach: Showtime! and Little Kitty, Big City winning over gamers and cat lovers alike.
Let’s check out what video games are hitting storefronts this week.
Infinity Nikki (12/5)
Platforms: Android, iPhone, iPad, PC, and PlayStation 5
The Nikki games are popular mobile dress-up games where you collect various outfits to dress up and style Nikki. Infinity Nikki brings the series to PC and PS5 with an open-world adventure. You’ll explore a cozy fantasy world on a quest to collect outfits, some of which come with magical powers that’ll help you further explore.
Stranger Things VR (12/5)
Platforms: PC and PS VR2
Stranger Things VR landed on Meta Quest earlier this year and now comes to Steam and PS VR2. Instead of casting the the kids, Joyce, or Hopper as the lead, Stranger Things VR has you play from the perspective of Vecna, the ruler of the Upside Down. You’ll follow Henry Creel’s transformation into Vecna by reliving his memories at Hawkins Lab through a hive mind. You’ll also haunt the dreams of characters from the show like Will and Billy.
Marvel Rivals (12/6)
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S
You knew it was only a matter of time until a superhero Overwatch clone came out. Marvel joins the fray with Marvels Rivals, a free-to-play third-person hero shooter where players will take control of their favorite Marvel characters and duke it out in teams of six across three different game modes. Its story involves multiverse shenanigans and heroes being pulled together to take down Doctor Doom. Fan favorites like Spider-Man, Black Panther, and Wolverine are apart of the 33-character roster alongside deeper cuts like Luna Snow, Jeff the Land Shark, and Cloak and Dagger. Expect destructible environments and bombastic battles with your favorite heroes.
Also worth wishlisting: Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide on PS5, Dog Man: Mission Impawsible, The Thaumaturge on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, and Entropy Survivors.
