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Top Games for Holiday Play

The titles you want stuffed in your stocking this year

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(Newser) – Are you ready to wear out your thumbs this holiday season? Looking at games slated for holiday release, Forbes thinks gamers "crave a lot of morally questionable mayhem."  Here are their top choices:

  • Gears of War 2 (Microsoft): This game promises hordes of aliens to shoot up.
  • Guitar Hero World Tour (Activision): Write your own songs, with drums and singing to add to your axe-grinding.
  • Fall Out 3 (Bethesda): An adventure into post-apocalyptic Washington DC.

  • LittleBigPlanet (Sony): Build your own levels of this race game to share with other players.
  • Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft): A shoot-'em-up mixed with moral dilemmas in the African savannah.
  • Wii Music (Nintendo): Free jazz comes to the Wii in this game that encourages you to experiment.
  • Dead Space (Electronic Arts): This game's Halloween-quality creepiness will give you wintry chills.
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Kevin Jonas rocks out on the new Guitar Hero World Tour game at the Justin Timberlake and Friend's Xbox 360 Celebrity Charity Gift Lounge at Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas, Friday, Oct. 17, 2008.
Kevin Jonas rocks out on the new Guitar Hero World Tour game at the Justin Timberlake and Friend's Xbox 360 Celebrity Charity Gift Lounge at Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas, Friday, Oct. 17, 2008.   (Shea Walsh/AP Images for XBox)
Thomas Stewart, left, and his sons Aaron and Andrew practice together for the Guitar Hero World Tour challenge at the E for All expo Friday, Oct. 3, 2008, at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Thomas Stewart, left, and his sons Aaron and Andrew practice together for the Guitar Hero World Tour challenge at the E for All expo Friday, Oct. 3, 2008, at the Los Angeles Convention Center.   (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
American Idol runner-up David Archuleta stars in Activision's Guitar Hero commercial.
American Idol runner-up David Archuleta stars in Activision's Guitar Hero commercial.   (Photo: Business Wire)
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