Left your Christmas buying till the final minute once more? Fear not! For we’ve compiled our very personal RPS Christmas reward information for such an event. Whether it’s small bits of hardware you’re after or a flowery little bit of gaming merch to enrich your greatest mate’s favorite recreation, you will discover all this and extra in our fastidiously curated listing under.
To make issues straightforward, we’ve break up our reward suggestions into a couple of classes: items underneath £20/$20, items underneath £50/$50, items underneath £100/$100, and for these feeling notably extravagant/good-natured this 12 months, items over £100/$100. Of course, that is certainly not a definitive listing. There are lots extra artwork books, recreation novels, books, t-shirts and equipment on the market from a complete vary of video games I couldn’t presumably hope to cowl in only a single article. But hopefully what we’ve picked out under will at the very least provide you with a couple of concepts about the place to start out. After all, with lower than two weeks to go till the massive day itself, any thought is a good suggestion at this level.
Gifts underneath £20 / $20:
Trixes Gel Mouse Wrist Pad (£four / $6)
We’ll kick issues off with a ‘sensible’ reward thought – this Trixes gel mouse wrist pad. Alice swears it’s the perfect piece of gaming package she’s ever purchased, and whereas she’s certain there are extra skilled, gamer-branded pads out there, this one does the job simply advantageous. Even higher, it prices lower than a fiver in case you’re within the UK. An wonderful stocking filler, if nothing else.
Buy now from Amazon UK or Amazon US
Destiny 2 Ruled Journal (£10 / $17)
With Destiny 2 lastly out there on PC, why not reward your fellow Fire Squad members this dominated hardcover journal this Christmas? Featuring photos and idea artwork from the sport, a ribbon placeholder, elastic closure plus a small again pocket for photographs and different fine details, this can earn you way more factors with your pals than any variety of Cayde-6 Funko Pops.
Buy now from Amazon UK or Amazon US
A Brief History of Video Games: From Atari to Xbox One (£10 / $13)
Rich Stanton’s wide-ranging historical past of video games is getting a brand new version subsequent April that extends the timeline additional to incorporate VR, however its present type on Kindle continues to be a improbable learn for these after a deep dive into the tales behind your favorite video games and builders for the reason that start of the business. (Disclosure: Rich is an on-again off-again contributor to RPS.)
Buy now from Amazon UK or Amazon US
You Died: The Dark Souls Companion (£10 / $10)
Love Dark Souls? Then whereas away a couple of hours this Christmas studying Keza Macdonald and Jason Killingsworth’s assortment of Dark Souls essays, together with an unique interview with the director himself, Hidetaka Miyazaki. Praise the solar, certainly.
Buy now from Amazon UK or Amazon US
Blood, Sweat and Pixels (£11 / $10)
Ever questioned about how video games are made? Kotaku’s Jason Schreier tells the tales behind the making of Destiny, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Diablo III, Pillars of Eternity, The Witcher III, Stardew Valley and the now-cancelled Star Wars 1313 to call just some. Compiled from round 100 interviews performed between 2015 and 2017, Blood, Sweat and Pixels may very well be simply the factor for these curious to know extra about what recreation growth’s truly like.
Buy now from Amazon UK or Amazon US
The Evil Within: The Interlude graphic novel (£14 / $12)
If there’s an Evil Within fan in your life, then this brand-new graphic novel from Titan Comics must be proper up their haunted alleyway. Bridging the hole between the primary and second video games, this unique story sees detective Sebastian Castellanos expertise an all new nightmare situation. It’s written by Ryan O’Sullivan (identified for his work on Warhammer 40000), whereas artwork duties are courtesy of Spawn’s Szymon Kudranski and Dark Souls’ Damien Worm.
Buy now from Amazon UK or Amazon US
Shovel Knight Playing Cards ($15)
There comes a time throughout each household Christmas when somebody has the intense thought to play a recreation. Not a online game, thoughts; an precise, bodily recreation involving playing cards, cube and transferring items. Impress your fellow family, subsequently, with this somewhat pretty Shovel Knight enjoying card set. Yes, it’s only a pack of standard playing cards decked out in Shovel Knight illustrations, however they’re very good illustrations.
Buy now from Fangamer
Gifts underneath £50 / $50:
Steelseries Rival 100 (£20 / $30)
Know somebody in want of a brand new mouse? Then you’ll be able to’t go flawed with Steelseries’ Rival 100. We’ve been utilizing this for a couple of weeks now, and it’s positively an improve over our earlier bog-standard Dell mouse. It comes with six programmable buttons and a splash of RGB lighting, and its ergonomic, right-handed design is immensely snug. Left-handed? Then direct your consideration to the Rival 110.
Buy now from Amazon UK or Amazon US
Art of XCOM 2 (£21 / $27)
If you’ve spent lots of of hours defending the Earth from XCOM’s aliens, then the sport’s official artwork e book may very well be the largest prize of all. With tonnes of idea artwork and phrases from the builders, this e book ought to fulfill would-be alien hunters.
Buy now from Amazon UK or Amazon US
SteamWorld Dig – Far From Home T-shirt ($24)
Brendan liked SteamWorld Dig 2 when he played, and if your pals really feel equally they could like this fetching official tee from Fangamer. Available in each ladies’s and unisex sizes, you too can add a Gears of Industry lapel pin for one more $10 to avoid wasting $2 in your closing buy. If you don’t dig this explicit design (geddit?), then there are lots extra out there as an alternative.
Buy now from Fangamer
Stardew Valley Guidebook ($29)
The official Stardew Valley guidebook is a real factor of magnificence. Lovingly illustrated with extra details on farm instruments, livestock and store inventories than you’ll be able to shake a carrot stick at, this hardcover information and artwork e book is an absolute important buy for all followers of Eric Barone’s epic agricultural smash.
Buy now from Fangamer
Gifts underneath £100 / $100:
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB (£84 / $90)
PC storage isn’t the sexiest current on the earth, but when your family and friends have ever complained about how they’ll make a cup of tea and browse the paper earlier than their PC boots up, there’s nothing fairly like a pleasant SSD to spruce up their machine – and the Samsung 850 Evo is a good place to start out. The smallest dimension is 250GB, making it an awesome decide for putting in Windows and some different purposes, however the 850 Evo can also be out there in 500GB, 1TB, 2TB and 4TB sizes as properly.
Buy now from Amazon UK or Newegg
Gifts over £100 / $100:
SteelSeries Arctis 7 (£100 / $150)
This wi-fi headset is absolutely the cream of the crop. Not solely does it sound improbable, nevertheless it’s additionally the comfiest pair of headphones you’ll ever clap ears on. If the Arctis 7 is just a little bit too far outdoors your finances, then its entry-level cousin, the wired £90 Arctis three is a superb various, because it options the identical nice design and comes with precisely the identical audio drivers, giving it a near-identical listening expertise to its wi-fi cousin.
Read our SteelSeries Arctis 7 review
Buy now from Amazon UK or Steelseries US
AOC G2460VQ6 (£136 / $166)
An wonderful finances monitor with built-in AMD FreeSync help, this 24in TN panel has an outstanding colour-accurate show and a wide selection of ports. It’s additionally obtained a 75Hz refresh charge, making it an awesome match for these trying to squeeze just a little extra out of their present graphics card earlier than upgrading to a more moderen mannequin.
Read our AOC G2460VQ6 review
Buy now from Ebuyer or Newegg
EVGA GeForce GTX 1050Ti Gaming 4GB (£144 / $170)
Our prime decide for high-quality 1080p gaming, EVGA’s GeForce GTX 1050Ti card is the right reward for youthful siblings trying to get into PC gaming or anybody whose PC continues to be operating with built-in graphics.
Read our Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti review
Buy now from Scan or Newegg
