The Most Wanted Games for Holiday 2014

After a relatively quite summer of PC game releases the annual flood of new video games for the holiday shopping season has already begun. This years crop of new games come from a wide variety of genre and themes including the always popular first person shooter, grand strategy, sci-fi, post-apocalyptic, action role playing games and many more. The games that follow are ten must have pc games for 2014, not only are they some of the most popular and anticipated games of the year but they are also some of the most highly rated. The most wanted games of Holiday 2014 list is a great place to start if you're looking for the hottest gift ideas for gamers or if you're simply looking for yourself.

1. Call of Duty Advanced Warfare

Release Date: Nov 4, 2014
Genre: Action, First Person Shooter
Theme: Modern Military
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Game Series:Call of Duty
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The annual tradition continues with the eleventh installment of the Call of Duty series, Call of Duty Advanced Warfare. Set in the year 2054, players take on the role of a member of a corporate military force as the battle against terrorist across the globe. Like with previous years expect an onslaught of media attention in the days and weeks surrounding its release. As always the game is expected to be yet another blockbuster in one of best selling game franchise of all time.More »

2. Wasteland 2

Release Date: Sep 19, 2014
Genre: Role Playing Game
Theme: Post-Apocalyptic
Game Modes: Single player
Game Series: Wasteland
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The post-apocalyptic sequel that was a run away kickstarter success was released in September 2014 and has been also been a commercial success so far, with over $1.5 million in sales in its first week of release. Set some fifteen years after the original Wasteland, players control a part of new Desert Ranger recruits who are assigned to find out who or what is behind the murder of long time Desert Ranger named Ace. Like its predecessor, Wasteland 2 contains dozens of different skills characters can focus on, coupled with the open world and open ended story, the game has a good amount of replayability.More »

3. Assassin's Creed Unity

Release Date: Nov 11, 2014
Genre: Action/Adventure, Third Person
Theme: Historical
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Game Series: Assassin's Creed
Assassin's Creed Unity is the eighth full release in the Assassin's Creed series of historical action/adventure video games. Assassin's Creed Unity moves the series into the early modern era, specifically during the French Revolution. Players take on the role of Arno who sets out on a quest to find out who has murdered his adoptive father, who also happens to be a Grandmaster in the Templar Order. The game also continues the third person open-world style of gameplay of previous titles with an updated combat and stealth system.More »

4. Lords of the Fallen

Release Date: Oct 28, 2014
Genre: Action RPG, Hack and Slash
Theme: Fantasy
Game Modes: Single player
Lords of the Fallen is an action role playing game played in the third person perspective in the same style of popular hack and slash fantasy RPGs such as Darksiders and Dark Souls. Players take on the role of a criminal named Harkyn who is tattooed with runes on his face so that his sins are visible to all. Released from his imprisonment, Harkyn searches for redemption by attempting to save a kingdom under siege by demons from another dimension.More »

5. Far Cry 4

Release Date: Nov 18. 2014
Genre: Action, First Person Shooter
Theme: Modern Military
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Game Series: Far Cry
Far Cry 4, as the title suggest, is the fourth installment in the Far Cry series of first person shooters. In it players take on the role of Ajay Ghale, who has returned to his native, fictional city of Kyrat in the Himalayas to find it embroiled in a civil war. The game's storyline does not contain any tie-in with previous Far Cry titlesMore »

6. FIFA 15

Release Date: Sep 23, 2015
Genre: Sports
Theme: Soccer
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Game Series: FIFA
FIFA 15 is 2014's installment of the popular FIFA series of soccer games from Electronic Arts. It contains a number of new features over previous titles such the ability to create a dream squad from the game's full database of players. It also includes 35 licensed leagues from around the world, more than 600 teams , 41 licensed stadiums (including all 20 premier league stadiums) and over 16,000 players.More »

7. Sid Meier's Civilization Beyond Earth

Release Date: Oct 24, 2014
Genre: Strategy
Theme: Sci-Fi
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Game Series: Civilization
Sid Meier's Civilization Beyond Earth is a turn based grand strategy game and spiritual successor to Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. The gameplay of Beyond Earth is virtually the same as the Civilization V with the map being a hexagon based grid. The game however, is quite different than the traditional Civilization games as players do not choose from a per-determined faction, but rather customize the faction by the choices made at the start of the game. The tech tree in Beyond Earth is also different from previous Civilization games with a non-linear tree which does not allow players to unlock all in a single game, but rather focus on certain branches of the tree.More »

8. Dragon Age Inquisition

Release Date: Nov 18, 2014
Genre: RPG
Theme: Fantasyt
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Game Series: Dragon Age
Dragon Age Inquisition control an Inquisitor and his party as they try to stop a new evil in the fictional world of Thedas, in the third installment in the Dragon Age series of computer role playing games. Dragon Age Inquisition has a non-linear storyline in which player decisions in game impact the storyline. It also marks the return of tactical view to the series after being removed from Dragon Age 2, players will now have the ability to look at combat from the overhead birds eye view that is standard in many computer RPGs. More InfoBuy from Amazon »

9. Middle Earth Shadow of Mordor

Release Date: Sep 30, 2014
Genre: Action RPG
Theme: Fantasy
Game Modes: Single player
Game Series: Lord of the Rings
Middle-Earth Shadow of Mordor is an action role playing game set in J.R.R. Tolkein's Middle Earth with the storyline taking place between the events of the Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings novels. In it players control Talion, a ranger of Gondor who possesses special wraith like abilities, in his quest to defeat the Black Hand of Sauron. The game includes character customization and an open game world that includes a "Nemesis system" which recalls player encounters with other characters and adjusts how those characters interact with players for through the game.More »

10. Borderlands The Pre-Sequel!

Release Date: Oct 14, 2014
Genre: Action, First Person Shooter
Theme: Sci-Fi
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Game Series: Borderlands
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! is the third game in the Borderlands series of sci-fi first person shooters and has a setting that falls in between the timeline of Borderlands and Borderlands 2. The story revolves around four characters who were non-playable henchmen of Handsome Jack from the previous games. It includes new game play features but remains very similar to that of Borderlands 2. There are new types of items which are laser guns and items with a cryogenic effect that can slow or freeze enemies. Other new features include Gravity effect on motion, double jumps, ability to hover and more.More »

Honorable Mentions

The Evil Within, Alien Isolation, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Pro Evolution Soccer 2015