Yay, there's a new Zelda! Happy Christmas to me! Phantom Hourglass was awesome (I even quite liked Linebeck by the end), so I've high hopes for Spirit Tracks. Sure it's probably going to be more of the same (go somewhere, get quest, explore dungeon, beat boss, get new weapon, repeat), but that's kinda the point. Zelda's about story and puzzles and exploration and immersing yourself in a different world for the 3 weeks it'll take to get to the end, and I can't wait! Choo choo!

Nothing says festive fun like massacring hundreds of flesh-crazed gibbering infected maniacs, so Left 4 Dead 2 gets my vote. The first game was ridiculously good fun on your own, and complete carnage with a team online, and this looks like more of the same but better! Perfect for venting your family frustrations too - just imagine the Witch is that miserable woman who everyone calls "Auntie Doreen" even though she isn't actually related to you, and you'll soon be ready to rejoin the relatives for a few cheeky drinks. Possibly. ;p

Well, one of us had to pick it really! The original is definitely one of my favourite games from the last couple of years. The campaign was fantastic, with some truly memorable moments (especially the nuke, that was pretty harrowing stuff), and the online still is a gift that keeps on giving. Everything I've seen so far of Modern Warfare 2 makes me certain it's game of the year, and I can't wait to get stuck in online!

There's something stunningly romantic about the visuals of a galleon laden with scurvy dogs sailing the Caribbean seas. I'm hoping the ship-to-ship combat, swashbuckling, various character classes, trading, infinite mission generation after completion of the main story quests and so on all combine to make a treasure of a game this Saturnalia.