8 Games to Play Over the Holiday Break

The winter holidays mean a lot of different things to different people, but no matter how you‘re planning to spend your seasonal break, there’s a Ubisoft game for you. Whether you’re nesting at home or traveling abroad, seeing friends and family or taking some time for yourself, the right game can make your holidays even more enjoyable. Here are eight games we recommend for a variety of holiday situations (some of which are discounted right now, during the Ubisoft Store Winter Sale).

Games with Seasonal Events

The Division 2

Though it’s summertime in post-pandemic Washington, DC, The Division 2 is hosting a seasonal event to bring Agents a dash of holiday spirit on Xbox One, PS4, PC, and through UPLAY+. Log in during Situation: Snowball (which ends January 7), and you’ll get a free in-game Santa hat to spruce up your outfit. To join the snowball-shooting fun, you’ll need to find and take down an elusive Santa hat-wearing Hoarder enemy who spawns in the open world (we found him while visiting the statue of Honest Abe, maybe that will work for you?). This will earn you the Sleigher, a gilded SMG that shoots snowballs and can afflict enemies with the Confuse status effect (I mean, wouldn’t you be?). Have a grand old time painting the town white, and if you want to get serious, start a new run in the no-respawn Hardcore Mode (still in beta).

Steep

If there’s one feeling you can count on the holiday season to deliver each and every year, it’s jealousy that you aren’t heli-skiing in Alaska. ‘Tis the season for wishing you were on an epic winter vacation, and that’s where Steep comes in. Already offering a bounty of beautiful mountainsides on which to ski, snowboard, paraglide, and more, Steep is hosting an array of special seasonal events to spice up your virtual adventures on PC, Xbox One, PS4, and through UPLAY+. Have you ever considered that Santa’s legendary feats of gift delivery might actually be getting done by elves with helicopters and wingsuits? Makes you think.

The Crew 2

You know those car commercials where someone buys their partner a new car for Christmas and it has a huge red bow on top? Well, this season, why not surprise someone you care about by bringing that car commercial fantasy into the open-world motorsports fantasy of The Crew 2? During the Santa Cruise winter celebration on PS4, Xbox One, and PC (including UPLAY+), try out a new winter event and browse daily promotions for deals on new cars, cosmetics, and more from December 25 to January 1. Then, put your new ride(s) through their paces in the dynamic, vehicle-hopping Live Summit races when The Crew 2 lifts the fame level requirements during the Open Days Summit from January 1-8. Winter may be a time for extra caution on the roads, but in The Crew 2, speed is your secret Santa.

Trials Rising

While bounties of baked goods, candy confections, and sugarplums (whatever those are) are likely to appear within arm’s reach much more frequently during the holiday season, there’s one place where candy is playing hard to get. As part of the Trials Rising seasonal event on Switch, PS4, PC, and Xbox One, 10 candy canes have been scattered throughout the games’ high-flying, daredevil-riding tracks. Grab ‘em all and a special reward is yours, one that won’t contribute to tooth decay. You can also check out a new fun bike, coming on December 26, and download a new track pack starting January 2 that takes you to the North Pole in search of new obstacles to overcome and terrain to backflip over.

By: Chris Watters