It's Thanksgiving week in the US, which means the GI staff is taking some time off, heading to wherever they rest their heads, planning dinners and get-togethers, and getting in some extra game time.

In light of that, we're publishing a special early edition of The Game Informer Show this week with a little twist - rather than a roundtable discussion, we had everyone contribute their own solo take on what they're playing, thinking about, or otherwise getting back into this holiday break! From the 2025 backlog to older games, and even some tabletop options, we've got a boatload of personalized selections from the GI crew. Enjoy!

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Listen to "The Games You Should Play Over The Holidays" on Spreaker.

Jump to a section using these timestamps:

00:00 - Intro 

01:10 - Matt Miller's Picks 

13:12 - Marcus Stewart's Picks 

15:57 - Kyle Hilliard's Picks 

24:41 - Alex Van Aken's Picks 

33:47 - Charles Harte's Picks 

37:44 - Eric Van Allen's Picks

A seasonal surge in the mounds of trash hauled out of Midtown subway stations — and a bump in track fires last December at the stop beneath Rockefeller Center — will result in additional track cleaning at those locations through the end of the holidays.  Starting days before Thanksgiving and extending two weeks past New […]

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The Star:
Malaysia's Johor state, which has approved 51 data centre projects as of November, stops approvals for new low-tier data centers citing high water consumption  —  JOHOR will stop approving applications for Tier 1 and Tier 2 data centres due to their massive water consumption, which can reach up to 50 million litres a day.

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
Uber starts deploying fully driverless WeRide robotaxis in Abu Dhabi, after launching its robotaxi service with safety drivers in the UAE in December 2024  —  The robotaxis, which are designed by WeRide, will be restricted to Yas Island, a popular tourist destination in Abu Dhabi.

Vlad Savov / Bloomberg:
Counterpoint: Apple is set to overtake Samsung as the world's largest smartphone maker for the first time since 2011, lifted by the success of iPhone 17 models  —  Apple Inc. will retake its crown as the world's largest smartphone maker for the first time in more than a decade …