The holiday season is the time when the whole family can get together and spend time playing games. The 2020 GOA Family Video Games Gift Guide has a mix of games that you can play with your family for fun or some friendly competition.
Overcooked! All You Can Eat
In the Overcooked games, players cooperate or compete against each other to put together meals. The cooperative mode tests your communication as you try to coordinate multiple meals together to keep up with demanding customer orders. The additional challenge comes when you face absurd situations, like cooking in off-balance air balloons or around lava pits, with moving platforms, while putting out fires.
For the next generation of consoles Overcooked! All You Can Eat contains the fun from Overcooked 1 and 2 as well as exclusive kitchens and cooks, and all of the expansions in 4K glory. I can’t think of a video game that better encapsulates the fun and chaos of family and friend gatherings during the holiday season.
Platforms: Playstation 5 and XBOX Series X/S
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 & 2
It’s rare that an iconic game from your childhood is remastered to the quality of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 & 2. Tony Hawk’s is the perfect nostalgia trip for gaming parents to share with their kids. The game has split-screen options for local play with the family and private lobby support for organising play parties with friends and family further afield.
Platforms: Playstation 4, XBOX One, Microsoft Windows
Untitled Goose Game
Untitled Goose Game was the Aussie made Indie darling of 2019 – featured in the GOA 12 Games of Christmas prizes last year. This year House House have added a multiplayer mode. The multiplayer mode brings double the fun and mischief, as you work together with your fellow goose to bring squawking mayhem.
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS
Just Dance 2021
Just Dance is the ultimate game to jump on to get your groove on – and maybe burn off a little bit of Christmas lunch as a bonus. The great news is that Just Dance 2021 has local four-player action. Smartphones can be connected and used as additional controllers so the whole family can dance together.
If you’d like to try before you buy, there is currently a demo available for Just Dance 2021 on most consoles.
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Playstation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S, Google Stadia
Moving Out
Moving Out is the most fun you’ll ever have moving furniture. The game has local multiplayer for sharing the chaos with your family on the couch. Moving Out is made the awesome Aussie dev team from SMG Studio. If you haven’t heard of this game, my words will not do it justice. I’m going to leave it to the trailer to explain how the game works.
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Playstation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S, Google Stadia
2020 GOA Family Video Games Gift Guide
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