By Harry Rabinowitz

The holidays are right around the corner. So, what are you getting for your family? Don’t know? Well, for now, forget about it and check out what our illustrious Circle members have been up to.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U has been the talk of the town, an accomplishment in and of itself with so many new releases. Check out Chelsea Stark’s review straight from Mashable. For a second opinion, Jason Cipriano gives his thoughts on Spike. And for a third, why not see what Anthony John Agnello has to say at DigitalTrends?

If you’re still on the fence about Dragon Age: Inquisition, Jill Scharr’s review might help you make up your mind. If not, you can take a look at Ebenezer Samuel’s review from The New York Daily News.

Jason Schreier continues rounding up game industry layoff stories on Kotaku. This time, he found one that wasn’t all that bad! Just one though…

As we prepare game lists for our own awards show, the new The Game Awards prepared it’s list of contenders. Samit Sarkar has the nominees.

Jeff Bakalar reviews the Xbox One one year after its launch.

Ben Gilbert has notices that many of the recent AAA games have been essentially broken at launch. His thoughts and discussion are over on Engadget.