The holiday season is officially upon us, Shackers. Since many of you are on vacation from work or school for Thanksgiving, what are you all playing? With the launch of the new WiiU platform, a ton of amazing games like Hitman: Absolution, and Planetside 2's entry into the free to play arena, this holiday season truly is a spectular time to enjoy gaming. Not to mention the bevy of great sales hitting this weekend.

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here at Shacknews. We hope your holiday is wonderful!

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Attempting to kill the world is fun. And sort of addictive. Plague Inc., by Shacker jamiejme and Ndemic Creations, launched for Android devices yesterday after holding the top slot over on the iOS marketplace for quite some time. Essentially, the game boils down to a handheld version of the movie Contagion, except in this case you will tailor the symptoms, evolution, and spread of the disease. Design something terrible, and unleash it upon the world.

It's really a fun game. Play it this weekend if you need something to do!

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