Hopefully you already had a chance to check out our curated “Best Tech Gifts of 2025” guide and snagged a few gadgets early (or soon before prices shoot through the stratosphere). However, if you’re looking for gifts that are more focused on everyone’s favorite pastime—I’m, of course, talking about gaming —then today is your lucky day.

As gamers ourselves, our consumer tech team has played with our fair share of this year’s biggest video games and hardware releases. Whether it’s the Anbernic RG35XXSP ($50) retro handheld, the Elgato Stream Deck MK.2 15-Key Control Pad ($150), or the Asus ROG Xbox Ally X ($1,000), there’s not a thing on our list of 50 curated gaming gifts that we wouldn’t buy for ourselves.

Happy holidays! And remember: if you’re gonna be spending in-person time

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