TekSavvy Insider pulls no punches with our very jam-packed Holiday 2014 issue. Inside you'll find everything you need to know about preparing your video gaming gifts for the big day, including some hints that'll save time (and possibly tears) on Christmas morning! We've also got our last minute gift guide covering every possible angle for Holiday shoppers.

In our review section we get hands on with the latest games and tech including Google's Nexus 6 and Nexus 9, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, LittleBigPlanet 3, Far Cry 4, Grand Theft Auto V on PS4 and Xbox One and Assassin's Creed double-header, Rogue and Unity.

As always there's much, much more packed inside so be sure to check it out...

Things are really starting to heat up at theatres and to ensure you're kept in the loop with what's hitting cinemas we've compiled a multi-page guide to some of the biggest movies of the summer blockbuster season.

Elsewhere, we ask where Nintendo goes from here following the company's announcement that it's working on a Wii U follow-up, put the future of wearables under the microscope, serve up some tips to help you improve your online experience and review all the latest in movies, games and consumer technology!

Leading the way in this month's TekSavvy Insider is a look at the performance of the three home consoles in the current generation. We'll be rating each on a number of fronts to try to help late adopters decide which one is for them. On top of that we've got early looks at new Nintendo IP Splatoon and summer dino-blockbuster Jurassic World, a full listing of superhero movies hitting theatres between now and 2020, the truth about Macs, and a look at why high bandwidth is essential in 2015. We also take a look at EA Canada, one of the country's biggest game development studios, check out the history of Arcade Fire, weigh in with our top 10 consoles of all time, give an introduction to computer music and, of course, review all the latest in movies, games and consumer technology!

With video gaming pushing ever further into mainstream consciousness, we take a look at professional gaming and eSports and ask whether or not gamers might be the sports starts of the future. Elsewhere we've got in awesome interview with rising Irish star Domhnall Gleeson ahead of the launch of sci-fi flick Ex Machina, a guide to all your March break tech needs and a how to on how to get your computer running like new again...

This month tech is the talk of the town (or at least the Insider) as we take a look at our favourites from last month's International CES, which took place in Las Vegas. Each year the best and the brightest in the tech industry descend upon Sin City to showcase their wares for the year ahead and beyond, and this year's event was a real doozie! On top of that, we put Nintendo's New 3DS XL through its paces, review The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D, take an early look at Pitch Perfect 2, offer some sage online dating advice ahead of Valentine's Day and much, much more...

We hope you had a great time over the holidays and are finally settling back into your day to day routine without too much hardship! This month's TekSavvy Insider offers the perfect cure to any holiday hangovers you might be struggling to shake, with an assortment of great features covering the best of 2014 and looking ahead to some of the most eagerly anticipated movie, gaming and technology launches of 2015. 

Also in this month's issue we've got the inaugural TekSavvy Insider Awards, covering the very best from movies, games and consumer tech in 2014, a month-by-month look back at 2014, jam packed previews of the year ahead in movies, games and tech and some pretty tasty reviews like the Alienware Alpha, Ubisoft racer The Crew and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.

In November's TekSavvy Insider we're taking a look at one of the biggest games of the year, the Xbox One exclusive Halo: The Master Chief Collection, which packs in a whopping four full games as well as every multiplayer map the series has seen to date!

On top of that we've got a look back at our 30 favourite games from the last generation of consoles, an interview with "Fearless" Fred Kennedy, a look at how GameLock could be about to change the way we buy games forever and a monstrous head-to-head battle between Apple's iPhone 6 plus and Samsung's Galaxy Note 4.

On the review front we take a look at Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Bayonetta 2, Sunset Overdrive, Alien Isolation, the Motorola Moto 360, Samsung Galaxy Alpha, Motorola Moto X, Laggies, St. Vincent, Horns and a whole bunch more!

This month's TekSavvy insider features all the very latest in technology, gaming and movies, including a look at Canadian star Keanu Reeve's explosive new offering, John Wick, extended coverage of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, a look at how Raptr could be about to change the way we share gameplay forever, an exclusive interview with former pro-gamer Dennis Fong, an interview with The Equalizer director Antoine Fuqua and much, much more.

On the review front we take a look at Super Smash Bros. for 3DS, Forza Horizon 2, Destiny, Hyrule Warriors, Apple's iPhone 6, Propellerhead Reason 8, The Equalizer, The Imitation Game, This is Where I Leave You, A Walk Among the Tombstones and a whole bunch more besides.

This month's TekSavvy insider is bigger than ever, with a huge last minute back-to-school round-up, an interview with Fan Expo event coordinator James Armstrong, a look at some of the best wearables available right now, a guide on how to stream your gameplay to the world, a look towards this month's Hyrule Warriors, available exclusively on Nintendo Wii U and much more.

We've also got reviews of Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition, Metro Redux, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, Madden NFL 15, The Last of Us Remastered, the OnePlus One smartphone, iolo System Mechanic 14, the Martian Notifier and the Verykool Spark s505 among others.

In this month's TekSavvy Insider we speak with Divergent trio Veronica Roth, Shailene Woodley and Neil Burger ahead of the movie's Blu-ray and DVD release on August 5th, as well as looking forward to The Expendables 3, kicking off our two-part Back to School Special coverage, grab a sneak peak at Google's Android L operating system and check out how to build the perfect home network without any issues.

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