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Best wishes from... Konami
Before we saw Free Radical's amazing delivery, this was the best card by a mile. A wonderful medley of Konami faces old and new - don't miss the cute Pyramid Head, with wrapped up chopper, or Snake's hand poking out from under a huge present. It's even got an actual Santa! The best videogame Christmas card you'll ever see.

Visuals | 10 | Every time you look there's something new and geek-pleasing to discover
Festiveness | 10 | It's got presents, a tree, Santa - and a girl in a sexy Santa's outfit
Composition | 10 | This festive scene is packed with treats, without feeling too forced
Effort | 10 | We can only imagine that some artist worked very long and very hard on this. Well done!

Score: 10

Best wishes from... Konami
Before we saw Free Radical's amazing delivery, this was the best card by a mile. A wonderful medley of Konami faces old and new - don't miss the cute Pyramid Head, with wrapped up chopper, or Snake's hand poking out from under a huge present. It's even got an actual Santa! The best videogame Christmas card you'll ever see.

Visuals |10 |Every time you look there's something new and geek-pleasing to discover
Festiveness |10 |It's got presents, a tree, Santa - and a girl in a sexy Santa's outfit
Composition |10 | This festive scene is packed with treats, without feeling too forced
Effort |10 | We can only imagine that some artist worked very long and very hard on this. Well done!

Score: 10

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Ben Richardson is a former Staff Writer for Official PlayStation 2 magazine and a former Content Editor of GamesRadar+. In the years since Ben left GR, he has worked as a columnist, communications officer, charity coach, and podcast host – but we still look back to his news stories from time to time, they are a window into a different era of video games. 

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