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Wishing you a Happy Holiday's greeting, GameOn Production has developed a mixture of puzzle challenges that have been spread over various locations.  This game is available with adjustable volume levels for music and sound effects plus full screen viewing with a custom cursor and a choice of English, French or German language for playing the game. Covering six precise locations, the game will then deliver five puzzles of different types at each of its locations.

While the "Christmas" (stating the overall theme) and "Meow" (two cats are involved), I have no explanation for the "Suddenly" part of this game's title.  You can make up your own mind as to the reason IKi Games decided on the wording for this title.  Suddenly Meow Christmas is classified as a Match 3 title that casts you in the role of Mary who takes her two pet cats with her when visiting her Grandma's house.

Continuing its Jigsaw Lovers series, Revills Games has released a Christmas based offerings.  As with the earlier entries in this series, this Christmas title is built around a story featuring numerous images that can be used as the source material for four different types of puzzle formats operating with user-defined settings. When starting this game, there is a wide range of selectable features including an option to set up profiles allowing different people to partake of this title.

Mystery Case Files - A Crime in Reflection is a Hidden Object Adventure game from the Grandma stable of titles.  This review is based on the Collector's Edition version of the title which adds a number of bonus items to supplement the main game of investigation game play.  When playing this game you have the choice of tackling its content in Casual, Advanced, Hardcore or Custom difficulty level.

Adding to its range of Solitaire Seasons series, Suricate Software has released its Jewel Match Solitaire Winterscape 3 offering.  Available in Collector’s Edition format, this product combines numerous levels of digital Solitaire game play with various types mixed in with a building construction feature used as a reward.  The game play takes place set out in a winter playground spread out over a wide area of countryside that you need to travel across during the game.

While you may have your own ideas regarding how to carry out this particular task of universal proportions, the guys at LGT SIA believe Erik and his team of willing workers have a solution.  This particular solution consists of a mixture of fire, water, earth and air spirits working together to restore the sun and bring back life to a world struggling to survive.

For the next title in its 1001 Jigsaw series, 8 Floor Games has opted for its next source material to be based on Japan and the culture it can offer to puzzle solvers.  Following the pattern established in the previous title in the series, adjustments can be made to the music and sound effect levels plus a choice of three resolutions for displaying the different images displayed in photo album style.

With a gaming environment set in the modern world, It Happened Here - Beacon of Truth is a Hidden Object Adventure game that is available in Collector's Edition format.  The game casts you in the role of Emily Smith, a true crime podcaster.  You are asked by a friend to investigate a decade-old death and the rumours surrounding a mysterious cursed lighthouse as part of your series of podcasts regarding cold cases.

Yummyland Solitaire is a rather basic version of the traditional Solitaire card game.  The Yummyland part of the title refers to the game's graphics which are based on what a desert Chef may produce to appeal to sugar addicted customers as their food supply is presented against various mouth-watering and size increasing waist line backgrounds.

Similar in concept to Tiny Little Lion's So Much Stuff offering, the Best Friends Game product of Find All Things sets various puzzles based on location themes.  This review is based on the Collector's Edition version of the title which comes with an additional six levels and a number of wallpaper screens to supplement the main game. Following the usual selection of volume and viewing settings, you are faced with a layout showing the current location and a choice of four individual puzzles.

A couple of months ago I came across a product developed by The Revills Games entitled Jigsaw Puzzle Lovers 2 which allowed you to put together images categorised as Animals, Flowers, Food and Nature.  Now the company has switched its focus for its jigsaw images to the magical realm of Eldoria with its inhabitants of wizards, elves, fairies and goblins plus scenes containing ancient artefacts, Elemental Stones and mystical creatures.

With the vast amount of Christmas presents to deliver to recipients who have qualified for the Nice List, the amount of work involved plus the necessary organisational skills means mistakes and accidents can happen.  This next title concerns such an incident and the confusion that can occur following such a mistake.  Domini Games has built this next offering around such an event.

Built around the Christmas Festival, Mixo Games has released The Season of Joy product.  Available in Collector's Edition format, this product comes with a number of bonus items to supplement the main mixture of puzzle type games.  With options to adjust volume levels for background music and sound effects plus viewing the action in full screen mode with a cursor depicting a gloved hand, there is a choice of Casual, Normal or Extreme difficulty levels.

Adding to its catalogue of titles, Revills Games has released Santa's Christmas Solitaire 3.  This mixture of card and mini game action is built around a festive holiday adventure.  You join this adventure in an attempt to solve the mystery of what happened to all the missing presents that Father Christmas was planning to deliver on Christmas Eve. Aided by elves and fairies, you can set about creating the game's working environment.

As you might suppose from its title, Art by Numbers 2, is the follow-up offering to AWIGOR's previous product.  Following the pattern created by the initial offering, this follow-up title continues to deliver the tools needed to "paint by numbers" and indulge in some "free colouring action" to show off their artistic eye.  Whatever your choice of producing coloured output, you can use any of the 72 detailed sketches as your starting point.

With Gaslamp Cases 9, e-Funsoft brings us its Match 3 offering of The Ghost Automaton City.  As with other titles in the Gaslamp Cases series, this tale relates the adventures of a pair of Victorian detectives.  This duo always manage to become involve in various situations without any apparent effort on their part and thus provide a gaming situation.

Taking a fresh approach to Hidden Object Adventure game play, Grandma embarks on Stephen's Journey in its City of Stories series.  You will need to follow Stephen on his journey as he sets out to forge a career and help raise his family's farm which has fallen on hard times.

Delayed slightly due to the pressure of work in progress, an invite has arrived to join a mysterious Halloween party organised by Vlad.  This event is being held at his secluded Romanian hotel that is often referred to by the local inhabitants as The Hotel Frightsylvania.  This location and festival forms the latest release in Domini Game's series of Hidden Object Adventure series of titles.

Tiny Little Lion continues with its scheme to test the player's ability to solve a variety of mini game puzzles.  This latest test comes in the shape and form of So Much Stuff 4 which is available as a Collector's Edition product and comes supplied with a number of bonus offerings.  As you might expect, this title follows the same pattern as that used by version 3 of this particular series of themes and puzzle types.

It is time to take a break and relax.  While in this restful state you can accept the challenge offered by the Relax Games' latest release.  Entitled H.O. Secrets - The Whitefield Murder, is the next offering under review and it is available in Collector's Edition format for Hidden Object fans.