Winter is coming to Forza Horizon 3. Developer Turn 10 slipped a teaser image for the first expansion into a post on Xbox Wire. The currently unnamed addition is slated for release before the end of the year.

Most people don't hope the temperature drops, but in the case of A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build, the colder it is outside, the less you'll have to pay to start playing this charming puzzler.

Remember that enormous Star Wars snow sculpture? Wonder who helped make it? The Japanese military, that's who.

The central city in Grand Theft Auto V is supposed to be, essentially, Los Angeles. In real-world LA, snow is pretty much a mythical phenomenon. But Rockstar made flakes fall from the sky in GTA V over the holidays and it looked downright peaceful.

Well, it's about that time of year when you get to see a lot of your family. Your virtual family, that is. Despite The Sims 4's many warm and fuzzy qualities, though, the game doesn't come with a ton of stuff to help put you in the mood for the holidays. Modders to the rescue!

We're long overdue for a good skiing/winter sports game. Snow might be filling that void. The small-team title that's using CryEngine for its frosty action will be heading to PS4, in addition to PC .

The Sapporo Snow Festival is over! And yesterday, workers began destroying the huge snow sculptures with diggers.

Just in case you were worried the country had lost its ability to sculpt amazing snow art, rest easy. It hasn't.

Many of you might be trapped indoors tonight. You may be huddled up for warmth, trying to beat the cold weather with friends and board games. Well worry not, because this dog will keep you company.

Barring timed underwater escort missions, snow levels, with all their slippery ice and falling rocks (not to mention the fog), are probably the deadliest.

A recent video popped up on YouTube, and it shows a spectacular rooftop snowfall in China. On YouTube and on various blogs, people are comparing the snowfall to difficult stages in music games like Beatmania and Guitar Hero. And you know, it kind of does look like that, but colder.

There's more than meets the eye at this year's winter festival in the northern Japanese city of Asahikawa. There's a huge Transformers snow sculpture.

We hear that Seattle is covered in ice and snow is a total mess. We've even got this picture from near the offices of Bellevue-based developer 5th Cell to prove it.

Crysis developers Crytek's proprietary engines are always impressive, but for some reason or another aren't often used by other studios. Or when they are, they're used for shooters. Not this time!

Waking up to find his town enshrouded with thick fog, commenter Nimzy wonders if game developers have fully harnessed the power of the weather in today's Speak Up on Kotaku.

Snow and Lightning are doing their thing to fight the man.