Many of the games also employ the 'feel' of Christianity in the same manner. While a game like World of Warcraft may have warlocks summoning demons from runes on the ground, it also has characters like holy priests, and the stereotypical crusaders of the light (paladins), vowing to rid the world of the evil scourge. It even, in a sense, has the blasphemers (the blood elves), who, with a seemingly unhealthy obession with magic, have even figured a way to use holy magics to their own advantage so that they too can be paladins. Paladins in WoW are the only class that carry with them, a libram (ie: a holy book), that enhances their various holy abilities. Paladins and priests alike can heal others using the magic of the light (holy). There are 3 roles a paladin can choose, each determined by whether you increase your talents in Protection, Holy, or Retribution (sound familiar). Even before WoW was expanded, you also had the cult of Christian-like zealots that played a central role in the storyline (the Scarlet Crusade), whom you even confront in their massive cathedral (Scarlet Monestary). I would say that the Scarlet Crusade even more specifically resembles Catholicism in dress and appearance.
So while Christ isn't actually mentioned, the general theme of the ancient Christian crusader is there, just as it is with the occult, and even druidism and shamanism (well, they're called shamans, at least).
What I find interesting is when games try to hint at the resemblance of the occult, many deem it as dangerous - or sometimes evil. With irony, the same people that pass this judgment either over look any Christian-like elements of the same games, or deem it blasphemous.
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