Month: September 2019

Madden NFL 20 is the best-selling game of August 2019, repeating its victory after being the top-selling game in July of this year, while also becoming the seventh yearly Madden entry in a row to top the charts in August.

As reported by the NPD Group, Madden is now the third-best-selling game of 2019, trailing behind Kingdom Hearts III and Mortal Kombat 11. Minecraft, interestingly, had its all-time high placement on the NPD best-sellers chart, coming in as the second-best-selling game for the month of August.

Our Madden NFL 20 review said this year’s entry had some of the best moment-to-moment gameplay in the series. However, our reviewer found other parts like the Franchise mode to be somewhat lacking.

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Compelling adaptation of Donna Tartt’s bestseller, though one that might have been better served as a mini-series.

Nintendo has announced a new fitness-based game called Ring Fit Adventure, and it launches exclusively for Switch on October 18. Ring Fit Adventure comes with a circular “Ring-Con” controller and leg strap you put your Joy-Cons into. Then you control your character in the game by doing physical exercises. Ring Fit Adventure has 20 worlds to explore and many enemies to defeat using 40 “fit skills” you learn as you play. These involve various movements and stances, including yoga poses.

If you could use some exercise in your gaming life, you’ll probably want to know where you can preorder Ring Fit Adventure and how much it costs. We have you covered below, so read on.

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A second Game of Thrones prequel series is reportedly in the works at HBO, according to Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter.

Both outlets are reporting that the new series is close to a pilot order. Written by Colony co-creator Ryan Condal and produced by Condal and A Song of Ice and Fire author George R. R. Martin, the potential prequel is based on Martin’s Fire and Blood, a history of the Targaryen dynasty. Set 300 years before the events of Game of Thrones, the series would reportedly focus on the dominance and decline of House Targaryen.

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Welcome to Nintendo Voice Chat! Nintendo may have dropped most of the big announcements during last week’s Nintendo Direct, but there was one wacky reveal left for this week. Nintendo revealed its latest fitness game, Ring Fit Adventure, as well as a new peripheral… The Ring-Con! Join the NVC crew as they discuss Nintendo’s new fitness experiment. Then, stay for gameplay impressions of Link’s Awakening, which comes out next week! Plus, hear about Celeste’s farewell chapter, Pokémon Sword and Shield’s potential autosave feature, new amiibo releases, and more. Finally, the panel takes your questions on Question Block.

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Watch some of the NHL’s wackiest mascots battle it out in NHL 20’s Threes mode. NHL is coming to PS4 and Xbox One on September 13th.