The latest installment in EA Sports’ ever-popular Madden NFL franchise brings a personalized career mode called Face of the Franchise: QB1 that allows the players to create their own college quarterback and play through the College Football National Championship playoff, the NFL Combine, the NFL Draft, and eventually as a starter Quarterback for an NFL team. Something the developers call the Scenario Engine generates unique scenarios and challenges along the way. Also new is an ability progression system – Superstar X-Factor – that showcases the special abilities of the most exciting NFL stars.

The cover athlete for Madden NFL 20 is Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who is said to have inspired the new career campaign.

Madden NFL 20 is now available on GamerSaloon – Where Gamers Play for Real Money.

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Remnant: From the Ashes is a third-person survival co-op shooter developed by Gunfire Games (best known for Darksiders III). The game is set in a post-apocalyptic Earth ravaged by an ancient interdimensional evil known as the Root. Humanity’s only hope is the technology to open portals to other worlds, allowing them to scavenge for resources and carve out new footholds as they seek to defeat the Root.

These alternate worlds feature unique biomes and are generated dynamically, resulting in new maps, encounters, quests, and world events each time. The game offers gear and weapon crafting, character progression, and epic boss fights. There are three classes, or archetypes, that only affect the starter loadout; accordingly, up to three players can join forces in online co-op.

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Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is a third-person action-adventure game developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by EA. Set after the events of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, it follows Cal Kestis, a young Padawan who narrowly escaped the purge of Order 66 and is on a quest to rebuild the Jedi Order.

The game promises a story-driven single-player experience focusing on combat, exploration, and puzzle-solving. The lightsaber combat system is said to be innovative and intuitive to pick up, and involves striking, parrying, and dodging. No Star Wars game would be complete without Force abilities, and Jedi: Fallen Order is no exception – some powers aid in combat, while others provide new ways to traverse the game’s diverse environments.

There are several planets to visit and explore in the game, which is done using a customizable spaceship called The Stinger Mantis. Flights happen in real time, during which players can engage in various activities onboard.

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God Eater 3 is an action RPG developed by Marvelous and published by Bandai Namco. It centers around the titular God Eaters, a group of super-soldiers wielding biological weapons, who are humanity’s last line of defense against powerful monsters known as Aragami that have devastated the world.

God Eater 3 was released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC to generally positive reviews back in February 2019. This article is in regards to the upcoming Nintendo Switch launch, and the associated pre-order bonuses (detailed after the jump). New to the Switch version of the game is local co-op and the ability to play with up to 8 players online.

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Attack on Titan 2: Final Battle is a major expansion to Omega Force and Koei Tecmo’s 2018 title Attack on Titan 2, which is based on the worldwide hit anime series. The expansion adds a new Territory Recovery Mode, in which aspiring commanders form their own corps, complete with a unique name and emblem, and battle to reclaim the land outside of the walls. Any playable character, including the custom-made Scout from the last year’s AoT2, can be assigned as the leader. There is also a new Shooting Gear where the traditional blades are replaced by weapons.

Attack on Titan 2: Final Battle can be purchased as a standalone game for the standard price of $59.99, or as an Upgrade Pack for $39.99 if the player already owns the original. In either case, there are pre-order bonuses to be had, as detailed below.

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The Sinking City is an action-adventure game with an investigative slant set in an open world haunted by Lovecraftian horrors. Taking on the role of a troubled detective Charles W. Reed, the players will depart for a 1920s city of Oakmont, Massachusetts to investigate a mysterious flood and the darkness corrupting the minds of the citizens.

The game’s world can be explored on foot, by boat, or a diving suit. The investigation system is non-linear, meaning each case can be solved using different methods, and there are different endings depending on the choices made. Digging for clues aside, combat is also on the menu, as is managing the protagonist’s sanity after confronting otherwordly horrors.

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Borderlands 3 is a first-person shooter with RPG elements, which like its predecessors is developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K Games. It stars four new Vault Hunters – Moze the gunner, Amara the siren, FL4K the beastmaster, and Zane the operative – who seek to stop the fanatical Calypso Twins from claiming the galaxy’s ultimate power.

For the first time, the game features new worlds beyond the planet of Pandora, each with their own unique environments and enemies. As usual, there are endless guns to loot – including ones which grow legs and chase down enemies while hurling insults – and with alternate firing modes at that. Borderlands 3 supports both online and offline (split-screen) co-op.

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