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1. A Dragon Ball Z PS4 game for anyone who wants to relive the story of Goku. As you maneuver through each level, you'll be able to fight, fish, eat, and train with the protagonist.
2. A Mario Kart game to create childlike fun for you and all your friends. You can play the Nintendo Switch game locally with up to four friends in a multiplayer setting.
3. A Star Wars Jedi Xbox One game that lets you embark on a third-person action adventure. Within the game, you'll take on the role of a Padawan, a Jedi-turned-fugitive who managed to escape the purge of Order 66 following Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith. (P.S.: Notice how the Padawan looks like a certain Shameless character?)
4. A Super Mario Maker game for Nintendo Switch. The coolest part about this game is that, with a Nintendo Switch Online membership, you can create your own courses and share them with your friends and family.
5. A Call of Duty game that focuses on modern warfare and is designed specifically for Xbox One. The plot of the game centers on the balance of global powers and how your role plays into them.
6. A Luigi-centric Nintendo Switch game for those who love the green-clad brother. Within the game, players get to experience what happens when Luigi's dream vacation turns into an ooey-gooey, ghostly nightmare.
7. A Minecraft game for Nintendo Switch. The adventure-focused game is great for kids, given its problem-solving and creative building basis.
8. A new Super Mario Bros. game that can be played alone or with friends. For an approachable gaming experience, you can play New Super Mario Bros. However, if you'd like something harder and faster, you have the option to play New Super Luigi U.
9. A football game so you can live out your dream of being an NFL superstar. Madden NFL 20 lets you play single and multiplayer games where you can be QB1 or simulate a full NFL career, ranging from a player to a coach to an owner.
10. A single-player first-person sci-fi role-playing game that explores the outer edges of the galaxy. After getting lost in transit, your player wakes up decades later in the middle of a conspiracy that unfolds according to the character you become.
11. A fast-paced video game for thrill seekers looking to rule the universe. You can choose from four characters, each of which has unique playing styles and skill sets.
12. A Mario and Sonic game that takes place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. It features more than 30 events, including skateboarding, surfing, and more.
13. A family-friendly video game to get lost in the world of LEGOs. The game has everything—helicopters, dragons, and the ability to create, brick-by-brick, whatever your imagination stirs up.
14. A PS4 war game for those looking for combat. Ghost Recon Breakpoint focuses on your role as an Elite US Special Operations soldier (aka a ghost), fighting for your life against your fellow soldiers who have turned against you.
15. A Nintendo 3DS game that's perfect for little ones. When playing Animal Crossing Welcome Amiibo, you'll be the mayor of your own town, where you can design both your community and your life.
16. A UFC game that's great for folks who love to tune in (and even partake in) competitive fighting. It features customizable multiplayer modes and the option to create heated rivalries.
17. A PS4 NBA game for anyone who wishes they were a basketball superstar. NBA 2K20 features appearances by athletes and celebs alike and even lets you play with more than 140 players.
18. A Crash Bandicoot game that's great for the whole family. This disk features three games: Crash Bandicoot™, Crash Bandicoot™ 2: Cortex Strikes Back, and Crash Bandicoot™ 3.
19. A racing game for car lovers everywhere. When playing the game, you get to race laps and deck out your wheels while building your garage, making it a dream for anyone who digs cars, speed, and victories.
20. A new Zelda game that is designed specifically for Nintendo Switch. In the game, you get to adventure and explore as Link, traveling through forests, fields, and across mountain peaks — collecting outfits and gear as you go.
21. A Super Smash Bros. game to entertain yourself, your family, and friends for hours on end. Within the game, different worlds and players collide for an all-encompassing gaming experience that can be played with up to eight players.
22. A FIFA soccer game that soccer fanatics will swoon over. Within the game, you can play professional soccer as well as all-new street football.
23. An old-school Pac-Man game for PS4. With it, you can play Pac-Man, Galaga, and Dig Dug.
24. A dark fantasy adventure to get lost in a different world while gaming. You play as Geralt of Rivia, a mercenary monster slayer, and the game features more than 150 hours of gameplay.
25. An NHL game for the hockey-loving gamers of the world. NHL20 is beloved for its next-level gameplay that focuses on skills and customization.
26. An action-adventure game that's been popular basically forever. Just keep in mind that Grand Theft Auto V is rated mature for gore, intense violence, mature humor, nudity, strong language, strong sexual content, and use of drugs and alcohol.
27. An Xbox 360 post-apocalyptic RPG for gamers that dig weapons and exploration. FYI: Fallout New Vegas is rated mature for violence.
28. A Donkey Kong game that's filled with endless bananas and takes place in a tropical setting that's frozen over. Battle the bad guys and reclaim DK's paradise.
29. A Spider-Man game for Marvel superhero fans across the universe. Within the best-selling game, users get to swing through the city as both Peter Parker and Spider-Man.
30. A video game in a western setting that you'll likely become totally addicted to (take it from someone whose roommate couldn't put it down). Red Dead Redemption 2 takes place in 1899 America, and players get to be part of the Van der Linde gang, which is on the run as outlaws.
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