continues its domination of the American Football video game genre across a myriad of platforms. The EA Sports game has seen continued installments for over a decade, and while recent additions can feel like minor upgrades, its popularity is undeniable. offers its players a variety of modes to enjoy, from taking control of people's favorite and best teams in the Franchise mode, creating a superstar player, or building a roster of stars in Ultimate Team. also offers a rewarding skill ceiling for avid football fans who want to invest in improvement.
In comparisondid come with some new features and improvements to its predecessor . Improved AI and systems were implemented to make individual battles on the field more lifelike. These features also help raise the skill ceiling of what players must do to succeed against the toughest competition. Many changes to Franchise mode were also included, giving players more control over their team's actions and a more realistic feeling of a week during the season.
Unfortunately, is not playable on the Nintendo Switch and is unlikely to be released on the console before the series' next installment. This is a harsh blow for football fans on Switch, especially since the game is on PC, as well as the old and current generations of PlayStation and Xbox. Microsoft even went as far as to include on Xbox Game Pass for players to enjoy on a subscription payment. This method works incredibly well for those who want to play but feel the minimal upgrades are not worth the full price of the game.
Luckily, includes crossplay compatibility, so those with access to the game can play with others regardless of platform. However, there are still some restrictions with this new feature. That is,crossplay only works on current-generation consoles along with PCs, and only specific modes utilize crossplay. Regardless of the understandable limitations, it is a huge step forward for the franchise in bringing players together and further optimizing for the future.
While there is no confirmed reason why has not reached the Switch yet, some possibilities do exist. The first one is the technical limitations the Switch has become known for the past few years. is a demanding franchise of games, and it could be possible that the Switch's hardware is just not up to the task. However, this makes little sense as it's also available on the PS4 and Xbox One consoles.
The last time a game was on a Nintendo console was in 2011 with for the Nintendo 3DS, which could point to EA just being reluctant to launch Madden on a Nintendo console. This is similar to how was previously not on PC or Xbox, though recent installments have been allowed on Xbox through the Game Pass.
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GameStop has revealed an exclusive retro gaming-themed bonus for fans who wish to pre-order the upcoming Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door through its storefront: a free slip case based on the GameCube version. The upcoming release of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door on Nintendo Switch is one of Nintendo's most highly anticipated releases. It is a long-awaited remake of one of the series' most beloved games, bringing the game from the GameCube to the Switch, adding a number of quality-of-life tweaks and remastered graphics.
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door originally launched on GameCube in 2004 to widespread acclaim, and the upcoming Nintendo Switch rerelease won’t mess with perfection. Nintendo and Intelligent Systems’ remaster of the landmark role-playing game — which also represented the Paper Mario series at its peak — will instead give Mario fans a better-looking version of the original game, with a few welcome tweaks. It will also give the massive Switch audience a chance to experience this classic Nintendo game for the first time.
Almost 20 years after its original release, Mother 3 has still never been officially released outside of Japan. Nintendo has never offered up a concrete explanation as to why that is, and for some reason, it continues to taunt those of us who would give them vast amounts of money for an official US release. Mother 3 was recently added to Nintendo Switch Online, but only on Japan, and the plushes revealed to mark the occasion are now available to pre-order.
Players can earn Hero-Track gear by defeating Illidan in Black Temple Timewalking during this week's event! Those looking to start Season 4 off with the best gear possible won't just want to take advantage of the Timewalking Dungeon reward cache — it looks like Disturbance Detected: Black Temple is also offering a Cache of Timewarped Treasures that is dropping Season 4 gear. To accept this quest, head to Shattrath and speak with Vormu, right in the center of the city (/way 54.6 39.0).
A pair of Nintendo 64 racing games are now available for members. Players can put rubber to the road in the futuristic racing game Extreme-G or roll out with Iggy’s Reckin’ Balls.
Stellar Blade for PlayStation 5; SAND LAND for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series, and PC; Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC; and SaGa Emerald Beyond for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch, iOS, and Android are the highlights of this week’s Japanese video game releases.
Single-player life simulation game Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Game will launch digitally for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch, and PC via Steam this fall, publisher Private Division and developer Weta Workshop announced. It will support English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Turkish, Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese language options.
Pizza Tower fans have been waiting for the well-loved PC indie platformer to make the jump to consoles, but this week's Nintendo Indie Showcase once again failed to deliver that announcement. Instead, we saw a very similar-looking game called Antonblast - and while some elements of the fandom were quick to call it a "Pizza Tower clone," both games owe their inspiration to a much older Nintendo classic.
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Although Nintendo won’t be appearing at this year’s Gamescom to show off the successor to the Switch, the company isn’t leaving fans completely high and dry. Tomorrow, April 17, the Nintendo Indie World Showcase will feature about 20 minutes of updates relating to indie releases coming to the Nintendo Switch. Fans can tune in at 7 AM PST / 10 AM EST.