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Developed by Epic Games and released in 2017, Fortnite remains one of the most popular video games of 2020. (It won the best multiplayer/ ... 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Advertisement-ContinueReadingBelow 1 CallofDuty:ModernWarfare Activision Activision playstation.com $1.00 SHOPNOW Rating:Mature, 17+Thisfirst-personshootergamepublishedbyActivisionisthe16thoverallintheCallofDutyseries.ItcameoutinOctober2019forMicrosoftWindows,PlayStation4,andXboxOne.ThestorylinefollowsaCIAofficerandBritishforceswhoteamuptotrytosavethefictionalcountryofUrzikstanfrominvasion.  RELATED:50+GiftsforBoysThatAreTooCoolforWords 2 NBA2K20 2KSports 2KSports amazon.com $19.95 $14.99(25%off) SHOPNOW Rating:EveryoneThisbasketballsimulationgame,basedontheNationalBasketballAssociation,ispublishedby2KSports.It’sthe21stinstallmentintheNBA2Kfranchise,after(youguessedit)NBA2K19.ThegamecameoutinNovember2019forMicrosoftWindows,NintendoSwitch,PlayStation4,andXboxOne.  3 MaddenNFL20 ElectronicArts ElectronicArts gamestop.com $59.99 SHOPNOW Rating:EveryoneThisfootballsimulationgamepublishedbyElectronicArtsisbasedontheNationalFootballLeague.Thisversion,whichcameoutinAugust2019forPlayStation4,XboxOne,andMicrosoftWindows,isthelatestintheMaddenNFLseries.  4 Borderlands3 2KGames 2KGames amazon.com $29.99 $11.74(61%off) SHOPNOW Rating:Mature, 17+ReleasedinSeptember2019frompublisher2KGames,Borderlands3isafirst-personshooteractiongame;itshippedmorethan5millioncopiesinitsfirstfivedays.It’sthesequeltoBorderlands2,whichcameoutin2012,andisthefourthintheBorderlandsseriesoverall.  5 MortalKombat11 WarnerBros.InteractiveEntertainment WarnerBros.InteractiveEntertainment amazon.com $19.99 SHOPNOW Rating:Mature, 17+ThisfightinggamepublishedbyWarnerBros.InteractiveEntertainmentcameoutinApril2019forMicrosoftWindows,NintendoSwitch,PlayStation4,andXboxOne.It’sthe11thoverallinstallmentintheMortalKombat series,followingMortalKombatX,whichcameoutin2015. 6 StarWarsJedi:FallenOrder ElectronicArts ElectronicArts amazon.com $25.62 $16.14(37%off) SHOPNOW Rating:TeenThisaction-adventuregamepublishedbyElectronicArtscameoutforWindows,PlayStation4,andXboxOneinNovember2019.ThegametakesplaceintheuniverseofStarWars,followingJediPadawanashetriestocompletehisJeditrainingandrestoretheJediOrder—whileactionensues.FallenOrderwasthefastest-sellingdigitallaunchforanyStarWarsgameinitsfirsttwoweeksonthemarket. 7 SuperSmashBros Nintendo Nintendo amazon.com $57.95 SHOPNOW Rating:EveryoneReleasedin2018,SuperSmashBros.UltimateisthefifthgamereleasedintheSuperSmashBros.series.BySeptember2019,ithadsoldnearly16millioncopiesworldwide—makingitthebest-sellingfightinggameever.Inthisgame,youpickacharacterandattempttoknockyouropponentoutofanarena.  8 KingdomHeartsIII SquareEnix SquareEnix amazon.com $39.99 $12.88(68%off) SHOPNOW Rating:EveryoneReleasedin2019bySquareEnixforPlayStation4andXboxOne,KingdomHeartsIIIissetagainstvariousDisneyandPixarworlds.It’sthe12thinstallmentintheKingdomHeartsseries,meanttowrapupthenarrativearcthatbeganwiththefirstgame.Itsoldmorethan5millioncopiesinitsfirstweek,makingitboththefastest-sellingandalsothebest-sellinginstallmentintheseries.  RELATED:All21PixarMovies,RankedFromWorsttoBest 9 TomClancy'sTheDivision2 Ubisoft Ubisoft amazon.com $9.00 $5.88(35%off) SHOPNOW Rating: Mature, 17+TomClancy'sTheDivision2isanonlineactiongamepublishedbyUbisoftinMarch2019forMicrosoftWindows,PlayStation4,andXboxOne.Thesequelto2016’sTheDivision,thisgameissetinWashingtonD.C.assmallpoxhasdecimatedthecity.  10 MarioKart8Deluxe Nintendo Nintendo amazon.com $55.71 SHOPNOW Rating:EveryoneAsitsnamesuggests,MarioKart8isakart-racingvideogameandtheeighthinstallmentintheseries.PublishedbyNintendoforWiiUin2014,thisgamewasfollowedupbyMarioKart8Deluxe,releasedin2017fortheSwitch.Bytheendof2019,ithadsoldmorethan22millioncopiesaroundtheworld,makingitthesystem’sbest-sellinggameever.  11 Fortnite GettyImages Rating:TeenDevelopedbyEpicGamesandreleasedin2017,Fortniteremainsoneofthemostpopularvideogamesof2020.(Itwonthebestmultiplayer/competitivegameatthe2019Webbyawards.)Ithasthreedifferentmodes:BattleRoyale,SavetheWorld,andCreative.Becauseit’sanonlineactiveshootergame,itcanbecontroversialamongparents.RELATED:IWon'tLetMySonPlay'Fortnite,'andThisIsHowHisFriendsReacted 12 Minecraft GettyImages Rating:Everyone,10+Minecraftisthebest-sellingvideogameofalltimeafter1984’sTetris.Releasedin2011andpurchasedbyMicrosoftin2014,Minecrafthassoldmorethan180millioncopiestodate.Thesandboxgameallowsplayerstomovethroughandbuildstructuresinapixelated,block-likeworld. 13 Roblox GettyImages Rating:Everyone,10+Robloxisamassivelypopularmultiplayeronlinegameinwhichplayersbuildtheirownvirtualworlds.Itwasreleasedbackin2006,andasof2019data,ithadmorethan100millionactiveusers. 14 SuperMarioOdyssey Nintendo Nintendo amazon.com $39.99 SHOPNOW Rating:Everyone,10+SuperMarioOdysseyisNintendo'splatformgamepublishedandreleasedin2017—whenitscoopedupvariousGameoftheYearhonors.ThegamefollowsthecharactersMarioandhishatspirit,Cappy,ontheiradventuresinattemptstosavePrincessPeach. 15 GrandTheftAutoV RockstarGames RockstarGames amazon.com $29.99 $23.44(22%off) SHOPNOW Rating:Mature,17+ ReleasedbyRockstarGamesin2013,GrandTheftAutoVisanopenworld,actionadventuregame.Asitstitleimplies,playersinthegame’sfictionalworldofSanAndreascommitcrimesandtrytoevadeauthorities.Asoflate-2019data,GrandTheftAutoVhadsoldmorethan115millioncopies tobecomethethirdbest-sellinggameofalltime. 16 Marvel’sSpider-Man SonyInteractiveEntertainment SonyInteractiveEntertainment amazon.com $39.99 $35.95(10%off) SHOPNOW Rating:TeenBasedonMarvelComics’famoussuperhero,Spider-Manisanaction-adventuregamepublishedbySonyInteractiveEntertainmentin2018forPlayStation4.ThegamefollowsthestoryofboththePeterParkerandSpider-Mansidesofthecharacter—fightingevilwhilenavigatingcivilianlife. RELATED:HowtoWatchAll23MarvelMoviesintheCorrectOrder 17 RocketLeague Psyonix Psyonix amazon.com $119.99 SHOPNOW Rating:Everyone RocketLeagueisasoccer-likegameinwhichtheplayersareactuallycarspoweredbyrockets.Firstreleasedin2015,thisgameisasequeltoPsyonix'sSupersonicAcrobaticRocket-PoweredBattle-Cars—butitbecamefarmorepopularthantheoriginalversioneverdid. 18 LeagueofLegends GettyImages Rating:TeenThemultiplayeronlinebattlegameLeagueofLegendscameoutin2009—anditspopularityhasonlysoaredsince,gainingviralstrength.Afulldecadelater,anestimated115millionplayersareplayingLeagueofLegendsannually. 19 TheLegendofZelda:BreathoftheWild Nintendo Nintendo amazon.com $59.99 $46.95(22%off) SHOPNOW Rating:Everyone,10+Thisaction-adventuregamefromNintendofortheSwitchandWiiUconsolescameoutin2017.TheLegendofZelda:BreathoftheWildtakesplaceattheendoftheZeldastoryline:TheplayercontrolsLink,whowakesupfroma100-yearsleepandtriestosavethekingdomofHyrulefromCalamityGanon.Thisversionsoldnearly18millioncopiesby2019,tomakeitthebest-sellingZeldagame. 20 CallofDuty:BlackOps4 Activision Activision amazon.com $59.99 $27.48(54%off) SHOPNOW Rating: Mature,17+PublishedbyActivisionin2018,CallofDutyBlackOpsIVisamultiplayerfirst-personshootergame.It’sthe15thintheCallofDutyseries,followingupasthesequelto2015’sBlackOpsIII.ItwasActivision’stopdigitallaunchwhenitcameout,grossingmorethan$500millionworldwideinjustthefirstthreedays. 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