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WELCOME

FROM THE EDITORS

SEPTEMBER 2019

Publisher / Editor-In-Chief
Steve B. Harris
Editorial
EDITORS
Josh Harmon
Mollie L Patterson
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Michael Goroff
COPY EDITOR
Alexandra Hall

Endless summer

nce upon a time, summer was the
worst time to be a gamer. Sure,
if you were young enough, you
might have time off from school, meaning you
could while away entire days exploring virtual
worlds, if you wanted. But the summer months
were all but dead when it came to major game
releases, save for a handful of sports games
that launched like clockwork each year. With
E3 in the rearview mirror, even news about
upcoming games tended to slow to a crawl.
You don't need to look any further than
the Five to Play section of this very issue to
see how much that's changed. Sure, Madden NFL 20 may be a holdover from the old
days, but joining it among the new releases
we're highlighting are some decidedly major
games. By the time you read this, Fire
Emblem: Three Houses and Marvel Ultimate
Alliance 3: The Black Order will have launched
for Nintendo Switch, and Wolfenstein: Youngblood will have landed on all major consoles.
All three games are sequels to big franchises-heck, depending on your definition, you
might count Ultimate Alliance 3 as part of the
biggest media franchise of all time-and all
three came out in July.
More than ever, gaming has become a
hobby you can enjoy year-round. Not only
are major releases spread more evenly
throughout the year, with hits arriving in
fall, winter, spring, and summer, but the
games have longer lifespans, too. If you find
an online game you truly love-say, Rocket

League, Apex Legends, or Fortnite-there's a
good chance it'll get big updates throughout
the calendar years after launch.
The summer gaming doldrums are a thing
of the past. Actually, maybe it'd be better to
say that every month feels like summer now:
full of adventure and opportunities to travel to
new places from the comfort of your couch.
The rest of this issue beautifully illustrates
that new status quo. We didn't even plan
it, but our cover story and previews feature
games due out across four different months
in the latter half of this year. First, in August,
Control will introduce the world to a clandestine government agency tasked with keeping
a lid on the paranormal. Then, in September,
Xbox owners can head back to Sera in Gears 5
to uncover the next chapter of Kait's story. At
the start of October, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
Breakpoint will thrust players into a fight
for survival on a tropical island. Finally, in
November we'll get the Switch's long-awaited
Pokémon Sword and Shield and the id Software sequel Doom Eternal. (Careful not to get
those games mixed up, too. Trust us when we
say you really don't want to take on a horde
of demons armed with only a Jigglypuff.)
For a year-round look at the latest, the greatest, and what's next, be sure to keep reading
Walmart Gamecenter, the magazine that keeps
you at the center of all things gaming.

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