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How NFL Blitz Became the Best Arcade Football Game Ever Made

Football is violent and fast. Brutal injuries are inherent to the action when 300-pound bodies slam into one another like cars at a demolition derby. In the late 1990s, no video game simulated that feeling more than the most anti-sim football game ever made: NFL Blitz. Unfortunately, the world may never see a game like Blitz again. To be sure, football video games are as popular as ever—or at least EA Sports’ Madden franchise is, since it’s the only football sim officially licensed by the NFL. Spiritual successors to the Blitz brand of arcade-style football have come along here and…
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Madden 21’s The Yard Isn’t NFL Blitz But It’s Still Important for Arcade Football

The Madden franchise and I go way back. I poured a lot of fifth-grade free time into Madden NFL 97 for the Super NES, and I can still hear that edition’s chiptune menu music in my head when I think about the series. But, I have to be honest. For all the Madden games I’ve owned over the years — give or take 15, by my count — I’d trade them all for a high-quality arcade-style football experience.  Quality is highly subjective when we’re talking about a video game. For you, quality arcade football might be EA Sports BIG’s NFL…
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League of Legends 10.14 Patch Notes Include Nexus Blitz Return

League of Legends patch 10.14 is set to release on July 8, but considering that an early version of the update is already available on the game’s test realm, we already know some of the patch’s biggest features ahead of its official debut. One of the highlights of the upcoming update is the return of the Nexus Blitz mode. The popular 5 vs. 5 variant was first released in 2018 as an experimental mode, and it’s now set to return to the live game with a brand new map. While the League of Legends team has already stated that this…
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