IT'S GAME TIME

By: Israel Alcala

Source: https://dribbble.com/shots/380031-An-Abridged-History-of-Game-Controllers?list=popular

Sports like football, basketball, and soccer have video games released for them every year. Game sales increase every year making more people interested in playing sports games and people can state their opinions so developers know what people want or prefer in the next annual release.But which game series is the best? I polled some friends and students and voted for their favorite sport video games, 11 were listed and only 8 were voted on, and only the top 5 most voted on made the list.  

5. NBA Live-First game being developed in 1995,  this game has sold over 35 million copies. Published by EA , Its main competitor is NBA 2k Series by 2k Sports.

Source: http://www.gamespot.com/nba-live-16/

4. Forza Motorsport- Racing game series made for the Xbox Platforms(Xbox,Xbox 360,Xbox one.)First game being released in 2005, this series is published by Microsoft Studios and has sold over 10 million copies and has 8 games in its series.

Source:http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/09/08/forza-motorsport-6-review/

3. FIFA- FIFA is a soccer game developed by EA Sports and published by EA. Selling over 100 million copies and its first game released in late 1993 , it is released annually.

Source: https://www.vg247.com/2015/09/22/first-fifa-16-reviews-dribble-in-all-the-scores-here/

2. Madden NFL- Madden NFL was first released in June 1, 1988 named as “John Madden Football” Selling more than 100 million copies and making over $4 billion dollars. Developed by High Score Entertainment and published by EA Tiburon, this series has a game released annually with the latest release being Madden NFL 16.

Source: https://www.easports.com/madden-nfl/news/2015/madden-16-defense

1.NBA 2K- Basketball game developed by Visual Concepts and was previously published by Sega and now published by 2K Sports. Selling millions of copies. This game was first released in 1999 and is released annually.

Source: http://www.gamespot.com/videos/nba-2k16-gameplay/2300-6427011/

Sports games aren’t the only popular category of video games. Some other popular categories are MMORPGs (massively multiplayer online role playing game), FPS (First Person Shooter) and action games.  There are many more popular sports games released annually like PES (pro evolution soccer), MLB The Show and many more, but this list of games is the best of all other sports video games.