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The NPD Group has released its projections for the best-selling games of 2019, and the predicted top-seller should be no surprise. NPD Group analyst Mat Piscatella said he expects Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare to be the best-selling game of 2019 in the US.

If that happens, it would mark the 9th time in 11 years that a Call of Duty game was the year’s top-seller. The only two times in the past 11 years that a Call of Duty game was not No. 1 for the year in the US was 2013 when it was Grand Theft Auto V and 2018 when it was Red Dead Redemption 2.

The NPD report goes on to predict that NBA 2K20 will be No. 2 in 2019, improving the franchise’s No. 3 place from 2018. Madden NFL 20 will finish as the No. 3 best-seller for 2019, according to Piscatella. Borderlands 3 and Mortal Kombat 11 will round out the top five, according to the prediction.

The full Top 10 list of predictions for 2019 best-sellers can be seen below.

In terms of consoles, Piscatella says he thinks the Nintendo Switch will end 2019 as the year’s best-selling console. The Switch was the first half of 2019’s best-selling console. Not only that, but it’s the only system in the US that’s growing in sales year over year. With the recent launch of the Switch Lite and the forthcoming release of Pokemon Sword and Shield, the Switch is expected to reach the highest annual unit sales number in the US since the Xbox 360 in 2011.

Across games and consoles, total spending on video games in the US for 2019 is expected to reach $44.6 billion in 2019; that would be up modestly from $42.2 billion in 2018.

2019 Best-Selling Video Game Predictions (US Only)

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
2. NBA 2K20
3. Madden NFL 20
4. Borderlands 3
5. Mortal Kombat 11
6. Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order
7. Ghost Recon: Breakpoint
8. Kingdom Hearts III
9. The Division 2
10. Pokemon Sword (digital sales not included)

New Releases has had a few extra-long episodes in September, and this week we’ve put together another one. September has a double dose of Dark Souls-inspired games with Code Vein and The Surge 2, plus the intense run-and-gun action of Contra: Rogue Corps. Nintendo fans can also get their fill with Mario Kart Tour on mobile devices, plus Nintendo Switch ports of Dragon Quest 11 and Ori and the Blind Forest. Footballers can also take a crack at FIFA 20 this week.

The Surge 2 — September 24

Available on: PS4, Xbox One, PC

One of two games inspired by From Software coming this week, The Surge 2 is set in a more vertical city than the original, giving you different spaces to explore as you hack away at enemies and bosses. “Hack” is definitely the keyword here, as the limb-targeting system is still very much a big component of combat.

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Contra: Rogue Corps — September 24

Available on: PS4, Xbox One, PC, Switch

Rogue Corps might be set seven years after Contra III: The Alien Wars, but it’s full of the crazy run-and-gun action you’d expect from the series. You can save the Damned City as a cyborg, assassin, alien, or scientist panda as you play solo or with friends in local and online co-op. Each of those four rogues has their own special abilities too.

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Mario Kart Tour — September 25

Available on: iOS, Android

Mario Kart Tour might be a mobile game, but it still sports a lot of the same courses, characters, items, and custom kart options you’d expect from the series. However, it also includes new courses based on real-world locations like the Eiffel Tower. What’s more, Mario Kart Tour is free to download.

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Code Vein — September 27

Available on: PS4, Xbox One, PC

Code Vein is the other Souls-like game launching this week, and it’s earned the nickname “anime Dark Souls.” Code Vein sets itself apart by letting you customize your character with abilities called Gifts and switch your class on the fly via Blood Codes. You’ll be taking on tough enemies and bosses of course, but thankfully you can battle alongside AI companions and other players online.

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Dragon Quest 11 S: Echoes of An Elusive Age – Definitive Edition — September 27

Available on: Switch

If you’ve been waiting to play Dragon Quest XI on the go, now’s the time. This definitive version of the game lets you switch between modern and 16-bit graphics, which also toggles the soundtrack between symphonic and synthesized. This version also includes new stories and a harder difficulty level called Draconian Quest.

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Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition — September 27

Available on: Switch

Nintendo Switch is also getting a port of Ori and the Blind Forest this week. Once a Microsoft exclusive, this modern Metroidvania puts you in control of the guardian spirit of the forest. The Definitive Edition is that same game, but with new areas to explore and additional difficulty options.

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FIFA 20 — September 27

Available on: PS4, Xbox One, PC, Switch

FIFA 20 sports new dribbling, tackling, aiming and shooting mechanics, but the biggest addition is Volta football. This takes the soccer match away from big stadiums in favor of smaller games on side streets, which totally changes the pace of the game. But don’t worry, Career mode and Ultimate Team are still very much a part of the action.

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September is coming to a close soon, but October has its own lineup of video games on the horizon. Next week, New Releases will take a top-level look at the new month, which is home to shooters like Destiny 2‘s Shadowkeep expansion, Ghost Recon Breakpoint, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.

The 2019 edition of the Emmy Awards have finished up, and Game of Thrones was the event’s biggest winner overall. The show and its actors took home two awards during the broadcast this evening, but it tallied 10 earlier this month during the Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony for a total of 12 (counting Peter Dinklage’s Outstanding Supporting Actor) awards for its final season. The 12 wins ties the show’s record-setting 5th season in 2015 which also won 12 awards.

Game of Thrones took home the highly coveted Outstanding Drama Series award. The other nominees included Better Call Saul, Bodyguard, Killing Eve, Ozark, Pose, Succession, and This Is Us.

Peter Dinklage, who plays Tyrion Lannister on Game of Thrones, won for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama series. This is his fourth Outstanding Supporting Actor win for Game of Thrones, and that’s a record for most wins in the category. He surpasses Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul, who won three times for his performance as Jesse Pinkman on the hit AMC TV show.

Game of Thrones Season 8 won 10 Creative Arts Emmy awards earlier this month in categories such as Outstanding Sound Editing, Outstanding Special Visual Effects, Outstanding Fantasy Costumes, and Outstanding Makeup, among others. With the Best Drama win and Peter Dinklage’s win, Game of Thrones tallied 12 Emmy award wins for its final season, which ties the show’s 2015 record.

“These last 10 years have been the best years of our lives and for everyone who worked on it, I can’t believe we finished it–and I can’t believe we did it,” showrunner David Benioff said when accepting the award, as reported by Deadline. “We did it all together and it’s over and we shall never see your like again.”

Over its eight seasons, Game of Thrones picked up 161 nominations and 59 wins, which is a record for any show in history. The Outstanding Drama win for Season 8 is the show’s fourth win in that category, following wins in 2015, 2016, and 2018.

The comedy Fleabag created by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge won Outstanding Comedy Series, while Waller-Bridge herself won for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and Writing for a Comedy Series for Fleabag.

Go to GameSpot sister site TV Guide to find out more about the Emmys. You can see a full list of categories, nominees, and winners below, as compiled by GameSpot sister site CBS News.

2019 Emmy Award Winners

Outstanding Drama Series

• Better Call Saul
• Bodyguard
• WINNER: Game of Thrones
• Killing Eve
• Ozark
• Pose
• Succession
• This Is Us

Outstanding Comedy Series

• Barry
• WINNER: Fleabag
• The Good Place
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Russian Doll
• Schitt’s Creek
• Veep

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

• Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones
• WINNER: Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
• Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder
• Laura Linney, Ozark
• Mandy Moore, This Is Us
• Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
• Robin Wright, House of Cards

Directing for a Drama Series

• WINNER: Jason Bateman, “Ozark”
• Lisa Brühlmann, “Killing Eve”
• David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, “Game of Thrones” (“The Iron Throne”)
• Adam McKay, “Succession”
• David Nutter, “Game of Thrones”(The Last of the Starks”)
• Daina Reid, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
• Miguel Sapochnik, “Game of Thrones” (“The Long Night”)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

• Jason Bateman, Ozark
• Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
• Kit Harington, Game of Thrones
• Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
• WINNER: Billy Porter, Pose
• Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Gwendoline Christie, Game of Thrones
• WINNER: Julia Garner, Ozark
• Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
• Fiona Shaw, Killing Eve
• Sophie Turner, Game of Thrones
• Maisie Williams, Game of Thrones

Writing for a Drama Series

• WINNER: Jesse Armstrong, “Succession”
• David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, “Game of Thrones”
• Emerald Fennell, “Killing Eve”
• Peter Gould and Thomas Schnauz, “Better Call Saul”
• Jed Mercurio, “Bodyguard”
• Bruce Miller and Kira Snyder, “The Handmaid’s Tale”

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Alfie Allen, Game of Thrones
• Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul
• Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Game of Thrones
• WINNER: Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
• Giancarlo Esposito, Better Call Saul
• Michael Kelly, House of Cards
• Chris Sullivan, This Is Us

Variety Talk Series

• The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
• Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
• Jimmy Kimmel Live
• WINNER: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
• The Late Late Show with James Corden
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Director for a Variety Series

• Alex Buono and Rhys Thomas, “Documentary Now!”
• Derek Waters, “Drunk History”
• Paul Pennolino, “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver”
• Jim Hoskinson, “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”
• WINNER: Don Roy King, “Saturday Night Live”
• Sacha Baron Cohen, Nathan Fielder, Daniel Gray Longino and Dan Mazer, “Who Is America?”

Variety Sketch Series

• At Home with Amy Sedaris
• Documentary Now
• Drunk History
• I Love You, America with Sarah Silverman
• WINNER: Saturday Night Live
• Who Is America

Writing for a Variety Series

• WINNER: Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
• Documentary Now!
• Full Frontal With Samantha Bee
• Late Night With Seth Meyers
• The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
• Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Limited Series

• WINNER: Chernobyl
• Escape at Dannemora
• Fosse/Verdon
• Sharp Objects
• When They See Us

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

• Amy Adams, Sharp Objects
• Patricia Arquette, Escape at Dannemora
• Aunjanue Ellis, When They See Us
• Joey King, The Act
• Nicey Nash, When They See Us
• WINNER: Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon

Outstanding Television Movie

• WINNER: Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
• Brexit
• Deadwood: The Movie
• King Lear
• My Dinner with Herve

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

• Mahershala Ali, True Detective
• Benicio Del Toro, Escape at Dannemora
• Hugh Grant, A Very English Scandal
• Jared Harris, Chernobyl
• WINNER: Jharrel Jerome, When They See Us
• Sam Rockwell, Fosse/Verdon

Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Drama

• Russell T Davies, “A Very English Scandal”
• Ava DuVernay and Michael Starrbury, “When They See Us”
• Brett Johnson and Michael Tolkin, “Escape at Dannemora” (“Episode 7”)
• Brett Johnson, Michael Tolkin and Jerry Stahl, “Escape at Dannemora” (“Episode 6”)
• Steven Levenson and Joel Fields, “Fosse/Verdon”
• WINNER: Craig Mazin, “Chernobyl”

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

• Asante Blackk, When They See Us
• Paul Dano, Escape at Dannemora
• John Leguizamo, When They See Us
• Stellan Skarsgard, Chernobyl
• WINNER: Ben Whishaw, A Very English Scandal
• Michael K. Williams, When They See Us

Directing for a Limited Series

• Ava DuVernay, “When They See Us”
• Thomas Kail, “Fosse/Verdon” (“Who’s Got the Pain”)
• Stephen Frears, “A Very English Scandal”
• WINNER: Johan Renck, “Chernobyl”
• Ben Stiller, “Escape at Dannemora”
• Jessica Yu, “Fosse/Verdon” (“Glory”)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

• WINNER: Patricia Arquette, The Act
• Marsha Stephanie Blake, When They See Us
• Patricia Clarkson, Sharp Objects
• Vera Farmiga, When They See Us
• Margaret Qualley, Fosse/Verdon
• Emily Watson, Chernobyl

Competition Program

• The Amazing Race
• American Ninja Warrior
• Nailed It!
• WINNER: RuPaul’s Drag Race
• Top Chef
• The Voice

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

• Christina Applegate, Dead to Me
• Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
• Natasha Lyonne, Russian Doll
• Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek
• WINNER: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

• Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
• Don Cheadle, Black Monday
• Ted Danson, The Good Place
• Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
• WINNER: Bill Hader, Barry
• Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek

Director for a Comedy Series

• Alec Berg, “Barry” (“The Audition”)
• WINNER: Harry Bradbeer, “Fleabag”
• Mark Cendrowski, “The Big Bang Theory”
• Bill Hader, “Barry” (“ronny/lily”)
• Daniel Palladino, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (“We’re Going to the Catskills!”)
• Amy Sherman-Palladino, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (“All Alone”)

Writing for a Comedy Series

• Alec Berg and Bill Hader, “Barry”
• WINNER: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, “Fleabag”
• Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle and Stacy Osei-Kuffour, “Pen15”
• Leslye Headland, Natasha Lyonne and Amy Poehler, “Russian Doll” (“Nothing in This World Is Easy”)
• David Mandel, “Veep”
• Josh Siegal and Dylan Morgan, “The Good Place”
• Allison Silverman, “Russian Doll” (“A Warm Body”)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• WINNER: Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Anna Chlumsky, Veep
• Sian Clifford, Fleabag
• Olivia Colman, Fleabag
• Betty Gilpin, GLOW
• Sarah Goldberg, Barry
• Marin Hinkle, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method
• Anthony Carrigan, Barry
• Tony Hale, Veep
• Stephen Root, Veep
• WINNER: Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Henry Winkler, Barry

Tonight during the 71st Emmys, Netflix released a brand-new teaser trailer for the Breaking Bad movie. The new El Camino spot shows Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) sitting in his car, an El Camino, as he listens to a news broadcast about the massacre he fled from.

This means the movie will pick up immediately after the events of Breaking Bad, which is intriguing to think about. Check out the teaser video below.

“Investigators are searching for a person of interest who fled the scene. Anyone with information on this massacre is asked to call the police immediately,” a broadcaster says on the radio.

Very little is known about the plot of El Camino outside of the fact that it will follow Pinkman in the aftermath of the fall of Walter White’s drug empire. In his final scene on Breaking Bad, Pinkman was shown racing away from the compound where he was held captive in his El Camino to an uncertain future. The Breaking Bad movie will explain what happens next.

El Camino comes to Netflix and some theatres on October 11. It was written and directed by Vince Gilligan, the creator of Breaking Bad.

In addition to Paul, who returns as Pinkman, El Camino will feature familiar characters such as Badger (Matt Jones) and Skinny Pete (Charles Baker). In total, the show will feature more than 10 familiar characters, including one whose involvement is so secret that the producers flew them in to set by private jet to avoid the secret slipping out.

Game of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage is an Emmy-winner yet again. The actor, who plays Tyrion Lannister on HBO’s fantasy show, picked up his fourth Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series win at the 71st Emmy Awards. That is a new record for most wins in that category.

Dinklage was tied with Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul, who played Jesse Pinkman and won three Outstanding Support Actor in a Drama Series awards for his performance in the AMC TV show.

This year is different for Dinklage, however, as Game of Thrones is now finished. In his acceptance speech, Dinklage spoke about the brilliance of Game of Thrones showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff, and how Dinklage didn’t know what he was getting into at the start of the show.

“I count myself so fortunate to be a member of a community that is all about tolerance and diversity, because nowhere else could I be standing on a stage like this,” the actor said, as reported by Deadline. “It’s been about 10 years, all said and done, from the moment I met [series creators] David [Benoiff] and Dan [Weiss] till now. I had no idea what I was getting myself into, but I knew that David and Dan were quite brilliant…We did nothing but sweat, we did nothing but laugh. Dave and Dan, we literally walked through fire and ice for you–literally–and I would do it all again in a heartbeat.”

Dinklage won his first Emmy for Game of Thrones back in 2011. He is the only member of the Game of Thrones cast to win an Emmy, though a number of the cast–including Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, and Kit Harington, among others–have received nominations over the years.

For more on the 71st Emmys, head to GameSpot sister site TV Guide.