'NBA 2K20,' 'Gears 5,' 'Borderlands 3' and 'Zelda' make for big month of new video games

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening: Nintendo has reimagined this iconic 1991 Game Boy title for Nintendo Switch owners in 2019. It's no secret many of the year's biggest video games debut around the holidays – to capitalize on the all-important gift-giving season, perhaps – but you might be surprised what's new this fall. In fact, September is shaping up to be an unusually big month with a handful of big-name releases bowing this month – a pair of sequels in beloved sci-fi action series, the latest in a best-selling basketball franchise, and the remake of a Nintendo Game Boy classic. While there are other basketball simulation games, NBA's 2K basketball franchise is the best of the best. Landing next week on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows PC, "NBA 2K20" (2K/Take-Two Interactive; $59.99, rated Everyone for all ages) is the latest in the celebrated basketball simulation series, which fuses several solo and multiplayer game modes with near-photorealistic graphics.