Boom! Madden NFL is tops among Iowa gamers, study says
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In Iowa, it's all about football — at least for video gamers.
Madden NFL is the top-searched video game in the state, a recent analysis shows.
A study conducted by Yahtzee Craze, an online gaming site, looked at Google Trends to discover the most popular titles that appear alongside searches for "video games" to find which games are most Googled in each U.S. state, reported by Wealth of Geeks via the Associated Press last week.
Star Wars games are the most trending in the U.S., with seven states recording boosts in Google searches for the franchise, according to the study.
Specifically, the top search from residents in Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Colorado, West Virginia and North Dakota was "Star Wars Jedi." And in Massachusetts, it was "LEGO Star Wars," according to the study. Analysts say these trends could be linked to rumors that a popular character from the Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Cal Kestis, may get his own series on Disney+.
Nintendo's Mario games are the second most widely-searched games in America, trending in five states, followed by Pokémon and Marvel's Spider-Man, trending in four.
In Iowa, Madden NFL takes the lead as the most searched game. The football video game is also most popular in Vermont.
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Virginia Barreda is a trending and general assignment reporter for the Des Moines Register. She can be reached at vbarreda@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter at @vbarreda2.
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