Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig games. NS
Answer
games. 5 NS v2n0.nic.games.
games. 5 NS v0n3.nic.games.
games. 5 NS v0n0.nic.games.
games. 5 NS v0n2.nic.games.
games. 5 NS v0n1.nic.games.
games. 5 NS v2n1.nic.games.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
v0n0.nic.games. 170704 A 65.22.20.39
v0n1.nic.games. 156456 A 65.22.21.39
v0n2.nic.games. 156456 A 65.22.22.39
v0n3.nic.games. 145493 A 161.232.10.39
v2n0.nic.games. 170704 A 65.22.23.39
v2n1.nic.games. 145493 A 161.232.11.39
v0n0.nic.games. 170704 AAAA 2a01:8840:16:0:0:0:0:39
v0n1.nic.games. 156456 AAAA 2a01:8840:17:0:0:0:0:39
v0n2.nic.games. 156456 AAAA 2a01:8840:18:0:0:0:0:39
v0n3.nic.games. 145493 AAAA 2a01:8840:f4:0:0:0:0:39
v2n0.nic.games. 170704 AAAA 2a01:8840:19:0:0:0:0:39
v2n1.nic.games. 145493 AAAA 2a01:8840:f5:0:0:0:0:39
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0