STACK #213 July 2022

GAMING FEATURE

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WHAT’S COMING IN AUGUST?

SAINTS ROW The Saints are coming – again – in all of their purple-tinged glory. A reboot of the wild and crazy series, this one welcomes us to Santo Ileso, a fictional American Southwest city, where the player becomes their very own bespoke future Boss, leading a group on their own criminal venture. You’ll be fighting for gang supremacy, capturing territory and building your city-controlling empire. Promising the biggest and best Saints Row playground ever created, the Saints are back, baby!

DESTROY ALL HUMANS! 2 - REPROBED Get probing once again, with the return of cheeky alien invader Crypto in a new-gen take on the groovy original sequel, which is planted firmly in the swinging 1960s. This time, our alien fiend is out for revenge after what the KGB did to his mothership, but to take them out he’ll need to form alliances with humans… then perhaps destroy them later. Fully rebuilt from the ground up, this is set to be the definitive Destroy All Humans! experience – well, unless another one comes along, man!

MULTIPLAYER?

MULTIPLAYER?

ACTION ADVENTURE

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ACTION ADVENTURE

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THYMESIA If you’re a fan of the FromSoftware school of games such as Dark Souls and Bloodborne then Thymesia could be your next challenge. It’s a dark, demanding experience where you harness the plague as your weapon. The once thriving Kingdom of Hermes has fallen to an age of calamity, and alchemy has become common practice, with denizens using it to enhance and heal at will. But then inflation struck, leaving you as shapeshifting Corvus to save the kingdom from a chaotic fate.

TWO POINT CAMPUS: ENROLMENT EDITION You built the perfect health care hub in Two Point Hospital , now it’s time to take the educational route and get your perfect university happening! The world of academia won’t know what’s hit it once you construct your campus inside and out – get as detailed as you like, down to positioning every tree just where you want it. The tools abound, do you have the vision to match? This limited Enrolment Edition also includes a foldout map, DLC and a 14-page “prospectus” full of hints and tips.

MULTIPLAYER?

MULTIPLAYER?

ACTION RPG

9/8/22

SIMULATION

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1 What was the first game that you played? The first Sonic the Hedgehog – a classic! 2 What was the last game that you finished? Death’s Door – it was a perfect mix of art, music, setting and gameplay. I couldn’t put it down! 3 What’s your favourite game of all time? The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time pushes Zelda to the forefront for me! 4 What do you think is the most underrated game of all time? Snowboard Kids – such a fun racer, and for me it was a rival to the greats. It definitely needs a remake! 5 What’s the game that you most wish you’d worked on? Spelunky . Embarrassingly, I’ve never even got to the final boss after years of trying, but I still go back for more.

Senior producer on LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga at TT Games JAMES BURGON

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