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GAMING FEATURE

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1 What’s the first game that you remember playing? The very first game I played in my life was Aladdin on SEGA. It was an amazing childhood experience. 2 What was the last game that you finished? Unfortunately, due to the total lack of time over the past half a year, I have not finished a single game started within that period. But before that, the latest Resident Evil games and Cyberpunk 2077 left the strongest impressions. Fortunately, when these games came out I had a bit more free time! 3 What’s your favourite video game/ series of all time? Oh, I can’t name one, as there are actually a bunch of them. God of War is an awesome franchise, BioShock, DOOM and, of course, Half-Life. I’m a bit old-fashioned to be honest! underrated video game of all time? In my personal opinion it’s Darksiders 2 . This game had a great atmosphere and amazing music and sound design. 5 What’s the game that you most wish you’d worked on? It would definitely be one of the Quantic Dream games. I’d really love to have done something like Fahrenheit or Detroit: Become Human - I think that genre is highly underrated. CEO and game director on Atomic Heart at Mundfish. ROBERT BAGRATUNI 4 What do you think is the most

MINECRAFT LEGENDS It’s time for Minecraft fans to try another flavour, in this epic combination of strategy and action that’s set in the classic blocky world. Nether corruption is spreading across the Overworld, decimating everything that it touches. It’s time for you to get your hero on – alone or with others, collaboratively or competitively – and show these piglins what’s what in the heat of battle. Packed with treasure-rich biomes to explore, it’s up to you to, you guessed it, save the world.

GOD OF ROCK If you miss those days of shredding away with a plastic guitar in the comfiness of your games room, then this new rhythm meets action spectacular is set to bring some serious reminiscing – just without the extra accessories. The titular God of Rock has revived the souls of the universe’s greatest musos, pitting them against each other for his amusement. Choose from 12 varying brawlers, then get busy fighting, hitting those perfect notes so as to perfectly hit those adversaries!

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DEAD ISLAND 2 It’s taken them 12 years to regroup, but ravenous zombies make their return in the long-awaited new Dead Island first-person blasting romp. Bringing the classic combo of shooter thrills with black humour aplenty, this time the virus is spreading through Los Angeles, prompting a military-led quarantine. You’re different to your run of the mill bitten types though, as you’re able to fight the bite with a form of immunity that allows you to get out and survive, thrive, and save the day.

STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR The journey of Cal Kestis is set to continue in this whole new outing, which picks up five years after the events of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order . No longer a Padawan, Cal has become a powerful Jedi Knight, and his crusade against the Empire has become more perilous than ever, with The Dark Times closing in. Once again, we’re in for a third person, narrative driven action-adventure that’s been developed in collaboration between EA’s Respawn Entertainment and Lucasfilm Games.

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After what could only be considered an incredible run of 14 years, Nintendo ceased production of the original Game Boy, as well as the Game Boy Color. The Japanese gaming giant have never gone without a successful handheld system in their range since.

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