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WHAT’S COMING IN DECEMBER?

1 What’s the first game that you remember playing? Pac-Man . 2 What was the last game that you finished? God of War Ragnarök . 3 What’s your favourite video game/series of all time? World of Warcraft . 4 What do you think is the most underrated game of all time? Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag . Senior creative director on Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 at Insomniac Games. BRYAN INTIHAR

BATMAN ARKHAM TRILOGY Three of the most revered superhero games ever released are finally making their way to Switch, all in one bat-ch! As well as delivering Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City , and Batman: Arkham Knight , this bat-tery of hits is also set to pack in all DLC for all three games, as we revisit – or take on for the first time – such legendary DC villains as The Joker, Bane, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, The Riddler, and The Penguin.

DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: THE DARK PRINCE It’s time for revenge as you set off into a fantastical world in the latest Dragon Quest adventure. Psaro’s curse means he can’t harm anything with monster blood. Now, he must create an army for battle, hunting high-ranked monsters through the ever-changing seasons of Nadiria and its unique environments. Using synthesis to combine two monsters will bring Psaro one step closer to becoming the Master of Monsterkind.

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5 What’s the game that you

most wish you’d worked on? I’m working on it. :)

FITNESS BOXING: FIST OF THE NORTH STAR

AVATAR: FRONTIERS OF PANDORA

Nintendo’s fitness franchise delivers a twist, as it collides with Fist of the North Star. It’ll still deliver top notch daily exercise workouts in a rhythm game-like format, but with the added fun of having characters from the classic manga serving as your instructors. That’s not all, though, as you’ll exercise to 20 songs from the series, and can partake in the new battle mode, which gives your workout an action injection.

Director James Cameron’s stunning world of Pandora is set to spring to life in a first-person action adventure that’s set in the previously unseen Western Frontier. Play as a Na’vi who was kidnapped by the RDA Corporation and moulded into a soldier. Now free, you’re having trouble fitting back into society, so you aim to reconnect with your lost heritage as you now protect your land from your oppressors.

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Are you up to answering all eight of this month’s game related posers? 1. Which legendary rally driver’s name graced the first Codemasters rally video game? 2. In which game did Mario’s arch-rival Wario first make an appearance? 3. What’s the name of the short-lived series of karaoke games released by Microsoft on Xbox 360? 4. Which hip-hop icon had a role in 2010’s Call of Duty: Black Ops ? 5. Which guitar-based rhythm game from Konami pre-dated Guitar Hero by several years? 6. What was the name of the Crash Bandicoot -like game that Lisa got hooked on in The Simpsons ?

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7. Which game series, originally based on a novel, spawned the many Persona games? 8. Which Nintendo 64 game with RPG elements began life as a sequel to Super Mario RPG ?

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