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TOP HRA: the Last of Us Digitálno-Lifestyle magazín pre každého Číslo 19 / júl 2013 | www.gamesite.sk PREDSTAVUJEME Čo nám priniesla E3 2013 OTESTOVALI SME Lenovo ThinkPad Helix TOP HRA: The Last Of Us Súťaže o hodnotné ceny è HRY MESIACA: è HARDVÉR MESIACA: è FILMY, KTORÉ ZAUJALI: è TOP TÉMY: Grid 2 Samsung Galaxy S4 Kino: Rýchlo a zbesilo 6 E3 predstavenie Playstation 4 Dragon´s Dogma: Dark Arisen Sony Xperia E Kino: Vo štvorici po opici 3 E3 predstavenie Xbox One Resident Evil: Revelations Logitech G700s Bluray: Konečná Kniha: Rukopis z Akkry Wargame: AirLand Battle HTC ONE Bluray: Let Kniha: Hra o trůny Leto, kalendárny prežitok každého hráča? Jedinečný jún! Síce sa hovorí, že to najlepšie je výsadou konca, ale Mission Games s.r.o., práve stred roka bol k nám, hráčom, nesmierne štedrý. Železiarenská 39, 040 15 Košice 15, Slovenská republika E: [email protected] W: www.mission.sk Hlavní aktéri E3 zodpovedali väčšinu otázok ohľadom REDAKCIA konzol budúcej generácie, a čo nebolo vyslovené na doskách Šéfredaktor / Zdeno HIRO Moudrý konferenčného centra Los Angeles, priniesli v podobe horúcich Zástupca šéfredaktora / Patrik Barto aktualít herné médiá. Medzi nimi, samozrejme, aj Gamesite. Webadmin / Richard Lonščák Tomu plne zodpovedá aj koncepcia júnového čísla magazínu Jazykové redaktorky / Z. Schwarzová / P. Hladíková/ L. Macsaliová / K. Gabrišová / A. Javorská Generation, do ktorého sme, podľa starého hráčskeho príslovia: Odborná redakcia / Branislav Brna / Dominik Farkaš / „Všetko na jednom mieste, čas sú EXPy a level robí hru“, zaradili to Pavol Ondruška / Roman Kadlec / Tomáš Ďuriga / najdôležitejšie, čo by ste mali o PlayStation 4 a Xbox One vedieť. Dávid Tirpák /Matej Minárik / Mário Lorenc /Martin Húbek / Martin Sabol / Tomáš Kleinmann / Ján Kaplán / Miroslav Konkoľ / Jozef Andraščík / Eduard Čuba / The Last of Us sme sa pokúšali recenzovať, zo strachu Adam Kollár / Linda Engelová /Lenka Vrzalová / Matúš Slamka / Veronika Cholastová / Adam Zelenay / pred zombie nákazou, ešte v krabičke, príslušný redaktor Klára Šindelářová / Adam Schwarz / Marek Štubniak však v konečnom dôsledku aj tak musel byť, ehm, izolovaný. SPOLUPRACOVNÍCI Ale neľutujeme! V žiare strieborného plátna sme usilovne Matúš Paculík / Martin Pročka / Marek Líška hodnotili a následne prehodnocovali naše hodnotenia, GRAFIKA A DIZAJN spánok bol telám dopriaty len vo vzácnych chvíľach, kedy TS studio / Jakub Branický /DC Praha / Deana Kázmerova sme dumali, kde má Vin Diesel svoje červené slipy. [email protected] Titulka Vy si však v každom prípade nadchádzajúce mesiace voľna The Last of Us užite a oddýchnite si – v hernom svete, ale aj mimo neho. MARKETING A INZERCIA Marketing Director / Zdeno Moudrý T: + 421- 903-735 475 Tak, a my teraz ideme konečne pokoriť tie zástupy titulov, ktoré E: [email protected] sa nám počas pracovného obdobia nazhromaždili na poličkách. INTERNATIONAL LICENSING Generation Magazín is available for licensing. Veď je leto! Contact the international department to discuss partnership opportunities. Editoriál Please contact / Zdeno Moudrý Mário Lorenc T: + 421- 903-735 475 zástupca šéfredaktora E: [email protected] PRODUKCIA A DISTRIBÚCIA Digitálno-lifestylový magazín Generation je šírený bezplatne iba v elektronickej forme prostredníctvom internetu. Magazín sa nepredáva a nie je možné zakúpiť ani jeho tlačené vydanie. Redakcia si vyhradzuje právo kedykoľvek to zmeniť aj bez predošlého upozornenia. Distribúcia magazínu / Aktuálne vydanie nájdete voľne na stiahnutie vždy na domovskej stránke magazínu Redakcia hodnotí mesiac máj... www.generation.sk, alebo aj na www.gamesite.sk, čo je aj hlavná stránka vydavateľa. Dostupný je aj ako voľne prezerateľná flash verzia na adrese http://issuu.com/gamesite.sk, čo však nie je služba prevádzkovaná vydavateľom. DÔLEŽITÉ UPOZORNENIE Všetky texty a layout sú chránené autorským právom a sú majetkom redakcie prípadne jej partnerov. Tento časopis je úplne nezávislý a jednotlivé články vyjadrujú výlučne vlastné názory autorov a nemusia súhlasiť s názorom vydavateľa alebo názorom redakcie. Babli JC MarkusFenix Vydavateľ nenesie žiadnu zodpovednosť za obsah inzerátov, reklamných článov a textov dodaných redakcii treťou stranou. Za obsah inzerátov sú zodpovední Jún sa niesol The Last of Us. Pokračovanie skúškového výlučne len inzerenti, prípadne ich zástupcovia/agentúry. v znamení E3, a tak Všetko, čo potrebujte nedovolilo veľa hrania, Žiadna časť magazínu nesmie byť reprodukovaná som sa namiesto hrania vedieť – hra mesiaca jún. no zvyšný čas dal priestor úplne alebo sčasti bez písomného súhlasu redakcie/ vydavateľa. Všetky autorské práva sú vyhradené. Všetky venoval len pozorovaniu Naughty Dog hrám ako Tomb Raider, informácie publikované v článkoch sú aktuálne k dátumu celej tej parády. sú majstri remesla Fuse, Grid 2 či L.A Noire. vydania. Ceny a dostupnosť opisovaných produktov sa neskôr mohli zmeniť, čo redakcia nemohla ovplyvniť. Alebo skôr komédie. a zaručená kvalita. K tomu som si doprial Výnimkou bolo Testovala sa aj ďalší play through All text and layout is the copyright of the company Mission Games sro. Nothing in this magazine may RememberMe, ktoré ešte konzla Ouya Darksiders 2 a momentálne be reproduced in whole or part without the written v mojich očiach nedosiahlo s Androidom – hry som rozbehol Bayonettu permission of the publisher. All copyrights are recognised and used specifically for the purpose svoj potenciál, no stále nič moc, ostatné a popritom občas of critic and review. Although the magazine has dokázalo zabaviť. funkcie sú fajn. MP Battlefield 3. endeavoured to ensure all information is correct at time of print, prices and availability may change. This magazine is fully independent. Copyright © 2013 Mission Games s.r.o. >>CHCETE Nám NIEČO POVEDAŤ? 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