46 ............... Sunday, February 24, 2019 1SM 1SM Sunday, February 24, 2019 ............... 47 MORTAL Kombat 11 fighters are have now revealed that Jade is join- TEKKEN fans better brace the game next Thursday. Negan llike buses as you wait for ever ing the ranks of the new game. lthemselves as it’s been joins the game with a more TV show and three get announced in a row. Mortal Kombat 11 smashes its way announced that series favourite look than the comics as he is based After the news last week of Nether- out on April 23 on Xbox One, PS4, Julia and the highly anticipated on the Jeffrey Dean Morgan version GAMES & MUSIC realm adding Kabal and D’Vorah they and PC. Walking Dead’s Negan will be hitting from the smash AMC show. Battle Creating an royale apocalypse Hey good nuking HARD is awesome Times Clothing has just unveiled EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW NEW is a big their latest design called Void, which is inspired by EXCLUSIVE the Apex Legend character IMMITATION is the sincerest form of flattery…or so MUSIC INTERVIEW Wraith. Void is available they say. By Jim Gellatly to pre-order now at The team behind Far Cry certainly got the point when rival post-apocalytic first person shooter Rage MICROSOFT maestro hardtimesclothing.co.uk. thing Costs £22. 2 issued a very similar marketing poster, below left, ARCADES Joseph Staten has been ahead of the game’s launch. WHO: Matt Thomson, Max Graham. one of the linchpins behind IT’S no secret Battle Royale games Spot a cool gun, tag it. You get the Ubisoft Montreal narrative director James the Halo series — but has Apex Legends Nadiger, below, insisted they got the joke, but all the WHERE: London. are a BIG hit. picture. It’s pretty slick. FOR FANS OF: Zedd, Dua Lipa, insisted he WON’T be From Call of Duty’s Blackout to Xbox, PS4 and PC FREE Another big difference over games had to find their own identity. He said: “That heading back. Anne-Marie. the reigning champion Fortnite, of the game shine through — it’s other Battle Royale titles is that if a Rage 2 poster gave us all a good chuckle. The cool He said: “The team at 343 thing about the apocalypse genre is that everyone JIM SAYS: The Anglo-Scottish gamers of all ages love the format. all about teamwork. teammate falls you can grab a chip production duo have emerged from Industries is doing terrific But it’s time for a new challenger from their body and run to a res- gets to put their own signature spin on it. work and, these days, I’m Running off alone will only see the shadows to create their own for the throne as EA and Respawn you greeted with a respawn screen pawn point dotted around the “For Far Cry, that’s a lawless, but happy just being a fan of colourful open world, filled with stunning electronic pop. Entertainment have just released sooner rather than later. good-sized map (made up of dif- For the past three years Matt the franchise. It’s been Apex Legends. ferent style areas) and bring them dangerous predators, strange terrific to play the To help with the teamwork side Thomson and Max Graham have This FREE TO PLAY shooter the game has an outstanding con- back to life. people, and random remastered versions of the dangers as you take up the fight produced and remixed tracks for sees you pick one of eight differ- ductive ping system which lets you Graphically the game looks and other artists under different names. original Halo games and I’m ent heroes, each with their own feels like Titanfall (no bad thing) against Mickey and Lou.” looking forward to seeing tag anything in the world for your Their impressive list of credits skills and abilities. team to see. Spot ammo, tag it. and the sound is solid throughout The crew always planned for the where they take it with Halo: Bloodhound has the power to with a good level of voice acting. game to be a standalone sequel in includes Julia Michaels, Ellie Infinite.” spot enemies through walls while So far Apex Legend has made a the series, with the abiity to attract Goulding and Years & Years. But Halo and Joseph’s latest Bangalore can call in powerful air- huge impact. It has knocked Fort- newcomers to the fun. James Ayrshire lad Matt and Londoner Max project, Crackdown, will strikes. Impressive. nite off top spot as the most- added: Far Cry New Dawn was formed Arcades in 2017 as a way of always be linked after the But this isn’t a lone wolf affair. viewed game on Twitch as well as always designed to be a “standalone sequel” to Far releasing their original material. first game was made the You are teamed up with two other boasting over 25million players so Cry 5, with a new player character, a new story, and Matt, from Prestwick, moved to exclusive gateway to players as you fight it out with far. It’s early days but this looks like new villains in Mickey and Lou. London with Parka, the indie rock playing the Halo 3 beta in ANOTHER 20 three-man teams to the next big thing. “We wanted everyone to be able to jump in and outfit he fronted in the 2000s. He 2007. But Joseph told be crowned top squad. And it’s HHHHú enjoy this game, even if you’ve never played FC5 or recalled: “It was high-energy indie STUART CULLEN he has this hook that sees the real focus STUART CULLEN any other game in the series.” punk, which was great fun to play kicked back the idea that Part of the development was creating new live and took us all round the world. Halo actually set up the challenges. James explained: “We’re excited to Far Cry: New Dawn have taken an outpost you can give it up to get “It was classic three-chord punk Crackdown success story. introduce several new gameplay features — light THE post-apocalypse is all the some resources but with each return the ene- written in five minutes, whereas now He said: “Certainly, the beta RPG mechanics in our weapons and enemies, rage just now in gaming. Xbox, PS4 and PC £37.99 mies get stronger and then you need better I get so into the intricate production for Halo 3 helped draw a players can craft stronger weapons and we also have twins and things go sideways. From there it all guns. You soon hit a wall that needs you to that I could easily spend a month Not wanting to miss out, Ubisoft has complete more side missions to get the gear working on a single song!” larger audience to outpost escalation and expeditions, which are given their Far Cry series an end-of-the kicks off as you fight to liberate the county Crackdown but the original replayable challenges where players can get the best and stop the twins in that signature Far Cry needed to clear out the Level 3 elite baddies. Max also had a band background game abso- crafting materials and rewards.” world makeover with New Dawn. way. The perk system also returns — you’ll unlock before turning to production. lutely stood He added: “When we decided that one of the end- But with it being less than a year since the As tales go it’s OK but not one of the best in new skills and abilities to help you get the He said: “I spent years in studios, on its own last full-fat Far Cry game and the number of the series. The twins are good enemies but upper hand in most fights — and there is a just engineering sessions for artists. DISNEY GET BETTER ings of Far Cry 5 — fun DLCs that came with it the question is: Is as a terrific lack the ultimate bad guy vibe you got from new tier of unlocks that makes you almost a I got my first music job in New York which was centred it too soon for another standalone title in the superhero. But this is linked to story and we’ll action- around a doomsday cult past bosses. Think more Pagan Min and less and learned so much living there.” Kingdom Hearts III much-loved series? Vaas and you get the gist. leave it at that. Matt added: “We’ve both worked platformer — would actually be an Spoiler warning: New Dawn takes part some The other big addition is the expedi- with a Xbox and PS4 £49.99 end-of-the-world sce- On the gameplay front, there is a defi- on a lot of different genres but kept 17 years after the events of Far Cry 5 which nite Far Cry 5 feel (no bad thing) and its tions out of Hope County, which are fun. key elements and techniques to unique, THERE is nothing worse than having to wait for some- nario, we got very saw nukes being dropped on the US. They also give you a peek at how the over-the- excited. It opened the ultimately just a reskin of last year’s form our own sound and style.” thing — and if you are a Kingdom Hearts fan it’s been an The first thing that hits you is it’s such a release but the team at Ubisoft has added nukes affected the rest of the US as well. top, sand- arduous 17-year journey to get to the final instalment.