For the first time: the heroine of a PlayStation stars on the cover of a reputed fashion magazine Israel today

Kendall Jenner, behind you

Correct us if we'm wrong, but it turns out that Aloy, the heroine of the excellent and exclusive Horizon games for the PlayStation, is the first computer game heroine whose

(and not a model disguised as a character) lives on the cover of a reputed fashion magazine.

So yes, it's a special digital version of the Italian edition of Vanity Fair, so you will not find a physical copy of the issue on the newsstands, and it's true that it's a somewhat publicist collaboration with Sony, in parallel with the launch of Horizon: Forbidden West last Friday, but why be Petty?

She's still a gaming heroine on the cover of a fashion magazine, period.

However, the cover story deals with Aloy's influence on the gaming culture as a feminist icon and in fact being "not a mother or a partner, not a supporting actress or assistant, but a strong and brave woman in a world where gender differences no longer exist," the article said.

Our full review of Horizon: Forbidden West will be published soon.

We're already right at the end of the game, but have a hard time putting down the joystick to write it.

Haifa on the map

Blue and white pride: The Clover Design College, whose success is the successful game Grime, is setting up the Arcadia Games game development studio in collaboration with Author Digital with a future investment of $ 50 million.

The offices, which are located in Haifa, will be managed by Yael Maritz and will in fact serve as the Israeli branch of the development house, which specializes in social and mobile games.

The global team now numbers 45 employees, but is expected to triple its workforce in the coming months.

Arcadia Games is headed by some particularly interesting names, including Bill Roper, who has produced quite a few Blizzard games such as titles in the Diablo, Warcraft and Starcraft series.

There is respect.

Arcadia Games.

Collaborate with Israeli designers, Photo: PR

But make it nimble, yes?

Ubisoft is distributing Assassin's Creed Valhalla for free!

The small print: It will be for a few days only, between February 24 and 28, and then access to the game will be locked - unless you decide to purchase it, which is basically the company's goal.

Even so, you should still download this invested Viking-role-playing game and enjoy it for an entire weekend, because your progress in the free version will be maintained beyond the weekend and will never be deleted (on all platforms).

The timing, by the way, is not coincidental, as Ubisoft plans to launch on March 10 a new expansion pack for the game called Dawn of Ragnarok, and will not object to how many more paying customers.

Ubisoft distributes Assassin's Creed Valhalla for free, Photo: PR

Here closes with fun

It's inherently ages to end, so here's another one: Nintendo has announced the gradual closure of the Wii U and 3DS virtual stores, launched in 2012 and 2011 respectively.

So if for some reason you are still using one of these two old consoles and have not yet moved to a switch, keep in mind that their stores will close by March 2023, so you have a year to get organized.

If we are a little more precise, then as of May 23, 2022 you will no longer be able to add money to your eShop accounts using credit cards - but only with dedicated Nintendo gift cards.

From August 29, however, the gift cards will also expire, and only specific game codes that have not yet been used can be entered in stores.

Finally, in March 2023, Nintendo will eliminate the option to purchase or download new games from the Wii U and 3DS stores completely, but if the games are already in your virtual library (i.e. you made the deal before closing), you can still download them as you wish - at least Until further notice.  

End of the era in Nintendo, Photo: PR

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