The digital version of the Italian edition of Vanity Fair magazine debuted with a surprising cover, as the cover, which is usually replaced by actors, celebrities or other celebrities, now features a video game character, the recently released Horizon Forbidden West his heroine was seated.
In a related article, the magazine shows how Aloy quickly became an audience favorite, thanks in part to the fact that the developers at Guerrilla Games were careful not to create a typical, rather distant from reality (over-emphasized gender, bouncing into a bite of clothes) digital characters born in their hands. In the article, the author also voices the creators of the game, who say they have managed to create a protagonist for their games who is sympathetic to players regardless of gender.
The fact that a video game character is on the cover of a magazine is, of course, not new, as it has been done before. Tomb Raiderwith the protagonist of the series, Lara Croft, and even the God of WarThe protagonist of the series, Kratos, was also featured on the cover of the Italian edition of Men’s Health, for example.
Aloy to 2017-es (we also chose it as the game of the year) Horizon Zero DawnIt first appeared in: After the fall of human civilization, the outward-looking action game first appeared on the PlayStation 4 and then years later on the PC, and the publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment sold more than 20 million copies of it. The program was resumed in February this year Horizon Forbidden West of course, the protagonist is still the new cover girl, but the game is only available on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 consoles for now.
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