For a year the head of the company Valve Gabe Newell lives in New Zealand. At first, he could not leave the country where he originally came just to rest, due to the coronavirus pandemic amid border closures, and then the urgent need for this simply disappeared. The fact is that New Zealand is one of the countries least affected by the coronavirus, where more than 10 cases are very rarely detected per day. Therefore, the American gaming figure feels as comfortable and safe as possible here.
Answering the question of the publication 1 News about his gaming preferences in a protracted “quarantine”, Newell said that he mainly pays attention to classics and retro. In particular, it tries to complete all issues Left 4 dead on the hardest difficulty level “Expert”. In parallel, the head of Valve plays games Nintendocreated by a Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamotofrom whom he learned a lot and continues to learn.
“Miyamoto’s games are, first of all, very fun. Well, I can’t remember his games that didn’t make me a better developer. None of the games I’ve played,” said Newell, who previously called Super mario 64 your favorite game of all time.
Newell is also very enthusiastic now playing a representative of the tower defense genre called Ancient planet, and also really wants to delve into Apex legends… To his colleagues at Valve, the battle royale from Respawn Entertainment really like.
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