Guillermo del Toro Says He Plays Angry Birds ‘Every Day’ of His Life

Speaking with IGN arsenic portion of our IGN30 Icon Series, Guillermo del Toro opened up astir his favourite games — and portion helium gushed astir many, 1 decidedly stood retired from the rest.

It’s nary concealed that Guillermo del Toro is simply a die-hard gamer. He’s spoken astatine magnitude astir his favourite titles, astir precocious retweeting a sculpture of Resident Evil 2’s Super Tyrant with an excited, “Aaaaah~.”

We got the accidental to beryllium down with the acclaimed filmmaker astatine San Diego Comic Con 2026, wherever helium celebrated the 20th day of Pan's Labyrinth. During our chat, del Toro waxed poetic astir the galore games that person impacted him implicit the years, citing titles similar Journey, Left 4 Dead, and Monument Valley.

“Death Stranding made maine cry,” helium told us. (It’s nary astonishment — helium starred successful the game, aft all.) “Shadow of the Colossus made maine introspective astir truthful galore intangible things. Bioshock, it’s a satellite I could get mislaid successful for ages.”

However, his astir astonishing favourite doesn’t diagnostic brooding themes oregon a dark, shadowy world. Instead, it’s 1 of the astir fashionable mobile games of each time, notably featuring an iconic, upbeat taxable opus and bright, blessed colors: Angry Birds.

“Every time of my life, each infinitesimal I person free, I’m inactive playing Angry Birds. I’m truly bully astatine it,” helium admitted.

On the much predictable extremity of what you’d expect from del Toro’s tastes, helium besides revealed that he’s a monolithic instrumentality of Dead Cells, though helium jokingly asked the game’s developers to marque a mentation without respawning for the older gamers retired there.

“Dead Cells was truly absorbing to me,” helium explained. “I conscionable hatred respawning, due to the fact that you lone get astir 35 levels and past you commencement again. You get faster, but please, bash a mentation without respawning for the older, for the aged players. I’m available. Contact maine and nonstop it to me, please. I beg you!”

Our full, extended interrogation with Guillermo del Toro volition beryllium published aboriginal this twelvemonth arsenic portion of the IGN30 Icons series. In the meantime, you tin cheque retired a erstwhile occurrence of the series, wherever we chatted with Ken Levine, creator of famed games similar System Shock 2 and its spiritual successor, Bioshock.

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