Edge

The authority on videogame art, design and play, Edge is the must-have companion for game industry professionals, aspiring game-makers and super-committed hobbyists. Its mission is to celebrate the best in interactive entertainment today and identify the most important developments of tomorrow, providing the most trusted, in-depth editorial in the business via unparalleled access to the developers and technologies that make videogames the world’s most dynamic form of entertainment.

Select cuts from 30 years of life with PlayStation

Edge

Going Pro • What does an upgraded PS5 represent for players and game developers alike?

Worlds collide • League Of Legends’ grand final arrives in London in record-breaking fashion

Trails blazing • Nihon Falcom’s Toshihiro Kondo on expanding beyond Japan and PlayStation

SECRET CARGO • Beneath this sunny exterior beats a dark heart

Soundbytes • Game commentary in snack-sized mouthfuls

THIS MONTH ON EDGE • Some of the other things on our minds when we weren’t doing everything else

Dialogue • Send your views, using ‘Dialogue’ as the subject line, to edge@futurenet.com. Our letter of the month wins an exclusive Edge T-shirt

Trigger Happy • Shoot first, ask questions later

Narrative Engine • Write it like you stole it

The Outer Limits • Journeys to the farthest reaches of interactive entertainment

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HYPE • THE GAMES IN OUR SIGHTS THIS MONTH

Strange bedfellows

SID MEIER’S CIVILIZATION VII • Firaxis rethinks who makes history, and how it unfolds

HERDLING • Gather your flock and escape to the country

SKATE STORY • Hades is a halfpipe

TOWERS OF AGHASBA • Darwinian survival with a touch of Animal Crossing

THE STONE OF MADNESS • The makers of Blasphemous return to religion and insanity

BONAPARTE: A MECHANIZED REVOLUTION • Liberté, égalité, fraternité, mechs

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MUTATION NATION • A warped world awaits in Tarsier Studios’ latest horror. At least this time you can bring a friend

MASTER CRAFT • How Blizzard changed the world, then spent 20 years changing its World

Q + A

OUT OF THE SHADOWS • Co-development is now a huge part of triple-A game production. Can it provide safe harbour at a turbulent time for the industry?

KEYED UP

FINAL FANTASY VII: REBIRTH • Remaking an iconic game was daunting enough – then the developers faced the difficult second entry

Q&A

THUNDER LOTUS • How Spiritfarer’s developer tripled in size without tearing itself apart

PLAY • REVIEWS. PERSPECTIVES. INTERVIEWS. AND SOME NUMBERS

The curse of exclusivity

Dragon Age: The Veilguard

Post Script • For a series that has never stayed still, is a clean break the best way forward?

Metro: Awakening

Post Script • VRing on the side of caution

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Mario & Luigi: Brothership

Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6

Slitterhead

Batman: Arkham Shadow

The Rise Of The Golden Idol

Planet Coaster 2

Lego Horizon Adventures

Metal Slug Tactics

Devil May Cry • The Resident Evil 4 that never was, and the Soulslike precursor we never saw coming

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THE LONG GAME • A progress report on the games we just can’t quit

#406 December 31

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