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.

A few million words later, the spirit of 1993 lives on

EDGE

Number crunching • Behind the scenes – and inside the results – of our 30th anniversary greatest games poll 

Gold standard • The Making Of Karateka sets a new high watermark for commemorating classic games

VILLAGE PEOPLE • The most region-specific game of all time?

ARCADE WATCH • Keeping an eye on the coin-op gaming scene 

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

Starting At Zero

Many happy returns

EVE: VANGUARD • CCP dusts off an interplanetary shooter concept with links to the stars

FINAL FANTASY VII: REBIRTH • This second instalment brings the whole party together

LIKE A DRAGON GAIDEN: THE MAN WHO ERASED HIS NAME • Kazuma Kiryu’s new mission, should he choose to accept it

WARHAMMER 40,000: SPACE MARINE 2

PERSONA 5: TACTICA

HYENAS • A year on, is Sega’s shooter ready to break free from the pack?

ROUNDUP

THE 100 GREATEST GAMES OF EDGE’S LIFETIME • No arguments – for once – just lots of votes, resulting in a countdown of the finest accomplishments across 30 years of game history

THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME • Thirty years ago, in the very first issue of Edge, a selection of luminaries gave their predictions of how videogames would evolve in the coming years. In 2013, another group of industry professionals looked into their crystal balls to see what the future of videogames held. In 2023, we’re looking back at those predictions to see how they have fared in the cold light of reality. In addition, we’ve gathered a group of analysts, technologists and industry leaders to ask how videogames might evolve over the next ten years. As an added bonus, since this is Edge’s 30th anniversary, we’re also asking them what the far future might hold, 30 years hence. Considering just how much videogames have changed since 1993, the future world of 2053 could be a very different place indeed.

THE MAKING OF. . . HALO: COMBAT EVOLVED

LLAMASOFT • A trip to the farm to meet with one of the hardiest names in videogames

PLAY

Starfield

Cocoon

Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

Lies Of P

The Crew: Motorfest

Mortal Kombat 1

Chants Of Sennaar

Gunbrella

Sea Of Stars

Mediterranea Inferno

Eternights

Finity

Street Fighter II Turbo • Mashing Start for a rematch with one of Edge’s first loves

Doom