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.

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EDGE

Tokyo rising • Japan’s long-running expo returns with a renewed, outward-facing urgency

Physical contact • From esports arenas to arcade bars, gaming is making a renewed push onto the UK high street

Staying Humble • The company known for its bundles has carved out a niche in publishing. Where will it go next?

MIXUP • Blending combat with cards (and pixels with polys) in Friends Vs Friends

ARCADE WATCH

Soundbytes

DISPATCHES DECEMBER

Trigger Happy

Alternate Reality

System refresh

SYSTEM SHOCK • Rebooting the ’90s immersive sim with some hi-tech augmentations

PENTIMENT • Obsidian’s medieval mystery is a trove of novel influences

HUBRIS

THE DARK PICTURES ANTHOLOGY: THE DEVIL IN ME

DELIVER US MARS

MARS FIRST LOGISTICS

DRAGON QUEST TREASURES

ROUNDUP

BLOOD MOON • Striking Distance goes beyond Dead Space with the highly evolved survival horror of The Callisto Protocol

THE PRESERVATIONISTS • Digging through the archives with the people striving to safeguard videogame history

LARS WINGEFORS • Embracer’s CEO explains the story behind the company’s explosive expansion

DEATHLOOP • How the time-loop shooter won over Bethesda, players – and its own developers

MILESTONE INTERACTIVE • How Italy’s long-running studio moved from arcade racer to sim specialist and back again

PLAY • REVIEWS. PERSPECTIVES. INTERVIEWS. AND SOME NUMBERS

How appropriate

Splatoon 3

Post Script • Why Splatoon 3’s singleplayer is a missed opportunity

Roadwarden

Post Script • Why Roadwarden’s default difficulty is the best way to play

Steelrising

Metal: Hellsinger

Return To Monkey Island

The Case Of The Golden Idol

Sunday Gold

The Excavation Of Hob’s Barrow

Tinykin

Wayward Strand

Riley & Rochelle

King’s Field • How FromSoftware’s very first game started a cycle that is still in motion

The Tomorrow Children: Phoenix Edition • A progress report on the games we just can’t quit