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.

Turns out Atari had the right idea about this all along

EDGE

Performance anxieties • Why are developers failing to deliver 60fps from hardware that promised to hit the mark?

Dependable independents • After 3,000 games and ten years, ID@Xbox thunders on. But what guides its journey?

Changing the narrative • Five years of LudoNarraCon, showcasing videogame storytelling on a digital stage

PIXEL CRAFT • Making dots of light physical, one coloured strand at a time

Soundbytes • Game commentary in snack-sized mouthfuls

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

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

Alternate Reality

Look inside/look out

POST TRAUMA

ANGER FOOT • Firstperson action with a real kick

SILICA • Synergising shooting, strategy and science-fiction simulation

ASTRONAUT: THE BEST • In space, no one can hear you make aeroplane noises

THE COSMIC WHEEL SISTERHOOD

NIGHTHAWKS

ROUNDUP

SEEKING SOLIS • How an indie studio fulfilled its plan to deliver a TV-quality sci-fi thriller – with the help of two of videogames’ brightest stars

DIVIDE AND CONQUER • Weighing up the delicate imbalance of asymmetrical multiplayer

FEAR THE OLD BLOOD • The dark magic of Bloodborne lingers, even as FromSoftware moves on to pastures new

THE MAKING OF CARD SHARK • How Kubrick and magic tricks inspired a whole lot of cheating

LEAGUE OF GEEKS • How a cancelled project for Take-Two led the Armello dev to redouble its efforts

PLAY

First among sequels

The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom

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Redfall

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Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

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Humanity

Planet Of Lana

Darkest Dungeon II

The Last Case Of Benedict Fox

Minecraft Legends

Horizon: Forbidden West – Burning Shores

Mr Sun’s Hatbox

Tron: Identity

Pathologic 2 • How a tale of sickness and displacement inspired by Russian literature became a chilling prophecy

Ghostwire: Tokyo • Developer Tango Gameworks Publisher Bethesda Softworks Format PC, PS5, Xbox Series Release 2022