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.
The most important thing is always what happens next
Edge
The road to the next generation • The economy of games is more volatile than ever. What does that mean for a new cycle of consoles?
Thinking inside the box • Collector’s editions are on the rise. Who decides how to make them special?
Planting trees, swaying minds • How the followup to 2021’s Secrets Of Soil is bringing about real-world change
BLOCK BUSTER • You may have to break things to tame a Wild West where strange things happen
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
The Outer Limits • Journeys to the farthest reaches of interactive entertainment
Going it alone
BATTLE VISION NETWORK • Killed by Netflix, saved by Eurovision
VAMPIRE CRAWLERS • That difficult second game, or an easy win?
THE HOUSE OF HIKMAH • Changing the world to solve the puzzle of grief
AUSTRALIA DID IT • Can tactical mergers prevent a hostile takeover?
REMNANT PROTOCOL • Fighting for survival by the seat of your pants
CTHULHU: THE COSMIC ABYSS • A Lovecraftian investigation that goes deep
ROUNDUP
ON SALE NOW!
SUBSCRIBE TO EDGE
URBAN CHAOS • Neon Giant’s old-school immersive sim promises few compromises and plenty of consequences
SUBSCRIBE TODAY • FROM ONLY £33.49
THE JOY OF JANK • Eurojank games offer more than just amusing glitches and overambitious design - they also provide a cathartic reflection of our own broken reality
TIME ATTACK • Obsessive, unusual and unfailingly remarkable: the sweet and sweaty science of high-end speedrunning
THE MAKING OF… DEUS EX: INVISIBLE WAR • Choppy, troubled and misunderstood: how Ion Storm’s sequel fell victim to new technology
ENHANCE • How the pieces keep falling into place for the world’s leading synaesthetes
PLAY • REVIEWS. PERSPECTIVES. INTERVIEWS. AND SOME NUMBERS
Character in action
Nioh 3
SFX
Cairn
FOR PEOPLE WHO RETRO GAMES • BUY YOUR ISSUE TODAY
Romeo Is A Dead Man
Reanimal
2XKO
Highguard
Mewgenics
Crisol: Theater Of Idols
Pathologic 3
Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined
MIO: Memories In Orbit
I Hate This Place
Ratcheteer DX
Impossible Mission • Nuclear launches and stack stereos collide in a game that explores digital domesticity
DOWNLOAD THE EDGE APP AND GET YOUR FIRST ISSUE FREE
Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties • A progress report on the games we just can’t quit