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

New dawn, long shadows • Esports is stable again, but a new benefactor puts devs, teams and fans in a moral quandary

Epic turnaround • 2016’s Paragon was a flop, so why is Predecessor, a game built upon its foundations, a hit in 2025?

Sweet spot • Magicave hopes its Venn puzzler will introduce a new category of game

Skeleton crew • The game studio on a mission to decolonise palaeontology

CARDER BEATS THE DEVIL • This poker Roguelike offers players a sliver of a chance in Hell – by cheating

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

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Trigger Happy • Shoot first, ask questions later

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

HYPE • THE GAMES IN OUR SIGHTS THIS MONTH

Fun, anyone?

WRECKREATION • This exhaustive construction kit may lead to Burnout

AMBROSIA SKY • Decoding mortality, one scrub at a time

DISPATCH • Trading the cowl for a telephone headset in a superhero call centre

AWAYSIS • What’s the story? Brawling glory

GOTHIC • A Spanish remake looking to fulfil some German fantasies

FROSTHAVEN • Snapshot’s boardgame adaptation looks to retain a human touch

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RETRO FUTURISM • How Obsidian Entertainment is studying its past to chart a future among the stars

PARKS AND EXPLORATION • Where do the shrunken environs of Grounded 2 fit into Obsidian’s masterplan?

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BOUND BY BLOOD • How two of Japan’s most distinctive directors combined minds to create a little horror

STAYING ALIVE • Survival games are more popular than ever, but is one of the decade’s most influential genres more endangered than it seems?

DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS • Going all the way back to the beginning for a fresh start

ICHIGOICHIE • Getting back into the groove of making music games, and staying the course

PLAY • REVIEWS. PERSPECTIVES. INTERVIEWS. AND SOME NUMBERS

Nintendo goes bananas

Donkey Kong Bananza

Post Script • Bananza has layers, but what about levels?

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers

Post Script • And back again

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Killing Floor 3

Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream

Wheel World

Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound

Shadow Labyrinth

The Wandering Village

Tales Of The Shire: A Lord Of The Rings Game

RoboCop: Rogue City – Unfinished Business

The Drifter

Hollow Knight • As the wait for Silksong nears its end, can the original justify all these years of anticipation?

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Destiny 2: The Edge Of Fate • A progress report on the games we just can’t quit

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