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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Love of the game • Without the promise of financial reward, what drives the developers of unofficial sequels and remakes?

Open access • Game Jam 4 All and the mission to break down old-fashioned barriers

Rigged game • Playing in the space between immersive and uncanny with stop-motion horror

MAN IN THE MIRROR • Belgian developer Badass Mongoose invites some self-reflection as you unravel the secrets of its world

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

Hype • THE GAMES IN OUR SIGHTS THIS MONTH

Peak timing

APHELION • Ice and aliens combine for a chilling adventure

GENIGODS: NEZHA • Will this manifestation of myth be China’s God Of War?

STUPID NEVER DIES • Hungry for love. And brains

ENFANT • An unherd take on the 3D Metroidvania

DENSHATTACK! • The little engine that could 360 flip

BEASTRO • Fantasy cuisine? Timberline Studio is keeping it local

ROUNDUP

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INVERTING THE PYRAMID • A sequel seven years in the making, Control Resonant upends everything we thought we knew about the FBC, the Fadens and what a ‘Remedy game’ looks like

Q + A : SEAN DURRIE (ACTOR)

Q + A : ELMERI RAITANEN (ART DIRECTOR)

LABOURS OF LOVE • Are game developers getting better at overcoming the technical and creative challenges of virtual romance?

AN AUDIENCE WITH… BENNETT FODDY • Getting into it with the man behind some of the stiffest challenges in modern videogames

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FREEDOM FIGHTERS • How IO Interactive traded clinical stealth for cinematic squad warfare

BAD VIKING • How two brothers went from making a living in Flash to striking gold with curious plants

PLAY • REVIEWS. PERSPECTIVES. INTERVIEWS. AND SOME NUMBERS

Critical risks

Resident Evil Requiem

John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando

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Planet Of Lana II: Children Of The Leaf

Mario Tennis Fever

Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection

Esoteric Ebb

High On Life 2

Relooted

Paranormasight: The Mermaid’s Curse

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Mythmatch

God Of War: Sons Of Sparta

Scott Pilgrim EX

Age Of Empires II: The Age Of Kings • The millennial medieval masterwork proves that there’s more to RTS than killing and destruction

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STALKER 2: Heart Of Chornobyl • A progress report on the games we just can’t quit