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

Bit special • After 14 years, Japan’s annual indie show is bigger, bolder and better for the soul than ever

Alternative Beast • After 30 years developing Pokémon, Game Freak is taking an enormous leap outside its comfort zone

Profile Christian Cantamessa and Davide Soliani • The former Rockstar and the resurrector of Rabbids – two unlikely comrades who share the same dream

OLD PAIN • Via the power of pixels, memories of torments past are brought to horrifying, humorous life

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

Splintered cells

END OF ABYSS • Genres clash and mechanics rule as little nightmares turn to big swings

ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE • Giant bogeys on our six

GODZONE 6 • A new immersive sim promising bio-shocks aplenty

THE SINKING CITY 2 • Survival horror goes off the deep end

GRAVE SEASONS • Spring, summer, autumn, disinter

VHOLUME • Dystopian races, or a chance to stop and breathe?

ROUNDUP

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OUT OF THE SHADOWS • Leaving stealth behind for a sense of adventure – and not a rodent in sight

EXPLORING ALL AVENUES • Metroidvanias thrive on mystery and discovery, but what does the genre have left to reveal?

HIGH SCORES • The role of modern videogame composers is to create harmony between technology and art. How do they do it?

SOLIUM INFERNUM • Creating this infernal strategy game remake was a journey to Hell and back

JAGEX • The creator of the mighty RuneScape is still drawing strength from its own history

PLAY • REVIEWS. PERSPECTIVES. INTERVIEWS. AND SOME NUMBERS

Unbreakable bonds

007 First Light

Post Script • Half as good as you

Forza Horizon 6

Post Script • Opening gambits

Zero Parades: For Dead Spies

Directive 8020

Yoshi And The Mysterious Book

Lego Batman: Legacy Of The Dark Knight

Phonopolis

Mina The Hollower

Call Of The Elder Gods

Coffee Talk Tokyo

Prime Monster

The Remake Of The End Of The Greatest RPG Of All Time

From Russia With Love • EA’s Bond send-off brings Connery back into the fray, and paves the way for Dead Space

R-Type Dimensions III • A progress report on the games we just can’t quit