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

Reframing the narrative • As Steam Frame arrives, Valve’s suite of new hardware is complete. How does it stack up?

Burning down the house • Rising from ZA/UM, Summer Eternal unveils a new approach to making and marketing games

Profile Frank Klepacki • After more than 30 years, the man synonymous with the sound of realtime strategy reflects on the genre

RELATIVELY UNUSUAL • Everything is a matter of perspective in Studio Reset’s neo-noir detective game

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

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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

Ladies first?

TOMB RAIDER: LEGACY OF ATLANTIS • Can Lara’s latest new beginning find the right balance?

FABLE • Making light of the hero’s journey

THE DUSKBLOODS • FromSoftware’s labs finally uncover their latest multiplayer experiment

WARLOCK: DUNGEONS & DRAGONS • Every little thing she does is magic

SHOWA AMERICAN STORY • Swords, and cultures, clash as the US turns Japanese

1001 THREADS OF MIZAN • From mythical tales to thrilling Arabian flights

ROUNDUP

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END GAME • With two maximalist instalments behind it, the finale of gaming’s biggest remake is expanding further still

Q+A

KINGS OF THE HILL • From a disastrous debut to a dream remake and beyond: how Bloober Team made it to the head of the horror pyramid

COLLECTED WORKS MARTIN EDMONDSON • How childhood memories of banger racing and car-chase movies inspired some of gaming’s greatest driving

DEATH HOWL • From food-based prototype to Stone Age terror: how a small team built a Soulslike by accident

SFB GAMES • From Super Flash Bros to working with Nintendo: the benefits of never staying put

PLAY • REVIEWS. PERSPECTIVES. INTERVIEWS. AND SOME NUMBERS

Pick your battle

Control Resonant

Post Script • Maze in Manhattan

The Blood Of Dawnwalker

Post Script • Courting Brencis

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Marvel’s Wolverine

Silent Hill: Townfall

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave

Orbitals

Valheim

Star Wars: Zero Company

Toem 2

Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault

Tiny Flock

Wheelmates

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots • Further games would follow, but the 2008 monolith still feels like the most fitting finale

Sin: Reloaded • A progress report on the games we just can’t quit

#430 • October 29