A few million words later, the spirit of 1993 lives on

Here’s a tip: when you want to summarise

EDGE

EDITORIAL Tony Mott surely not a day over

Trigger Happy

Shoot first, ask questions later

Number crunching

Behind the scenes – and inside the results – of our 30th anniversary greatest games poll 

Gold standard

The Making Of Karateka sets a new high watermark for commemorating classic games

VILLAGE PEOPLE

The most region-specific game of all time?

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

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

Starting At Zero

Reflections on the past and hopes for the future

Many happy returns

When you’ve been around for 30 years, you

EVE: VANGUARD

CCP dusts off an interplanetary shooter concept with links to the stars

FINAL FANTASY VII: REBIRTH

This second instalment brings the whole party together

LIKE A DRAGON GAIDEN: THE MAN WHO ERASED HIS NAME

Kazuma Kiryu’s new mission, should he choose to accept it

WARHAMMER 40,000: SPACE MARINE 2

Horde mentality

PERSONA 5: TACTICA

Anime meets XCOM in this stylish spin-off

HYENAS

A year on, is Sega’s shooter ready to break free from the pack?

ROUNDUP

STRAY CHILDREN Developer/publisher Onion Games Format Switch Origin

THE 100 GREATEST GAMES OF EDGE’S LIFETIME

No arguments – for once – just lots of votes, resulting in a countdown of the finest accomplishments across 30 years of game history

THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME

Thirty years ago, in the very first issue of Edge, a selection of luminaries gave their predictions of how videogames would evolve in the coming years. In 2013, another group of industry professionals looked into their crystal balls to see what the future of videogames held. In 2023, we’re looking back at those predictions to see how they have fared in the cold light of reality. In addition, we’ve gathered a group of analysts, technologists and industry leaders to ask how videogames might evolve over the next ten years. As an added bonus, since this is Edge’s 30th anniversary, we’re also asking them what the far future might hold, 30 years hence. Considering just how much videogames have changed since 1993, the future world of 2053 could be a very different place indeed.

THE MAKING OF. . . HALO: COMBAT EVOLVED

From RTS to thirdperson, Mac to console: the unlikely development of an Edge 10

LLAMASOFT

A trip to the farm to meet with one of the hardiest names in videogames

Street Fighter II Turbo

Mashing Start for a rematch with one of Edge’s first loves

Doom

A progress report on the games we just can’t quit

PLAY

REVIEWS. PERSPECTIVES. INTERVIEWS. AND SOME NUMBERS

Starfield

Gene Roddenberry’s final frontier was videogames’ first. Since

Cocoon

For all the appeal of an open world

Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

Developer/publisher CD Projekt Format PC, PS5 (tested),

Lies Of P

Developer Round8 Studio Publisher Neowiz Games Format

The Crew: Motorfest

Developer/publisher Ubisoft (Ivory Tower) Format PC, PS4, PS5,

Mortal Kombat 1

Developer NetherRealm Studios Publisher Warner Bros Games

Chants Of Sennaar

Developer Rundisc Publisher Focus Entertainment Format PC, PS4,

Gunbrella

Developer Doinksoft Publisher Devolver Digital Format PC, Switch

Sea Of Stars

Developer/publisher Sabotage Studio Format PC, PS4, PS5 (tested),

Mediterranea Inferno

Redaelli’s colourful hand-drawn art is by turns lucid

Eternights

Developer/publisher Studio Sai Format PC, PS4, PS5 (tested)

Finity

Developer/publisher Seabaa Format iOS Release Out now