Once more with feeling (and some shinier visuals)

For TV and film, the worlds of the

Edge

EDITORIAL Tony Mott ‘be’ing the boss Chris Schilling

Reality check

How does the launch PlayStation VR2 hardware and software measure up?

Came, saw, conquered

RTS innovator Joe Bostic recounts the steps that brought him to The Great War

Hearing voices

The AI tech powering a dream generator, a John Wyndham game, and a theatre show

SAFE SPACE

Exploring the galaxy aboard a rocket-powered monastery in Bithell Games’ The Banished Vault

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. original visuals), and one that can really bump an old game back up to relevancy

Trigger Happy

Shoot first, ask questions later

Alternate Reality

Notes from videogaming’s borders

The organ trail

“I feel like there’s no blueprint for what

STEAMWORLD BUILD

Anno meets Dungeon Keeper in the series’ 3D debut

SKATE STORY

Skating through a cosmopolitan hell in a stylish twist on grind culture

THE LAST CASE OF BENEDICT FOX

Explore the dead’s memories in this Lovecraftian detective story

PACIFIC DRIVE

Xen and the art of automobile maintenance

LIGHTYEAR FRONTIER

Standby for Titanfarm

TIN HEARTS

Thinking outside the toy box

ARCTIC AWAKENING

Telltale signs of mystery and intrigue

FORZA MOTORSPORT

Developer Turn 10 Studios Publisher Xbox Game Studios

RETURN

How a filmmaker and his dream team of musicians and designers are resurrecting a cult Dreamcast classic for PSVR2

COLLECTED WORKS ROBERTA WILLIAMS

A legendar y pioneer of the adventure genre reflects on a career that spans fair y stories, nurser y rhymes and horror

CHAMPION’S ROAD

How Street Fighter II: Champion Edition lit the blue touchpaper for tournament gaming worldwide

WE ARE OFK

How Teddy Dief and team got the band together, on screen and in the real world

WADJET EYE GAMES

How Dave Gilbert found his niche, and turned a passion for point-and-click into a career

PLAY

REVIEWS. PERSPECTIVES. INTERVIEWS. AND SOME NUMBERS

Yakuza 6: The Song Of Life

A bittersweet swansong for RGG’s stoic Dragon that heralds a new beginning – for good or ill

Bonfire Peaks

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

Like A Dragon: Ishin

With this thorough, if not comprehensive, refurbishment of

Post Script

Ishin’s casting conceit is its trump card, but does it go far enough? (Contains spoilers)

Hi-Fi Rush

We’ve seen plenty of rhythm-action games recently that

Post Script

A shadow drop of what the future holds?

Forspoken

Flanked by two officers, Alfre Holland shuffles into

Wanted: Dead

As much as we try to resist the

Deliver Us Mars

With space travel, as with all human endeavour,

Dead Space

We’re only a few minutes into Motive Studio’s

The Pale Beyond

Of all the unsettling sights on this gruelling

Valiant Hear ts: Coming Home

A soutlined in E381, ‘fewer incongruous rhythmaction interludes’

A Space For The Unbound

Time to add a new verb to the

Akka Arrh

J eff Minter’s typically kaleidoscopic take on a

Birth

Madison Karrh’s puzzle adventure begins with a classic