The underdogs became the elite. Who’s up next?

As the debut trailer for Grand Theft Auto

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Deep cuts

In a year of great games, whatwent wrong behind the scenes?

Human connection

Audio veteran Adam Chapman on his new voice production studio, Fire Poets, and the threat of AI

BEGIN AGAIN

Could Feral Cat Den’s surprise sequel possibly generate An Even Bigger Bang?

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

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Trigger Happy

Shoot first, ask questions later

The Outer Limits

Journeys to the farthest reaches of interactive entertainment

THE MERMAID’S TONGUE

No detective can resist the siren call of a locked-room mystery

SPINE

Can a mobile heavy hitter make an impact on consoles?

ZENLESS ZONE ZERO

Despite the Zs, MiHoYo’s latest shouldn’t be slept on

ON YOUR TAIL

Sandbox sleuthing with a coastal Italian flavour

OTOGI KATSUGEKI MAMEDA NO BAKERU

A platforming journey across Japan, though perhaps not beyond

ROUNDUP

HERMIT AND PIG Developer/publisher Heavy Lunch Studio Format

CALL OF THE WILD

Don’t call it a comeback: how the creators of Payday are bringing the heist genre into the future with Den Of Wolves

THE EDGE AWARDS

A consensus holds that this has been a

THE MINTER'S TALE

Inside Digital Eclipse’s captivating chronicle of the early years of Llamasoft

THE MAKING OF . . . COCOON

How an organic approach to development gave birth to a modern indie classic – eventually

SPORTS INTERACTIVE

For the sports management giant, the challenge is clear: adapt or die

STILL PLAYING/NEAR MISSES

REVIEWS. PERSPECTIVES. INTERVIEWS. AND SOME NUMBERS

After the lord mayor’s show

Every industry has its quiet periods – those

Alone In The Dark

How Infogrames’ sur vival horror bridged the gap between Cthulhu and Resident Evil

THE LONG GAME

Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew

Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora

Perched on a high branch at the edge

Post Script

Why Avatar has always struggled to live up to its narrative ambition

The Anacrusis

To say that this is merely a retrofuturist

Assassin’s Creed: Nexus VR

We squeeze one hand into a fist, and

Gangs Of Sherwood

Quite why the legend of Robin Hood continues

American Arcadia

As Netflix’s spectacularly point-missing Squid Game: The Challenge

Arizona Sunshine 2

PLAY Knuckle Sandwich Twoplayer co-op is supported for

Bahnsen Knights

The third – and, thus far, best –

Neurocracy 2.049

Omnipedia’s front page serves as a springboard for

Before The Green Moon

Surely this can’t be just another farming sim?

Slay The Princess

Storytellers working in videogames could learn a thing