“Yes, but can I use it to storm the Capitol in VR?”

“Like an alien race coming to terraform the

Like lightning

Thunderful World is a promise to be a new force in game development, publishing and beyond

Exhibit A

Radiohead’s collaboration with Epic is a vivid experiment in interactive art

Pik pocket

Nintendo and Niantic’s latest AR team-up is a delightfully unassuming diversion. Is that enough?

HORROR SHOW

Strategically sowing the stylish seeds of terror in The Fabulous Fear Machine

Soundbytes

Game commentary in snack-sized mouthfuls

ARCADE WATCH

Keeping an eye on the coin-op gaming scene

THIS MONTH ON EDGE

When we weren’t doing everything else, we were thinking about stuff like this

DISPATCHES JANUARY

Issue 365 Dialogue Send your views, using ‘Dialogue’

Trigger Happy

Shoot first, ask questions later

Unreliable Narrator

Exploring stories in games and the art of telling tales

The message is the medium

To give a game the best possible start,

ELDEN RING

Does FromSoftware’s magic work across a broader canvas?

LITTLE DEVIL INSIDE

Neostream’s adventure (mostly) has its future all mapped out

LOST ARK

A fierce challenge awaits budding raiders in this Korean hit

DUBIUM

Among Us meets Dead By Daylight in a game of uneasy alliances

DARKEST DUNGEON 2

Red Hook’s brilliantly blighted dungeon crawler hits the road

ISLAND OF WINDS

This Icelandic adventure is anything but breezy

SILT

Wonder and terror from the deep

ROUNDUP

DIABLO IV Developer/publisher Blizzard Entertainment Format PC, PS4,

MARTIAL ART

In Sifu, Sloclap demonstrates its mastery of kung fuaction

As Xbox marks its 20th anniversary, Phil Spencer and studio leaders look back – and forwards

2001 Xbox may have finished a distant second

ALTERNATE REALITY

Can the metaverse deliver on the dream of a new way of living life online?

THE MAKING OF . . .

RETURNAL

UNKNOWN WORLDS

How perseverance – and chocolate-chip cookies – has kept the Subnautica studio afloat

PLAY

REVIEWS. PERSPECTIVES. INTERVIEWS. AND SOME NUMBERS

Breaking the habit

We all have routines and practices we settle

Dark Souls III

How FromSoftware’s fourth Souls game triumphantly paints itself into a corner

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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

Forza Horizon 5

Developer Playground Games Publisher Xbox Game Studios Format

Post Script

Creative director Mike Brown on how Forza Horizon 5 puts its best foot forward

Call Of Duty: Vanguard

Developer Sledgehammer Games, Treyarch Publisher Activision Format PC,

Post Script

Is it OK for COD to consolidate the best new ideas of its genre?

Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy

Developer Eidos Montreal Publisher Square Enix Format

Riders Republic

Developer/publisher Ubisoft (Annecy) Format Luna, PC, PS4, PS5

Shin Megami Tensei V

Developer Atlus Publisher Nintendo Format Switch Release Out

Age Of Empires IV

Developer Relic Entertainment Publisher Xbox Game Studios Format

Happy Game

Developer/publisher Amanita Design Format PC, Switch (both tested)

Conway: Disappearance At Dahlia View

Developer White Paper Games Publisher Sold Out Format

The Dark Pictures Anthology: House Of Ashes

Developer Supermassive Games Publisher Bandai Namco Format PC,

Moonglow Bay

Developer Bunnyhug Publisher Coatsink Format PC (tested), Xbox

Moncage

Developer Optillusion Publisher XD Format Android, iOS, PC