We’d love to say we planned it. But in truth, this month’s 50:50 split between household names and smaller independent projects is a happy accident. There is some method, of course: at Edge, we strive to cover a broad spread of games. Indeed, among those familiar properties alone, we have an openworld game, an FPS, a management sim and an action-adventure.
Let’s begin with the big guns, then – and Halo Infinite (p36) has plenty of those. Though the campaign remains out of bounds, its multiplayer component is familiar in the best way. Harking back to Halos of old, it recaptures a certain je ne sais quoi we’ve not felt since Bungie left behind the series it birthed. Halo’s The Force Awakens? It could well be, you know.