Let’s go round again, one more time (one more time)

Towards the end of the latest trailer for

EDGE

EDITORIAL Tony Mott editorial director Jon Bailes deputy

Rebooting the system

Summer Game Fest reveals a game industry in retreat, leaning into its past

New colossus

As Project Robot transforms into Gen Atlas, Fumito Ueda guides us through his process

Larry Kuperman

After 25 years in the industry and thousands of meetings, Nightdive Studios’ ‘I know a guy’ guy isn’t finished yet

MAGICAL MYSTERY

How does a whole town disappear? Look into the past to reveal the truth

Soundbytes

Game commentary in snack-sized mouthfuls

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 HOT 100

THE BEST, BIGGEST AND OTHERWISE NOTABLE GAMES FROM THIS SUMMER’S BLOWOUT

GOD OF WAR: L AUFEY

Developer/publisher SIE (Santa Monica Studio) Format PS5 Release TBA

MARVEL’S WOLVERINE

Developer/publisher SIE (Insomniac Games) Format PS5 Release September 15

UNTIL DAWN 2

Developer/publisher SIE (Firesprite) Format PS5 Release 2027

GUILD WARS 3

Developer/publisher ArenaNet Format PC, PS5 Release TBA

THE LOST WILD

Developer Great Ape Games Publisher Annapurna Interactive Format PC, PS5 Release 2027

CORDURA

Developer/publisher Garage 51 Format PC, PS5 Release TBA

NO REST FOR THE WICKED

Developer/publisher Moon Studios Format PC, PS5 Release Oct 2026

ABOUT FISHING

Developer The Water Museum Publisher Playstack Format PC, PS5 Release TBA

BANCHO THE CHEF

Developer/publisher Mintrocket Format PC, PS5 Release TBA

SILENT HILL: TOWNFALL

Developer Screen Burn Interactive Publisher Konami Format PC, PS5 Release September 24

GEARS OF WAR: E- DAY

Developer The Coalition, People Can Fly Publisher Xbox Game Studios Format PC, Xbox Series Release October 6

FIRE EMBLEM: FORTUNE’S WEAVE

Developer Intelligent Systems Publisher Nintendo Format Switch 2 Release September 17

ALIEN: ISOLATION 2

Developer/publisher Sega (Creative Assembly) Format PC, PS5, Switch 2, Xbox Series Release TBA

WITCH TIME

How the director of Assassin’s Creed finally beat the devil

COLLECTED WORKS HIDEKI K AM I YA

Three decades of videogame innovation, starting with the birth of the survival horror genre

VOID BASTARDS

How Irrational veterans mixed the spirit of System Shock with the structure of a Roguelike

SIZE FIVE GAMES

How a solo developer has navigated the indie scene for almost 20 years

PLAY

REVIEWS. PERSPECTIVES. INTERVIEWS. AND SOME NUMBERS

Star Fox

Y ou could easily play through this remake

Post Script

Is Star Fox’s ‘moderate’ N64 remake the way forward?

Gothic 1 Remake

ABOVE Spells range from simple fireballs to transforming

Post Script

If you master lockpicking, a good way to

33 Immortals

RIGHT Co-op powers are hard to parse at

The Adventures Of Elliot: The Millennium Tales

ABOVE Dungeons tend to be quite short, with

Rhythm Paradise Groove

ABOVE The difference between success and failure in

The Mermaid Mask

ABOVE The puzzles are all pleasingly tactile, but

Beastro

LEFT Bosses can sometimes make the game a

Deer & Boy

Corentin Brasart’s music isn’t exactly subtle, since it’s

The Incident At Galley House

As in Obra Dinn , putting faces to

Super Monkey Ball

How purity and precision tamed the ape within and centred everything on the analogue stick

T H E L O N G G A M E

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