SYNCED: OFF PLANET

Interplanetary, most extraordinary craft

Remember 2011? Not a bad 12 months for

Mass Effect Legendary Edition

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

Store wars

Epic vs Apple feels like the beginning, not the end, of a shake-up in digital distribution

New dawn

Halo Infinite’s former creative director on how he’s getting the band back together

Journey’s End

Naoki Yoshida looks ahead to Final Fantasy XIV’s Endwalker expansion, and the future beyond

PET PROJECT

Harking back to the ’70s for a mission set in an imperilled future

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 AUGUST

Issue 359 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

Stronger together

Videogames put us right at the centre of

KENA: BRIDGE OF SPIRITS

Heading into the woods with Ember Lab’s breezy action-adventure

OLLIOLLI WORLD

Can Roll7 satisfy skaters new and hardcore alike?

SONG IN THE SMOKE

17-Bit’s VR survival game takes us into the prehistoric wilds

ICARUS

Surviving in the wild with the creator of DayZ

INSTRUMENTS OF DESTRUCTION

Red Faction’s tech lead brings the house down once more

SHERLOCK HOLMES: CHAPTER ONE

Portrait of the detective as a young man

BEAST BREAKER

Mouse versus monsters in another cracker from the Threes creator

LOOT RIVER

The earth moves in this Roguelike dungeon crawler

HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST

Developer/publisher SIE (Guerrilla Games) Format PS4, PS5 Origin Netherlands

FAR CRY 6

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

DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D REMAKE

Developer/publisher Square Enix Format Consoles TBA Origin Japan Release

SONIC ORIGINS

Developer/publisher Sega Format TBA Origin Japan Release TBA

OVERWATCH 2

Developer/publisher Blizzard Entertainment Format PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One

TAKING FLIGHT

A world-first hands-on with Jett: The Far Shore, as Superbrothers’ sci-fi adventure prepares for lift-off

VINYL FANTASY

Ten years on, the creators of Swords & Sworcery discuss its unique fusion of music, art and games

YEAR OF THE DRAGON

How a new wave of Chinese talent is breaking boundaries – and cracking the western triple-A market for the first time

GENSHIN IMPACT

Developer/publisher MiHoYo Format Android, iOS, PC, PS4, PS5 Release

BLACK MYTH: WUKONG

Developer/publisher Game Science Format PC, consoles TBA Release TBA

TALE OF IMMORTAL

Developer GuiGu Studio Publisher Lightning Games Format PC Release

BRIGHT MEMORY: INFINITE

Developer FYQD Personal Studio Publisher Playism Format PC, Xbox

LOST SOUL ASIDE

Developer/publisher Ultizero Games Format PC, PS4, PS5 Release TBA

NARAKA: BLADEPOINT

Developer/publisher 24 Entertainment Format PC Release 2021 The

PROJECT DT

Developer/publisher Digital Sky Format TBA Release TBA Another

MUNDAUN

How an illustrator’s pencils captured the sinister side of an idyllic Alpine community

RUSTY LAKE

How two developers built their own universe across 15 games and a movie

The Legend Of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

A flawed series entry that shines a longoverdue spotlight on its title character

Make or break

Any game that gets finished is a minor

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

Developer/publisher SIE (Insomniac Games) Format PS5 Release Out

Post Script

Modern videogame characters talk too much. But is there a good reason for that?

Biomutant

Developer Experiment 101 Publisher THQ Nordic Format PC

Post Script

Not all those who wander are lost

Hood: Outlaws & Legends

Developer Sumo Digital Publisher Focus Home Interactive Format

Subnautica: Below Zero

Developer/publisher Unknown Worlds Entertainment Format PC, PS4, PS5

Chicory: A Colorful Tale

Developer Greg Lobanov, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Raine, Madeline

World’s End Club

Developer Too Kyo Games, Grounding Inc Publisher NIS

The Magnificent Trufflepigs

Developer Thunkd Publisher AMC Games Format PC (tested),

Overboard!

Developer/publisher Inkle Format PC, Switch Release Out now

Operation: Tango

Developer/publisher Clever Plays Format PC (tested), PS4, PS5,

An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs

Developer/publisher Strange Scaffold Format PC (tested), Xbox Series