TARSIER STUDIOS

Shining light into a quieter corner of the game studio

Exclusive subscriber edition In this business, we see

The cloud on the horizon

After Stadia’s closure, what hope is there of a bright future for game streaming ser vices?

Do-it-yourself dungeons

The two-person indie studio helping hobbyist designers take on Nintendo at its own game

Fighting the good fight

Takashi Nishiyama, the godfather of fighting games, reflects on a career spent in the arena

BRANCHING OUT

Early Access hit Kynseed is ready to bloom

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

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Trigger Happy

Shoot first, ask questions later

Alternate Reality

Notes from videogaming’s borders

WO LONG: FALLEN DYNASTY

Team Ninja turns to China’s past as it seeks to break from its own

LIKE A DRAGON: ISHIN

The Yakuza team belatedly brings its historical classic to the west

UNDER THE WAVES

Come on in, the water’s lovely

JUMPLIGHT ODYSSEY

A starbound blend of FTL, Two Point Hospital and ’70s anime

NINJA OR DIE

All speed, no running, in this game of aerial action

DEMONSCHOOL

This snappy, stylish RPG makes a strong case for less being more

ANOTHER CRAB’S

An aquatic Soulslike with a chela hook

ROUNDUP

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GASE FFECT

Bio Ware’s former boss embarks on a new journey, charting a Victoriana fantasy world unlike any other

TOKYO DRIFTERS

Can the final stronghold of the videogame arcade survive the pandemic’s ravages?

CHRISTOFER SUNDBERG

The Just Cause director on the rise of Avalanche – and why he gave it up to start again

WILDERMYTH

How three family members and nine years of work led to a new benchmark for adaptive stor ytelling

Sleeping Dogs

Beyond the flaws, a vision of Hong Kong unlike any other

Resident Evil Village

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

God Of War Ragnarök

Like its series-rebooting 2018 predecessor, God Of War

Post Script

Is it time to revisit Kratos at his worst?

Somerville

Less is more. It’s an old maxim that

Post Script

Q+A: Chris Olsen, writer and director, Somerville

Pentiment

What is history, the old saying goes, but

Post Script

Pentiment’s art is glorious, but its text is even better

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare II

War isn’t about friends,” scowls General Shepherd, Modern

Gotham Knights

Batman may have entered the world in 1939,

The Chant

As soon as protagonist Jess changes from her

Sonic Frontiers

Ambition can be a double-edged sword. While on

A Little To The Left

The game’s ‘hint’ screen offers rather more than

The Entropy Centre

Cubes that shoot out laser beams or bridges,

Marvel Snap

Given the presence of Captain America et al,

How To Say Goodbye

Environments are varied and imaginatively realised, ranging from

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