Stealing hearts like Cupid, haunting me with her lovely music

If you’re a fan of videogames, you’re a

Impossible year

Reflecting on a terrible, yet undeniably transformative 12 months in games, and where it might lead

GIVE ’EM ENOUGH ROPE

Looking back on a very strange year for Nintendo

Gated community

Inside Dim Bulb Games’ gallery of lockpicking mechanics, and what it might mean for games

THAT’S BAIT

Why stop at one museum? There’s a world of mechanics

HOMESICK BLUES

Nautilus Games’ subterranean platformer shuns violence

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

Subscriptions

DISPATCHES JANUARY

Issue 353 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

Turn and face the strange

A change, it’s often said, can do you

MOST WANTED

Exo One PC, Xbox Series “An arthouse sci-fi

HITMAN 3

Agent 47’s big finish is a fresh start for his creators

A load off

This extended handover period between console generations is

GOODBYE VOLCANO HIGH

Ko-op scales up for a bittersweet ode to youthful impulse

Feedback loop

The DualSense controller’s speaker and haptics have a

Closed-door policy

The bounty of ventilation shafts should clue you

SHADOWS OF DOUBT

A detective procedural

INSCRYPTION

Cards of darkness

Cabin fever

Inscryption is the work of many hands, but

WOBBLEDOGS

A pet management game that’s both bright and dark

Sim-ilar lines

Wobbledogs is an unusual title, but Astle names

ROUND-UP

MASK OF THE ROSE Developer/publisher Failbetter Games Format TBA Origin UK Release

KINGPIN: RELOADED

Developer Slipgate Ironworks Publisher 3D Realms, Interplay Format PC

KINGDOM COME

Exploring Hollow Knight: Silksong, Team Cherry’s sharply refined sequel to a modern classic

HOP TO IT

On our adventures around Pharloom, we spot one

LYNCH PIN

Hollow Knight composer Christopher Larkin returns with a

BRAVE NEW WORLDS

With development on Silksong starting even before the

THE EDGE AWARDS

A year unlike any we’ve experienced – and

TRAILBLAZER AWARD DREAMS

Developer Media Molecule Publisher SIE Format PS4 Turns

REVOLUTION AWARD HADES

Developer/publisher Supergiant Games Format PC, Switch The magic

ZEITGEIST AWARD ANIMAL CROSSING NEW HORIZONS

Developer/publisher Nintendo (EPD) Format Switc The latest version

YOU HAD TO BE THERE AWARD HALF-LIFE: ALYX

Developer/publisher Valve Corporation Format Index, Quest, Rift, Vive The only

BLOCKBUSTER AWARD THE LAST OF US PART II

Developer Naughty Dog Publisher SIE Format PS4 Writers

ARTISAN AWARD SIGNS OF THE SOJOURNER

Developer/publisher Echodog Games Format PC Echodog Games’ captivating debut feels

WORLDBUILDING AWARD PARADISE KILLER

Developer/publisher Kaizen Game Works Format PC, Switch At first,

HOMECOMING AWARD KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO

Developer Cardboard Computer Publisher Annapurna Interactive Format PC, PS4, Switch,

RISING STAR AWARD IF FOUND

Developer Dreamfeel Publisher Annapurna Interactive Format PC, Switch We were

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION ITCH.IO BUNDLE

Developer/publisher Nintendo (EPD) Format Switch Sometimes it seems

TANGLE TOWER

THE MAKING  OF

NODDING HEADS GAMES

STUDIO PROFILE

Tetris Effect

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

Endings, beginnings

Depending on when you’re reading this, it’s either the very end of one year or the beginning of another. It’s usually a time to look back or forward – and, now that we have the Edge Awards wrapped up for 2020, we can’t wait to get on with the latter

Cyberpunk 2077

Developer CD Projekt Red Publisher CD Projekt Format

Post Script

Cyberpunk’s tale is a triumph of tone over consequence

Call Of The Sea

Developer Out Of The Blue Publisher Raw Fury

Post Script

Why Norah’s quest isn’t quite the tale of empowerment it could have been [contains spoilers]

Immortals Fenyx Rising

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

Post Script

Why Immortals’ exploration takes the mystery out of the mythical

Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Calamity

Developer Omega Force Publisher Nintendo Format Switch Release

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim

Developer Vanillaware Publisher Sega Format PS4 Release Out now

Empire Of Sin

Developer Romero Games Publisher Paradox Interactive Format PC

Haven

Developer/publisher The Game Bakers Format PC (tested), PS4,

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure

Developer/publisher Ustwo games Format iOS, PC (tested) Release

Horace

Developer Paul Helman, Sean Scaplehorn Publisher 505 Games

Tenderfoot Tactics

Developer/publisher Ice Water Games Format PC Release Out

Wide Ocean Big Jacket

Developer Turnfollow Publisher Tender Claws Format PC (tested),

Watch Dogs 2

How a major attitude adjustment saved Ubisoft’s hacker series from meltdown