This month we spent a bit of time thinking about game names. Halo and Destiny sprang readily to mind as classics from modern times, with plenty in common: both are snappy and iconic-feeling, with a sci-fi edge and the suggestion of something mysterio

Tony Mott editorial director Alex Spencer deputy editor  Jon Bailes games editor Miriam McDonald operations editor  Warren Brown group art director Ryan Robbins designer  Ashley Bardhan, Tyler Colp, Christian Donlan, Alicia Haddick, Duncan Harris, Jo

“Cloud Imperium just invented a time machine taking us back to the dark ages… I was naive enough to think this was a thing of the past.”As the Star Citizen crew sample seven-day work weeks, Liquid Swords’ Christofer Sundberg reminds us: some bits of

Roto VR Explorer bit.ly/seatspin VR has always been about tradeoffs. How much cost – not just monetary, but in time and fuss – are you willing to put up with in exchange for (theoretically) total immersion? This ‘Made For Meta’ chair might be the ult

Explore the iPad edition of Edge for extra Hype content Navigating 3D worlds through the eyes of a game character; running left and right in a 2D platform game – two activities you’ve done a thousand times. Now try doing both together. Our first chan

Developer Motion Twin  Publisher Motion Twin, Kepler Ghost Format PC  Origin France  Release TBA An age-old question for any creative with an unexpected hit on their hands: Where next? Dead Cells was developed as something of a last hope for Motion T

Developer/publisher Crescent Moon Games  Format PC Origin US Release TBA Following two screens at once shouldn’t be too much of an ask these days. Indeed, our first impression as we sit down with Screenbound is that it’s like looking at your phone wh

Developer/publisher Torn Banner Studios Format PC Origin Canada Release TBA One of the direst enemies in any zombie survival game is familiarity. This, and the contempt it engenders, is a foe that Torn Banner Studios has clearly thought about at leng

Developer/publisher Supermassive Games Format PC, PS5, Xbox Series Origin UK Release 2025 Peruse the promotional materials surrounding Directive 8020 and you may not realise it’s a continuation of The Dark Pictures Anthology. The branding is there, b

Developer/publisher Don’t Nod (Don’t Nod Montréal) Format PC, PS5, Xbox Series Origin Canada Release February 18 Don’t Nod’s next narrative-led adventure has plenty of Life Is Strange about it, but also a heaped spoonful of Stephen King. The group dy

Developer Denkiworks Publisher Critical Reflex Format PC, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series Origin Japan Release TBA Summers are known for being sweltering in Japan but also for their traditional festivals, chief among them Kyoto’s Gion Matsuri, whose pr

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Founded in 1986 by firebrand designer Ian Anderson, TDR – aka The Designers Republic – is a figurehead of the SoYo (as in South Yorkshire) movement, self-styled opponents of an older, supposedly stagnant design scene in London. Its style is one of Ru

Developer Striking Distance Studios Publisher Krafton Format PC (tested), PS5, Xbox Series Release Out now When one of the escaped convicts in Redacted quips that they’d rather be back in their cell playing Hades, you have to marvel at the audacity.