Games based on a license have been around almost as long as the medium itself, with most gaining a reputation for being cheap tie-ins or ill-produced cash grabs that needed much longer in the development oven. It’s an unfortunate fact that, in most instances, the creative teams tasked with making …
Read More »The making of Splinter Cell – How the decision to “ruthlessly enforce stealth” created a classic
By 2002, we had seen Tom Clancy’s name on plenty of games – Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six, Red Storm Rising, and many more. It was already a mark of quality and reason enough to get excited about a game. The world was excited for a hardcore, thinking person’s take on …
Read More »From Call to Duty to Dead Space, Bond to Barbie: A career retrospective with Glen Schofield
Glen Schofield was confident when he applied for his first job in the game industry some 30 years ago. “I can do this,” he remembers telling himself. “Little did I know how hard it was!” Either way, he could hardly have imagined that, three decades later, he’d have worked with …
Read More »Lost Judgment takes you to the streets of Yokohama to solve the toughest case yet
One case might have been closed, but if the Yakuza series has taught us anything it’s that on the crime-laden streets of Kamurocho there’s always some new villainy afoot. In series spin-off Judgment and its upcoming sequel, Lost Judgment, that meant a new lead character, swapping ex-yakuza with a heart …
Read More »The print edition of Edge 358 features a spectacular animated 3D cover
The new issue of Edge is on sale now – and it’s a little bit special. For the first time in the magazine’s 27-year history, this edition features a full-page animated 3D lenticular cover, to showcase brain-bending sci-fi shooter Lemnis Gate. Lemnis Gate centres on an innovative time-loop mechanic where …
Read More »How Paradise Killer went from “Crazy Taxi meets Gone Home” to a modern indie classic
For both player and developer, the story of Paradise Killer begins with a bold leap into the unknown. The game opens with disgraced investigator Lady Love Dies finding out her eternal exile to the luxurious Idle Lands isn’t quite forever after all: after three million days, she’s called to investigate …
Read More »With Lady Dimitrescu causing a stir, perhaps its time that games got over their obsession with youth
Our media landscape is obsessed with youth. Coming from someone who’s yet to see the other side of 30 maybe that’s a bit rich, but ageing is not only natural, it’s inevitable, and the absence of older female leads is only becoming more difficult to ignore. Games offer little reprieve …
Read More »New Edge issue dives into Back 4 Blood, Left 4 Deads spiritual successor
The new issue of Edge is on sale today, led by a huge hands-on Back 4 Blood report, including a discussion with Turtle Rock Studios about how the spirit of Left 4 Dead is being revived in one of 2021’s most anticipated action games. Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold …
Read More »Lake wants to be a calming presence in a chaotic world
Here’s a novel concept: a moment of calm. It’s an increasingly elusive feeling that, even in the slightly wonky early preview build we play, Lake is already very good at evoking. As we chug around in our white post van to a soundtrack of gentle country music on the radio …
Read More »The making of Hitman Codename 47 – “We were asked to prove ourselves with a simple shooter first”
Hindsight is a funny thing. Today, the Hitman series is beloved, with a calculated antihero and a tried-and-tested stealth action setup. Every time you slip into Agent 47’s dark suit you know you’re gearing up for a succession of guilty pleasures, from filching disguises to assassinating key targets, a formula …
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