Edge UK Magazine - August 2023

In this issue

Creative crucible
Exploring Jordan Weisman’s codefree creation kit, Adventure Forge.

Gathering of developers
Things to see and do at industry conference Develop in Brighton.

Deep Trouble
The Chinese Room combines Ken Loach grit with Kubrickian horror in chiller Still Wakes The Deep.

Synaptic Leap
UK studio nDreams discusses ten years of working at the cutting edge of VR game production..

All hands on Deck

As the portable PC race hots up, we two rivals to Valve's game-changing weigh up handheld

7 mins

Creative crucible

The creator of Shadowrun returns with Adventure Forge, an entirely code-free game-creation kit

3 mins

Gathering of developers

This year's Develop conference in Brighton features an abundance of game-making talent

3 mins

DISPATCHES AUGUST

Like most people, every waking minute of the past week has involved playing and consuming Tears Of The Kingdom content, but while my timeline has been completely inundated with crazy contraptions and crucified Koroks, it’s Ascend that has surprised me the most out of Link’s arsenal of new powers

6 mins

Trigger Happy

Steven Poole gets existential about the miracle of Humanity

3 mins

Alternate Reality

Adrian Hon on the transformative leap of The Last Clockwinder

3 mins

COCOON

A beautiful puzzle adventure emerges from its chrysalis

5 mins

COUNTER-STRIKE 2

Anyone seeking clues to the inscrutable Valve’s grand plan for Counter-Strike should look back at CS:GO’s release back in 2012.

5 mins

BLASPHEMOUS 2

An expansive sequel embraces its inner Castlevania

5 mins

SALTSEA CHRONICLES

All aboard for an ensemble adventure

3 mins

STRAY GODS: THE ROLEPLAYING MUSICAL

Making choices, awaking voices

3 mins

TIMES & GALAXY

Robot journalists? A dystopian vision indeed

3 mins

DEEP TROUBLES

The Chinese Room drills into a rich vein of '70s horror in terrifying firstperson chiller Still Wakes The Deep

10+ mins

SYNAPTIC LEAP

After a decade in VR, UK studio nDreams is ready for the big time

10+ mins

AN AUDIENCE WITH... HENRIQUE OLIFIERS

The Bossa boss on selling off hits, doubling down on co-op, and reinventing the ZX Spectrum

10+ mins

THE MAKING OF TUNIC

A game made in the margins

9 mins

ENDNIGHT GAMES

How The Forest gave a tiny studio an outsized success

7 mins

X-Com: UFO Defense

What did Firaxis leave behind when adapting alien-invasion strategy for the modern world?

7 mins

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Edge UK Magazine is a monthly magazine for creative people published by Immediate Media Company. It was first published in 1998 and is currently one of the most popular creative magazines in the UK.

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