Edge - Issue 190 - July 2008

Features:

• The Spying Game (Obsidian Entertainment made its name with RPGs, but it's about to infiltrate the spy genre with Alpha Protocol)
• Precious Metals (After Okami, and a name change or two, PlatinumGames is ready to talk about its vision, leading with MadWorld)
• Another Day In Paradise (The latest Burnout arrived in January, but that was only the beginning of the story for this uniquely engineered project...)
• Class of 2000 (Eight graduates of the Net Yaroze programme offer their thoughts on the state of the videogame industry today)
• Browser's Castle (It's one of the world's biggest MMOGs but it's made by an unheralded UK dev studio. Inside the world of RuneScape)
• Where Now For PC Gaming? (Nvidia talks up its place in the computer entertainment order)
• WiiWare makes its entrance (Nintendo follows Microsoft and Sony with downloadable originals)
• Happy Accidents (The man behind Ico and Shadow Of The Colossus on his work to date)
• Media Studies (Pixar discusses the differences between movies and videogames)
• A Land Of Snow And Games (Sweden's Nordic Game conference brings the best out of the region)

Including Previews of:

• Killzone 2 (PS3)
• Guitar Hero IV (360, PS2, PS3, Wii)
• Pure (360, PC, PS3)
• Mafia II (360, PC, PS3)
• Mercenaries 2 (360, PC, PS3)
• The Bourne Conspiracy (360, PS3)
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (360, DS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii)
• World Of Goo (PC, Wii)
• Motorstorm 2 (PS3)
• PixelJunk Eden (PS3)
• Silent Hill Homecoming (360, PS3)
• Siren: New Translation (PS3)
• Rise Of The Argonauts (360, PC, PS3)
• Battleforge (PC)
• Cryostasis (PC)

Featuring Reviews of:

• Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3)
• Haze (PS3)
• Race Driver: Grid (360, PC, PS3)
• Lego Indiana Jones (360, DS, PC, PS3, Wii)
• Boom Blox (Wii)
• Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution (360, PS3)
• Lostwinds (Wii)
• Baroque (Wii)
• Iron Man (360, PS3)
• Soul Bubbles (DS)
• Noitu Love 2 (PC)
• New Track & Field (DS)
• 1942: Joint Strike (360, PS3)
• Wolf Of The Battlefield (360, PS3)