Edge - Issue 217 - August 2010

Features:

• Heavy Lies The Crown (We head to Albion to live as a king in Fable III, and find that the life of a benevolent ruler isn't all plain sailing)
• The Story Of Dragon Quest (We talk to the key creatives behind Japan's most popular RPG series as its ninth instalment heads to the west)
• Law Of The Brand (A grey area hidden in a minefield, we explore the legal ramification of videogames' complex DRM measures)
• Arcade Fire (Meeting the collectors determined to keep the arcade spirit alive in backstreet lockups across the country)
• When Videogames Ruled (... the world. An exclusive extract from Replay: the History Of Videogames, charting gaming's early rise)
• LA Stories (The highlights from this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo)
• Nintendo Takes The 3D Lead (How the 3DS hardware outshone even the debut of a new Wii Zelda)
• Q&A: Hideki Konno (The director of Nintendo classics such as Yoshi's Island discusses 3DS)
• Q&A: Kudo Tsunoda (Microsoft Game Studios' man talks controller-free gaming with Kinect)
• Q&A: Shuhei Yoshida (The president of SCE Worldwide Studios on PS3 3D, Move and more)

Including Previews of:

• The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii)
• Metroid: Other M (Wii)
• Golden Sun: Dark Dawn (DS)
• Epic Mickey (Wii)
• Kirby's Epic Yarn (Wii)
• Killzone 3 (PS3)
• Twisted Metal (PS3)
• Gran Turismo 5 (PS3)
• Motorstorm Apocalypse (PS3)
• Journey (PS3)
• LittleBigPlanet 2 (PS3)
• Halo: Reach (360)
• Gears Of War 3 (360)
• Portal 2 (360, PC, PS3)
• Driver: San Francisco (360, MAC, PC, PS3, Wii)
• Fallout: New Vegas (360, PC, PS3)
• Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow (360, PS3)
• Enslaved (360, PS3)
• Tron Evolution (360, DS, PC, PS3, PSP, Wii)
• Metal Gear Solid Rising (360, PC, PS3)
• Bodycount (360, PS3)
• Spec Ops: The Line (360, PC, PS3)
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution  (360, PC, PS3)
• XCOM (360, PC, PS3)
• Rage (360, PC, PS3)
• Brink (360, PC, PS3)

Featuring Reviews of:

• Crackdown 2 (360)
• Dragon Quest IX (DS)
• Transformers: War For Cybertron (360, PC, PS3)
• Trinity Universe (PS3)
• Clash Of The Titans (360, PS3)
• Darkstar One: Broken Alliance (360)
• Art Style: Light Trax (Wii)
• Art Style: Penta Tentacles (Wii)
• Jett Rocket (Wii)
• Aqua: Naval Warfare (Wii)
• Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4 (360, DS, PC, PS3, Wii)
• Apple Jack (360)