Edge

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Edge is a multi-format computer and video games magazine, published by Future Publishing in the United Kingdom. It is well known for its industry contacts, uncompromising editorial stance (which has frequently given it problems in obtaining pre-release review code for games), yearly awards, and longevity. The magazine is very strict in its scoring; it was several years before any game was given a ten-out-of-ten rating, and the scores it grants major games are often controversial. In 2003 it celebrated its tenth anniversary.

Edge was the first 'adult' videogames magazine released in the UK, in October 1994. The magazine recognised that 'adult' is not equivalent to 'explicit and violent', and aimed to cater for a more intelligent and mature audience than other magazines of the time, such as GamesMaster and Computer & Video Games.

The magazine's current editor is Tony Mott. Other regular contributors to the magazine include Trigger Happy author Steven Poole, Toshihiro Nagoshi of Sega's Amusement Vision and Digitiser founder "Mr Biffo". Artwork for the cover of the magazine's hundredth issue was specially provided by Shigeru Miyamoto.

Some of the content from the UK edition was published in the United States as Next Generation from 1996 until 2002.

List of games receiving a "ten out of ten" score

• Super Mario 64, Nintendo 64
• Gran Turismo, Sony PlayStation
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Nintendo 64
• Halo: Combat Evolved, Microsoft Xbox
• Half-Life 2, PC

External links

• The official Edge site
• Archive of Edge scores up to issue 121
• Ste Curran's Blog A games journalist who has contributed to Edge. His blog contains some of the features he has written, such as the review of Kabuki Warriors, the only game to ever receive a "One out of Ten" score.
• Edge's Halo review