This Month On Edge

When we weren’t doing everything else, we were thinking about stuff like this

The things that caught our eye during the production of E314

Steelseries’ Arctis cans have been an Edge favourite for some time now, thanks largely to the ‘ski-goggle’ headband that ensures a comfier fit than you expect from most gaming headsets. Yet the company’s latest model has some irresistible new functionality. As the name implies, this is a Bluetooth-enabled headset; nothing new there, but the key here is that it simultaneously accepts a wired audio connection. While those who use Discord for voice chat when playing games on PC will find use for it, the real target audience is Switch owners, since it offers an elegant answer to the console’s voice-chat system. Yes, it’s a problem that shouldn’t exist. But when such comfortable solutions exist, we’re in no mood to complain.

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Arms’ Party Crash events hook us back in, Splatfest- style View to a kill Team colours and UI changes make Overwatch a watchable esport Parish Pa is burning Tokyo To 42’ s latest DLC includincludes a free map of a fictfictional British village Upwardly Up mobile More decent smartphone releases? releas Battery life, we hardly knew ye

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Battlefront II makes Reddit downvote history Difficult choices Telltale lays off a quarter of its staff. Best wishes to all affected Pipe down Not another Super Mario movie. Especially not from the Minions people Drawn to an end Miiverse goes offline after five years. Goodnight, sweet prince

TWEETS

Microtransactions aren’t micro anymore.

JME @JmeBBK Grime artist When I was young, playing Mario, I would have never imagined that one day Bowser would be “stressed about his wedding” but here we are. Christine Teigen @chrissyteigen Model Going to have to nerf Despair or buff Contentment; I forgot that Contentment has only a 30-second lifetime.

Alexis Kennedy @alexiskennedy Game designer, CultistSimulator I’m glad you are enjoying the new gifting feature on the store – but no need to gift me any games. It’s a nice thought but I am all set!

Larry Hryb @majornelson Director of programming, Xbox Live