THIS MONTH ON EDGE

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

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Rise

Elden Ring becomes From’s fastest-selling (and bestreviewed) game to date…

Extra Topping

Paradise Killer lands on Xbox and PlayStation, with an album’s worth of new tracks

Release Valve

Steam Deck launches, with Gabe Newell on (endearingly awkward) delivery duties

Care package

700+ developers pitch in for Bundle For Ukraine, raising millions for relief efforts

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Tarnished

…but The Discourse is more tedious than ever, as a new wave of UX experts emerges

Games as a disservice

Mired in microtransactions, Platinum’s Babylon’s Fall gets off to the worst possible start

In the Poké

Georgia man jailed for spending COVID relief loan on holographic Charizard card

Streaming out

Hundreds of “alienated” employees leave Twitch over its monetisation strategies