Edge (October 2003)

Source: Edge – Issue Number 128 – October 2003

Edge is a multi-format gaming magazine published in the U.K. It has been around since October 1993 and once upon a time it shared some content with Next Generation. If you liked the content of that magazine, you might like this one. The October 2003 issue includes:

Features

  • 9/11 is a joke – Edge ponders the questions provoked by games with content based on horrific real-life events.
  • Score Wars – Hi-score tables: once upon a time the only way to gain gaming status. And now they’re back.
  • Edge’s Ten Commandments – Ten simple yet obvious rules of game design that we believe should apply to every game ever made.
  • Ten Top Tens – The best 100 games of all time. Ever. Part two. But by all means feel free to disagree…
  • Perfect 10? – In ten years Edge has only given out its maximum mark four times.But what is an Edge 10/10?

Prescreen

  • O.TO.GI 2 (Xbox)
  • SWAT: Global Strike Team (PS2, Xbox)
  • Chrome (PC)
  • Call of Duty (PC)
  • Xyanide (Xbox)
  • Spider-Man 2 (PS2, Xbox, GC)
  • Katmari Damashi (PS2)
  • Dragon Quest VIII (PS2)
  • Dance UK (PS2)
  • True Crimes: Streets of LA (PS2, GC, Xbox)
  • Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior (PS2, PC)
  • THUG (PS2, Xbox, GC)
  • Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike (GC)
  • Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy (Xbox, PC)
  • Prescreen Alphas (various)

Regulars

  • Frontend – SCE and its PSP; Bedroom coding; Xbox/Nintendo conferences
  • Out There – Justin Timberlake; Maxx Payne (the wrestler); GTA holiday
  • RedEye – Viewtiful Joe induces a joypad-throwing fit
  • Trigger Happy – Steven Poole lists the ten things games have taught him
  • AV Out – Japan should work harder and produce better games
  • Biffovision – Mr Biffo turns into careers officer mode
  • Subscribe – Money off and free delivery – how can you resists?
  • Back issues – Quick, before they sell out
  • Retrotest – It’s 1978. Edge reviews Space Invaders
  • The making of… – Edge. Come on, it is our birthday…
  • Reset – E1 put through the rememberiser
  • Recruitment – Your chance to work in the games industry
  • Inbox – Ten years’ worth of your opinions on the world of videogaming
  • Next month – Edge visits “the excitement company”

Testscreen

  • Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Xbox, PC)
  • Republic: The Revolution (PC)
  • Boktai (GBA)
  • R-Type Final (PS2)
  • F-Zero GX (GC)
  • Freedom Fighters (PS2, Xbox, GC)
  • Star Wars: Galaxies – An Empire Divided (PC)
  • The Italian Job: LA Heist (PS2, Xbox, GC)
  • Group S Challnge (Xbox)
  • Downhill Domination (PS2)
  • Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (GC)
  • Space Channel 5: Ulala’s Cosmic Attack (GBA)
  • Winning Eleven 7 (PS2)

…and more!

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