Edge (October 2003)

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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.

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)

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...

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)

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