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December 24, 2008

This site is updating throughout the Holidays – except for December 25, December 26 and January 1.

Next week we’ll be running with a news service as well as platform-based retrospective features, looking at the most significant events over the past 12 months for Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft and PC platforms. We’ll also be offering some of the biggest new features from the new issue of Edge magazine.

The Edge team would like to wish all our readers and industry friends a wonderful Holiday - Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

On December 24th JOHN LEIGH said:

Happy Christmas lads and lassies.Hope next year is as good as the last 2 years of some top quality gaming.I'm bloody broke!

On December 24th German said:

Feliz Navidad y Feliz Año Nuevo!

All the best for 2009 and keep the comments smart and insightful, see you all next year!

On December 24th alexkidd said:

Merry Christmas everyone!

On December 24th gyak said:

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you guys -- for the staff and all the commenters here.
Can't wait for the new features and stuff.

Today's News

De Fondaumiere: Cultural Tax Breaks Are A Problem

EGDF chair and Quantic Dream boss warns EU over restrictive state support
Tecmo Koei Boss Speaks Out

Things looking up for Xbox in Japan, says CEO Kenji Matsubara, while a PS3 price cut would be welcome.
Charity Launches Military-Only Gaming Network

New Pro vs. GI Joe venture hopes to unite troops around the world in virtual competition.

Recent Features

Interview: What Price An iPhone Game?

Exient Entertainment's Charles Chapman explains the fluctuating prices of apps and games for iPhone, and the impact of OS 3.0.
The Friday Game: Paper Toss

Bin there, done that: putting aside the fantastical, take a look at a game that brilliantly embraces the mundane.
Review: Monster Hunter Freedom Unite

Can the game that’s almost singlehandedly responsible for PSP’s success in Japan do the same in the west?

Keynotes: Industry People

What Does It Take To Make You Care?

It's all about simulating emotional scenarios: Randy Smith concludes his series of columns about the challenge of making games that aren't fun to play.
Stretch Panic

Steven Poole ties himself in knots over Noby Noby Boy’s gleefully tactile wriggling out of being a game.
In The Line Of Fire: Part Two

N’Gai Croal concludes his look back at the furore around Resident Evil 5's trailer with an account of his interview with producer Jun Takeuchi.

From Edge Magazine

The Making Of: Rogue

You were an @, your enemies were capital letters and it was near-impossible to complete, but it marked a games revolution.
The Making Of: Pitfall!

How one man revolutionised action adventure and crammed a whole lot of game into a ridiculously small space.
FIFA 10: Championship Managers

How the men behind FIFA finally beat Pro Evo to the top of the gameplay league – and how they plan to retain the title.
The Making Of: EverQuest

At its height, the 400,000 inhabitants of the first modern MMOG worked together to make the 27th strongest economy in the world.
The Making Of: Driver

Reflections’ 1970s chase racer delivered on PlayStation's promises and proved prophetic of the GTAs to come.

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