Edge Issue 230

This magazine is dated August 2011 and priced at £5.00

Knowledge
Nintendo pulls its shapes at E3 - (2 pages)

Microsoft's scattergun assault - (2 pages)

Sony's corporate alignment - (2 pages)

Nintendo's confusing celebration - (2 pages)

Rewiring the game industry - (2 pages)
 * Gaikai is ready to change the way games are consumed.

OnLive eyes Europe - (2 pages)

Arcade Watch: Elevator Action Death Parade

My Favourite Game - Joe Abercrombie - (2 pages)

Dispatches
Trigger Happy - Steven Poole
 * How does the taking of Bin Laden compare to the onscreen activities of the modern gamer?

Level Head - Leigh Alexander
 * How gamers are going the wrong way about securing the approval the crave from society.

You're Playing it Wrong - Brian Howe
 * This mysterious report, bearing a 2014 datestamp, arrive in the Edge inbox.

Features
To Infinite and Beyond - Bioshock: Infinite - 360, PS3, PC - (8 pages)

The Future Begins Here - Wii U - (8 pages)

Friendly Fire - 2011 Classic Videogame Tournament - (8 pages)

Create
People - Ted Price - (2 pages)
 * How Insomniac's boss learned to witch off his obsession with being hands-on.

Places - Pandora - (2 pages)
 * Borderlands' world might have left us bored, if not for a dash of redneck charm

Things - Just Cause 2's Grappling Hook - (2 pages)
 * Why Scorpio's left arm might be gaming's most satisfying travel agent

Studio Profile - Relentless Software - (4 pages)

The Making of... Left 4 Dead - (4 pages)

Beyond Unreal - (4 pages)
 * The reign of the thirdparty engine has kept gaming up to speed, but is it turning into a stranglehold?

What Games Are - Tadhg Kelly - (1 page)
 * We must own the language that's used to describe videogames.

In The Click Of It - Clint Hocking - (1 page)
 * The elephants in the room (part six): the NOGAS Point.

The Possibility Space - Randy Smith - (1 page)
 * Professor Smith's lecture on zombie rustling will begin immediately.

Word play - James Leach - (1 page)
 * The hero's so-called journey, and the player's so-called part in it.

Other Credits
Senior Art Editor
 * Mark Wynne

Deputy Art Editor
 * Andrew Hind

Contributors (not credited above)
 * Nathan Brown, Emma Davies, Martin Davies, Christian Donlan, Kirk Hamilton, Duncan Harris, Owen Hill, Christophe Kagotani, Martin Kitts, Matthew Kumar, Jon Lynch, Kelly MacDonald, Ben Maxwell, Simon Parkin, Jamie Russell, Richard Stanton, Brian Taylor, Ella Taylor, Kevin Williams & David Wolinsky