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Edge magazine launched in October 1993, founded by Steve Jarratt, a long-time video games journalist working for Future plc. Jarratt had previously launched several other magazines for the same publisher.
As of 2025, Edge has awarded a perfect ten-out-of-ten to 28 games. The first was Super Mario 64 in 1996, and the most recent on the list is Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, reviewed in issue E411 in 2025.
Edge scores games on a scale of one to ten, with five as the nominal average. For most of its history the scores carried descriptive labels ranging from "disastrous" to "revolutionary." Starting with issue 143 the labels were replaced by a deadpan list acknowledging the scale plainly, a response to readers who over-analyzed the numbers.
The Super Mario series leads with four perfect scores from Edge, awarded across games released between 1996 and 2017. Several series, including The Legend of Zelda, Bayonetta, Grand Theft Auto, Half-Life, and Halo, each hold two perfect scores.
In October 2003, editor João Diniz-Sanches left Edge along with deputy editor David McCarthy and other staff writers. The editorship returned to Tony Mott, who had previously held the role, and Margaret Robertson was the only member of the departing team who remained at the magazine.
The 200th issue, released in March 2009, featured 200 different covers, each commemorating a separate game. Only 200 copies of each cover variant were printed; 199 went into general circulation and one was reserved for subscribers. The magazine's circulation at the time was 28,898.