Alex Spencer

Alex Spencer

Freelance Writer

Alex is Edge's features editor, with a background writing about film, TV, technology, music, comics and of course videogames, contributing to publications such as PC Gamer, Official PlayStation Magazine and Polygon. In a previous life he was managing editor of Mobile Marketing Magazine. Spelunky and XCOM gave him a taste for permadeath that's still not sated, and he's been known to talk people's ears off about Dishonored, Prey and the general brilliance of Arkane's output. You can probably guess which forthcoming games are his most anticipated.


Latest articles by Alex Spencer

13 years in and on its third console generation, how does GTA 5 hold up for a return visit?

By Alex Spencer Published

Features Time Capsule | Revisiting Los Santos on the cusp of GTA 6

Features
Brightly colored horses in Viva Pinata
In a world of Slime Rancher and Palworld, I still crave more Viva Piñata

By Alex Spencer Published

Member Exclusive The game that made Rare get back in its groove

Member Exclusive
A character wears Mandalorian armor in a battle close-up in Star Wars Zero Company
Star Wars Zero Company review: "XCOM with lightsabers is a sweet deal, and it doesn't have to reinvent the wheel"

By Alex Spencer Published

Review Star Wars: Zero Company does exactly what it promises: XCOM, but in a galaxy far, far away

Review
A close-up of Shade steering a vehicle along an illuminated arena track in Star Wars: Galactic Racer
Star Wars: Galactic Racer has the best crashes I've seen since Burnout, especially as I risk losing it all

By Alex Spencer Published

Hands-on While the solo roguelike mode can take everything away, smart ideas mean multiplayer is no less terrifying and exhilarating across my hands-on

Hands-on
Key art for Zero Parades: For Dead Spies showing Cascade in a red jacket against a backdrop of grey faces
Zero Parades: For Dead Spies review: "Being built from Disco Elysium's bones is a blessing and a curse for this spy RPG"

By Alex Spencer Published

Review

Review
Yoshi celebrates as a monocle hovers above an encyclopaedia entry in Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Yoshi and the Mysterious Book finds a brand-new identity for Nintendo's sidelined platformer mascot

By Alex Spencer Published

Hands-on Hands-on | The Super Mario Galaxy Movie star becomes the Charles Darwin of the Mushroom Kingdom in Yoshi and the Mysterious Book

Hands-on
Big Walk
6 years after Untitled Goose Game's viral success, its devs seek solace in a chill co-op puzzler

By Alex Spencer Published

Features Interview | If Untitled Goose Game was a "precarious house of cards", Big Walk offers a "looser, more permissive" space to play with friends

Features
UFO 50
"There's always a loose end, trailing off into the distance": Inside the mind of a Metroidvania creator

By Alex Spencer Published

Features Interview | Uncovering the secrets of Animal Well, Tunic and UFO 50 with the devs themselves

Features
A recon sniper aims down sights in Battlefield 6 art surrounded by smoke, orange highlights flashing on their gear and mixing with embers in the smog
Why EA is razing Battlefield to its foundations in order to build something explosively new with Battlefield 6: "[I] felt an obligation to create one of the best Battlefields the world has ever seen"

By Alex Spencer Published

Big Preview | Rally Point: Battlefield 6 needs to go big to get the iconic FPS back on track – speaking with multiple developers, we get the briefing on the battle strategy

The Knight holds blade in front of his head as darkness swirls in key art for Hollow Knight, used in Edge Magazine's Hollow Knight Time Extend feature
8 years on, Hollow Knight is still an extraordinary achievement – but can Silksong live up to the hype?

By Alex Spencer Published

Opinion Feature | Revisiting the past as Silksong looms

Opinion
The cover of Edge Magazine showing Cronos: The New Dawn spread across all the way to the back cover
Edge 410 goes hands-on with Cronos: The New Dawn, the new survival horror from Silent Hill 2 studio Bloober Team

By Alex Spencer Published

News Cover reveal | Hands-on with Cronos: The New Dawn, Bloober Team's not-so-silent survival horror

News
The main characters in Pyre stand together and look into the distance, ready for the next match
Goal Oriented: How do developers invent their own sports – even when they're not too fond of the real thing?

By Alex Spencer Published

Features Feature | "What I've realised is that any turn-based strategy game, like a Fire Emblem or XCOM, those are basically sports games"

Features
Bridge Command
Inside Bridge Command, a life-sized starship ready to propel you into space

By Alex Spencer Published

Interview Interview | Edge magazine boldly goes on a tour of the USC Havock

Interview
Citizen Sleeper 2
Inside Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, the indie RPG sequel with Mass Effect in its sights

By Alex Spencer Published

Interview Interview | Edge magazine takes a giant leap into the shifting landscape of the Starward Belt

Interview
Hitman
From Hitman to 007 and everything between – Edge magazine goes behind the scenes with IO Interactive

By Alex Spencer Published

Features Holiday Long Read | Ups, downs and all-arounds, IO Interactive's story is one of turbulence and triumph

Features
Halo: Combat Evolved
Exploring the unlikely development of Halo – from RTS to third-person, Mac to console, concept to an Edge magazine perfect 10

By Alex Spencer Published

Features Interview | Marcus Lehto talks Edge magazine through the history of one of the biggest, most recognized names in video games

Features
Tunic
The Making of Tunic: How the adventure began life in the pages of a notebook

By Alex Spencer Published

Features A game made in the margins

Features
Deathloop
Does Deathloop prove that 'immersive sim' is an outdated term?

By Edge Staff, Alex Spencer Published

Features Can Deathloop be called an immersive sim?

Features
Rusty Lake
After 15 games and a movie, Rusty Lake is indie gaming's answer to the MCU

By Alex Spencer Published

Features Meet the game developers building their own connected universe

Features
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The Return To Jurassic Park is where Jurassic World: Evolution truly finds its way

By Alex Spencer Published

Features Going back to the island with Jurassic World Evolution: Return To Jurassic Park

Features
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Forget Apex Legends, it's time to return to Titanfall 2

By Alex Spencer Published

Features Can you learn how to become an Apex legend by returning to Titanfall 2? Probably not, but it's well worth your time anyway

Features
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