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Edge of Nowhere

Edge of Nowhere is a VR third-person action-adventure from acclaimed independent developer Insomniac Games. Travel to the far reaches of the Antarctic mountains in search of a missing expedition team. What…

73 6 June 2016

Edge of Nowhere is an adventure developed by Insomniac Games, released 6 June 2016 on Oculus Rift and Oculus VR.

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What Edge of Nowhere is

Edge of Nowhere is an adventure game developed by Insomniac Games and released in 2016. It was published by Oculus Studios. It is available on Oculus Rift and Oculus VR.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Edge of Nowhere is a VR third-person action-adventure from acclaimed independent developer Insomniac Games. Travel to the far reaches of the Antarctic mountains in search of a missing expedition team. What appears to be a rescue mission takes a turn as you venture into the deep unknown, and discover a surreal world that will test your wits and sanity. Scale towering mountains and use makeshift weapons to survive and avoid descending into madness. In Edge of Nowhere, nothing is what it seems and the unexpected lurks from all sides.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Edge of Nowhere holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 44% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 5 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Edge of Nowhere launched on 6 June 2016, within three weeks of Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Overwatch, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Overwatch, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine.

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When did Edge of Nowhere come out?
Edge of Nowhere was released on 6 June 2016 for Oculus Rift and Oculus VR.

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