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2020 · Ninja Theory · Cyberpunk · Fighting

Bleeding Edge

Xbox console exclusive

From the studio behind DmC: Devil May Cry and Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice comes Bleeding Edge, a fast and frenetic 4v4 team brawler where every fighter comes mechanically enhanced for mayhem!

Released
24 March 2020
Platforms
WindowsXbox One
Genres
CyberpunkFightingMOBA
Developers
Ninja Theory
Publishers
Ninja Theory
Modes
Multiplayer
Perspective
Third person
Themes
Action
Engine
Unreal Engine 4
Country
United Kingdom
Age ratings
CLASS_IND 12ESRB TGRAC ALLCERO BACB M
Languages
Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, English (UK), Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese and 10 more
Time to beat
6.5hmain story10hcompletionist

About

Bleeding Edge is a 2020 multiplayer online battle arena game developed by Ninja Theory and published by Xbox Game Studios. The game was released for Windows and Xbox One on 24 March 2020. It received mixed reviews from critics.

On 28 January 2021, Ninja Theory ended development on Bleeding Edge.

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Gameplay

Bleeding Edge has 13 characters to choose from, most of whom have melee attacks, though some of them do have ranged attacks. All characters are one of three classes: Damage, support, or tank. There are three bars for different abilities that go down when the player uses an ability connected to it. Each ability has its own cooldown period as well.

Development

The development of Bleeding Edge began as a passion project and was built out of inspiration from the original Ninja Theory game Kung Fu Chaos. Creative director Rahni Tucker stated the reasoning behind this game existing was "At home, I play a lot of team multiplayer games, all the way from MOBAs to team shooters. And then I was like: where is this game? A third-person action competitive team multiplayer.

It doesn't really exist, and it sounds like my dream project". Tucker said they came to that shortly after the development of DmC: Devil May Cry concluded. Tucker pitched the game and at the time nothing came of it but she stated that around halfway for Hellblade, Ninja Theory approached her on the idea and development went into production. The game began with a development team of ten people and by launch had expanded to 25 developers which were a contrast to the average first party Xbox Game Studios large teams with hundreds of developers.

Reception

Bleeding Edge received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator website Metacritic.

PC Gamer criticized the design of the map they played and the controller layout, but praised the feel and look of the melee attacks and abilities.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows24 March 2020Worldwide
Xbox One24 March 2020Worldwide

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