
- 54/100
- Players14 ratings
- 68/100
- Critics8 reviews
More scores
- Metacritic21 critic reviews
- 62/100
- Metacritic usersuser score
- 63/100
- GameFAQsJust Right
- 3/5
- Player reviews
- 66% positive1,411 reviews
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Runs on
- Windows
- Price
- US$29.99
Where to get it

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.
Players say
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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.
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- Games released in 2020List › January–March
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