Bleeding Edge

Moderate overall intensity
Highest flag: Language — strong
FightingSci-fi

What's in it

Language strong
High

Punk-styled characters trade crude, attitude-heavy quips that include some profanity during banter and combat.

Violence cartoon/stylized
Low

Stylized 4v4 melee brawling with weapons and character abilities against other players; hits produce cartoonish impact effects rather than gore or dismemberment.

Who can reach your kid

Voice chatChat with strangersDirect messagesStranger friend requests

What it is

Bleeding Edge is an online team-based arena brawler where two squads of four players pick from a roster of stylized punk and cyborg fighters and battle to control objectives. Combat is mostly close-range melee with exaggerated weapons (drills, chains, blades) plus a few ranged abilities, presented in a colorful, cartoon-leaning style with light blood effects rather than gore. The roster's edgy, attitude-heavy personalities banter with crude humor and some profanity. It is an online-only game, so most of what a player encounters comes from playing against and alongside strangers, including open voice and text chat.

How it's framed

The game frames its fighting as competitive, tongue-in-cheek team sport among a cast of self-styled outcast rebels; the tone is playful and irreverent rather than grim, and violence is a scoring mechanic rather than something presented as brutal or consequential.

Details

Developer
Ninja Theory
Publisher
Xbox Game Studios
Released
2020-03-24
Metacritic 66critic score (third-party) · out of 100

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