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The official source for everything Xbox One, Xbox 360, and Xbox Series X. We're also a magazine, covering all things Xbox in the UK and the US. Originally established in 2001, the magazine was discontinued in April 2020.

Latest articles by OXM Staff

Exploring the wide world of wrestling with the WWE 2K series

By OXM Staff published 28 December 16

Features

With canny algorithms, Spelunky‘s infinite challenges are fiendish enough to out-platform Nintendo

By OXM Staff published 27 December 16

Retrospective

No guts, no glory kill - why I love Doom's brilliant reinvention of the melee takedown

By OXM Staff published 9 December 16

Opinion

How Bungie pioneered the modern console shooter – with a strategy game built for PC

By OXM Staff published 4 November 16

Retrospective

Burnout's creative director Alex Ward takes us behind the scenes of the acclaimed racing series

By OXM Staff published 3 November 16

Interview

Far Cry Primal shows how the smallest loose ends can unravel the most expansive open worlds

By OXM Staff published 28 October 16

Features

Which games does Head of Xbox Phil Spencer play for fun?

By Sam Loveridge published 19 October 16

Features

Cult classic Binary Domain has much to teach when it comes to scripting team camaraderie

By OXM Staff published 13 October 16

Features

Lionhead closes today - one of gaming's greatest dreamers is gone

By OXM Staff published 29 April 16

Editorial

Choose your 100 greatest Xbox 360 games

By OXM Staff published 5 February 16

News

The OXM Game of the Year Awards 2015

By OXM Staff published 1 January 16

Features

Fallout trivia - 28 little-known facts from after the end of the world

By OXM Staff published 3 November 15

Features

How the original Halo was nearly a very different game

By OXM Staff published 27 October 15

Game History

The best sound solutions for Xbox One

By OXM Staff published 23 October 15

Win a pair of tickets to the Halo 5: Guardians London launch party

By OXM Staff published 13 October 15

Halo

With Halo 5 Guardians on the horizon, it's time to revisit Halo 4

By OXM Staff published 12 August 15

Game History

Baird was originally inspired by David Beckham, and other Gears of War secrets

By OXM Staff published 14 July 15

Features

Now that 360 games are backwards compatible it's time to replay Viva Piata

By OXM Staff published 3 July 15

Features

New issue of OXM out now - featuring the greatest lineup in Xbox history

By OXM Staff published 3 July 15

Xbox

Revisiting the tombs of Tomb Raider: Anniversary

By OXM Staff published 22 June 15

Features

Freedom of movement: why it's time to replay Vanquish

By OXM Staff published 12 June 15

Editorial

New issue of OXM - Metal Gear Solid 5, free gift and more

By OXM Staff published 5 June 15

Gaming

Rogue Legacy review

By OXM Staff published 29 May 15

Review

Opinion: "Resident Evil 6's greatest redeeming quality is how the zombies evolve"

By OXM Staff published 26 May 15

Editorial

Meeting the man making the new Gears of War

By OXM Staff published 15 May 15

Features

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