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Prey

Arkane’s player-steered formula takes an alien turn.

retrospective half-life 2

how valve cracked open the fps formula and then put it back together in half-life 2

Retrospective Divinity Il: Ego Draconis

Divinity II had a fiery launch on Xbox 360, but in its final form it was an overlooked classic

The 10 Best Powers On Xbox

So many of our favourite games are power fantasies, so this month let’s take a moment to celebrate the powers that make them so… fantastical

John Wick Hex

It’s not about what game you made, it’s who you made your game about…

F1 2019

After ten years, code masters perfects the formula…

The History Of Fighting Games On XBOX

Fighting games have done more to evolve console gaming than any other type of videogame, and both the genre and its most famous game series are still going strong. We look at the history of the games, and round up the best ones you can play on Xbox One.

Forging A New Destiny

Bungie and Activision announce the end of their eight-year partnership.

Resident Evil 2

You Have Once Again Entered the World of Survival Horror.

Red Dead Online

Rockstar Brings Red Dead To The Wild West Of Multiplayer Gaming.

Control

She’s Lost Control Again. Help Her Take It Back…

Retrospective Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast

Microsoft made a number of smart decisions when it decided to launch its first games console in 2001.

Jesper Kyd The Music Man

IF YOU’VE PLAYED AN XBOX GAME IN THE LAST DECADE, YOU’LL BE FAMILIAR WITH HIS WORK, AND MAYBE NOT EVEN REALISE IT. OXM TALKS TO THE COMPOSER RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME OF THE BEST VIDEOGAME SOUNDTRACKS OF ALL TIME

Are Single Player Campaigns Doomed?

Does the irresistible rise of battle royale and games-as-a-service mean bad news for the narrative-led single-player campaign?

Retrospective Dishonored

How Arkane made an instant classic by balancing delicate stealth with wild swashbuckling.

Why I love... Doom's Glory Kills

It’s no guts, no glory – and no glory kills, no guts – in Doom’s brilliant reinvention of the melee kill.

State Of Decay 2

Take a slice out of this Americana

How We Feel About How Microtransactions Have Changed

The future of microtransactions looks brighter than ever with the enormous shift in publishers’ perspectives.

Getting Fired Up

Spyro the Dragon is finally getting the remaster treatment.

No Man's Sky

Space explorer finally gets the release it deserves

Jurassic World Evolution

“So you call it a world, when it’s quite clearly a park?” “… Yes.”

The Blackout Club

Who watches the neighborhood watchmen?

We Have The Power

OXM speaks to the professionals about exactly what game engines are, which ones they use, and how they work

23 Things You Need To Try In Far Cry 5

Is there anything more Far Cry than a mission which tasks you with saving a food festival centered around the ingestion of bull testicles?

Creating Magical Music On XBOX

How composers craft the soundtracks to the games that you know and love, plus a rundow of some of our favorites

xCloud Has A Silver Lining

Lockhart may be dead but that hasn’t stopped new details emerging about a new disc-less console powered by Microsoft’s xCloud tech

Taking Control

OXM HEADS TO REMEDY’S HELSKINI HQ TO GET HANDS-ON WITH ITS LATEST ACTION-ADVENTURE GAME, CONTROL, AND CHAT ABOUT THE COMPANY’S UNIQUE APPROACH TO MAKING GAMES WITH NO LIMITS AND LEADING THE WAY WHEN IT COMES TO SINGLE-PLAYER GAME EXPERIENCES

Generation Zero

Unexceptional in the ’80s

My Time At Portia

LIVING THE POST-APOCALYPTIC DREAM

Why I Love... Dark Souls' Fight Clubs

The first rule of Dark Souls fight club is… learn its multitude of unwritten rules