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Fable Legends looks brilliant, but I'd still prefer Fable 4
Can interesting co-op make up for the loss of staple Fable mechanics?. In some ways, Fable Legends feels more true to Fable than any previous Fable game since the original. Freed of Peter Molyneux's...
View ArticleThe next Xbox One update: six OS features we want for August
If it's not broke, just add other stuff to it. It'll be cool, honest. We haven't asked about Xbox One updates for a while, in which time many of the requests thrown at Microsoft's door have been read...
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Killing off the Gears of War cast - how Epic picked the trilogy's casualties
Black Tusk's Rod Fergusson pays tribute to the fallen. If you've yet to bludgeon, blast and curb-stomp your way to the end of the Gears of War trilogy, stop reading now. The franchise is legendary for...
View ArticleWhy I'm looking forward to not playing Alien Isolation
Aoife discovers that enduring an Alien infestation is easier when you're not actually holding the controller. The most recent Alien: Isolation demo covers a very small portion of the space station...
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Destiny Xbox beta guide - secrets, tips and things to do
Struggling to make sense of it all, Guardian? Here are some ideas. As you may have deduced from all the hysterical screaming, Destiny's beta is now live (ahead of schedule!) on Xbox 360 and Xbox One....
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Destiny's multiplayer - a "Halo rip-off"? Try Call of Borderlands
Ed enters the Crucible in search of a fight. Bungie has always been a myth-maker, the architect - that's to say, The Architect - of worlds and fictions that strike a balance between the wistful...
View Article10 original Xbox games that deserve an Xbox One reboot
Joe goes relic-hunting. It's become pretty clear that, when it comes to reviving older franchises, Microsoft prefers to create something new to simply remastering it. Between Killer Instinct, Phantom...
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Seven superheroes you're about to see much more of
Aoife rounds up some comicbook up-and-comers. You know, I never thought I'd see the day that the Guardians of the Galaxy would get their own film - much less it be one of the best films Marvel have...
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Halo 5: Guardians - our top five plot predictions
Deep-space reconnaissance from Ed. I spent a lot of this weekend boning up on Halo's backstory, for the purposes of a special OXM bookazine we'll release later this year. My brain is accordingly now...
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Free Xbox games: the best downloadables you can play for nothing
Update: August's free Xbox 360 games revealed. It's a good time to be a penniless Xbox owner. Microsoft has a number of free-to-play games in the works for Xbox Live, including World of Tanks: Xbox 360...
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Free Xbox One games: complete list of Games with Gold and free-to-play titles
Update - August's free games revealed. Ho, adventurer! Please accept with our compliments a round-up of free games for Xbox One, including details and download links for the games Microsoft gives away...
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How the final version of Destiny differs from the beta - new areas, enemies...
A round-up of all the stuff we didn't try out last week. How much of Destiny remains to discover after last week's Destiny beta? We hear mixed reports. According to the faithful, Earth's Old Russia,...
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Killer Instinct: Season 2 - how Iron Galaxy could beef up Xbox One's best reboot
Developers, publishers, art directors: lend us your ears or we'll box them. With original Killer Instinct Xbox One developer Double Helix off working on (hiss) non-Xbox projects, Iron Galaxy has has...
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Time warp: six games that need an Xbox One prequel
Aoife rounds up stories that could do with a bit more preamble. You know, it really is quite brilliantly ironic that Aoife didn't have time to write the introduction to this feature about game...
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Loyal crew: BioWare's favourite Mass Effect characters
Casey Hudson, Mac Walters and co pick the people they most regret killing off. Following the release of Mass Effect 3's Citadel DLC in March 2013, our old colleagues at OXM US spoke to BioWare about...
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Free-to-play on Xbox - Carbon talks 'pay2win', demos and charging for...
The game director of AirMech on monetising games without breaking them. Released last month, and almost drowned in the frenzy over Destiny's beta, AirMech Arena is that most special and treasured of...
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Seven things Xbox One's horror games could learn from
Putting the F-word back into fear. Listen up, modern horror games, and listen well. Scary isn't a monster or a place or a control scheme. Scary is an unsettling setting, it's every element of a game...
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FIFA 15 and "football with real emotion" - soppy marketing, or a real step...
Richard Meade gets a feel for this year's EA footie sim. The team at EA want to get emotional with you. We know this is sudden and you may not be ready for the next step in your relationship but...
View ArticleHalo 2 on Xbox One - hands-on with The Master Chief Collection's multiplayer
Ed rediscovers Sanctuary at Gamescom 2014. A big round of applause, please, for Halo's overshield - an elegant weapon from a more civilised age, and one of the many devices that separates Bungie's...
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Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare multiplayer hands-on - why the Titanfall...
Ed tries out a deathmatch on the newly revealed maps. Titanfall without the Titans. Crysis with Inception music. Call of Duty with a double jump. Yes, it's very, very easy to be cynical about Advanced...
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