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Minecraft Xbox 360 update: 4J hints at Joanna Dark skin, possible server rentals
"I wonder how Joanna Dark would look as a skin..." 3
Minecraft Xbox 360: the five greatest OXM community creations
The winners of our Minecraft building contest 20
Sun-up on Summer of Arcade: Deadlight, Tony Hawk, Hybrid dated
Next round of Xbox Live Arcade smashers on the way 2
Minecraft Xbox 360 update 1.7.3 due in July, DLC skins planned
Latest 4J Studios news is a shear delight 11
Minecraft Xbox 360 update: Autosave patch gets a launch date
4J Studios update survives certification 12
More news
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Monday 4-Jun-2012 8:48 PM BST
Twisted Pixel's Lococycle stars a bike that knows Jiu-jitsu
A new breed of Road Warrior -
Monday 4-Jun-2012 7:50 PM BST
Ascend: New Gods unveiled for Xbox Live Arcade
Toy Soldiers studio's latest tears goblins to bits -
Monday 4-Jun-2012 10:52 AM BST
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD announced, bundles up "best elements of classic THPS games"
XBLA boarding revamp uses original Neversoft code, soundtrack and levels 3 -
Tuesday 29-May-2012 3:55 PM BST
First Trials Evolution update will reset multiplayer leaderboards
Won't hit single player leaderboards, multiplayer rank -
Friday 25-May-2012 10:49 AM BST
Skyrim Trials tracks: crazy Redlynx fans ride dragons, tear up Riften
Elder Scrolls 5 welcomes careless drivers 3 -
Friday 11-May-2012 10:51 AM BST
Minecraft Xbox 360 is "gimped", says FortressCraft dev
"What's GOOD about it?" 18 -
Friday 11-May-2012 9:30 AM BST
Minecraft Xbox 360 tips: nine ways to fail
Ed and Joe discuss their greatest disasters 6 -
Friday 4-May-2012 9:31 AM BST
Minecraft on Xbox 360: four player splitscreen chaos
Matt, Log, Ed and Jonty wage war over Edland 16 -
Tuesday 1-May-2012 10:07 AM BST
Fable "could make a fantastic RTS or Sim City style game" - Lionhead designer
"It can be anything you want it to be" 4 -
Wednesday 25-Apr-2012 10:36 AM BST
Trials Evolution takes £3.5 million, according to OXM maths team
Redlynx and Microsoft hit the slopes, no signs of a peak yet -
Wednesday 18-Apr-2012 10:49 AM BST
Trials Evolution roars onto Xbox Live
Redlynx gas-guzzler hits the slope 5 -
Friday 13-Apr-2012 10:53 AM BST
Fez now available on Xbox Live Arcade
Phil Fish's sumptuous platformer materialises on the Marketplace 10
The OXM UK Blog
27Jun 2012
Want Xbox 720 to conquer Japan, Microsoft? Make Monster Hunter 5 exclusive
Patching the gap in the Xbox 360's armour
At the time of writing, there is exactly one Monster Hunter game available for an Xbox console in Japan - Monster Hunter Frontier, released for Xbox 360 and PC in June 2010 to critical acclaim. Which just goes to show, you can have enough sofa change to wallpaper Buckingham Palace with £50 notes three times over, inside and out, and still be thicker than two short planks.
Continue reading...26Jun 2012
Why I refuse to play Mass Effect 3's extended ending
Matt takes a stand for creative rights
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Features
Minecraft Xbox 360: the five greatest OXM community creations
The winners of our Minecraft building contest 20
Show us what you've made in Minecraft, win free stuff
We've got five 800MP codes to give away. BUILD! 24
Microsoft's E3: 10 reasons to be genuinely excited
The new games and features worth getting worked up about 13
Minecraft Xbox 360 video: the Rise and Rise and Rise of OXM Land
Creepthulu, Obsidian Tower Hotel and the Forgotten Bedchamber 10
Minecraft Xbox 360: The Wonders of OXM Land
If you build it, they will come... and build more stuff 16
Minecraft Xbox 360: the five greatest technical challenges
4J talks porting Mojang's mammoth sim 1
Reviews
Mad Riders
Techland follows up nail'd with a budget racing gem XLA
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2
Back once again with the quill behaviour XLA 7
Minecraft
Mojang's phenomenal sim comes to Xbox Live Arcade XLA 89
Awesomenauts
Ronimo's sci-fi side-scroller is a beautiful, chaotic space oddity XLA 1
Fable Heroes
The cheery, crown-wearing face of modern slaughter XLA 7
The Walking Dead: Episode 1
Episodic undead stuff that's better than TV. XLA 9
Trials Evolution
A game of skill, balance, determination and health insurance XLA 18
Previews
Why Counter-Strike Xbox 360 is the best Counter-Strike yet
Hands-on with Valve's Global Offensive XLA 5
Minecraft on Xbox 360: alone in the dark
Ed's first night. What should we do next? XLA 16
Fable Heroes
Cute co-op in the best Fable spin-off yet XLA 3
Jonathan Blow's The Witness: The great XBLA game that got away
The next Braid? OXM reflects on what might have been XLA 1
Renegade Ops
Twin-stick arcade action from the makers of Just Cause XLA
Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team
THQ's downloadable precursor to Space Marine comes out swinging XLA 9
Stacking
From doubt to desire in two hours 360 XLA 4
Kinect
Crackdown 2 studio may be crafting Ryse multiplayer mode
Previously worked on Kinect Star Wars
Steel Battalion headaches: how to master the Kinect controls
It's tough, but it's possible 5
Microsoft details Kinect-SmartGlass crossover game, Homerun Stars
"It takes two great technologies and couples them" 1
Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor
Capcom rules Kinect with an iron fist KIN 13
Babel Rising
There's just one tower, and you're defending against it KIN 2