Get more great writing from Official Xbox Magazine (Image credit: Future) This article is taken from Official Xbox Magazine, your guide to Xbox One and with the inside track on Xbox One Series X. Subscribe now for as little as $9 for three digital issues (opens in new tab). Looking …
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When the UK’s prime minister didn’t turn up for a televised climate debate before Christmas, the producers gave his seat to an ice sculpture. Boris Johnson was replaced by a depiction of Planet Earth, melting under the studio lights while party leaders battled to prove they cared enough to save …
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I still remember when I first found out about Tokyo Mirage Session FE on the Wii U back in 2017. At the time, I had recently finished Fire Emblem: Fates and Persona 4: Golden, and I was keen to find games of a similar ilk. Knowing this, a friend recommended …
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The wonderful thing about pairing Iron Man with PS VR is how the two complement one another; it’s the ideal match of license and technology. As we chat with the game’s director, Ryan Payton, he’s clear that perfecting the sense of flight came first. “The initial prototype came together extremely …
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I scan the battlefield. Location? The sunken half-circle balcony to the rear of Pontiff Sulyvahn’s boss battle chamber. Opponents? Three glowing-red human players – a pyromancer, a mage, and a Smough’s Great Hammer-wielding warrior. Me? I’m ready to fight. Always. Let’s go. I leap from the stairwell above, skirt over …
Read More »Xbox 2019 Year in Review
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Read More »Games that defined the Decade: Stardew Valley lovingly perfects an age-old genre
We’re celebrating the end of an incredible decade for games, movies, and TV shows. The Witcher 3 is one of the games that defined the last 10 years of play, placing 12th in our 100 best games of the decade rankings. Read on to find out why… Stardew Valley is no mere …
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It’s been an incredible decade for video games. That’s part of what makes putting a list like this, the definitive 100 games of the decade, so difficult to put together. Tens of thousands of games have been released since 2010, if not more – and it’s only but a small …
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It’s the final week of December in 1995, and I’m 16, and my three brothers and I are on a family Christmas holiday to Devon, and it is chaos. We only escape London to visit these parts twice a year, and every evening during a week’s stay at my grandparents …
Read More »Google Stadia vs Project xCloud vs PS Now: Which streaming service is best for you?
If it seems like a switch has been flipped and suddenly the video game industry is hyper-focused on game streaming, that’s because it sort of is. Though other streaming initiatives have come and gone over the years, such as OnLive and Gaikai, today’s cloud-based torchbearers feel a lot better poised …
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