Talk:Official Xbox Magazine

message: P.S. could someone show instructions of how to veiw the review roundup on the original XBox. it would be much apreciated. Thank You —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 206.172.179.19 (talk • contribs) .
I think that you just pop the disc in and then access the Roundup by looking in features or something. I have a 360 so I wouldn't know how to work it in an Xbox, but this is it on the 360.
=====Controversy===
Amuze, developers of Headhunter Redemption pointed certain factual errors in Official Xbox Magazine review, implying that the reviewer did not play enough of the game to write a proper evaluation of it.
:Open letter to Official Xbox Magazine
:Posted on Official Xbox UK Magazine forum
:Sep 10, 2004
::Dear Official Xbox Magazine (UK), 
::As a fiercely independent games developer, we totally respect the right of reviewers to make harsh but heartfelt criticism of games released to the public. But like all rights, this comes with responsibilities. 
::Foremost of these must surely be factual accuracy. In your review of Headhunter Redemption (Issue 34, October 2004), you claim that cut scenes "can't be skipped... Grrr!" This is incorrect: all cut scenes in the game are skippable. Grrr, indeed. 
::More mysteriously, you conclude your review by stating that "the odd bike chase succeeds in breaking up the on-foot action." There are no biking sequences in Headhunter Redemption: a fact that would be apparent to anyone who had actually played the game. 
::Naturally we would prefer everyone to appreciate our game as much as many other reviewers have done, but we will always try to learn from well-informed criticism. It is far harder to accept ill-informed, unprofessional journalism. 
::Perhaps in future you could show us, other developers and your readers this simple courtesy: if you can't be bothered to play a game, don't bother to review it. 
::John Kroknes 
::Philip Lawrence 
::Amuze.
Taken directly off Amuze's website, did anyone from OXM respond to this? --202.133.79.227 (talk) 04:35, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Amuze, developers of Headhunter Redemption pointed certain factual errors in Official Xbox Magazine review, implying that the reviewer did not play enough of the game to write a proper evaluation of it.
:Open letter to Official Xbox Magazine
:Posted on Official Xbox UK Magazine forum
:Sep 10, 2004
::Dear Official Xbox Magazine (UK), 
::As a fiercely independent games developer, we totally respect the right of reviewers to make harsh but heartfelt criticism of games released to the public. But like all rights, this comes with responsibilities. 
::Foremost of these must surely be factual accuracy. In your review of Headhunter Redemption (Issue 34, October 2004), you claim that cut scenes "can't be skipped... Grrr!" This is incorrect: all cut scenes in the game are skippable. Grrr, indeed. 
::More mysteriously, you conclude your review by stating that "the odd bike chase succeeds in breaking up the on-foot action." There are no biking sequences in Headhunter Redemption: a fact that would be apparent to anyone who had actually played the game. 
::Naturally we would prefer everyone to appreciate our game as much as many other reviewers have done, but we will always try to learn from well-informed criticism. It is far harder to accept ill-informed, unprofessional journalism. 
::Perhaps in future you could show us, other developers and your readers this simple courtesy: if you can't be bothered to play a game, don't bother to review it. 
::John Kroknes 
::Philip Lawrence 
::Amuze.
Taken directly off Amuze's website, did anyone from OXM respond to this? --202.133.79.227 (talk) 04:35, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: ==Controversy

message: After giving a recent game a 10/10 caused considerable controversy over whether or not a game could really be perfect, OXM stated that they officially have an eleven point scale, but that no game could ever be so good as to get an eleven. Could someone with more specific information on this (which game it was that stirred up the controversy, which issue this was stated in, what section of the issue) add to the article? I don't actually read OXM and only know about this because it was mentioned on the PC Gamer podcast, or I would update it myself. Thanks. 71.232.25.117 22:29, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks like it was Fight Night Round 3 (or as I like it call it, Dreinachtenkampf.) Does anyone have the issue that contained the statement about having an 11 point scale so they can put in a referenced addition? 204.69.40.13 15:59, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The 11 point scale explanation is in every issue; it first appeared in May 2006. DanAmrich (talk) 23:02, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eleven point scale 

message: This article should not include a list of scores that OXM has given. Wikipedia isn't a list of game scores, or any type of scores for that matter. --theSpectator talk 22:17, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Review score list 

message: Someone keeps trying to add that an intern died from eating poisoned food sent in by a reader. This is in reference to a joke in the letters column of the Holiday 2007 issue (page 18). It would appear someone didn't get the joke. It has been removed several times -- correctly -- as unverified and false. DanAmrich (talk) 19:11, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deaths 

message: This page redirects from 'X360 Magazine', but X360 Magazine is an entirely different publication. Regardless of whether a page exists for X360 Magazine on wikipedia, this is likely to cause confusion. Could somebody edit this, or let me know how I would go about editing it?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.10.12.209 (talk) 18:18, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Check directly under the title, it lists the page you were redirected from. You can edit by clicking on that, or click here instead. SeanMooney (talk) 22:28, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirects from X360 Magazine 

message: Seriously, this part of the article is so pathetic it's not even funny. You may as well add a section for the Playstation Official Magazine article saying that the magazine favors Sony games, or that Nintendo Power favors Nintendo games. Of course they do, just like OXM favors Microsoft games, because the magazine focuses on the Xbox. Schismard (talk) 16:21, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: What they are refering to is thatthey prefer xbox 369 games made by micorosft than one made by third party games.As soon as i log in I am restoring it.98.71.198.136 (talk) 06:43, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removing the "Favoring Microsoft" section 

message: Does anyone have a source on OXM Universe ending? I looked at the disc and didn't see anything, and issue 101 is not out yet, so where are you getting that OXMU is over?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by WraithTDK (talk • contribs) 03:40, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  OXM Universe ending? 

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message: The final demo varied by region, so this is inaccurate: "However, beginning in January 2012, OXM stopped including demo discs"
The final German demo was: Xbox 360: Das Offizielle Xbox-Magazin: Demo Disk 8/2008
Australia continued to at least (and possibly beyond): Xbox 360: The Official Australian Xbox Magazine Demo Disc 105: April 2014 
And UK/Europe continued until Xbox 360: The Official Xbox Magazine Demo Disc 104: November 2013 
USA was the only country to discontinue the demo run on Jan 2012
--AlexOvShaolin 00:55, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Final Demo