February OXM

[Brevity]

I got this from Shipwreck on CAG:

Okay, I received the latest issue of OXM today.

Disc #54e: Final Fantasy XI Beta (This is also discussed in a separate thread)

Disc #54:

Playable X360 Demos: Call Of Duty 2

Playable Xbox Demos (Not playable on the X360): Half-Life 2, Painkiller, Stubbs The Zombie, Winning Eleven 9

Videos: Prey, Full Auto, Progressive Insurance, Roland

Features: Making Of Painkiller, Saint's Row Interview, Xbox 360 Launch Party

Unlockable Content:


February 2006 Issue

Feature Story: Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter

There is a eight page spread all about the upcoming highly anticipated title.

Reviews:

X360 Reviews:
No X360 games reviewed

Xbox Reviews:
50 Cent: Bulletproof - 5.0
Aeon Flux - 7.0
America's Army: Rise Of A Soldier - 7.0
Crime Life: Gang Wars - 1.5
Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows - 7.0
MVP 06 NCAA Baseball - 7.0
Samurai Shodown V - 5.0
Shattered Union - 4.5

Hardware Reviews:
Intec Vertical Stand with Game & Memory Storage - 3.0
Joytech Neo Se Advanced Controller - 3.0
Madcatz Xbox 360 Gamepad Pro - 7.5

Previews:

X360:
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
Blazing Angels
Blue Dragon
Burnout Revenge
Fight Night Round 3
Final Fantasy XI
Rumble Roses XX
Test Drive Unlimited
TimeShift

Xbox:
Arena Football
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
Rogue Trooper
Sonic Riders
Teen Titans

Interesting Info:

Game Of The Year Awards:

Best Sports Game - MVP Baseball 2005
Best First-Person Shooter - Brothers In Arms: Earned In Blood
Best Action/Adventure - Psychonauts
Best Trend - The classic game within a game
Best Retro Arcade Collection - Capcom Classic Collection
Best Multiplayer Game - Halo 2 Multiplayer Pack
Best Game Based On A Movie License - The Warriors
Controller Throwing Moment Of The Year - Ninja Gaiden Black
Best Soundtrack - Stubbs The Zombie
Best Story (Until 2/3rds of the way through) - Indigo Prophecy
Best Driving Game - Burnout Revenge
Best Easter Egg - Indigo Prophecy (Dance Movie)
Most M Rated Moment - (Tie) Gun & Darkwatch
Game We Wish Was On Xbox - Shadow Of The Colossus
Best First-Person (non-shooter) - Project Gotham Racing 3's in-car view
Best Sandbox Game - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Best "Please Make A Sequel!" Game - Condemned
Best Developer - Ubisoft Montreal
Best Cooperative Play - Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
X360 Game Of The Year - Project Gotham Racing 3
Xbox Game Of The Year - Splinter Cell Chaos Theory

Small article about Live Arcade and some of the future games (Crystal Quest, RoboBlitz, Marble Blast Ultra, Hoop World

[Brevity]

Its out now. I just went to WM and got mine.

FYI wireless KB works great w/FF beta. Go grab it.

[pitt4ever]

Off-topic, even though a FF beta would take up a lot of disk space, I'm starting to get worried about the demos. EA releasing a Fight Night demo on Marketplace could pave the way for other publishers to do the same, instead of putting it on OXM. Is that a terrible thing? No. But I bought OXM for the demos, and that would ruin it.

[BoogerBoy]

Sweet thanks for the info. Can't wait to play the Painkiller demo:cheers: