Xbox 360: The Official Xbox Magazine Issue 99

This magazine was dated May 2013 and priced at £5.99. A free disc was attached with playable demos.

Dashboard
Hello Hollywood - (10-11)
 * Our first close look at GTA V reveals a whole new world of detail

Battlefield 4: No Gimmicks - (12)
 * Patrick Bach on Kinect, single-player and growing up

Dark Souls II: still tough as nails - (13)
 * Producer promises 'accessible' doesn't mean 'easy'

First Look: Batman: Arkham Origins - 2 pages (14-15)

Number Cruncher - (16)

Lucas Departs - 2 pages (18-19)
 * The golden age developer-publisher becomes a licencing rubberstamp

Hot Topic: Do we really need better graphics? - (20)



Aoife Wilson vs Dan Griliopoulos

Your Most Wanted: The Next Xbox - (21)

Regulars
On your disc - 1 page (9)

Messages - 4 pages (22-25)

The Last Word - Are you a stealth hero? - 1 page (114)

Features
Castle Crashers: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 - Jon Blyth - 8 pages (26-33)
 * How MercurySteam made a four-decase-spanning series its own.

Professional Killers - Aoife Wilson - 6 pages (34-39)
 * As Activision puts up a million-dollar prize for the best CoD players, we find out what it takes to be a pro gamer in the growing world of eSports.

Indie Incorporated - Craig Owens - 4 pages (42-45)
 * This time last year, independent developer Press Play had never made an Xbox game. What made Microsoft add the studio to its portfolio?

Goodnight Shepard - Francesca Reyes - 6 pages (46-51)
 * Now the curtain has finally fallen on the Mass Effect trilogy, we asked its creators at BioWare about their highs, lows and missed connections along the way.

Ender Game - Phil Savage - 6 pages (92-97)
 * The latest update to Minecraft is the most dramatic yet, adding a host of new abilities and new foe The Ender Dragon. Here's how to handle them.

Preview
FIFA 14 - Richard Meade - 4 pages (52-55)

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes - Jon Blyth - 2 pages (56-57)

Deadfall Adventures - Francesca Reyes - 1 page (59)

MotoGP 13 - Adam Glick - 2 pages (60-61)

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain - Aoife Wilson - 2 pages (62-63)

The Evil Within - Jon Blyth - 1 page (65)

Flashback - Jon Blyth - 2 pages (66-67)

Cloudberry Kingdom - Jon Blyth - 1 page (68)

Reviews
DLC Reviews Online Reviews

The Full 360
How to... - 1 page (100)

Indie Games - 1 page (104)

Xbox Movies - 1 page (105)

OXM Investigates... Making Cutscenes - 2 pages (106-107)

The OXM Replay
 * Chromehounds - Dan Griliopoulos - 1⅓ pages (110-111)
 * Doom 3 - (111)
 * Official Xbox Magazine Issue 40 - (111)

Must Buy - 2 pages (112-113)

Other Credits
Deputy Editor
 * Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

Associate Editor
 * Jon Blyth

Staff Writer
 * Aoife Wilson

Art Editor
 * Curtis Phillips-Cozier

Deputy Art Editor
 * John Finbow

Production Editor
 * Jenny Meade

Contributors
 * Martin Davies, Chris Scullion, Francesca Reyes, Richard Meade, Craig Owens, Chris Schilling, Ben Borthwick, Dan Griliopoulos, Sam White, James Hammond, Tamoor Hussain, Phil Savage