Xbox 360: The Official Xbox Magazine Issue 79

This magazine is dated December 2011 and priced at £5.99.

Dashboard
14 things to do with new Xbox 360 Dashboard - (2 pages) (18-19)

Lamb to the slaughter - (⅔ page) (20)
 * Shank sequel is the result of "obliteration"

Still Alive - (⅔ page) (21)
 * Ubisoft's half-forgotten title I Am Alive is re-announced.

First Look - Project Draco - (2 pages) (22-23)
 * The hot sky lizards are coming and you get to ride on their backs

The man who made Top Gear - (2 pages) (24-25)
 * OXM talks to Andy Wilman about what made Forza perfect for a partnership with Jeremy and the gang.

Your Most Wanted - Far Cry 3 - (2 pages) (28-29)

Features
Above and Beyond - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - (11 pages) (34-44)

The Gamer's Christmas - (5 pages) (46-50)
 * Not content with Xbox games for Christmas? Come with us as we stuff Santa's sack with all manner of wonderful gaming tat

7 Good Kinect Games You've Never heard Of - (2 pages) (68-69)
 * The Black Eyed Peas Experience, Winter Stars, Cabela's Big Game Hunter: Hunting Party, Big League Sports, Diabolical Pitch, Just Dance 3, MotionSports Adrenaline

OXM Speaks to ... Kudo Tsunoda - Mike Channell - (3 pages) (70-72)
 * We speak to the creative director of Kinect about this Christmas' big hitters, the future of the technology and what the bottom of an Avatar's shoe looks like...

Arcade Parade - (6 pages) (74-79)
 * Introducing the next wave of downloadable classics
 * Fez - (2 pages) (74-75)
 * Battleblock Theater - (½ page) (76)
 * Minecraft - (½ page) (76)
 * Spelunky - (1 page) (77)
 * Joe Danger: The Movie - (1 page) (78)
 * Skulls of the Shogun - (½ page) (79)
 * Retro City Rampage - (½ page) (79)

Performance Anxiety - Duncan Harris - (4 pages) (106-109)
 * Rockstar's L.A. Noire has shown us the changing face of motion capture - but there's plenty of room for improvements

Previews
Max Payne 3 - Jon Blyth - (3 pages) (52-54)

Fight for Flight - Matt Lees - (2 pages) (56-57)
 * JASF: Jane's Advanced Strike Fighters, Birds of Steel & Combat Wings: The Great Battles of WWII

Awesomenauts - Jon Blyth - (1 page) (58)

Mass Effect 3 - Jon Blyth - (1 page) (59)

Grand Slam Tennis 2 - Mike Channell - (1 page) (60)

The Darkness 2 - Matt Lees - (1 page) (61)

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning - Matt Lees - (2 pages) (62-63)

Assassin's Creed: Revelations - Mike Channell - (1 page) (64-65)

Star Trek - Jon Blyth - (1 page) (66)

Reviews
DLC Reviews Online Reviews

The Full 360
10 things you must try in... Gears of War 3 - (2 pages) (110-111)

How to... Your guide to getting the best Achievements and in-game extras - (1 page) (115)
 * Fable III, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Duke Nukem Forever, Halo: Reach, Just Cause 2

OXM Investigates... The most horrifying moments on Xbox - (1½ pages) (120-121)


 * Dark Souls, Thief: Deadly Shadows, Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly, Dead Space 2, Viva Pinata, Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth, Mortal Kombat, Condemned: Criminal Origins, Left 4 Dead

Secrets of - Peggle - (1 page) (130)

Adverts
Magazines

Halo: The Game That Changed The World - (1 page) (114)

Games

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - (2 pages) (2-3)

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - (2 pages) (4-5)

Saints Row: The Third - (2 pages) (6-7)

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon - (2 pages) (8-9)

Dance Central 2 - (1 page) (15)

Deus Ex: Human Revolution - (1 page) (33)

Kinect Sports Season 2 - (1 page) (51)

The Gunstringer - (1 page) (67)

Forza Motorsport 4 - (2 pages) (112-113)

Other Credits
Art Editor
 * Curtis Phillips-Cozier

Deputy Editor
 * Mike Channell

Deputy Art Editor
 * John Finbow

Staff Writers
 * Jon Blyth, Matt Lees

Online Editor
 * Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

Contributors
 * Ben Borthwick, Nick Cowen, Martin Davies, Duncan Harris, Alice Scoble-Rees