360 Issue 3

This magazine was priced at £4.00 and released in October 2005.

Agenda
X05 Amsterdam - 2½ pages (25-27)
 * Europe gets hands-on with Xbox 360

West meets East at Tokyo Game Show - (28)

Ebay X360 scams - (29)

Around the world in 360 - 2 pages (30-31)

X360 price cuts... Already? - (32)

Digital Software Distribution - (33)
 * Superseding traditional games media - wave of the future or broadband.

I'll be cack - (35)
 * Big Arnie considering if he should board the games-bashing bandwagon.

Possession Development Diary - 1 page (38)

Industry Comment: Peter Moore - (39)

Microsoft gets obsessive over Japan - Brian Cricente - 1 page (40)

We wanna get loaded - (41)
 * Hard Drive to come installed with a hobbit's handful of stuff.

When good PR goes bad - Steve Hill - 1 page (43)

Features
Thread (Letters) - 1½ pages (13-14)

Aw360me - 8 pages (16-23)

Obsession by George Lucas - 9 pages (47-55)
 * A short time ago in a galaxy very, very close a modern myth was penned. From first origins to the expanded universe we examin why Star Wars has such an unshakeable hold on popular culture.

Reel Money - 6 pages (56-61)
 * We take a look at the turbulent nature of the film to video game license...

Goat in the Machine - 2 pages (62-63)
 * Tripping the light fantastic with the man responsible for the Xbox 360 Neon visualiser, the creator and owner of Llamasoft, Jeff Minter...

Under the Hood - 6 pages (64-69)
 * The Xbox 360 is generating coos of satisfaction from developers the world over. We take a look under the hood to see exactly why it's such a honey to work with...

Foreplay (Previews)
Gears of War (360) - 6 pages (72-77)

Black (Xbox) - 2 pages (78-79)

Too Human (360) - 1 page (80)

Mass Effect (360) - 1 page (81)

Call of Duty 2 (360) - 2 pages (82-83)

Dead or Alive 4 (360) - 1 page (84)

Sonic the Hedgehog (360) - 1 page (85)

Kameo: Elements of Power (360) - 2 pages (86-87)

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (Xbox) - 2 pages (88-89)

Half-Life 2 (Xbox) - 1¼ pages (90-91)

Operation Flashpoint: Elite (Xbox) - ¾ page (91)

Peter Jackson's King Kong (360,Xbox) - 1¼ pages (92-93)

Panzer Elite Action: Fields of Glory - ¾ page (93)

Possession (360) - 6 pages (94-99)

Reviews
Scores out of Five - Reviews are for original Xbox games.

Livestyle
Perfect Dark Zero - 1½ pages (120-121)
 * A red-haired girl does well online? First time for everything...

Game with fame (Josh Morgan, The Subways) - (125)

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown - (127)

Other Credits
Creative Director
 * Mark Kendrick

Deputy Editor
 * Mike Richardson

Features Editor
 * Dan Curley

News Editor
 * Neil Randall

Contributing Design
 * Claire Kendrick, Caroline Owen

Contributors
 * Jon Doran, Steve Hill, Brain Cricente, Mark Podd, Iain Simons, Alwyn Talbot, Amy Squibb