360 Issue 89

This magazine was priced at £2.99 and released August 2011.

Previews
Spider-Man: Edge of Time - Ben Biggs - (2 pages)

X-Men: Destiny - David Lynch - (2 pages)

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dan Howdle - (2 pages)

Rage - Dan Howdle - (2 pages)

Hitman: Absolution - Dan Howdle - (2 pages)

Resident Evil 4 HD - Dan Howdle - (2 pages)

News
Some games will fail in November
 * It's a packed release schedule, but which games will fall?

HBO-yeah
 * Is an HBO service about to hit the 360?

Arrested game development
 * Activision pulls out the ideas men for Elite

True Crime is back in the game
 * Square Enix swoops in and saves title

Kinect's Effect
 * Mass Effect gears up for its final showdown

Red Faction series axed
 * THQ cuts the wheat from the chaff

Next Xbox uses Windows 8 successor
 * Rumour has major implications for the new Microsoft console

XCOM devs leave studio
 * Key XCOM staff leave 2K Marin to form Uppercut Games

Features
Fine Art: Saints Row: The Third - (1 page)

Ten Questions - Jeramy Cook, Art Director (Gearbox)

Bargain of the Century - (2 pages) Microsoft and the Free-to-play business model.

Features
360 Magazine vs Top Gear - Forza Motorsport 4 - (4 pages)

How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse - Luke Albiges - (4 pages)
 * Dead Island, Left 4 Dead 2, Dead Rising 2, Plants vs Zombies, Call of Duty: Black Ops

Previews
Borderlands 2 - Ben Biggs - (8 pages)

Battlefield 3 vs Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - (8 pages)

Gears of War 3 - Dave Shaw - (4 pages)

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary - David Lynch - (4 pages)

SSX - Dave Shaw - (4 pages)

Dark Souls - David Lynch - (4 pages)

F1 2011 - Dave Shaw - (2 pages)

Need for Speed: The Run - David Lynch - (4 pages)

Round-Up

Mass Effect 3 - (1 page)

Darksiders II - (1 page)

Sonic Generations, Rayman Origins, NHL 12, Silent Hill: Downpour

Reviews
Scores out of Five

LiveStyle
Best Sniper Rifles Ever - (4 pages)

Club 360: Halo 3: ODST - (4 pages)

DLC

DiRT 3 - Monte Carlo Pack - 4

L.A. Noire - Reefer Madness - 3

Fallout: New Vegas - Old World Blues - 4

Xbox Original: Destroy All Humans! - 1

Adverts
Games

Gears of War 3 - Microsoft - Xbox 360

Rise of Nightmares - Sega - Xbox 360

Rage - Bethesda - Xbox 360, PC

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Other Credits
Deputy Editor
 * Dan Howdle

Art Editor
 * Will Shum

Games Editor
 * Ben Biggs

Senior Staff Writers
 * David Lynch, Dave Shaw

Senior Sub Editor
 * Mat Hoddy

Sub Editor
 * Simon Burr

Assistant Designer
 * Charlotte Crookes

Head of Design
 * Ross Andrews

Contributors
 * Luke Albiges, Tom Hopkins, Ryan King