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ISSN 2053689
We’re absolutely stuffed with reviews this month,
with so many big games hitting our Xboxes all at
once. From page 62 this month, you’ll find our
bumper reviews special covering all the big new
releases – we’ve played them all, so you can
decide whether you want to! Unbelievably, MortalKombat has been ripping the spines out of its
fighting series rivals for a quarter of a century now.
But even after all this time, the prospect of a new
NetherRealm fighter makes us go weak at the
highly fracturable knees. Yes, Mortal Kombat 11 isour cover story this month, as we get to grips with
the new characters, brutal combos and fatalities
that the game has to offer. You’ll find our hands-on
impressions, all the latest reveals and more from
page 44! Elsewhere we give you a brief history of
the first-person shooter, and round up the bestFPS games you can play on Xbox right now!
Chris Burke
Editor
This month, OXM’s
Editor asked the team
to make sense of the
bonkers, time-jumping,
dead-not-dead, melon-
twisting timeline that
runs through the Mortal
Kombat series, via an
absurdly complicated
diagram. Just for a joke.More games
than ever...
THE OXM TEAM
Robin Valentine
Contributor
“I can make sense of the
Mortal Kombat timeline,”
said Robin, so we said,
okay sketch it out. He
did, we put it in the mag,
and now you can be just
as confused as us.Adam Bryant
Staff writer
We also tried to make
a diagram of Adam’s
complex, implausibly
lengthy, geographically
skewed public transport
journey to work every
day. It was beyond us.Rob Crossland
Art editor
Rob joins us as art editor
this month, and we’ve
broken him already. It
was trying to wrap his
head around making the
Mortal Kombat timeline
diagram that did it.Drew Sleep
Production editor
It’s Drew’s first month
on OXM, as he casts his
eye over our grammar,
spelling and diagrams of
impossibly convoluted
fighting game timelines.
Welcome aboard, Drew!