2019-04-01_Official_Xbox_Magazine

The most popular genre on any console, thanks to awesome

groundbreaking games offering up carnage and immersion in

equal measure, it was Xbox that truly redefined the FPS

CHRIS BURKE/ADAM BRYANT/ROBIN VALENTINE

Xbox absolutely owns shooters. Alright,

so first-person shooters had a long

history before Microsoft’s console hit

the market in 2001, but when Bungie

and Microsoft declared that launch

game Halo was Combat Evolved, this

was no empty boast. That Microsoft

built its entire gaming empire on Master

Chief’s utterly superior FPS is a matter

of historical fact, so as far as we’re

concerned, 2001 might as well be Year

Zero when it comes to shooters. Over

the following pages, OXM presents a

brief history of the FPS, and we round

up the best shooters you can play right

now on Xbox One.

FIRST

PERSON

SHOOTERS

ON XBOX

OXM INVESTIGATES

054 THE OFFICIAL XBOX MAGAZINE