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If the rumours are true then COD will be returning to World War 2 this year. The evidence is strong: by Activision’s own words the series is “going back to its roots” (opens in new tab) for its next instalment. There’s also some leaked art and steelbook covers (opens in …

Titanfall 2, Watch Dogs 2 and Dishonored 2 all underperformed in the sales charts last year. Even the mighty Infinite Warfare, though still a huge seller, saw significantly fewer sales than 2015’s Call Of Duty: Black Ops 3. Team OXM debate why sequels might be losing their lustre and what …

Oh Mei. Love her or hate her, she’s one of the most memorable characters in Overwatch. Granted, many of those memories might involve you staring at her little wave from your kill screen. The fact is that this climatologist for justice is often at the center of many hilarious Overwatch …

Blood isn’t blood as you know it in American Gods. Gushing out of bodies in torrents as if someone stabbed a water bomb, it splashes in mid air like the petals of a gorgeously carnal flower. This’ll sound strange, but the way blood looks is a perfect metaphor for the …

There’s an old saying that goes, “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” This quote is often misattributed to Plato, but is thought to have actually come from a Reverend John Watson (under the pen name Ian Maclaren) in the 1800s. Meant to encourage empathy and …

SPOILER TO END ALL SPOILERS: We’ll be spoiling 30 incredibly well-known games, endings and plot twists included. If you see the title of a game you’re planning to play and want to go in fresh, for the love of all that is holy DO NOT READ THE ENTRY. You have …

The Big Topic: Destiny 2’s big reveal What we’re into: Snake Pass, Elder Scrolls Legends, and TypeShift are all wonderful Destiny 2 is coming (surprising no-one) and will arrive on PS4, Xbox One, and PC this September. And you know what? We’re into it. We gather round to share our …

How the hell has it taken us this long to choose Snake’s PlayStation debut for our Classic Game treatment?! Truly, the OPM Goat Of Shame is burning holes into all of our faces – and has threatened to do so continuously for a good few months yet. All we can …

Studio Ghibli is perhaps the greatest animation house ever created. Founded in Tokyo, Japan in 1985 by directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata and producer Toshio Suzuki, the studio named after the Italian word for the high-speed Mediterranean gale aimed to “blow a new wind through the anime industry”. Considering …

You know how it is. You’re running away from a suicidal super mutant down the remains of a pre-war road, and you have to weave your way around continual obstacles: a ruined car, a pile of rubble, a fallen tree. You enter the old factory or hospital in which this …