Official Xbox Magazine

KOXM Radio is the official podcast of Official Xbox Magazine. Every week, our editors entertain you with expert commentary from behind the scenes of the week's biggest gaming stories.

The entire OXM staff convenes to talk about the recent Xbox One update, Twitch's true debut, and recent BioShock-related developments, before discussing recent reviews like South Park: The Stick of Truth and Thief.Host- OXM Senior Editor Dave Rudden Guests- OXM Managing Editor Alaina Yee, OXM Editor-in-Chief Francesca Reyes, OXM Executive Editor Mikel Reparaz.MUSIC NOTES: Opener - Light Up the Night, The Protomen. Break 1 - Thief title theme, Luc St. Pierre. Closer - South Park: The Stick of Truth title theme Jamie Dunlap.Send your feedback to oxmpodcast@gmail.com. Subscribe to and leave 5-star reviews for KOXM on iTunes here or add the KOXM RSS feed.

Dave, Alaina, and Fran welcome two familiar faces to the show; GamesRadar's Ryan Taljonick and OXM's newest editor, Mikel Reparaz. The quintet discuss the Xbox One update and Metal Gear: Ground Zero's running time before discussing previews of Titanfall, UFC, South Park, and Elder Scrolls Online! After that, reviews of The Wolf Among Us Episode 2 and Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII close out the show.Host- OXM Senior Editor Dave Rudden Guests- OXM Managing Editor Alaina Yee, OXM Editor-in-Chief Francesca Reyes, OXM Executive Editor Mikel Reparaz, GamesRadar Reviews Editor Ryan Taljonick.MUSIC NOTES: Opener - Light Up the Night, The Protomen. Break 1 - "Face the Pain" (UFC theme), STEMM. Closer - Lightning's Theme/A Distant Glimmer, (from Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII) Masashi Hamauzu.Send your feedback to oxmpodcast@gmail.com. Subscribe to and leave 5-star reviews for KOXM on iTunes here or add the KOXM RSS feed.

After a quick chat about recent news including Xbox One leaks and subpar Games With Gold titles, we jump into a convo about a trio of recently-re-released games making the jump to new consoles; Fable Anniversary, Tomb Raider Definitive Edition, and Assassin's Creed Liberation HD! Host- OXM Senior Editor Dave Rudden Guests- OXM Managing Editor Alaina Yee, OXM Editor-in-Chief Francesca Reyes.MUSIC NOTES: Opener - Light Up the Night, The Protomen. Break 1 - Assassin's Creed Liberation theme, Winifred Phillips. Closer - Fable theme, Danny Elfman.Send your feedback to oxmpodcast@gmail.com. Subscribe to and leave 5-star reviews for KOXM on iTunes here or add the KOXM RSS feed.

We've written plenty about our Game of the Year awards, now it's time for talking! We chat about the five runners-up, the GOTY winner, and each editor picks a personal favorite outside of the top six.Host- OXM Senior EditorDave Rudden Guests- OXM Managing Editor Alaina Yee, OXM Editor-in-Chief Francesca Reyes.MUSIC NOTES: Opener - Light Up the Night, The Protomen. Closer - Welcome to Los Santos (Grand Theft Auto V opening theme), Oh No.Send your feedback to oxmpodcast@gmail.com. Subscribe to and leave 5-star reviews for KOXM on iTunes here or add the KOXM RSS feed.

Surprise! Some of the most intriguing Xbox downloads of 2013 came out in the year's final month! The OXM crew chats about Peggle 2,The Walking Dead Season 2(spoiler-free!),Max and the Curse of Brotherhood,Halo: Spartan Assault, andAssassin's Creed IV's DLC. Listen up before the 2014 releases start hitting! Host- OXM Senior Editor Dave Rudden Guests- OXM Managing Editor Alaina Yee, OXM Editor-in-Chief Francesca Reyes.MUSIC NOTES: Opener - Light Up the Night, The Protomen. Break 1 - Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag theme, Olivier Deriviere. Closer - "In the Water"The Walking Dead Season 2, Episode 1 credits theme, Anadel.Send your feedback to oxmpodcast@gmail.com. Subscribe to and leave 5-star reviews for KOXM on iTunes here or add the KOXM RSS feed.

This one's all Xbox One! We start out with praises and gripes about the hardware itself, before moving onto our in-depth impressions of each of the launch games. Why not give it a listen while you wait for Forza 5 to download?Host- OXM Senior Editor Dave Rudden Guests- OXM Managing Editor Alaina Yee, OXM Editor-in-Chief Francesca Reyes, @Gamer Associate Editor Nick Pino.MUSIC NOTES: Opener - Light Up the Night, The Protomen. Break 1 - Killer Instinct theme. Closer - "Please Remember My Name"Dead Rising 3 theme, Oleska Lozowchuk.Send your feedback to oxmpodcast@gmail.com. Subscribe to and leave 5-star reviews for KOXM on iTunes here or add the KOXM RSS feed.

We open with a quick look at Titanfall's release date reveal as well as Watch Dogs' delay, before moving onto reviews of big games like Assassin's Creed IV, Batman: Arkham Origins, WWE 2K14, and Battlefield 4. >Host- OXM Senior Editor Dave Rudden Guests- OXM Managing Editor Alaina Yee, MacLife Online Editor Mikel Reparaz, GamesRadar Features Editor Henry Gilbert, OXM contributor Taylor Cocke. MUSIC NOTES: Opener - Light Up the Night, The Protomen. Break 1 - Assassin's Creed IV theme, Brian Taylor.. Break 2 - Batman: Arkham Origins theme, Cristopher Drake.  Break 3 - WrestleMania theme, Mike Stock, Pete Waterman. Break 4 and closer-  Battlefield 4 theme, Johan Skugge, Jukka Rintamaki Send your feedback to oxmpodcast@gmail.com. Subscribe to and leave 5-star reviews for KOXM on iTunes here or add the KOXM RSS feed.

A packed podcast fits in GTA Online talk, an interview with Batman: Arkham Originsdirector Eric Holmes, spoiler-free Wolf Among Uschatter, before closing with discussions of varied games like Nierand Battlefield 4. Host- OXM Senior Editor Dave Rudden Guests- OXM Editor-in-Chief Francesca Reyes, @Gamer Associate Editor Nick Pino. MUSIC NOTES: Opener - Light Up the Night, The Protomen. Break 1 - North Yankton Memories (from Grand Theft Auto 5), Tangerine Dream, Woody Jackson, The Alchemist, Oh No & DJ Shadow.. Break 2 - Theme from Batman: The Animated Series, Danny Elfman. Break 3 - The Wolf Among Us Theme. Closer- Theme from Red Dead Redemption, Bill Elm & Woody Jackson Send your feedback to oxmpodcast@gmail.com. Subscribe to and leave 5-star reviews for KOXM on iTunes here or add the KOXM RSS feed.

There's really only one thing worth talking about this week, so we start KOXM with a deep (spoiler-free) discussion of Grand Theft Auto 5. From there, we talk about the Xbox One's release date and Fable Anniversary's delay, before moving onto the free-wheeling Play/Stream segment that mixes TMNT, Brothers, and Attack on Titan. Host- Senior Editor Dave Rudden Guests- MacLife Online Editor Mikel Reparaz, @Gamer Associate Editor Nick Pino. MUSIC NOTES: Opener - Light Up the Night, The Protomen. Break 1 - Sleepwalking (from Grand Theft Auto 5), The Chain Gang of 1974. Break 2 - Turtle Power (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows theme), Partners in Kryme. Closer- Guren no Yumiya (Attack on Titan theme), Linked Horizon Send your feedback to oxmpodcast@gmail.com. Subscribe to and leave 5-star reviews for KOXM on iTunes here or add the KOXM RSS feed.

An abbreviated news opener fits in some Fable and ID@Xbox chat with a weird Play/Stream closer mixing Smurfs, Symphony of the Night, and Diablo. In between those segments, we plow through August's insane list of releases.Host- Senior EditorDave RuddenGuests- Managing EditorAlaina Yee, Editor-in-ChiefFrancesca Reyes(segment 1 & 3) GamesRadar Associate EditorRyan Taljonick(segment 2).MUSIC NOTES: Opener - Light Up the Night, The Protomen. Break 1 - Man of Mystery (from The Bureau: XCOM Declassified), The Shadows. Break 2 -Mayhem Dressed in a Suit (PayDay 2 theme),Simon Viklund. Closer-Castle Rock(Rayman Legends)Send your feedback tooxmpodcast@gmail.com. Subscribe to and leave 5-star reviews forKOXM on iTunes hereor add theKOXM RSS feed.

On this KOXM, Dave welcomes EIC Fran and former Nintendo Power editor Chris Hoffman as the trio talks WWE 2K14, JRPGs, XBLA, etc...Send your feedback tooxmpodcast@gmail.com. Subscribe to and leave 5-star reviews forKOXM on iTunes hereor add theKOXM RSS feed.Host- Senior EditorDave Rudden Guests- Editor-in-Chief Francesca Reyes, MacLife editorChris Hoffman.MUSIC NOTES: Opener - Light Up the Night, The Protomen. Break 1 - 1234 (from Charlie Murder). Break 2 - Blue DragonBattle Theme. Closer- Friends, Dragon Sound(Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon closing theme)

Two OXMers hit the dusty trail this week as intern-extroardinaireParker Wilhelmis summoned back to Kansas while long-time Executive EditorCorey Cohenleaves after seven years to seek a new challenge. Before the weepy (and bleep-y) goodbyes, we take plenty of time to talk about Xbox One's indie acceptance, new games like Zeno Clash II, and oldie-but-goodie games and media like Phantasy Star II and The Wire.Send your feedback tooxmpodcast@gmail.com. Subscribe to and leave 5-star reviews forKOXM on iTunes hereor add theKOXM RSS feed.Host- Senior EditorDave Rudden. Guests- Editor-in-ChiefFrancesca Reyes, Executive EditorCorey Cohen, Editorial InternParker Wilhelm, Managing EditorAlaina Yee(segment four only)MUSIC NOTES:Opener -Light Up the Night,The Protomen. Break 1 -Outpost KalokiXtitle theme,Game Musicians:Charles Dail Nielson Music and Eric Nunamaker. Break 2 - Way Down in the Hole (The Wire: Season 1 theme),The Five Blind Boys of Alabama. Break 3 -Zeno Clash IItitle theme,Municipal Theater of Santiago. Closer- M4,Faunts.

Dave,Corey, andParkerbegin the show by talking about Don Mattrick's abrupt departure from Microsoft and comparing Ultimate Game Sale hauls before talking about the major new releases, including a spoiler-free discussion of The Walking Dead: 400 Days and the 1-out-of-10 scoringRide to Hell: Retribution.Send your feedback tooxmpodcast@gmail.com. Subscribe to and leave 5-star reviews forKOXM on iTunes hereor add theKOXM RSS feed.MUSIC NOTES:Opener -Light Up the Night,The Protomen. Break 1 - Pressure and Time (Ride to Hell: Retribution title theme),Rival Sons. Closer- Trogdortheme,Strong Bad.

Facing a brave new Xbox world, Dave first brings on Fran and Parker to talk about the Xbox's DRM reversal, before bringing in GamesRadar's Hollander Cooper and MacLife's Chris Hoffman to talk about the major post-E3 reviews -- Deadpool and Dungeons Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara. The OXM trio then rejoins to talk about their recent gaming experiences, including Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and the Damned, State of Decay, and the lowest-rated game on OXM this year. MUSIC NOTES: Opener - Light Up the Night, The Protomen. Break 1 - Deadpool Marvel vs. Capcom 3 theme. Break 2 and Closer- Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned theme, Stuart Hart.