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KILLER GAMES for 2010 Lost Planet 2 Kicks Off the Hottest Year in Gaming March 2010 HALO: REACH • DEAD SPACE 2 • TRUE CRIME OFFICIAL XBOX MAGAZINE OFFICIAL XBOX GIANT MONSTERS! 4-PLAYER ACTION! HELL YEAH! GET READY! LOST PLANETLOST 2 100KILLER GAMES FOR 2010 Lost Planet 2 kicks off the hottest year in gaming March 2010 March FINALLY! BIOSHOCK 2 Reviewed here fi rst! MARCH 2010 • ISSUE 107 MEET THE TEAM Letter From the Editor There’s no place like home Issue 107 • March 2010 EDITORIAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Francesca Reyes 2010. It’s barely under way as I type this, but it MANAGING EDITOR Corey Cohen already feels like it’s going to be one of those mega- SENIOR EDITOR Ryan McCaffrey FEATURES EDITOR Kevin W. Smith years in gaming — one that all of us will be talking EDITORIAL SUPER-INTERN Taylor Cocke about well into the future in hushed, reverent tones. EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS Mike Channell, Alex Clark, Mitch Dyer, Why? Because it’s one of the big-time bullet-points Andrew Hayward, Cameron Lewis, Chris Morris, in the Great Big Videogame Cycle™ when the stars Chuck Osborn, Matthew Pellett, Will Porter, Ben Talbot, Meghan Watt align and we get the much-anticipated “Part IIs” (or “These dark whatever chapter each series is on at this point) that ART revamp, relaunch, or revisit universes we still hold CONTRIBUTING ART DIRECTOR/PHOTOGRAPHER Juliann Brown little places CONTRIBUTING GRAPHIC DESIGNER/ILLUSTRATOR dear years after the originals. Just think: Mass of fi ction and Christina Empedocles Effect 2, BioShock 2, Lost Planet 2, Dead Rising 2, CONTRIBUTING COVER DESIGNER Monique Convertito Fable III, a new Fallout…the list just stretches far into wonder are BUSINESS the furthest reaches of 2010 without end. GROUP PUBLISHER Kelley Corten our homes.” VP OF SALES & MARKETING Rachelle Considine Yeah, yeah, you’ve heard us whine and moan 650-238-2505, [email protected] in the past about how gaming needs new, non- EXECUTIVE DIR. INTEGRATED SALES Nate Hunt 415-269-5408, [email protected] franchisey titles to keep things fresh, but when the REGIONAL SALES DIRECTOR Isaac Ugay year hands you a return ticket to BioShock’s Rapture 949-305-0767, [email protected] REGIONAL SALES MANAGER Rachel Campos or Dead Space’s USG Ishimura, then screw it! You and crannies we have yet to nestle into. As gamers, 650-745-9207, [email protected] don’t have to ask us twice! Not when there’s so these dark little places of fi ction and wonder are our ACCOUNT MANAGER Arthur St. Germain much story left to tell, so many characters whose homes. And dammit, we want to go home again. 650-238-2571, [email protected] DETROIT CONSUMER MANAGER Alan Dickinson backstories need exploring, and so many nooks But is it that easy? Is there really any possible 248-792-2408, [email protected] ADVERTISING COORDINATOR Heidi Hapin way for a sequel to live up to what we’ve held in our [email protected] imaginations over the past however many years or SENIOR MARKETING MANAGER Andrea Recio-Ang QUESTION OF THE MONTH months since the fi rst time we played the original? [email protected] MARKETING COORDINATOR Allyson Kardel There are as many answers to that question as there [email protected] What game are you most excited about in 2010? are Xbox 360 owners. But really, what I’m getting at PRODUCTION is, What do you want out of your sequel? Evolution? PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Michael Hollister Too many to count, but the one I’m most curious Revolution? Faithful continuation? Closure? Because PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Lewis Lee about isn’t a game, it’s DLC. I spent way too many whatever your answer is to these, 2010 is the year PRINT ORDER COORDINATOR Linh Chau-Ward hours with Dragon Age: Origins, and now I want that will put all of our expectations and hopes to the CONSUMER MARKETING DIRECTOR CONSUMER MARKETING Rich McCarthy to know how all of my game-changing decisions test. Even with BioShock 2 and Mass Effect 2 (both NEWSSTAND DIRECTOR Bill Shewey will carry over to the Awakenings expansion. sequels, both phenomenal) in the rear-view CONSUMER MARKETING OPERATIONS DIR. Lisa Radler Does it take place after the events of the original? mirror of 2010, the year is still plenty RENEWAL & BILLING MANAGER Mike Hill BUSINESS MANAGER Elliot Kiger Are the Darkspawn back for more? Take my $40, young and we have loads more SR. ONLINE CONSUMER MARKETING MGR. Jennifer Trinkner BioWare! I just want some answers! game worlds, both familiar and CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER Mike Frassica brand-new, to explore. INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL BRAND MANAGER Emma Parkinson [email protected] SUBSCRIPTION QUERIES: Please visit us on the web at www.oxmonline.com/customerservice, email us at boxcustserv@cdsful llment.com, call us at 1-515-248-7682, And now for a word from the peanut gallery... or write to us at Of cial Xbox Magazine Customer Care, P.O. Box 5156, Harlan, IA 51593-0656. BACK ISSUES: To order back issues, please call What game are you most excited about in 2010? What game are you most excited about in 2010? 1-800-865-7240. I wasn’t a huge fan of the fi rst one, but The obvious answer would be Halo: Reach, REPRINTS: For reprints, contact Reprint Management Services I’m really itchin’ for Star Wars: The Force and though I’m stoked to see Bungie do a at 717.399.1900 ext. 100. Unleashed II. 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