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Hello! Matthew here, editor of Official Xbox Magazine. As any Xbox One owner knows, Microsoft's latest console rarely stands still – the last two years have seen it add Windows 10 magic, backwards compatibility and a series of rolling changes to make life easier. So I thought it was about time the Official Xbox Magazine followed in its footsteps and updated to better represent its subject matter. I locked my brilliant team in an underground bunker for five months and forced them to devise their dream Xbox magazine. This is the result.

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