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XBN (aka Xbox Nation) was a magazine about the original Xbox console published by Ziff Davis Media starting in December 2001. Some material is available via archived pages from their now defunct website xbnmag.com

XBN
Issue Year Month Reviewed games (score out of 10) Other games covered Features Contact
013 2004 April Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (9), Unreal II: The Awakening (7), Colin McRae Rally 04 (8), Auto Modellista (3), Breakdown (9), IHRA Drag Racing 2004 (4), AMF Bowling 2004 (6), MVP Baseball 2004 (9) Metal Slug 3, Far Cry, Burnout 3, Mechassault 2, Judge Dredd: Dredd Versus Death, Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction, "Essential Selection: The 50 Best Xbox Games To Date", "Great X-Spec-Tations" (re: specs for "Xbox Next"), Top 10 best-selling Xbox titles as of Feb 2004 (separate lists for USA, UK, Japan), Interview with Wil Stahl Brainy J (talk · contribs)
014 2004 May Steel Battalion: Line of Contact (4), The Suffering (7), NBA Ballers (9), Tenchu: Return From Darkness (6), Fight Night 2004 (8), Samurai Jack: The Shadow of Aku (5), Pitfall: The Lost Expedition (6), All-Star Baseball 2005 (3), ESPN Major League Baseball (5), Dead Man's Hand (7) Fable (in-depth preview of the almost finished game), Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (in-depth article before sales began), Unreal Championship 2, Triangle Again, Galaxy Angel, Aoi Namida, N.U.D.E.@, Burnout 3, Red Ninja: End of Honor, Advent Rising, Men of Valor, Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction, Conker: Live & Uncut, The Red Star, FlatOut, Drake of the 99 Dragons "Final Exam: Breakdown" (Interview/article about Breakdown's development), "EA-ducation: Electronic Arts funds higher education", Interview with BioWare's Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, Top 10 "must-play" Xbox Live titles, Xbox Live 3.0 features explained, "Five for Fighting: XBN's guide to the top five Xbox brawlers", "Essential Selection: The 50 Best Xbox Games To Date", Five worst Xbox titles Brainy J (talk · contribs)
018 2004 September Madden NFL 2005 (9), ESPN NFL 2K5 (9), Magatama (4), Puyo Pop Fever (7), Showdown: Legends of Wrestling (3), Powerdrome (4), Sudeki (6), Spider-Man 2 (7), Catwoman (2) Guilty Gear X2 #Reload: The Midnight Carnival (9), Oddworld Stranger, StarCraft: Ghost, Phantom Dust, Forza Motorsport, Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders, Kameo: Elements of Power, Star Wars Battlefront, Second Sight, Def Jam Fight for NY, Scrapland, Fable, Need for Speed Underground 2, X-Men: Legends, Brothers in Arms, Halo 2 "Essential Selection: The 50 Best Xbox Games To Date"; article on the Havok engine; "Fisching for Answers" (interview with Mike Fischer, director of marketing for Xbox in Japan); interview with Alex Ward, Creative Director for Criterion; Brainy J (talk · contribs)
019 2004 October Fable (9), ESPN NHL 2K5 (7), NHL 2005 (9), Pro Fishing Challenge (4), Cabela's Deer Hunt: 2005 Season (4), Silent Hill 4: The Room (6), Army Men: Sarge's War (3), Shellshock: Nam '67 (4), Yager (7), Galleon (4), Room Zoom: Race for Impact (4), Burnout 3: Takedown (10) Knights of the Old Republic II, Halo 2, Ghost Recon 2, Snowblind "Build your own Xbox Cluster"; Interview with Lorne Lanning; "Essential Selection: The 50 Best Xbox Games To Date" Brainy J (talk · contribs)