''360'' was an

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Imagine Publishing Imagine Publishing was a UK-based magazine publisher, which published a number of video games, computing, creative and lifestyle magazines. It was founded on 14 May 2005 with private funds by Damian Butt, Steven Boyd and Mark Kendrick, all we ...

in the UK. Originally published four-weekly, the magazine switched to a three-weekly schedule in 2009. The magazine was withdrawn from sale following its merger with sister publication '' X360'' in July 2012.

Overview

The magazine was split into four main sections: Agenda, Foreplay, Reviews, and Live Style. The double page spread on pages eight and nine, called Thread, was composed of emails, letters and posts or sections of posts from the 360 magazine forum. On page nine, there was a

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showing votes cast on the 360 magazine forum on a different subject every week, which was chosen by the magazine staff. There were also two features following the Reviews section that sometimes were as long as ten pages. As a standard, the magazine was 130 pages long.

Merger with ''X360''

On 7 June 2012, Imagine announced to 360's forum that ''360'' and its sister publication, ''X360'', were to merge under the latter's name. As a result, ''360'' was to be withdrawn from sale, with no further issues published. The first issue of the new ''X360'' went on sale on 11 July 2012.

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* {{official website, http://www.360magazine.co.uk/ 2005 establishments in the United Kingdom 2012 disestablishments in the United Kingdom Defunct computer magazines published in the United Kingdom Magazines established in 2005 Magazines disestablished in 2012 Video game magazines published in the United Kingdom Xbox magazines Xbox 360