Xbox One

The Area One leg of the North America Xbox One Tour kicks off Thursday in Philadelphia, Pa. For all dates and locations, see the spreadsheet on Major Nelson’s blog. This is a great opportunity to see Xbox One up close and try out the new controller and some of the games. Admission is free but will be on a first-come, first-serve basis – and you must be 18 or over to attend due to the content that’s available for play.

Arthur Parsons, game director on “LEGO Marvel Super Heroes” from developer TT Games, recently took questions from Xbox Wire about the upcoming title for Xbox One, in which you control your favorite Marvel heroes as they unite to stop Loki and a host of other villains from destroying Earth.

On Wednesday, two new cars were unveiled in the “Forza Motorsport 5 Showroom” – the 2013 Audi S4 and the 1985 Ford RS200 Evolution.

Xbox fans, mark your calendars: Next week the Xbox team officially kicks off their “Area One” tour, giving fans in 75 different cities around the world a chance to experience the new generation of gaming before the Nov. 22 launch of Xbox One.

In this exclusive Xbox Wire video, Turn 10 Studios Creative Director Dan Greenawalt reveals how the Impulse Trigger and haptic technology transforms the racing experience on Xbox One, providing three-dimensional feedback that brings fans closer to the driving seat and actually improves their racing skill.

Meet “Xbox Fitness,” a new online service makes the world’s most popular fitness videos interactive. Using precision Kinect technology, “Xbox Fitness” can read your heart rate without a monitor, see which muscles are most engaged by measuring the power, force and transfer of weight in your body, and track the quality of your performance by measuring your balance, tempo and form.

Turn 10 Studios, maker of the highly anticipated “Forza Motorsport 5” racing title for Xbox One, made three big announcements on Thursday. Read all about ’em, and check out the new video.