Xbox

June 24, 2014

These savings will slay you – well, you know what we mean. For Xbox 360, there’s a ton of savings on games on demand, from “Diablo III” (50 percent off the regular price of $59.99), to “Fable II” and “Fable III,” each $4.99, and each 75 percent off the regular $19.99 prices, as well as big savings on game add-ons.

June 23, 2014

“Now the camera swings around behind your defense, giving you the same control and vision you that you get when you’re on offense,” writes Xbox Wire. “A tackling reticule and vision cone give defensive players more information and control, to help them go for those big hits.”

June 20, 2014

“Sixty Second Shooter” is a twin-stick shooter that gives players only one life, with games often lasting just a few seconds, even though if you’re on your toes, you have up to a full minute to survive. But in “Sixty Second Shooter Prime,” now out for Xbox One, there’s an Inifnity mode, where players can acquire time-extend power-ups.

June 19, 2014

Xbox Live members can now watch all of MLG.tv’s professionally produced, premium and competitive gaming content on both Xbox One and Xbox 360. In addition to the MLG Championship, MLG’s popular programming includes the MLG news show “eSports Report,” the world’s best players, teams and leagues, premier competitions and more.

June 19, 2014

A big corporation has been operating the asylum in secrecy, but journalist Miles Upshur finds his way in, something that seemed like a good idea … at the time. What he discovers means walking a terrifying line between science and religion, nature – and something else too awful for words.

June 19, 2014

In the game, you have one minute – and one life – in which to deal with as much destruction as possible: Relentless enemy hordes and treacherous foes require the fastest of reflexes in this dual-stick shooter.

June 19, 2014

Thousands of “Forza Motorsport 5” players got the opportunity to participate in the Le Mans excitement last weekend with the 2.4 Hour D’Endurance Challenge. “Forza 5” players got to submit their one-lap runs of the famous course, as part of a special video hosted by nine-time Le Mans-winner Tom Kristensen on what it takes to win the grueling race.

June 19, 2014

In “Lords of the Fallen,” from CI Games, players will face tough enemies, even tougher bosses, and plenty of branching pathways, writes Xbox Wire, which sent a writer with more than 400 hours of combined “Dark Souls” and “Dark Souls 2” experience to do a hands-on demo of “Lords” at E3 2014.

June 18, 2014

Harmonix, known for the get-you-moving “Rock Band” and “Dance Central,” is making a different kind of move with “Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved,” which is powered by Xbox One’s Kinect 2.0 technology.

June 18, 2014

Before, 10 percent of the GPU “was reserved for system level processing which included Kinect-related skeletal tracking data,” says Kareem Choudhry. “With this change, titles that are not using skeletal tracking with Kinect can choose to use that portion of the system reserve for other purposes. We have also optimized the entire system so that titles have access to 100 percent of the Xbox One GPU for increased resolution and graphical effects.”