All Stories Tagged: E3 2013, Page 17

Microsoft announced today at its E3 media briefing that it will be adding monthly game downloads for Xbox Live Gold subscriptions. The first two will be Halo 3 and Assassin's Creed 2.

Microsoft clearly wasn't going to abandon the Xbox 360 when the Xbox One launched, but has made a surprising demonstration of its commitment to the console that's now seven years old. It's launching a new model of Xbox 360 which has an air of the Xbox One about it, and apparently it's out today.

World of Tanks is no longer confined to the PC. The team-based multiplayer game is coming to Xbox 360, Wargaming has revealed. The game will be coming this summer.

Rare has announced Kinect Sports Rivals coming to Xbox One in November. The reveal came moments before Microsoft's official press conference was scheduled to begin.

If you aren't ready to shell out the cash for an Xbox One when it launches later this year, you can always try your hand at being lucky. Microsoft, Mountain Dew and Doritos have announced a deal to give away thousands of the next-gen console later this fall.

Before you watch the E3 trailer for vampiric sneak 'em up Dark, remember that before vampires were adored by teenage girls struggling with awkward yearnings, the bloodsuckers were doted over by teenage girls struggling with awkward yearnings and wearing gobs of black eye liner. That's why it uses this song. So on with the show.

"There has to be a way to get through," Lightning mutters as she approaches a locked gate in the 'E3 Demo Gameplay' trailer for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. Then she presses a button and it opens. Yes, while it's still a short cutty-snippy 'gameplay' trailer, at least it's more honest than most about what you'll actually do in the game.

Microsoft will be kicking off this year's E3 with the first press conference this morning at 9 a.m. PT (noon ET). Microsoft has promised to talk more about Xbox One's games this time around, so wtach the conference right here to see if they do.

No, CGI trailers don't represent gameplay. Yes, they are fluffy marketing to get you unduly excited. But by gum, the cinematic E3 trailer for Ubisoft's open-world cybervigilante 'em up Watch Dogs is awfully pretty, if a bit eerie. We can still enjoy it as an attractive and well-made video for our enjoyment which by pure chance is somehow connected to a video game. Call it tone-setting and world-building, if you must.

After Call of Duty: Ghosts made its official debut at the Xbox One unveiling, fans of the series seemed to be pretty fond of the German Shepherd that is making its debut as part of your elite Special Forces team. Activision picked up on that, and showed more of the dog in new gameplay footage shown today.