Microsoft wants the Xbox One to be central to your living room and packed the new Xbox with such features as the ability to change TV channels through voice commands.

"Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon" is an affectionate tribute to a cinematic era in which one guy with a lot of guns could solve all the world's problems.

Deep Silver is justifying the repetition by pitching "Riptide" as an expansion of the "Dead Island" world rather than a true sequel.

We ventured into the wacky world of The Croods on our iPhone and saw what they're up to.

Temple Run: Oz is inspired form the upcoming Disney movie The Great and Powerful Oz. We gave the app a spin to find out if it's as addictive as the original game.

It's the tale of Croft's transformation from thrill-seeker to superheroine. It's "Batman Begins" for Lara Croft.

Colonial Marines puts you right into the thick of the action on the planet LV-426 as Cpl. Christopher Winter.

Far Cry 3 begins with Jason being led out of captivity by his military-trained brother. It's an action oriented game where the objective is survival.

I have no idea what the Wii U augurs, or whether it will permanently alter how we play, alone or together. But it's a pretty nice present.

XCOM (as in "extraterrestrial combat") is a throwback to the golden age of science fiction, when bug-eyed monsters stalked the pages of pulp magazines.