The Xbox One X is the most powerful console on the market right now, and it’s also the most expensive. But Microsoft is dropping the price on that system and offering a few other interesting deals around E3, and they’re worth checking out. Starting June 7, the Xbox One X will be going down to $449.99 from the original price of $499.99. We also wouldn’t count on it, so grab one during the sale if you’re in the mood to buy. We’ll see if the other console manufacturers offer similar deals.

Geoff Keighley is returning to E3 with YouTube this year, and he’s bringing along some special guests — including Tyler “Ninja” Blevins. Blevins will join Keighley on YouTube’s “Live at E3” couch prior to jumping into that tournament, though. YouTube’s “Live at E3” will also simulcast E3’s biggest press conferences, much like last year. The stream will feature “Xbox E3 Briefing and Bethesda’s E3 Showcase.”June 11: Stream kicks off at 3 p.m. It will feature, “Ninja Live in Studio, PlayStation E3

Thankfully, the game’s developer, DICE, has a new post on its website detailing some of the new additions that 5 is bringing to the Battlefield series. Reviving is now something anyone can doThe biggest change for longtime Battlefield fans is going to be the new revive system. Each of these will help play a different role on the battlefield and can help change the way a fight is played. More importantly, according to DICE, they will help make sure that every match in Battlefield 5 is just a litt

Marvel is better at action, but not perfect. OK, let’s do thisCreating worthwhile action scenes in superhero movies is an issue of pacing, character and comparative power, and Zack Snyder is able to deliver a satisfying sense of weight when he’s at his best. One of the best examples of an action scene that shows off the power of both Batman and Superman is the Batmobile chase from Batman v Superman. But we can feel when a movie handles superhero action well, and we know when it feels limp. It’s

Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2’s first teaser teased cotton candy aesthetics and over-the-top adorableness, and the movie’s newest trailer promises way more fluffiness. Wreck-It Ralph 2 takes Ralph out of the arcade cabinet and throws him into the World Wide Web. Co-director Rich Moore said the creative team’s decision to remove Ralph from his homey arcade cabinet and toss him into the vast digital unknown was intended to produce a bigger story. “To take these characters we love and

Mario Tennis Aces is a game of pressure. This is, I suppose, a tribute to Mario Tennis Aces’ gameplay, because that’s how tennis is supposed to work in real life, right? Aesthetically, Mario Tennis Aces pours on the charm, even with just one court and 10 characters (five unlocked) during the demo. When it launches, Mario Tennis Aces will have a lot more single-player content, including an “adventure mode” and player-versus-CPU tournament. Mario Tennis Aces launches June 22 on Nintendo Switch.

Astro Gaming, the headset makers, have shown off their first unit developed in partnership with Nintendo — an A10 headset for Nintendo Switch whose design is taken from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. But it presages other Nintendo-themed peripherals that Astro says are on the way, including more headsets, speaker tags and other accessories. Apparently that will include headsets themed for Super Mario Bros.:And for Super Mario Bros. 3:And another for the original Legend of Zelda:Finding

This is the fourth year in a row that Bethesda Softworks has scheduled its own press conference in advance of E3. Fallout 76The briefest of teasers for the next game in the Fallout series left fans reeling, but so far Bethesda isn’t saying much about Fallout 76. Bethesda has said that players will take on the role of Walker, the last Ranger of the wasteland. No, not the Fallout wasteland. SurprisesDon’t forget that Bethesda loves to surprise fans with brand new titles at these shows.

Evolve, the 4-on-1 monster-hunting shooter Turtle Rock and 2K Games launched in 2015, is closing down several features this September, 2K Games announced on Friday. The modes that will still be available are: Hunt, Nest, Rescue, Defend and Arena, through Quick Play, Evacuation, and any custom games. Single-player Evacuation, Quick Play and custom matches are also still available. For more, see 2K Games’ statement. While it debuted to positive critical reception, it did not amass the kind of larg

After 17 years, FLCL has returned with the premiere of Progressive, the first of two follow-ups to the original, ecstatic, coming-of-age anime. Instead of Naota, the central character of the original FLCL (pronounced “Fooly Cooly”), Progressive focuses on Hidomi, a reserved girl who closes herself off from the world by wearing headphones (that aren’t actually playing music). One of the only times that she shows genuine emotion in the premiere is when she and her mother look upon their town’s ste

Square Enix’s popular and acclaimed Go line of mobile titles has come to an end, the boss of Square Enix Montreal confirmed for PC Games Insider yesterday. “It’s one of the challenges we have today is the premium mobile market is diminishing,” Naud said. “That doesn’t mean that they won’t spend in-game, but they want to spend on a game that they’re sure they’re going to like,” he said. That took Apple’s Game of the Year for the iOS and also Best Mobile/Handheld game at The Game Awards 2015. Squa

Roughly a year after its launch, The Elder Scrolls: Legends has been handed to a new studio. Original developer Dire Wolf Digital has been taken off the project and replaced. That’s according to IGN, which shared a statement from publisher Bethesda Softworks on the transition on Thursday. The Elder Scrolls: Legends launched in March 2017 on Windows PC following a beta period of about a year. More will be shared about The Elder Scrolls: Legends at Bethesda’s E3 showcase, which is Sunday, June 10

Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer has been hailed by critics and fans as a better-playing series than EA Sports’ behemoth FIFA. And Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 abruptly lost its only German club with a surprise announcement yesterday. Borussia Dortmund was the only club in Germany’s top-flight Bundesliga to appear under its own name in Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 (the others were ringers). The one thing Pro Evolution Soccer did have over FIFA was the UEFA and Champions League licenses. Pro Evolution Soc

It’s the start of a new month which means that if you’re a member of Xbox Live Gold, PlayStation Plus or Twitch Prime, you’ve got a new batch of free games to download. June’s Games With Gold lineup includes two Xbox One games as well as two backwards-compatible Xbox 360 games. Finally, Twitch Prime free games are Strafe, The Banner Saga, Tumblestone and Treadnauts. This seems like a good time to remind you that Amazon offers 20 percent off gaming pre-orders for Amazon Prime members. You can sub

Your mind begins to irrationally fearing what would happen if that car wasn’t just going the same direction, but it was chasing you. The demo for Beware, an in-development PC game by Ondrej Svadlena that was previously known as Driving Survival, shows you exactly what happens when that fear becomes reality. I started the game in the middle of the night in the center of a muddy trailer park. As I pulled my car onto the road, the slick and uneven ground immediately made me feel uneasy. Driving at

After more than five years in development, Fallout: New California, a total conversion mod for Fallout: New Vegas, will launch on Oct. 23 (for Windows PC, of course), the mod’s makers announced yesterday. Their mod is a prequel story to Obsidian’s Fallout: New Vegas from 2010. Going to the surface they discover a three-way fight for control among the Survivalist Army, the New California Republic, and the Super Mutants. Originally, they had hoped to get New California out before Fallout 4. The mo

That tone might have worked if we didn’t know what ultimately happens to Han Solo as a character, but possessing the ending while we’re learning about the beginning changes the entire feel of the movie. Han Solo doesn’t follow that trajectory, and it makes him one of the more striking figures in a major franchise. We know that neither Han nor Chewbacca are going to die during this adventure, but we also know that Han is never going to live a life of peace. Han Solo spends the rest of his life ju

Cultist Simulator is my current “one more turn” game, pre-ordered on a whim out of morbid curiosity — and morbid the game is, as it’s a Victorian horror RPG about cults, sacrifices and ungodly desires. In short, Cultist Simulator leaves no questions about your obstacles’ urgency. Serving the themes of mystery, cults and the disquieting unknown, Cultist Simulator leaves tempting gaps in information. This is how I knew I was obsessed: In the week or two in which I’ve been playing Cultist Simulator

Despite being a prequel and a spinoff story, Solo: A Star Wars Story spends quite a bit of time setting up potential sequels. In my mind there are three clues to indicate that, wait for it, DARTH MAUL IS HER FATHER. DARTH MAUL IS DAD CLUE #1We first see Enfys swooping in to spoil Beckett’s hyperfuel heist plans. Let’s talk about Star Wars music for a second: There are very few instances of live choral performances in Star Wars scores. Seems weird to trot out such a major departure from the stand

With news of Destiny 2’s next release coming next week, it’s time to collect everything we know — and think we know — about the September release. The first location we see is Mercury, the location of Destiny 2’s Curse of Osiris expansion. The second is Mars, the planet we spend our time on in Destiny 2’s Warmind expansion. It’s very likely that the Fallen will be the major enemy of Destiny 2’s fall expansion. Bungie will reveal Destiny 2’s second year of content on Tuesday, June 5 at 12 p.m.