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Rockstar Games has announced that Grand Theft Auto V is making its way to the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC later this year.

The game was originally released in September of last year, and was a massive hit for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Sony's Andrew House announced the details during their E3 keynote, and Xbox's Major Nelson confirmed the release for Windows and the Xbox One, as well.

PS4 players will be able to transfer their characters and all online progress from the PS3 version (and the Xbox 360), making sure there is a fluid transition between games.

PC gamers will get a "video editor" addition to be able to make movies
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Here is some more footage of Ubisoft's racing title, in which you can race across the United States.

It takes 90 minutes to drive from coast to coast of the United States in The Crew, and the game has a 20-hour single player campaign in which you can infiltrate criminal hands, carry out missions in single-player or multiplayer mode and so on.

Multiplayer also lets players create teams to compete online in races and other activities.

It is set to be released on November 11 this year, available on PC and for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles.

Like a lot of modern games, it will also have a companion iOS and Android app that allows players to customize vehicles.

Here is the trailer shown at E3.

Players of survival horror video game react during live gameplay, providing entertainment value and a few spine shivers at the same time.

The Evil within is a survival horror video game being developed by Tango Gameworks, a Japanese studio, and published by Bethesda Softworks. It gives a third-person perspective of Detective Sebastian Castellanos as he fights to survive in an evil environment.

Players must scavenge for supplies and use them wisely, as well as learning when to run and when to fight. For fans of horror, this looks promising.

The Evil Within launches in October of this year, for Xbox One, PS4, Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. Today we got a glimspe of new gameplay footage, as well as the reactions of people invited to play them game, providing both entertainment and a few spine shivers.

Check it out.

Microsoft's Xbox team are continuing their outreach to customers by launching a feedback website looking for your thoughts and suggestions.

The website is a single location you can use to add our ideas, suggestions, and feedback so that they will be seen by those who create and maintain Xbox services.

"Of course, your great ideas do take time to develop and deploy to Xbox, but we'll be sure to update entries here when we do announce or release a suggestion from Xbox Feedback," the website reads.

All you need to so is choose a category that best fits your idea from a menu on the right of the page and provide your 2 cents.

The website is located at xbox.uservoice.com

Here's a short video about it.

Sony has teased the next blockbuster in the inFAMOUS series, First Light.

"Locked up in a prison for super powered humans, Fetch Walker is forced to relive tragedies from her past. Unravel her dark secret in Seattle while battling to escape snowy Curdon Cay and seek vengeance against those who wronged her," says the bio.

The game is set for an August release.

Sony surprised E3 watchers today by announcing a native YouTube application for the PlayStation 4, a long awaited addition to the console.

Reads Sony's press release: "Today, we're delighted to announce that YouTube is coming to PS4 this fall! Sharing your greatest gaming moments on YouTube will be a piece of cake on PS4, thanks to the dedicated sharing capabilities at the very heart of PS4. YouTube will officially be one of the social options offered when you press the SHARE button on your DualShock 4. After pressing SHARE, you'll see the YouTube icon pop up alongside Facebook, Twitter, Twitch, and Ustream, and in just a couple of quick steps, you can go from playing your favorite games to publishing videos on your own YouTube channel. You'll also be able to see your friends' shared YouTube videos using the "What's New" feed."

Besides the integrated sharing features, the PS4 YouTube app will give you access to your saved YouTube channels, videos and favorites.

Verizon has confirmed that it will not be able to stick by its promise of providing citywide fiber Internet to NYC by its stated June 30th deadline.

In 2008, as part of an announcement with city officials, Verizon promised to build " a state-of-the-art fiber-optic network throughout the entire City by mid-year 2014."

The ISP has made its FiOS network available in quite a few neighborhoods, but in many places it does not even offer broadband speeds, sometimes as low as 1.5Mbps in older buildings.

Verizon, according to sources, blamed NYC landlords for blocking construction and also cited Hurricane Sandy as a major issue, with miles upon miles of copper wiring ruined by the flooding. The ISP says it will be a few months late in its requirement to have the fiber lines to "pass all households." That term seems very vague as it does not even require every individual apartment to have access.

New NYC mayor Bill De Blasio blasted the company, saying "there's very clear terms [in the Verizon franchise agreement] that have not been met."

Kicking off their E3 keynote, Sony has announced that a beta for the upcoming blockbuster "Destiny" will arrive for the PS4 on July 17th.

If you can't wait that long, Bungie will release an alpha starting on Thursday, open for 72 hours.

Destiny will be released officially on September 9th, and Sony also confirmed a "PlayStation Destiny Bundle" that includes a white PS4, white controller, a copy of the game, and a 30-day trial membership to PlayStation Plus.

In addition, Sony gamers will get platform-specific exclusives like weapons, vehicles, maps, and even an entirely exclusive multiplayer map. "Destiny isn't just first on PlayStation," Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Andrew House boasted. "It's better."

If you want to get the alpha make sure you head over here before the 11th.

Investment bank UBS analyst Steven Milunovich says Apple will sell 21 million iWatch smartwatches in its first year (fiscal 2015), followed by a nice boost to 36 million in the following year.

The firm estimates a $299 selling price, and 25 percent margins on each iWatch sold, which is lower than its iPad and iPhone margins, but that number should increase with more volume.

"We are more confident that Apple will be introducing the iWatch before the holiday season following WWDC's introduction of HealthKit, recent healthcare hirings, the acquisition of LuxVue Technology, and positive comments from Eddy Cue at the Re/Code Conference," said the analyst.

If that figure is hit, it would surpass first year sales of the iPad, which were modest at 19.5 million, although it is important to note that the original iPad sold for an average of $550. Sales then jumped to 47.6 million in the second year.

"We expect iWatch sales to roughly track iPad unit sales -- similar penetration rates would mean higher sales," he added. "iWatch might do better because the customer base is larger than when iPad launched and the ASP might be less. On the other hand, iWatch is the first product to be worn, which might not appeal to all users."

Apple is expected to release the fitness-based wearable in October.

"The Last Guardian," first announced at E3 all the way back in 2009, is still on the way, despite rumors that it has been cancelled.

The game is one of the most-anticipated for Sony consoles, as a sequel to the incredible Ico and Shadow of the Colossus games.

Scott Rohde, PlayStation's head of software product development for Sony America, tweeted in response to a recent IGN article: "[Shuhei Yoshida, SCE president of worldwide studio] Sony Worldwide president] and I laughed at this rumor over dinner. The Last Guardian has NOT been cancelled."

As recently as March, Rohde confirmed it was still in development but that he would not "announce what platform it's coming on, who's working on it, who's involved. But that is still a title that's absolutely in the mix at Worldwide Studios."

Sony's E3 event has just begun and we will have more news coming up.

EA Sports has revealed that FIFA 15 will launch in North America on September 23, followed in Europe on September 25, for Xbox One, PS4, Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.

EA is touting the games new "emotional intelligence" features, in which players have memories and will show emotion based on the context of the match. There are more than 600 new emotional reactions to events in the game, such as bad tackles, bad misses and scoring spectacular goals. They can also get on the ref's back.

Improved commentary is also promised, as well as a dynamic match day experience. Chants and behaviors will be relevant to country or even your club. New bench reactions, side line character animations, 10-man goal celebrations, and more will keep you engaged in the story of the match.

Tactics are also getting a bit of an improvement, with teammates and opponents able to recognize what's happening in the match and adjust their tactics to suit.

The pitch in FIFA 15 can also be scuffed up due to wear and tear.

If you are a PS4 owner or PC gamer, you can download a closed beta now for PS4 and PC, but spots are limited.

To have a shot at getting in on the closed Beta, you need to go and sign-up as soon as possible at the Battlefield Hardline website. It's not clear how long the beta will run for.

For owners of other platforms, like PS3, Xbox 360 or Xbox One, EA will offer some launch day rewards (additional content etc.) if you register on the beta site anyway.

A gameplay video featuring six minutes of multiplayer action on Battlefield Hardline was also released today at E3.

Check that out...

Microsoft has announced that sales of its Xbox 360 consoles have passed 84 million, providing over 100,000 centuries of gameplay

It made the announcement today as it launched a $399 Xbox One without the Kinect peripheral, and unveiled a huge line-up of games at E3.

With more than 84 million consoles sold into retail worldwide, Microsoft says that its aging console has generated $37.7 billion in lifetime game sales.

Xbox 360 gamers have clicked up more than 88 billion hours of gameplay, which is the equivalent of more than 100,000 centuries.

The Redmond-giant also promised to continue supporting the console with new games and apps. Just recently, the Xbox live Gold requirement for entertainment apps was lifted. Soon Xbox 360 will get even more entertainment apps, including HBO Go.

Netflix is set to stop serving customers with error messages that blame their ISP during video streaming problems.

Last week, Netflix and Verizon went toe-to-toe over error messages Netflix was showing to subscribers when they ran into streaming problems. The error messages essentially put the blame for the streaming problems on the ISP of the subscriber.

A screenshot was posted online showing one of the messages identifying Verizon's network as the source of the problem, which resulted in an angry backlash from Verizon and then a cease and desist letter demanding that Netflix stop.

Netflix will indeed stop serving the messages - on June 16.

"As part of this transparency campaign, we started a small scale test in early May that lets consumers know, while they're watching Netflix, that their experience is degraded due to a lack of capacity into their broadband provider's network," writes Netflix' Joris Evers.

"We are testing this across the U.S. wherever there is significant and persistent network congestion This test is scheduled to end on June 16. We will evaluate rolling it out more broadly."

Netflix: Internet Service Providers ARE the problem!

Microsoft's head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, deserves credit for bringing Xbox One back to gaming and putting the focus on the customer.

Microsoft's conference today at E3 was notably different from past Xbox One media events, in that it dedicated all of its time to one very important factor: games. From start to finish, Microsoft's press briefing was filled with games, games and then more games.

When Phil Spencer took over as head of Xbox, he was facing an uphill battle. Microsoft had a $500 next-gen console on the market, while its rival Sony had a more popular console for $100 less. Fans were still annoyed with Microsoft for attempting to include severely limiting DRM functionality in the Xbox One before backing off, and for requiring a regular check-in online to keep gaming.

Requiring Kinect be connected constantly was also a sticking point, and even though Microsoft eventually caved in to consumer demands, plenty of gamers were left wondering what they were thinking in the first place.

The first truly major thing that happened under Spencer was the decision to release a $400 Xbox One without the Kinect peripheral. That decision was received positively for the most part, but even with that, Microsoft seemed to be in a battle to regain the trust of its customers.