Skate 3 features an all-new co-op mode where teammates can complete challenges together while advancing each other's careers. From rewarding epic bails and fails with a beefed up Hall of Meat mode to honing your craft with the all-new Skate School, players of all skill levels have multiple ways to "kill it" in the game.

Nintendo added two WiiWare, and six NDSiWare titles to the Shop Channels. Nintendo owners with online access can redeem points to download: Pearl Harbor Trilogy – 1941: Red Sun Rising, Cruise Party (Wiiware), QuickPick Farmer, Soul of Darkness, SteamWorld Tower Defense,101 Shark Pets, Hello Flowerz, and Flips: The Folk of the Faraway Tree (NDSi).

Grease will allow players to sing and dance alongside Danny, Sandy, The Pink Ladies and the T-Birds. The game will take full advantage of the Wii’s motion-sensing controls and microphone, and the DS’s touch screen to create exciting gameplay for casual and family gamers eager to experience Grease in a new medium.

House M.D. places you in smack in the middle of all the drama and smart dialogue fans love from the popular TV show. Play as the surly Dr. House and the skilled staff at Princeton-Plainsboro Hospital, as you race to unravel 5 all-new medical mysteries.

LittleBigPlanet 2 gives players the ability to make better levels and completely new games. It also has a loads of new features, including revamped graphics, a fresh storyline, added accessories and equipment for Sackboy, and much, much more.

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is a raw and brutal crime shooter designed to take players on an even more intense story experience, following two of gaming's most disturbed criminals, through the gritty Shanghai underworld.

Commander: Europe at War is a turn-based strategy game set during WWII where players take command of either the Axis powers or the Allied forces, and make decisions relating to recruitment, reconnaissance and diplomacy.

With an all-new story written by renowned comic book author Matt Fraction, Iron Man 2 will include familiar elements from both the movie and comic book universes, allowing players to truly feel the power of Iron Man with new destructible environments, epic enemies, and innovative hand-to-hand combat moves.

Combat Mission Shock Force: NATO focusses on modern warfare in a fictional conflict in Syria, introducing forces from three additional NATO countries: Germany, Canada and the Netherlands, as well as some new, much requested, units and vehicles for the Syrian side.

Yesterday was a great 4th of July. We went to our neighbor's place to eat some of the best ribs we've had in a long time. We brought some corn relish and a salad as side dishes, while there were also potato and green bean salads. Toss in a few cold beers and great weather, and what's not to like, right?

Today, most people will still have the day off, so updates will be rather slow, and if things are quiet, we'll probably see "The A-Team" movie.