Sony Computer Entertainment America announced a three-year, $20 million dollar investment plan to support the development of first-party studios PSN exclusive games as well as financial support for the independent developers program, Pub Fund.

Cities XL 2012 is the newest version of the city-building simulation, which allows you to build, develop and then connect huge cities.

Combat Mission: Shock Force is a tactical military simulation depicting a hypothetical near future conflict between NATO and Syrian forces in Syria.

Call of Juarez: The Cartel is an FPS set in present day and brings the best elements of the Wild West to a new and modern setting with an immersive and mature story, where players can expect to embark on a journey like no other.

Pirates of Black Cove is an RTS with action-RPG elements. Cruise the Caribbean, loot settlements and see if you can become the best pirate on the high seas.

EA announced that servers for the games listed below will be shut down on the indicated dates, just like it has the past few years. Fans may continue to play the games online up until these dates, but certain community programs may begin to close down prior to the shutdown dates.

To prepare for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, we started watching the previous movie, sort of our first part of Part 1, so to speak. So far so good, although I needed a little refresher of what had transpired in the last movie to be able to put it all together. We're not going to be in line to see it during opening weekend. We're not THAT big Potter fans, so we'll let the crazies trample each other first, and maybe see it in a week or two after the rabid fans have gone home.

Soundgarden concert next week. haven't seen them in almost 20 years, so I'm pretty stoked.

A white-knuckle blend of action and strategy, Orcs Must Die! challenges players to defend fortresses under siege.

X-Men: Destiny is an all-new original video game casts players as new mutant recruits in a rich, branching storyline that features a deep element of choice and gives players ultimate control of their destiny.

Spider-Man: Edge of Time challenges the player to take on the roles of both classic Amazing Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2099 to correct a timestream gone awry and prevent a catastrophic future brought on by the early and untimely death of Peter Parker.