In Battlefield 3, players step into the role of the elite U.S. Marines. As the first boots on the ground, players will experience heart-pounding missions across diverse locations including Paris, Tehran and New York.

There's been a lot of talk about corporate license agreements lately with both Sony and EA updating their Terms of Service to require arbitration to resolve disputes and prohibit class action lawsuits, but there's another gem buried within the EA/Origin Terms of Service -- the company reserves the right to revoke all your games if you cheat or tell others how to cheat.

We have a busy weekend ahead of us, entertaining some friends for dinner as a return favor for their BBQ a couple of weeks ago. We'll be slaving away in the kitchen quite a bit.

Still haven't decided whether we're gonna watch Contagion, The Debt, or catching up on Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

Gaming-wise, played some Space Marine, liked it, and a little bit of Gears of War 3. Things have heated up a little bit in Stronghold Kingdoms as we've declared war on the second biggest house, so we're digging in!

Don't forget to keep an eye out later today for our Street Fighter III: Third Strike - Online Edition (PSN/XBLA) code giveaway on the WorthPlaying Twitter feed.

Gears of War 3 plunges players into a harrowing tale of hope, survival, and brotherhood that concludes the current story arc for Gears of War. With the last human city destroyed and the remaining survivors stranded, time is running out for Marcus and his comrades as they fight to save the human race from the jaws of extinction.

Disney Princess: Enchanting Storybooks invites players to engage in an array of stylus-based activities, including number-painting stages, unique tilt-painting games, and even coloring-book pages that narrate the classic stories aloud.

Sony Computer Entertainment announced that it is dropping the price on its 160GB and 320GB PS3 models, in Japan, North America and Europe, effective immediately.

Dream Drops is an MMORPG adapting stories, scenes and characters from fairy tales well-known and loved by children and grown-ups alike.

Dead Island is a FPP shooter that combines elements of the survival horror genre and adventure games. The game tells the story of a couple being tossed ashore onto the sandy beaches of a desolate, zombie infested, island.

TrackMania 2: Canyon features tremendous advances in graphic quality, racing realism and network infrastructure while maintaining the intuitive gameplay, captivating racing modes and familiar community tools that make the series unique.

Anarchy Reigns challenge the boundaries of the conventional brawler genre by allowing multiple players to get involved in heavy-hitting action simultaneously.

NBA 2K12 delivers the most realistic, stylistic, and feature-rich simulation experience ever available in the NBA 2K franchise – from gameplay to graphics, presentation and online features.

Electronic Arts has launched its EA Sports Season Ticket, an all-new program that provides premium benefits for a better gaming experience on five participating EA Sports titles.

Bleach: Soul Resurrección is a a heart-pounding action game that depicts the battle between the Soul Reapers and the army of evil Arrancars that threaten the peace of the world.

In The Baconing, players will be able to settle in for a lot of fun, meeting some old friends and new acquaintances in this new high profile comical adventure.

Fray is a turn-based, multiplayer, real-time strategy game that eliminates the waiting involved with most turn-based games by introducing simultaneous play.

Aces High takes the art and science of vintage WW1 and WW2 air combat and sets it in a high intensity online multiplayer environment.  Hundreds of players simultaneously battle it out against each other in massive aerial dogfights and bomber raids.

Frantic and fun, Fat Princess pits two hordes of players against each other in comic medieval battle royale. Your goal is to rescue your beloved princess from the enemy dungeon.

The long weekend is over, and boy, did we eat a lot of ribs! We stopped stuffing ourselves hours ago, and I'm still topped off. Ended the feast with chocolate brownies and some raspberry cheesecake bars. Tasty!

While we were too full to move, we watched the season finale of The Amazing Race and the latest episode of Falling Skies, but earlier in the day, I had finished up The Next Three Days, which was surprisingly better than I'd anticipated.

Off to eat some Rainier cherries ....

Call of Duty fans, prepare to engage: Activision takes the franchise’s intensity to new heights with Call of Duty XP 2011, the first-ever celebration for the Call of Duty community, packed with Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer reveal, $1 million tournament, live events, and celebrities.

Sony appointed Kazuo Hirai, President and Group CEO, as Chairman, and Andrew House, President, CEO and Co-COO of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, as President and Group CEO of SCEI, while Akira Sato, Chairman, will be retiring, as well as Ken Kutaragi.

As a result of feedback from many of its customers, Sony Online Entertainment recently undertook a full review of our game pass (subscription) pricing for SOE PC-based games.

ROCKtropia is the pop culture capital of Virtual Worlds,  where the mythology and game play is inspired by current events, pop culture and movie n’ music icons. ROCKtropia features MMO Style Game Play, FPS Action, Social networking and peer to peer E-Commerce.

Dead Island is a FPP shooter that combines elements of the survival horror genre and adventure games. The game tells the story of a couple being tossed ashore onto the sandy beaches of a desolate, zombie infested, island.

Realm of the Titans pits teams of powerful heroes and villains against each other on a dangerous and dynamic battlefield as they vie for control of the map.

Warrior of Dragon combines Oriental and Western mythology to create a world with breathtaking landscapes where players can use the game's character development and crafting systems and forge their own legendary weaponry. Entire nations will battle it out in massive full-scale wars that will introduce players to exciting battlefields and intense PVP combat.