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.

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.

Drox Operative is a starship action RPG with warring alien races, fierce space battles, a dynamic, evolving galaxy, and co-op multiplayer.

PlanetSide 2 takes all the groundbreaking features from the original game – massive multiplayer battles, distinctive empires to rally around, and enormous continents to support intense ground and air combat – and adds features that modern gamers have come to expect out of the FPS and MMO genres.

Supremacy MMA raises the bar in the MMA space by bringing an unprecedented level of fluid combat, intuitive controls and true-to-the-sport brutality.

Nintendo added one WiiWare, and four NDSi/eShop titles to the Shop Channels. Nintendo owners with online access can redeem points to download: MotoHeroz (Wiiware), Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge, Defense of the Middle Kingdom, Bridge, and Blue Man Group: Foley Part 1 (NDSi/3DS/eShop).

The Lost Chronicles of Zerzura will take players into a legendary, sinister medieval world of the year 1514, when the Inquisition took place.

Focused on creating a fun and safe online environment for kids and families, Clone Wars Adventures offers exciting minigames, dynamic activities, lively social events and thousands of customization options.  Players can even battle it out with friends alongside iconic Star Wars characters like Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, and Ahsoka Tano.

The newest chapter of the fight franchise marks a return to the series’ mature presentation and a reinvention of its classic 2D fighting mechanic. Driven by an all new graphics engine, the Fatality is back, presented in more gory detail than ever before, as well as a number of new game-play features and a deep story mode.

Set in a huge open world, Dragon's Dogma offers an exhilarating and fulfilling action combat game with the freedom to explore and interact in a rich, living and breathing world. Alongside your party of three, you set out to track down and destroy a mysterious dragon.

Diablo III is an action RPG where you create a hero from one of five distinct classes, such as barbarian or witch doctor, each equipped with an array of spells and abilities, and adventure through rich and varied settings, unraveling an epic storyline and engaging in combat with hordes of monsters and challenging bosses.

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.

In F1 2011 players will be challenged to ‘Be the driver, live the life, go compete’, with wide-ranging technical and gameplay advancements on and off track and vastly extended competitive and co-operative multiplayer components.

Returning for another knock-out round, Dead or Alive 5 will marry its signature fighting style with MMA fighting techniques with a fun twist to players new and old.

Bringing the new generation of World Warriors to new consoles, Street Fighter III: Third Strike – Online Edition takes one of the deepest, most sophisticated fighting games of all time online with an arcade perfect re-creation.

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.

Today, we have some juicy content. There's a fresh Street Fighter III: Third Strike - Online Edition PSN review, which is notable since we'll be giving away codes for it on Friday. Be sure to follow WorthPlaying on Twitter to get the scoop.

And you know an interview with Cliff Bleszinski is always an interesting read, as we grill him on a variety of topics related to the imminent Gears Of War 3 release (look for our review tomorrow).

I'm rather disappointed in the latest box office numbers. Hardly anybody saw Warrior, and that's a shame. While it may not be a deep social commentary like The Help, it's very entertaining. Contagion looks quite interesting as well. Might watch that this weekend as soon as we can scuttle our dinner guests out the door.

Cities in Motion sees players develop and operate their own public transport company building a travel network across Vienna, Helsinki, Berlin, and Amsterdam using more than 30 different modes of transport including buses, trams, subway trains and water buses.

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising will see the most realistic modeling of conflict scenarios in a new contemporary theatre of war.

Grotesque Tactics 2: Dungeons & Donuts will introduce tons of new content to the saga such as a completely reworked and brand new direction of optical style, a new character creation and leveling system with talent trees, quest logs and of course a brand new story line involving the great cast of the prequel

Civilization V reinvigorates the classic turn-based strategy genre with a new engine built from the ground-up. Players are introduced to a new combat system, deeper diplomatic interactions and a cavalcade of expanded features that deliver a fully immersive experience.

Sony has rolled out new PlayStation Store content, starting with free Playstation Plus content/discounts, God Of War: Origins, Renegade Ops (demo), From Dust (demo), Bulletstorm, Ferrari: The Race Experience, Elemental Monster Online Card Game, demos for FIFA 12, PES 2012, Red Johnson's Chronicles, Ace Combat Assault Horizon, DLCs for White Knight Chronicles 2, Elemental Monster Online Card Game, No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise, Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3, Section 8: Prejudice, Might And Magic Clash of Heroes, MotorStorm Apocalypse, LittleBigPlanet 2, Red Dead Redemption, song pack for Rock Band 3, the usual game/movie trailers, PS3 themes, and downloadable PSP/PS0ne games (Fading Shadows, Pong, Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness).

Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 continues Konami's determination to create a truly realistic, immersive and utterly playable take on the modern game. Thus, the focus in PES 2012 is the instinctive way the game can be played and on teamwork in particular.

I don't know if it's jetlag from our NYC trip or not, but I can't seem to keep my eyes open ...

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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.