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.

Dishonored is an all-new first-person action game under development at Arx Fatalis' Arkane Studios.

Sony has rolled out new PlayStation Store content, starting with Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, demos for Catherine, PixelJunk Shooter 2 Online Battle, Dead Nation, DLCs for Dirt 3, L.A. Noire, Worms 2: Armageddon, Michael Jackson The Experience, Magic The Gathering: Duels of The Planeswalkers 2012, Wizardry: Labyrinth Of Lost Souls, MotorStorm Apocalypse, ModNation Racers, LittleBigPlanet 2, NCAA Football 12,  song pack for Rock Band 3, the usual game/movie trailers, and PS3 themes, and downloadable PSP/PS0ne games.

Gratuitous Tank Battles is an RTS/Tower Defense hybrid with online elements and customisable units. The player can take the role of the defender or the attacker in a series of top-down explodey fun.

Electronic Arts announced an agreement to acquire PopCap Games, known for blockbuster titles like Plants vs. Zombies, Bejeweled, and Zuma.