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With my PlayStation Plus subscription about to expire, I reflect on a year of dated content and "exclusive" betas. Is the service a necessity or a luxury?

Last year E3 was all about controller-less gaming. Will this year show a bolstered support for the new tech...or is it doomed to suffer the fate of the many peripherals before it? Pixel Perfect's Justin Brenis looks to the past and future to determine if E3 2011 will "move" away from motion tech for good, or stand its ground and build on it.

The long nightmare of the PSN outage is over...probably. Here's how Bitmob's Facebook and Twitter followers are feeling.

Although PSN is down, we still have much to play on our PS3s.

Video Blips for April 20, 2011. Rocksmith puts the power of a real guitar in your hands, SOCOM 4 shows off its stuff, Darkspore slashes through waves of mutants, and more.

News Blips for April 19, 2011. Portal 2 causes a teacher to cancel class for science, mods for The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim could appear on consoles, Sony doesn't give a straight answer in response to rumors of the PSP Go's demise, and more.

Ever wonder what's being dumped unto the shelves of video game stores every week? Wonder no more! Karli Winata will attempt to bring to light the many releases that come out each week. Won't you join him in his self torture? Check out what's coming out on the week of 4/18/2011.

Video Blips for March 18, 2011. Check out six whopping minutes of Fez gameplay, the intro to The Behemoth's BattleBlock Theater, a look at the puzzler StarDrone, and more.

In SOCOM 4's new 32-player Bomb Squad mode, only one guy truly matters...and that changes how everyone plays the game.

Video Blips for Jan. 28, 2011: gameplay footage of Final Fantasy Versus 13's modern setting, a severe distaste for sharpshooters in SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs, and the theatrical entrance of the Marine Corps in Operation Flashpoint: Red River

News Blips for July 29, 2010. SOCOM 4 won't deploy until 2011, Sony stems its losses with more than doubled PS3 sales, analyst Tim Merel thinks that online and mobile gaming will eventually overtake console games, and more.

Overwhelmed by all the new shooters announced at this year's E3? Fret not...here's a simple guide to them all.