At Gamescom in Germany, a few tidbits of news about Valve’s next game, Portal 2, have emerged. Firstly, there’s a release date. But secondly, it seems that none other than Stephen Merchant will be providing the voice for Wheatley.

Klei Entertainment and EA have released the official launch trailer for their upcoming bloody adventure Shank, which will be available for Xbox Live arcade and PlayStation Network this week.

Gamescom 2010 attracted 254,000 visitors, beating the inaugural show’s 245,000 and making it “the largest trade fair and event highlight for interactive games”, according to organisers.

The advertising for the new Xbox Halo: Reach game is hotting up this week. The campaign includes new short films, as well as, excitingly, a giant robot arm that Halo fans can play with via the internet…

Following the trend of once-per-month-paid-DLC, Lair of the Shadow Broker will go live on PC and Xbox 360 September 7 in the United States, and will be priced at 800 BioWare/Microsoft points.

UK defence secretary Liam Fox has urged retailers to ban sales of upcoming Afghanistan-based shooter Medal Of Honor.

Thanks to everyone who entered our very first round of online competitions last month. There was an overwhelming response and lots of lucky winners.

MotorStorm 3D Rift includes 10 tracks, 10 race events, multiple playable vehicles, and is playable in both 2D and 3D.