Sega and Capcom have both pulled out of Germany's GamesCom. Gamescom 2010 runs from August 18 through the 22. Sega cited a "commercial decision" as their reason for pulling out. A statement from Capcom Europe says that the decision largely because Germany's Classification Board banning Dead Rising in the country.

During Comic-Con, Microsoft revealed a Limited Edition Halo: Reach bundle containing Halo: Reach, two controllers with an Xbox 360 Slim in special silver casings, for $399. This package will be available September 14.
Xbox Live's Major Nelson added via his Twitter account that, "The Halo: Reach console makes a Halo inspired sound when you turn it on, and another one (shield power up) when you eject the drive."

For the past 12 months Just Add Water has been working extremely closely with the fantastic people at Oddworld Inhabitants, from what started off as brief discussions in June 2009, to now working on multiple projects, across multiple platforms.
In the coming weeks and months they will be announcing these exciting projects starring all of your favorite Oddworld characters.
“To work with the team at Oddworld has been amazing; being able to tap the minds of Lorne Lanning, Sherry McKenna and others has been fantastic,” said Just Add Water’s Managing Director Stewart Gilray.
“It’s almost symbiotic in that when something moves forward on any of the projects we just start chatting about new items, or what if we do this,” Gilray continued. “We’re all extremely excited to breathe life into the Oddworld universe and indeed to let it breathe life into us.”

Aksys Games has announced Blazing Souls Accelate for the PSP.
"It has been years since a war called the Seven Year War ended and peace finally arrived in the land. The story begins with Zero the protagonist making his living as an independent contractor. One day he is investigating a certain site. It is there that he finds a mysterious stone infused with a powerful magic known as the Core Elemental. As he takes on more and more jobs to investigate other locations, he discovers more and more Core Elemental stones. On his travels, he begins to encounter the Human Genomes—new creatures created by God to replace mankind. One thirsts for power. One desires only the eradication of mankind. And one hopes to retrieve what he has lost. To get what they desire, each one appears before our protagonist. Through his battles against the Human Genomes, our protagonist begins to learn the truth about the secret of his birth, and before long finds himself at the very place where he was born... Finally, he will learn the truth of his existence..."

Toradora! and Persona: Trinity Soul were released to selected online retail stores July 6th. They both can be found at: http://store.nisamerica.com