Runic Games CEO Max Schaefer said this week at GamesCom that they will “hopefully” release Torchlight onto the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade “by the holidays.”

Gears of War 2 executive producer Rod Fergusson recently revealed on his Twitter that those who play the game’s online multiplayer over Labor Day weekend will receive bonus XP, but there’s a catch to it.

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is the big highlight this week, while Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light hits the Xbox Live Arcade to end the 360′s Summer of Arcade event.

During his time at Comic-Con 2010 in San Diego, Dave “GET SOME” Oshry got some time with Visceral Games’ Dead Space 2 and got some snazzy photos of their Dead Space 2 backpack.

With the release of Madden NFL 11 this week, the fall release schedule officially begins and this first week ain’t too bad for gamers. Of course, there’s Madden NFL 11, but there’s some great downloadable games coming out this week such as Scott Pilgrim vs. the World for PS3, Monday Night Combat for 360 and, um, Enjoy Your Massage! for the Wii.

Crystal Dynamics has announced today DLC plans for the upcoming release of the downloadable Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light with five different DLC packs.

In its second quarter report released today, Activision announced that True Crime: Hong Kong has been delayed from its fall 2010 release into next year.

GameStop stores across the nation will be hosting early preview events for Halo: Reach this Friday, each with a Major League Gaming player showing off new Reach content and giving out tips and tricks for the new game.

Ubisoft has announced that Virgin Gaming will host online tournaments for Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, adding to an already stellar lineup of games in which Virgin hosts online tournaments, including Halo 3, Madden 10 and FIFA 10.

Looks like NBA Jam isn’t exclusive to the Wii after all, well, not entirely at least. Today Electronic Arts announced that all new copies of NBA Elite 11 will include a one-time download code that will allow gamers to access . . .

Major Nelson has reported that the Fable III Village Maker has launched today in the US and UK, allowing gamers to create their own villagers for the first time and even have their villagers appear in the game.

Activision announced today the sales of the Call of Duty series downloadable map packs, and as of June 30, 2010, the map packs have accounted for over 20 million units sold.

After teasing us a few weeks back, Bungie has finally revealed the complete list of Achievements for Halo: Reach, all 49 of them.

The first week of August 2010 doesn’t give us much to be excited about in terms of new game releases, however, there are a few good ones on the list including Castlevania: Harmony of Despair for the 360 and Earthworm Jim HD for the PS3.

The guys at High Moon Studios, developers of Transformers: War for Cybertron, are hosting another double XP multiplayer weekend starting 6:00pm PST, Friday, July 30th through 12:00am PST, Monday, August 2nd.