Welcome, gentle listeners, to the Humpdate. It's a new month, and just two days away from "perfect cube day" (08-08-08), we bring you Edie Sellers and Simon DI chatting up this week's developments in gaming news.

It's a weird week. The post-E3 wave of information is tapering off to a gentle stream. Nothing that stirs up the bottom too much, but valuable nonetheless.

Topics and links (which you should check out if only for Kratos Sockboy images) after the jump...

, but you won't notice anything. It's just tidying up before the big fall update.

Rumors and indications that Microsoft will be dropping the prices of Xbox won't go away. , sparking further speculation that the prices should drop on September 7.

Beware: Spammers and phishers have set their sights on Xbox Live, with reports of . Don't believe, and if you've received one, contact your friend and tell him/her that the his/her account has been compromised.

so kids won't be scarred by seeing their virtual selves decapitated by mean-old grownups.

. Good for them. Now what about us stinky-poo-poo Americans and Europeans, huh?

has been patched (and ) to include Playstation trophies. Get ready to play those games all over again, as the trophies aren't retroactive to past play.

. Yay for PC purists! And .

details announced, including price and date of release.

. Cost cutting steps after losing $44 million last quarter.

, including Sockboy Kratos and Sockgirl Nariko.

Enjoy.