Gothic 3: Preview @ Games Radar

Games Radar has posted an extremely short preview of Gothic 3 that apparently comes from a hands-on post-E3 viewing, making it quite up to date - even if the material covered in a handful of paragraphs is well known:

The developers clearly have a fetish for medieval arms and have gone to extreme lengths to motion-capture not just swords, but also weapons like pole arms and two-handed axes. We were treated to an arena battle with a fighter who dual-wielded twin swords; his whirling animations were already buttery smooth. The ballet of evisceration was controlled with a combination of right and left mouse clicks that made quick work of the opponent. However, with his vanquished foe now crumpled in a pool of blood, our champion still had the weighty choice of whether to finish him off or show mercy - kill off the wrong guy and you'll quickly have an entire village after your hide.

Source: World of Gothic