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Saints Row: The Third doesn’t take itself too seriously. That much is evident. And its latest tongue-in-cheek marketing move is a new gameplay trailer that cleverly apes existing trailers for Modern Warfare 3, or indeed any other FPS trailer of recent times. Saints Row: The Third will be released in …

SCEA has confirmed that the first DLC for Gran Turismo 5 has been delayed in the territory. The download was scheduled to arrive in all regions today. It has already been released in Asia and should hit the European PSN servers later today. However, the content now won’t be released …

But Bethesda can still appeal court decision

Going to the London Games Conference?You are? Excellent. You’re not? Well here are 10 reasons why you should definitely change your mind 1. IT’S THE LONDON GAMES CONFERENCE November 10th marks the third outing for LGC, which debuted in 2009. In just a short space of time it has become …

Two of Japan’s major online retailers have seen their pre-order allocation of Sony’s upcoming PlayStation Vita snapped up just hours after going on sale. RPGsite reports that both Amazon Japan and Yodobashi are both listing the handheld as being out of stock and any new customers who attempt to pre-order …

Tomorrow’s edition of rock bible Kerrang is dedicated to all things gaming. Named Kerrang Presents: The Videogame issue, the new edition features head-to-head gaming showdowns, special photoshoots, reviews, and a whole lot more. Pop Punk heroes New Found Glory are the cover stars, while readers can find out what happened …

EA-owned developer DICE has released a number of stats about its recent Battlefield 3 multiplayer beta. A total of 8,125,310 took part in the game, firing a total of 47bn bullets and downing 1.5bn other players. 19m players were killed by a knife while 21m M-Com stations were destroyed. 2.2bn …

Playniac's Rob Davis introduces the concept of 'wireframe narratives'

One of the most cherished titles in Nintendo’s portable arsenal has announced its move into the iOS market while Studio Ghibli’s beautiful RPG Ni No Kuni has been confirmed for the West. Japanese development giant Level-5 has revealed that a new entry in the Professor Layton series is in development …

Capcom will celebrate the tenth anniversary of its demon-slaughtering action series Devil May Cry with a HD compilation. The new SKU – originally titled Devil May Cry HD Collection – will be released for Xbox 360 and PS3 in early 2012. It will feature high-definition versions of Devil May Cry, …