The super-fast weekend gaming news catch-up video: August 01, 2011

That weekend flew by, didn't it? But that doesn't mean things didn't happen over the course of it. We don't expect you to trawl through the internet yourself to find out what happened in the world of gaming - we've done that for you. So here, in easily-digestible one-minute chunks, are the five biggest stories you need to hear about you get you up to speed for the week. Including Kudo Tsunoda saying Kinect games with amazing character/player interaction are'coming soon', GT5 in-race savesstill on their wayand TimeSplitters 4 announcementreportedly imminent.

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01 Aug, 2011

If you like this, you'll probably love our podcast,TalkRadar UK, which will be celebrating its 100th episode this very week! Don't miss it.

01 Aug, 2011

If you like this, you'll probably love our podcast,TalkRadar UK, which will be celebrating its 100th episode this very week! Don't miss it.

01 Aug, 2011

If you like this, you'll probably love our podcast,TalkRadar UK, which will be celebrating its 100th episode this very week! Don't miss it.

01 Aug, 2011

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