Included in the latest batch of media from Gearbox's Diablo-esque shooter Borderlands (PC, PS3, 360) are explosions, guns, some creepy-looking dude, and more guns. Borderlands and its gun-heavy take on RPG-style loot action are expected next year.

Ever want to see Vin Diesel driving a junker that looks too small for his masculine build? Well, today is your day, and there'll be much more where that comes from when Midway Newcastle's open-world driving-action game hits PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 next year.

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As is usual for any major gaming event, the first day of the Leipzig Games Convention was a flurry of news and as everyone rushed the spotlight for their 15 minutes of fame.

Below, we've assembled the cream of today's crop, highlighting the news, screenshots and trailers that everyone's talking about. To see all of our Leipzig stories, simply hit up the GC 2008 tag.

• Fallout 3 Dated: Post-apocalyptic RPG Hits October 28
• New Diablo 3 Screenshots Promote Equality
• First Grand Theft Auto 4 PC Screenshots Surface
• Redesigned Xbox 360 Controller Has Better D-pad, Not Hitting North America
  
  
• Warhammer Online CG Trailer: An Epic Fantasy
• Grand Theft Auto 4 PC: First Details
• Mirror's Edge Extended Gameplay Footage Released... Read more

Sega has released a new trailer for the stylistic, PlayStation 3-exclusive Valkyria Chronicles. The WOW Entertainment RPG, set in a fictional 1930s Europe, features a turn-based battle system and a sweeping storyline.

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Valkyria is scheduled for a November 11 release in North America.

Furthering our knowledge of Street Fighter 4's visuals, Capcom has issued new screenshots of the thruway combat game, which hits PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 next year.

Sega has released a batch of six screenshots from Creative Assembly's upcoming strategy/RTS title Empire: Total War--three showing land battles, and three if by sea.

PC strategy fans can expect to whet their appetites for Napoleonic combat next February.

Gearbox Software's efforts to bring maraca-shaking monkeys to the Wii will be realized when Samba de Amigo hits North American retailers on September 23 and European stores on September 19, publisher Sega has announced.

Along with the date, Sega issued a list of the songs contained within the Wii Remote-rattling music title and a couple new screenshots.

All-New Wii-Exclusive Songs:

• Pon de Replay - Rihanna
• Smooth - Santana*
• Mambo No. 5 - Lou Bega*
• Oye Como Va - Santana*... Read more

In commemoration of the Leipzig Games Convention, Deep Silver has offered up the first screenshots of Ride to Hell (PC, PS3, 360), the open-world biker game it and unknown others are currently prepping for a mid-2009 release.

Fulfilling the desires of many fans, the latest media from Konami's fighter Castlevania Judgment (Wii) features young series heroine Maria Renard and lots of whip action.

Packing online multiplayer, Castlevania Judgment hits North America this fall.

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Sony Computer Entertainment has fired the latest volley in today's barrage of new screenshots, offering glimpses of three downloadable PlayStation 3 efforts.

Fat Princess - Darkstar Industries / Arcade Action

Crash Commando - EPOS Game Studios / Action... Read more

Yet more from the Leipzig Games Convention as Ubisoft has also issued new screenshots from their upcoming sci-fi strategy game Tom Clancy's EndWar (PS3, X360).

Additionally, a new "Theater of War" trailer for the game is available featuring cinematic and in-game footage.

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Developed by Ubisoft Shanghai, Tom Clancy's EndWar is scheduled for an October 15 release.

The map editor in Ubisoft Montreal's Far Cry 2 will be supported by an online sharing and ranking network. Users will be able to rate their favorite multiplayer maps and download the more popular ones, ensuring less time wasted on junkier levels.

The below trailer offers a glimpse of the editor's level creation tools.

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Far Cry 2 is planned for release on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 later this year. For more information on the map editor, check out our recent interview with Far Cry 2 creative director Clint Hocking.

With GRIN's Bionic Commando remake now available on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, publisher Capcom has issued the following screenshots to remind us of GRIN's other Bionic Commando effort, which will hit the same platforms as the remake.

The first details on the Grand Theft Auto 4 PC port are drifting in from the Leipzig Games Convention.

A new replay editor will allow players to edit and save the last 30 seconds of gameplay. Filters, cutting, and camera angles will be supported. The separate 30-second clips can then be edited together into a longer work using the "montage editor." The complete work can then be shared on the Rockstar Social Club.

The game will also receive some changes to its multiplayer modes. Though few details have been released on this point, it was hinted that the overall player count--Grand Theft Auto 4 supported 16 player servers--may be increased for the PC edition. Confirmed are a robust set of server filters, which will enable users to find matches with specific settings much easier.

The graphics engine has also been improved, with more realistic lighting and a higher level of character and environment detail, according to Eurogamer. Resolutions up to 2560x1600 will be supported.

Grand Theft Auto 4 is set to hit PC on November 18.

A wireless keypad with a touch-sensitive pad will be released for the PlayStation 3 in November, Sony announced today.

As it utilizes Bluetooth technology, the pad can be used with any other Bluetooth-compatible device, such as a smart phone or a laptop, and charges its battery via a USB connection.

With a toggle switch, the "entire surface of the keypad" can be used as a mouse-like touch pad, according to Sony.

"In this mode, you can slide your finger on this area to move the cursor on the screen and tap to enter," SCEA hardware marketing director John Koller wrote on the official PlayStation Blog. "There will be two short cut buttons on the Keypad that will enable users to jump directly to the XMB's 'Friends' icon and the 'Message Box' during gameplay."

Those fresh-feeling Mirror's Edge trailers sure made the game look great, but there's nothing like raw footage to really settle your hype meter.

To that end, Electronic Arts has released some additional footage of the game that made you look up the word "parkour."

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Mirror's Edge is expected to hit on PC, Playstation 3, and Xbox 360 later this year. For more on the title, check out our recent preview.

Ubisoft has provided the following walkthrough and screenshots of the next Prince of Persia title, which will arrive on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in late 2008.

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Screenshots and concept art of Evolution Studios' MotorStorm: Pacific Rift (PS3), due out this fall, are the latest in the barrage of media from the Leipzig Games Convention.

Sony today announced that a new 160GB PlayStation 3 bundle will soon be making its way to North America.

The large-volume system will come bundled with Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, a voucher for the PlayStation Network title PAIN, and a DualShock 3 controller. The 160GB system carries the same feature list as the 80GB model.

Sony expects the package to sell for $499.99 when it arrives in November.

New screenshots and artwork of Guerrilla Games' first PlayStation 3 effort Killzone 2 have been released, highlighting the shooter's multiplayer component.

Killzone 2 is scheduled for a February 2009 release.