diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/gamespot.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/gamespot.py
index 3d67b9d602..908a8b2c96 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/gamespot.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/gamespot.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 class GameSpotIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'(?:http://)?(?:www\.)?gamespot\.com/.*-(?P<page_id>\d+)/?'
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?:http://)?(?:www\.)?gamespot\.com/.*-(?P<id>\d+)/?'
     _TEST = {
         'url': 'http://www.gamespot.com/videos/arma-3-community-guide-sitrep-i/2300-6410818/',
         'md5': 'b2a30deaa8654fcccd43713a6b6a4825',
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ class GameSpotIE(InfoExtractor):
     }
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        page_id = mobj.group('page_id')
+        page_id = self._match_id(url)
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, page_id)
-        data_video_json = self._search_regex(r'data-video=["\'](.*?)["\']', webpage, 'data video')
+        data_video_json = self._search_regex(
+            r'data-video=["\'](.*?)["\']', webpage, 'data video')
         data_video = json.loads(unescapeHTML(data_video_json))
 
         # Transform the manifest url to a link to the mp4 files
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
         http_path = f4m_path[1:].split('/', 1)[1]
         http_template = re.sub(QUALITIES_RE, r'%s', http_path)
         http_template = http_template.replace('.csmil/manifest.f4m', '')
-        http_template = compat_urlparse.urljoin('http://video.gamespotcdn.com/', http_template)
+        http_template = compat_urlparse.urljoin(
+            'http://video.gamespotcdn.com/', http_template)
         formats = []
         for q in qualities:
             formats.append({
@@ -52,8 +53,9 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
 
         return {
             'id': data_video['guid'],
+            'display_id': page_id,
             'title': compat_urllib_parse.unquote(data_video['title']),
             'formats': formats,
-            'description': get_meta_content('description', webpage),
+            'description': self._html_search_meta('description', webpage),
             'thumbnail': self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage),
         }