April NPD data - massive sales, GTA IV result
Sony names Harrison's replacement as studio boss
Konami shows total 2008 line-up at US event
Saturday, April 26th, 2008 Posted in Action, Journalism, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360 | 10 Comments »
The first online review of GTA IV's gone live, and IGN's given the game a perfect score. As ever, the piece is 16 years long, but you can see the ... Read more..Friday, April 25th, 2008 Posted in Action, America, PS3, Retail, Rockstar, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
US retailer GameStop's released a giant list of all its stores that are opening on Monday night for the midnight release of Grand Theft Auto IV. Even if you're not ... Read more..Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in Action, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360 | 19 Comments »
Please, stop. We cannae take any more. Speaking to 1up, Rockstar boss Sam Houser has admitted that the two versions of GTA IV do have visual differences. "There's a slight difference ... Read more..Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Posted in Action, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360 | 11 Comments »
Rockstar will not be impressed. According to GTAGaming, the American OXM has given GTA IV a paltry 9.5/10, saying the game has too many "filler" missions to be granted a ... Read more..Thursday, April 17th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Retail, Rockstar, Trade, Xbox 360 | 31 Comments »
Microsoft Europe is preparing a giant marketing push for GTA IV, the company confirmed this morning, with a spend on a par to Halo 3's advertising budget last year. "We can’t ... Read more..Thursday, April 17th, 2008 Posted in Action, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360 | 13 Comments »
According to PlayThree.net, the CVG GTA special is out and claims that the Xbox 360-only DLC for GTA IV could contain an area as significant as Vice City or San ... Read more..Thursday, April 17th, 2008 Posted in Action, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360 | 11 Comments »
According to Shortlist magazine, Ricky Gervais makes cameo appearances in GTA IV. Apparently Gervais appears as a comedian in The Comedy Club, giving three-minute performances that should soak up some ... Read more..Thursday, April 17th, 2008 Posted in Action, PS3, Rockstar, Rumour, Xbox 360 | 39 Comments »
This could be very funny. "Skip" - Andrew Pfister, the writer of 1up's GTA IV preview - has posted on Neogaf saying that the PS3 version of GTA IV features ... Read more..Thursday, April 17th, 2008 Posted in Action, America, PS3, Retail, Rockstar, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
These have been floating around in various places for the past couple of days, but MTV's got them all together, which makes life easier. You can see all the GTA ... Read more..Thursday, April 10th, 2008 Posted in Action, Australia, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360 | 3 Comments »
As reported by IGN, Rockstar's made a statement about the Australian OFLC 15 rating given to GTA IV and the fact its been forced to make edits to the game ... Read more..Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 Posted in Action, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360 | 17 Comments »
This Gametap playtest of GTA IV's multiplayer looks legit. Loads of info there about the various modes. Better read it quick: as far as we're aware this is the first ... Read more..Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 Posted in Action, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Gamerevolver has a shot of the contents of the GTA IV Special Edition, should you care. It looks pretty cool, actually. Just something else GTA IV-related to want before April ... Read more..Monday, April 7th, 2008 Posted in Action, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360 | 6 Comments »
Read more..Friday, April 4th, 2008 Posted in Action, PS3, Retail, Rockstar, Trade, Xbox 360 | 6 Comments »
Hudson Square analyst Daniel Ernst has predicted sales figures for what he believes will be the biggest selling games of 2008, coming to the conclusion that GTA IV will top ... Read more..Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 Posted in Action, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360 | 6 Comments »
According to this, GTA IV contains almost eight hours of cutscenes. All the cutscene material was apparently delivered to the BBFC for rating. GTA IV is supposed to have around 100 ... Read more..Saturday, March 29th, 2008 Posted in Action, Home, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
Here. The UK mag speculates that GTA IV will "heavily support" Home with a sponsored space and DLC in the form of character clothes and the like. We'd be fairly ... Read more..Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in Action, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360 | 9 Comments »
Get it here. You have to watch it. It's GTA IV. The next time you see this it'll be running on your TV, so get excited. Update: You can watch it ... Read more..Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in Action, PS3, PSN, Rockstar, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 6 Comments »
Rockstar has created a new website called the Rockstar Social Club, a stat tracker to chart your progress on GTA IV. Compatible with both Live and PSN, you can register ... Read more..Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in Action, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360 | 4 Comments »
This site has gotten hold of a leaked map for GTA IV. The map in question will be shipped with each copy of the game and details every nook, cranny ... Read more..Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 Posted in Action, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360 | 9 Comments »
Some screens here, apparently the first of GTA IV's multiplayer modes. As far as we know, these are the first of the game actually being played full stop. That site's ... Read more..Friday, March 21st, 2008 Posted in Action, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
Shots here, wallpapers here. The game's out globally on April 29 and you'll be able to see the final trailer on March 27. Read more..Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 Posted in Action, Australia, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360 | 7 Comments »
Ow. According to this, the RRP for GTA IV in Australia is AU$120, or £55. By comparison, the US version will cost £30, with the game costing £35 in the ... Read more..Sunday, March 16th, 2008 Posted in Action, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360 | 2 Comments »
Rockstar's announced that the final, final, absolutely final pre-release trailer for GTA IV will be released on March 27. Praise be to God. Apparently it's called 'Good Lord, What Are ... Read more..Friday, March 14th, 2008 Posted in Action, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
According to this, German mag Games Aktuell will be carrying details of GTA IV multiplayer on March 19. Which is next week. Apparently the hugely anticipated game will feature modes ... Read more..Thursday, March 13th, 2008 Posted in Action, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360 | 6 Comments »
It's almost as is if anyone can now download the article for free, thus negating the magazine's cover price and making a mockery of print in general. You can find ... Read more..Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 Posted in 2K, Action, Financials, Rockstar, Take-Two | No Comments »
Speaking in an investor call last night following the release of Take-Two's Q1 financials last night, CEO Ben Feder revealed that the Grand Theft Auto franchise had sold 66 million ... Read more..Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 Posted in Action, PS3, Rockstar, Take-Two, Xbox 360 | 9 Comments »
In an investor call following the release of Q1 financials yesterday, Take-Two confirmed that, aside from a slightly warmer color pallet on the PS3 version, the PS3 and Xbox 360 ... Read more..Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 Posted in 2K, Action, PS3, Rockstar, Take-Two, Xbox 360 | 9 Comments »
Take-Two has confirmed that it will release extra episodic content for GTA IV in 2009. The news came in a just-released financial statement, which also carried first confirmation of the ... Read more..Friday, March 7th, 2008 Posted in Action, MMO, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Blimey. According to this, Rockstar boss Sam Houser has made a very encouraging comment about the possibility of a GTA MMO in the latest edition on EGM. Houser said the concept ... Read more..Friday, February 29th, 2008 Posted in 2K, Action, PS3, Rockstar, Take-Two, Xbox 360 | 3 Comments »
News from the GTA IV preview cavalcade last night says that the game is about 100 hours long and there'll be no cut down version prior to release. Thanks to ... Read more..Thursday, February 28th, 2008 Posted in 2K, Action, PS3, Rockstar, Take-Two, UK, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
We're getting a bit bored of this now. Two new UK impression pieces on GTA IV here and here. "Grand Theft Auto IV is looking superb," said Guy Gamespot. "Underneath the ... Read more..Monday, February 18th, 2008 Posted in Jack Thompson, Violence in games | No Comments »
Lord. Anti-games protestor Jack Thompson can't help himself. Not content with launching ostensibly insane claims about last week's North Illinois University shootings, he's now decided to 'join in' with the ... Read more..Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 Posted in Action, Fighter, PS3, PSN | 7 Comments »
It'll be interesting to see if these have aged well. According to some chap here, quoting from the latest UK OPM, GTA1 and GTA2 are being lined up for inclusion ... Read more..Saturday, February 9th, 2008 Posted in Journalism, Politics, UK, Violence in games | 1 Comment »
Following this week's news that wary glances are being cast behind the scenes of Tanja Byron's upcoming report, British national daily The Guardian is this morning carrying, "Ministers plan clampdown ... Read more..Friday, February 8th, 2008 Posted in 2K, Development, Rockstar, Stuff, Take-Two, UK | No Comments »
This is awesome. Mike Dailly, one of the original DMA Design staffers, has shared his photo collection from the early days of the studio, which eventually became Rockstar North and ... Read more..Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 Posted in Movies, Rockstar | No Comments »
Rockstar head Dan Houser has been quick to stamp on further talk of a GTA movie following yesterday's Variety story, which claimed a filmed based on the giant gaming franchise ... Read more..Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 Posted in Movies, Rockstar | 3 Comments »
According to Variety, a GTA film deal came close to finalisation last spring with "one of the six major studios" then "at the last minute, it all fell apart". "I'm told ... Read more..Sunday, February 3rd, 2008 Posted in Action, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360 | 2 Comments »
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In a community meeting after which books were probably burnt, an anti-gang leader from Wicomico County in Maryland has denounced games - and specifically GTA - for creating a "lack ... Read more..
