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Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City, a compilation of DLC previously exclusive to the Xbox 360, has been announced for the PC and Playstation 3.
"Microsoft has announced a new starting price for Xbox 360 Classics in Europe, and three new blockbuster titles for the program, offering high quality experiences at outstanding value. From this month, Grand Theft Auto IV, Midnight Club Los Angeles: Complete Edition and BioShock will join the best selection of Xbox 360 games in the Classics range. A selection of titles, including Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: VEGAS 2 and Naruto: Rise of a Ninja will now be available with a Recommended Retail Price..."
You know, I've never been one of Thompson's harshest critics. I've always thought of him as someone who fought for something he genuinely believed in... I just felt he was incredibly ill informed.
Regardless of what I think, even his harshest critics have to admit he's done something pretty respectable here. He's agreed to appear at ScrewAttack's Gaming Convention and will participate in a live debate with Joystiq's legal columnist, Mark Methenitis on the topic of video game restrictions.
"Windows gaming took center stage today in San Francisco at the annual Game Developers Conference, as Microsoft announced new features coming to the Games for Windows – LIVE online gaming service and community:"
"To honour the highly-anticipated releases of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars and the latest installment of the survival horror videogame Resident Evil, Guinness World Records have announced some of the franchises' biggest records."
While going through my financial news this morning, I came upon a nice press release from Take Two Interactive (NASDAQ:TTWO). The most interesting part was about halfway down they posted tables of their releases for the 2008 fiscal year, as well as their projected releases for the 2009 fiscal year.
Nothing that we really didn't know already, GTA: IV PC, and GTA Chinatown Wars obviously caught my eye, as well as Mafia II, Bioshock 2, and Borderlands.
Add that to their recent publishing a...
"Above is the press release that was in my inbox today. Pretty cool stuff, we can all use new skins and achievements in our games. I also like it when game companies try to keep their games alive by using Holidays. Halloween is the perfect excuse to add Zombies to anything, why not GTA. In fact I may even play the game just to get the extra stuff. See ya in Liberty City."
Lucky for our fellow New Zealanders, they will be able to buy Grand Theft Auto IV. They weren't sure if they would be able to get the game when the Society of Promotion of Community Standards petitioned to have the game looked into further.
In a surprise press release today, sales trackers NPD Group, Enterbrain and GfK Chart-Track Limited have announced that they will be collaborating on an all new Top Global Markets Report for video game sales, which will combine the trackers' US, Japan, and UK data, respectively, in a sales ranking chart to track the global sales of video games. They are currently working on incorporating the other countries they cover, namely Canada (NPD) and the rest of Europe (GfK). This is the one of the...
"The distribution of Grand Theft Auto IV in Thailand could be halted following the confession of a teenager who claimed he robbed and murdered a taxi driver while trying to recreate a scene from the game. According to Reuters, Thai game distributor New Era Interactive Media has requested that shops pull the game from their shelves following the incident, with the company offering to replacement it with other games should they co-operate.
An 18-year-old high school student is in custody afte..."
With the most awaited title for the PS3/XBOX360 being released last week, Take-Two have released the sales data for the game on the two consoles....
In total, GTAIV sold 6 Million Units globally, bringing in an estimated $500 million, and of the 6 million units sold, over half (3.6 Million to be close to the exact value) were sold on it's opening day (estimated $310 million).
Console wise, the current standing is that the XBOX360 has managed to sell 20% more consoles than the PS3 (at le...
"Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of Rockstar Games referring to itself as "the purveyors of video gaming pleasure," has done it again, releasing another video game that contains extreme sexual and violent content. Take-Two, is anticipating $400 million in sales in just one week with its anticipated release of Grand Theft Auto IV tomorrow, April 29th. The Entertainment Software Rating Board ("ESRB") rates this game an "M" for "Mature," appropriate for ages 17 and up. Retailers are not ..."
"Microsoft and Rockstar Games have both suggested the episodic content for Grand Theft Auto IV is exclusive to Xbox 360, but everyone expected it was simply a timed announcement and something was coming to PlayStation 3 -- eventually. That doesn't seem to be the case, however, based on Peter Moore's comments at their E3 press conference"
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