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GameTrailers is one of the most interesting manifestations in the field of gaming commentary for the last year. The guys behind it have used video as a way to review and comment on games, while also offering all the latest trailers, developer videos and commercials related to upcoming releases.They have chosen their ... |
8 January 2009
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The gaming industry has quite a lot of iconic franchises, but in the genre of open world sandbox action games one reigns supreme, Grand Theft Auto. Rockstar's brainchild, this series has entertained us since the first top-down view versions appeared in 1997, and, with its latest Grand Theft Auto IV, has set new ... |
8 January 2009
04:59 GMT |
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The Xbox division at Microsoft has taken a long, hard look at 2008 and produced some data showing how important the year was to the gaming console produced by the software giant. There are more than 28 million Xbox 360 gaming consoles in use in the world at the moment, which means that the device has an 8 million lea... |
7 January 2009
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The Grand Theft Auto franchise is probably one of the most popular series of games out there. It has single-handedly shaped the genre of sandbox titles, and has won over thousands of fans across the world. With its latest release, Grand Theft Auto IV, the developers at Rockstar took the realism it portrayed in other ... |
6 January 2009
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Edge, the videogame magazine published by the Future media group, has announced the recipients of the 2008 Edge Awards, presented each year to those titles influencing the industry and changing players’ expectations.The big winner of 2008 is the PlayStation 3 exclusive LittleBigPlanet, created by Media Molecule... |
28 December 2008
05:26 GMT |
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Take Two is facing a tough 2009. As they released their financial results for the fourth quarter of 2008, which showed an increasing loss over the same period of 2007, chairman of the board Strauss Zelnick sought to emphasize the power of DLC as a revenue source in 2009, saying that Grand Theft Auto IV would receive ... |
23 December 2008
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Following a financial report which showed a disappointing fourth quarter loss, double that incurred in 2007, and a overall yearly profit of 97 million dollars, mostly derived from sales of Grand Theft Auto IV, Take Two is looking at 2009 as a difficult year, mainly because Rockstar's franchise will only see the ... |
18 December 2008
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The Grand Theft Auto franchise is certainly one of the most popular sandbox series of games out there, having won over fans with its amusing story and innovative gameplay. It brought a lot of new elements to the sandbox genre, taking it to a whole new level in terms of realism, and, with the latest Grand Theft Auto I... |
17 December 2008
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The Grand Theft Auto franchise is probably one of the most popular series of games out there, dominating the sandbox genre for quite some time now. It won over a huge amount of fans with its exciting story and great gameplay, making its developer, Rockstar, one of the most popular in the whole industry.But, as fans e... |
12 December 2008
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Time is one of the serious magazines that are aware of the impact videogames have on today’s society. The publication has just outed a list of the Top Ten games of 2008.The best game of 2008 is Grand Theft Auto IV, the title published by Take Two and developed by Rockstar. Lev Grossman, who is in charge of... |
12 December 2008
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Grand Theft Auto is probably the most popular sandbox shooter series out there. It has won over millions of fans across the world with its innovative gameplay and hilarious story, and has made Rockstar, its developer, one of the most respected companies in the industry.Although the franchise has never been a stranger... |
4 December 2008
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A few of the most unpopular pieces of software out there have got to be the DRM (Digital Rights Management) programs, which protect other applications, such as games or programs, from being pirated. Although some would say they are a necessary evil, the use of such systems, like the infamous SecuROM, is motivated by ... |
3 December 2008
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One of the main reasons given for the wave of downloadable content which is assaulting the videogaming industry is that publishers are trying to make sure that gamers hang on to their releases and do not re-sell them to specialized retailers like GameStop. There are some voices saying that there's a regular &ldq... |
2 December 2008
06:55 GMT |
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Grand Theft Auto is one of the most popular sandbox shooter franchises out there, largely due to the fact that it has won over fans with its great gameplay and pretty amusing story. The latest installment, Grand Theft Auto IV has achieved massive sales, and broke quite a lot of records when it was launched in April t... |
24 November 2008
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Grand Theft Auto IV is certainly one of the best selling titles this year, promising to offer players the great GTA sandbox experience with some whole new next-generation graphics. The game, although launched in April, dominated the sales charts and it is sure to hit the tops again, as the PC version will be launched... |
21 November 2008
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Grand Theft Auto IV was one of this year's most expected titles, promising players a next-gen iteration of one of the most popular sandbox franchises out there. It was launched in April for the Xbox 360 and PS3 and has since sold over 5 million copies. But let's not forget that the PC version is set to hit ... |
20 November 2008
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As the holiday season draws near, most videogames-interested media entities, from gaming magazines to sites, tend to get ready to announce the awards for 2008 for the games they consider the best of their categories for the year that is coming close to an end. Spike TV, the cable network channel that offers substanti... |
17 November 2008
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With gamers entering the busiest videogame release period of the year, charts are a good way of seeing how players greet each title; they also allow you to find out what best fits your gaming preferences and budget.Chart Track, the company which reports sales data for the United Kingdom, says that Gears of War 2 has ... |
13 November 2008
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Ubisoft announces that Far Cry 2 has broken through the one million sales barrier less than three weeks after the game was released worldwide. The game is available for the PC, the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 and Ubisoft is now willing to say which platform generated the most sales, even though we're willing ... |
12 November 2008
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When Grand Theft Auto IV launched, Microsoft urged a lot of players to buy the Xbox 360 version of the game by promising that it would get massive downloadable content from Rockstar in the fall of 2008. It's one of the reasons why the Xbox 360 version of the game outsold the PlayStation 3 variant.Now Rockstar an... |
11 November 2008
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The results of a study on three year olds, which was aimed at seeing how children are influenced by the forms of entertainment they consume, have been released. One of the conclusions of the study is that children who play violent video games are more likely to adopt an aggressive behavior in relation to their peers.... |
10 November 2008
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There's nothing videogame publishers like more than their titles getting some awards which can then be listed on the back of the game box. Awards, whether they are handed out by industry bodies or by fans, are a good indication that a certain game is good enough to warrant a purchase, so publishers are especiall... |
3 November 2008
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What is it with zombies and videogames? Valve is getting ready to launch Left 4 Dead, a game which is supposed to convey the experience through which a zombie apocalypse survivor will go through while battling his way to safety. Blizzard has recently introduced zombies in World of Warcraft, as a pre-launch event whi... |
28 October 2008
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Following the lead of World of Warcraft, where players are now threatened by a zombie uprising that is connected to the launch of the Wrath of the Lich King expansion, Rockstar is saying that players in Grand Theft Auto IV should also be careful about infected individuals who display zombie-like behavior.The in-game ... |
24 October 2008
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At the moment, there are about 14 million people who have registered for an Xbox Live account. They can play multiplayer games amongst themselves, they can buy content and get demos, they have access to the Xbox Live Arcade, the Xbox Originals and other features. Moreover, now, they are able to use Xbox Live to expre... |
23 October 2008
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The PlayStation 3 has had a rough time lately, without the exclusives everybody was expecting, like Grand Theft Auto IV, or games which didn't rise up to the hype created around them, like Metal Gear Solid 4 (it didn't sell quite as Sony was hoping). So, that made them look for other opportunities of poten... |
24 September 2008
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GTA IV is poised to arrive on the PC on November 18 with a host of improvements, some of them linked to the multiplayer aspects, which will be handled via Games for Windows Live, others related to the look of the game. And there is a lot of talk regarding the Nintendo DS GTA release, called Chinatown Wars, which is ... |
24 September 2008
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It really seemed like the cases of violence and accidents that were pinned on Grand Theft Auto IV were slowing down, even stopping at some point, until this one popped up from France: a teenage boy, after supposedly playing GTA IV, went out, spread some gas on three cars and torched them. Yes, GTA IV m... |
23 September 2008
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Although it was a bit of a no-brainer, there were some of us who hoped that Grand Theft Auto IV for the PC would not be a Games For Windows exclusive. The dream of playing over the Local Area Network with friends, tearing up Liberty City, was a nice one, but it was only a dream. Rockstar and Microsoft have just annou... |
23 September 2008
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We all know the really long story behind EA's proposition to publisher Take Two, which has quite a rich portfolio, with the likes of former Irrational Games studio, now 2K Boston and Australia, the developers of Bioshock, or Grand Theft Auto creators Rockstar Games. The news that the negotiations have seiz... |
18 September 2008
13:51 GMT |
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PC gamers have been waiting to see GTA IV arrive on their systems ever since the game was released for the Xbox 360 and for the PlayStation 3 way back at the beginning of the year. But PC gaming can be a messy affair, with complex setups and worries related to whether a game will or will not run on a particular compu... |
15 September 2008
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Electronic Arts has announced that all talks with Take Two regarding a possible acquisition have been terminated and that its offer for the company is now off the table.Just a short while ago, Electronic Arts asked Take Two to enter closed door talks that were designed to show what the two companies had in common and... |
15 September 2008
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The “Rock the Vote” campaign, which has been energizing the youth vote for the recent few political campaigns, is partnering up with the Xbox Live service offered by Microsoft for the Xbox 360 to launch an awareness campaign aimed at gamers. You can sign up for a contest by using your Gamerpic. You can d... |
11 September 2008
15:41 GMT |
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Microsoft reports that it has not experienced a slowdown in consumer spending related to its entertainment and devices division, which includes the Xbox 360 gaming console and the Zune player.Robbie Bach, one of Microsoft's top executives, clearly stated that “We have not seen, on the consumer side of our ... |
11 September 2008
04:31 GMT |
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Take Two is reporting the best quarter it has ever had as a videogame publisher, with the board saying that for the fifth time in a row the company did better than it had predicted. Sales went up to 433 million dollars, which is more than double the $206 million sales it reported for the same quarter of last year.&nb... |
5 September 2008
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When game developers begin to talk about limits and maximum potential, hardware developers know it's time to create something new, powerful and shiny enough to keep the software boys busy for another 5 to 10 years. So when Rod Fergusson, who is the senior producer of the Gears of War 2 game, recently stated that... |
3 September 2008
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The digital download services out there seem to be entering a golden age. Steam, coming from Valve, already has a pretty large library and big titles, like STALKER: Clear Sky, are getting released on Steam at the same time they are available in retail stores. Now Stardock is pushing hard for its own digital download... |
1 September 2008
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A few months after release, GTA IV seems to be creeping back into public attention. Not so long ago, Take Two announced that it would be porting the game to the PC and we recently saw some screens of the PC version of the game, which look downright amazing. And now Microsoft is trying to reassure Xbox 360 gamers that... |
25 August 2008
02:36 GMT |
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A new super chart is born, aiming to track the worldwide success and sales of videogames. The NPD Group, which tracks sales for the North American market, has joined forces with GfK Chart-Track Limited, which hails from London and focuses on Europe, and with Enterbrain from Tokyo, which provides data on the Japanese ... |
22 August 2008
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No hardcore gamer was surprised when Rockstar announced that GTA IV would make its way to the PC. It is a tradition for the developer to launch its games on the PC roughly six months after the console release. But now, after the announcement, Rockstar is showing off the way the game will look and play on the new plat... |
21 August 2008
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The Federal Trade Commission, which is charged with overseeing all major transactions that might involve a monopoly situation, has announced that it green-lighted a possible takeover of Take Two by Electronic Arts.The FTC says that "it now appears that no additional action by the commission is warranted at this time.... |
21 August 2008
03:35 GMT |
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A videogame distributor in Thailand decided to stop selling Grand Theft Auto IV following news that a teenager confessed to copying a scene from the game as he robbed and killed a taxi driver. To my knowledge, there is no specific scene in the game that depicts the murder of a taxi driver but the confession of the mu... |
5 August 2008
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When will it end? When will lawmakers understand that, just as it's unconstitutional and unfair to try and ban the sale of a newspaper because it prints an opinion or a fact that you don't like, it's also unfair and wrong to try and ban the distribution of videogames solely because you do not like the ... |
30 July 2008
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Mirror's Edge has so far managed to impress mainly through its slick visual style and through the way it aimed to turn parkour into a viable gameplay mechanic. DICE, best known for its series of Battlefield games, which just received a new addition with Bad Company, is developing the game and Nick Channon, one o... |
29 July 2008
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Everybody was sure that Rockstar was going to present the first Xbox 360 DLC when Grand Theft Auto: ChinaTown Wars' first image got leaked. You can imagine that it was a real shocker to find out that, actually, the developers were working on an exclusive title for the... Nintendo DS handheld! Nobody was expectin... |
29 July 2008
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Don't you just love it when politicians elected by people who barely know how to use the Internet and people who believe Fox News when it talks about Mass Effect decide to create laws that target videogames? The Governor of the state of New York, David Paterson, has decided to sign a bill that might see violent ... |
24 July 2008
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Take Two has been, for the better part of 2008, subject to a hostile takeover launched by Electronic Arts, a publisher that seeks to acquire new assets under the leadership of its Chief Executive Officer, John Riccitiello. But Strauss Zelnick, the chairman of the board of Take Two, still says that he would hug his op... |
23 July 2008
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If someone wants to make a soap opera set in the glamorous world of the videogame industry the subject they should tackle is Electronic Arts' attempt to take over Take Two. At first it seemed like love could blossom between these two. The first had the money and the publishing network, while the latter had the g... |
10 July 2008
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There's proof that the 20 GB version of the Xbox 360 console might be ready to depart from stores, being replaced by a 60 GB version of the gaming device. Apparently, an e-mail addressed by Microsoft to GameStop and BlockBuster was leaked; it details the way the new console will be introduced.Here is what the e-... |
10 July 2008
03:51 GMT |
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Grand Theft Auto IV is, according to reviews and sales figures, the best game ever released. When GTA IV was launched, if you remember, it was a complete hysteria, with thousands of people queuing to purchase it, with guys going on vacation, quitting their jobs and God knows what else, just to play it. Yes, it was th... |
4 July 2008
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