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New Grand Theft Auto V Details Are Coming in a “Few Months,” Rockstar Says

Rockstar Games has decided to try and calm down fans that have been assaulting it with questions about Grand Theft Auto V, saying that more information about the game will be shared in a “few months.” Millions of gamers from all around the world were thrilled to see the first ever trailer for Grand Theft...

14 February 2012
12:21 GMT

Valve Confirms Discount on Three GTA Titles for Mac

Valve, the development studio behind some of the most popular video games ever created, has announced a discount for three Grand Theft Auto games on the Macintosh platform. Via steampowered.com, the official Steam portal accessible through any web browser, Valve confirmed today that “Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand ...

14 February 2012
08:00 GMT

Activision Should Buy Grand Theft Auto and BioShock Publisher, Analyst Says

Activision, the publisher of massive properties like Call of Duty, should consider buying Take-Two Interactive, the company behind major franchises like Grand Theft Auto or BioShock, not to mention the popular NBA 2K series, according to games industry analyst Asif Khan. Take-Two Interactive is the publishing partne...

6 February 2012
19:11 GMT

Grand Theft Auto V Release Date Still Avoided by Publisher

Take-Two Interactive, the publishing partner of company Rockstar Games, has talked about the upcoming Grand Theft Auto V, but declined once again to mention a release date for the eagerly awaited title. Grand Theft Auto V is set to be a massive game and, after the release of its first trailer late last year, excitem...

3 February 2012
05:04 GMT

Grand Theft Auto V Might Be Released in Late 2012 Due to Max Payne 3 Delay

The recent delay of Max Payne 3, which is now scheduled to appear in May this year, has prompted quite a few analysts to speculate that Rockstar’s other big game, Grand Theft Auto V, will be released at the end of 2012. Max Payne 3 was initially set for release in March so, after Rockstar confirmed that it was...

20 January 2012
05:55 GMT

Grand Theft Auto Developer Wants to Tackle Next Generation Consoles

Rockstar Games, the developer of massively successful franchises like Grand Theft Auto, as well as hit titles like Red Dead Redemption, is now looking for an environmental artist who will work with next generation consoles. Rockstar has made a name for itself by pushing devices to their limits with huge open worlds ...

17 January 2012
03:33 GMT

Grand Theft Auto III: 10 Year Anniversary Android Review

While it may be hard to believe for quite a lot of older gamers, over 10 years separate us from the initial release of the iconic Grand Theft Auto III, a title that pretty much changed the way we view open world titles, as well as games in general. Now, as a testament to how much technology, not just games, has prog...

6 January 2012
09:21 GMT

Grand Theft Auto III iOS Now Dirt Cheap

Rockstar Games is announcing a 40% off discount on all of the company’s iPhone games, including Grand Theft Auto: III 10 Year Anniversary Edition, which now goes for just three American dollars (or 2,39 EUR). The offer is good until Dec. 29th, says Rockstar.The release of GTA III for iPhone and iPad marked the ...

23 December 2011
05:44 GMT

Grand Theft Auto III Drops in the iTunes App Store December 15th

Grand Theft Auto III, the highly controversial open world action video game by Rockstar, is making its way onto iOS platforms next week in the form of a 10 Year Anniversary Edition.Rockstar made it official on their web site this week confirming that only A4-enabled devices will support the title. Nothing lower than ...

7 December 2011
09:40 GMT

300 Mac OS X Games on Sale this Black Friday

Mac gamers will be pleased to know that Macgamestore.com has launched a kick a** Black Friday sale with savings of up to 75% on some Mac games. There is a total of 300 titles to choose from.All of the games are distributed digitally, which means you basically just click your way through to the download.Some of the ke...

25 November 2011
09:38 GMT

A Mix of Fun and Crazy Powers Saints Row Success

Saints Row started life as an open world story minded rival to the Grand Theft Auto series from Rockstar, but for the latest installment the team working on it took the idea of delivering madness in a game to the limit. Scott Phillips, who is the lead designer working on Saints Row at developer Volition, told VG247 ...

23 November 2011
02:29 GMT

Volition Ready to Create Saints Row 4

Saints Row: The Third might just have been launched in the United States but the developers at Volition are already thinking about the future and whether they might start work on another game in the franchise.Speaking to VG247 Scott Phillips, who is the lead designer at Volition working on Saints Row: The Third, has ...

16 November 2011
17:01 GMT

Grand Theft Auto V Release Date Still To Be Announced

Take-Two Interactive, the publishing partner of Rockstar Games, has confirmed some of its upcoming releases, but declined to pin an actual date on the upcoming Grand Theft Auto V, arguably one of the biggest releases since the last installment in the series.Rockstar Games finally uncovered GTA V at the beginning of t...

10 November 2011
17:21 GMT

Lots of GTA V Details Leak, Mentions Huge World and Its Protagonist

Just as the dust was settling on the first trailer of Grand Theft Auto V released by Rockstar Games, a batch of massive details have been leaked on the web, with information about the game's open world, its protagonist, as well as all of the things that you can do through the experience.Grand Theft Auto V was an...

7 November 2011
07:25 GMT

What the Grand Theft Auto V Trailer Tells Us About the Game

Grand Theft Auto V, probably one of the biggest gaming reveals of the year, has finally seen its first trailer be released earlier this week. Since then, Rockstar Games, its developer and publisher, has published a few more details, but there are still a huge amount of questions left unanswered.Luckily, in true Rocks...

5 November 2011
10:01 GMT

Grand Theft Auto V Launches in June, Analysts Believe

Without a doubt one of the biggest reveals in gaming this year was yesterday's release of the first trailer of Grand Theft Auto V, Rockstar's newest iteration in its extremely popular open world franchise, and, as you can imagine, it caused quite a lot of interesting reactions from various games industry an...

3 November 2011
16:51 GMT

Grand Theft Auto V Gets First Details, Takes Place Only in Los Santos

After revealing the first actual trailer for Grand Theft Auto V, Rockstar Games has now revealed the first details on the game, including which of its internal studios is developing it, where it's going to take place, and how it's the "most ambitious game Rockstar has yet created."GTA V was awaited for quit...

3 November 2011
09:00 GMT

First Grand Theft Auto V Trailer Now Available, Returns to San Andreas

After a week of waiting, Rockstar Games has finally made good on its promise and delivered the first trailer and actual details about Grand Theft Auto V, the next installment in its hugely successful open world series. As you can see in the trailer below, Grand Theft Auto V returns to San Andreas, the virtual repl...

2 November 2011
12:05 GMT

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City or San Andreas Might Also Appear on Mobile Platforms

Rockstar is getting ready to deploy on mobile platforms its classic Grand Theft Auto III title, but it hasn't ruled out the possibility of seeing its sequels, Vice City or San Andreas, also appear in the future for portable devices.Grand Theft Auto III was a milestone iteration for Rockstar's extremely popu...

31 October 2011
11:31 GMT

Weekend Reading: Grand Theft Auto V - What We Know

Grand Theft Auto V is coming, but we already knew that for quite some time. Now, however, it's official, with Rockstar counting down the days, hours, minutes and seconds before it unleashes the first trailer and details about its new game.Until this week, when the logo for the game was presented, there were quit...

29 October 2011
08:31 GMT

Grand Theft Auto Dev Believes Mobile Gaming Should Focus on Quality, Not Profit

The mobile gaming industry is rapidly growing nowadays, due to the ubiquity of platforms like phones or tablets, not to mention dedicated handheld devices, but Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser believes most companies tend to consider this segment purely as a new profit avenue, not one for which quality experience...

28 October 2011
03:40 GMT

Rockstar Will Focus on New Games, GTA V in the Future

One of the leaders of Rockstar has said that in the coming years the company is focusing on creating new “things”, which presumably means that there will be less releases for series like Red Dead , L.A. Noir and Max Payne.Dan Houser, who is the creative leader of Rockstar, has told Dengeki, a Japanese mag...

27 October 2011
16:31 GMT

Grand Theft Auto V Takes Place in Los Angeles, Has Multiple Playable Characters, Report Says

Immediately after Rockstar Games confirmed yesterday that a new Grand Theft Auto game was coming, by revealing the logo for GTA V, rumors have started flying around the web about the game and where it's going to see its action take place.Grand Theft Auto games have shaped the industry, and Rockstar has always em...

26 October 2011
06:37 GMT

Grand Theft Auto V Is Official, Trailer Coming Next Week

Grand Theft Auto V is finally official, as Rockstar Games, its developer and publisher, has put a massive splash screen on its website with the logo of the upcoming title.The Grand Theft Auto series is definitely one of the most popular franchises in gaming and Rockstar more than knows this, opting to create hype aro...

25 October 2011
07:25 GMT

Freedom and Good Stories Are the Basis for GTA Success

We don't know yet what Rockstar has planned for the next installment of the Grand Theft Auto series but one of the original creators of the franchise says that freedom and good stories are something that the series will always try to deliver.Speaking to Gamespot Dan Houser, who is one of the two brothers who hav...

24 October 2011
17:21 GMT

Grand Theft Auto Developer Talks About Open World Games

Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser has talked about open world games, seeing as how he and his team have masterminded some of the most successful titles in the genre, and where the industry is going in the next 10 years.When you talk about open world games, Rockstar is the benchmark, as its recent titles, from Grand Thef...

20 October 2011
18:01 GMT

Grand Theft Auto III Gets Touching 10-Year Anniversary Video

Rockstar Games will celebrate this Saturday, October 22, the 10-year anniversary of one of its most successful titles, Grand Theft Auto III, and has released a touching video tribute to the open world title before its upcoming release on mobile platforms. Rockstar has always been linked to the Grand Theft Auto fra...

20 October 2011
15:51 GMT

Rockstar Announces GTA III for iPhone 4S, iPad 2

Rockstar Games, the famous video games studio, has announced that Grand Theft Auto III will be making its way onto A5-enabled Apple devices this fall.GTA III was launched 10 years ago, this month. The open-world action game took the world by storm, and gained immense notoriety. The title was also subject to much cont...

17 October 2011
10:35 GMT

Grand Theft Auto III Arrives on Android Platform This Fall

Great news for Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto fans, as the developer announced that the third installment in the series will be making its way on the Android operating system.Rockstar Games decided to celebrate the game’s 10th anniversary by bringing Grand Theft Auto III to all fans who use an Android or...

13 October 2011
09:02 GMT

Call of Duty Will Topple Grand Theft Auto As The Biggest Games Franchise

Activision's Call of Duty series is set to take the biggest game franchise crown from Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto, at least according to Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter, who chimed in with his thoughts of the two big IPs.Without a doubt one of the biggest franchises in recent years, Activision�...

21 September 2011
18:01 GMT

A Gamer's Week: September 18

Hello and welcome to a new edition of A Gamer's Week, our special column where we highlight the biggest news from the gaming industry, as well as our own original features on the subject. As always, we've been keeping ourselves busy with a variety of things here at Softpedia Games, so read on to catch up wi...

18 September 2011
07:31 GMT

Grand Theft Auto IV Ships 22 Million Units, GTA Franchise Total Now at 114 Million

Take-Two Interactive, the publishing partner of Rockstar Games, the studio behind the massively successful Grand Theft Auto series, has now released brand new sales data for its key franchises, including GTA, which still sees impressive growth for the latest title in the series, Grand Theft Auto IV.Without a doubt on...

16 September 2011
17:41 GMT

Max Payne 3 Release Pushes Grand Theft Auto V to Late 2012, At the Earliest

Rockstar surprised a lot of people yesterday when it confirmed that Max Payne 3 is scheduled to arrive in March 2012, and analysts are already pondering when the company's next big project, Grand Theft Auto V, will be launched.Rockstar is famous for its Grand Theft Auto franchise, but in recent years it's b...

9 September 2011
05:06 GMT

No Clear Link Between London Riots and GTA Series

London has been affected by a number of riots for four days already and a number of other cities in the United Kingdom have also been affected and already some news outlets have pointed to video games as being one of the possible causes for the chaos created by gangs of youngsters bent on destruction.But Christopher ...

11 August 2011
02:59 GMT

Take Two Plans More Diverse Console Releases

Video game developer Take Two has posted a set of pretty ambiguous financial results for the first fiscal quarter of the coming year but the company is still looking to a bright future and they are planning to both expand their series on new, emerging platforms and to diversify the range of gaming experience that the...

9 August 2011
10:25 GMT

Grand Theft Auto V Could Use L.A. Noire MotionScan Technology, Developer Says

The often rumored Grand Theft Auto V game might use the special MotionScan technology pioneered by L.A. Noire recently, at least according to the developer of the detective title, Team Bondi. Rockstar played a key role in getting L.A. Noire ready for its debut a couple of months ago, and Team Bondi, despite recent...

22 July 2011
04:45 GMT

Grand Theft Auto V Announcement Coming This Summer

Grand Theft Auto V, the next installment in Rockstar Games' hugely successful franchise, is set to be announced in the following months, at least according to a new report that surfaced on the web. The Grand Theft Auto franchise has impressed generations of gamers and managed, with the last title, to immerse ...

11 July 2011
05:20 GMT

Saints Row 3 Developer Admits Rockstar Influence

Volition, the developer behind franchises like Red Faction or Saints Row, has admitted that it evaluated many other open world games, including Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto or Red Dead Redemption, while putting the finishing touches on the upcoming Saints Row 3.The open world genre has been dominated by Rockstar ...

22 June 2011
15:51 GMT

Grand Theft Auto V Set for 2012 Release

Grand Theft Auto V, the next installment in Rockstar's hugely successful open world franchise, is "well under way" in terms of development, and looks set to appear in 2012, at least according to a new report.Rockstar is set to debut a new installment in its massively popular Grand Theft Auto series, with the nex...

21 June 2011
05:15 GMT

GTA and Red Dead Redemption Creators Extend Take Two Deals

Video game publisher Take Two has announced that it has extended the long-term employment agreements with key talent at developer Rockstar, including Sam and Dan Houser, the two men who are behind the success of the Grand Theft Auto series. The publisher has not said exactly when the new agreements are up for renewa...

25 May 2011
04:21 GMT

GTA Creator Returns to Work on APB: Reloaded

GamersFirst, the company which picked up the pieces of the All Points Bulletin development and aims to recreate and launch the game, has announced that David Jones, who has worked on the original version of the video game, has joined its team and is working in an advisory role. It's not very clear what Jones ...

13 May 2011
14:41 GMT

Rockstar Would Only Do GTA Movie with Best Available Talent

There has been a lot of talk about bringing the Grand Theft Auto series to the big screen ever since the launch of the third game in the series and its groundbreaking success, but no project has so far become reality, with one of the leading executives at Rockstar saying that the main reason is the company's des...

6 April 2011
17:31 GMT

Grand Theft Auto V Gets More Rumors With Actor Casting Call

Grand Theft Auto V is looking all but confirmed right now, as a series of casting calls for actors in the New York area hint at some of the flamboyant characters that might appear in the next installment of the extremely popular open world franchise. Rockstar, the developer of the GTA series, has been keeping a ti...

30 March 2011
04:35 GMT

100 Possible GTA V Linked Websites Have Been Uncovered

Developer Rockstar and probably publisher Take Two are not talking officially about Grand Theft Auto V and that leads the most fanatic fans of the franchise to scour the Internet in order to get any new piece of information that could be linked to the next game in the successful franchise. Now a member of the GTA ...

24 March 2011
18:31 GMT

Weekend Reading: How Far Could Activision Go to Get GTA?

Early this week rumors popped up that Activision Blizzard, one of the biggest players in the video game publishing market, might be interested in launching a takeover of Take Two Interactive, another publisher that has a smaller footprint. Since the rumors appeared, leaked by a source high up in the industry, some...

26 February 2011
07:01 GMT

Take Two Still Not Talking Officially About GTA V

Publisher Take Two Interactive has announced that it has performed better than expected in 2010, a year when it did not launch a game in its most profitable franchise, GTA, but the company also refused to talk officially about the next game in the series and when it could be launched. Strauss Zelnick, the man that...

10 February 2011
15:11 GMT

Grand Theft Auto V Announcement Coming at E3, Report Says

Grand Theft Auto V, the latest installment in Rockstar's hugely popular franchise, is set to be officially announced at this summer's E3 conference, at least according to Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia. While Rockstar's latest games, Red Dead Redemption and the upcoming L.A. Noire are all fine an...

4 February 2011
18:01 GMT

Shagg from Cypress Hill Claims He Is Model for Carl CJ Johnson

One of the back-up singers for hip hop group Cypress Hill has sued both developer Rockstar and its publisher Take Two for the modest sum of 250 million dollars, saying that the two companies have used his background without his permission in order to create the Carl “aka CJ” Johnson character that made Gr...

10 December 2010
04:15 GMT

Take-Two Won't 'Annualise' Grand Theft Auto or Read Dead Redemption

Take-Two Interactive, the publisher for successful Rockstar titles like Grand Theft Auto or Read Dead Redemption, has just revealed that it won't start to "annualise" its most important franchises, just to earn a quick profit. The company's chairman, Strauss Zelnick, revealed that his company, even if it...

6 December 2010
03:10 GMT

Grand Theft Auto Trilogy Available for Mac OS X - Download Limited to 30 Days

Rockstar Games and TransGaming have announced Grand Theft Auto Trilogy for the Macintosh, a unique chance for Mac gamers to revisit the classic entries of the series, which include Grand Theft Auto III,  Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.Ported to the Mac via TransGaming’s Cid...

15 November 2010
10:23 GMT


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