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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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Grand Theft Auto IV was by far the biggest game to appear back in 2008, managing to sell a record number of copies, and followed up that success with the release of two downloadable expansions, entitled The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony.Now, it seems that its developer, Rockstar, wants to further expand ... |
5 October 2010
03:19 GMT |
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Analyst Michael Pachter stated that because of the long development cycle, repeated delays and because of mixed reviews in the initial few days the 2K Czech developed and Take Two published Mafia II was set to be a disappointment, selling below the level needed to recoup its costs.But the publisher of the gangster th... |
3 September 2010
13:51 GMT |
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Grand Theft Auto has been making the headlines lately with a British tabloid claiming, falsely, that the developers at Rockstar were getting ready to exploit the Rothbury incidents that happened earlier in the year as material for a new game in the Brand Theft Auto series. But a rumors with most substance has also be... |
27 July 2010
06:18 GMT |
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Assassin's Creed 2 was one of the biggest launches in the history of French publisher Ubisoft. The game continues to sell well, being cited as an influence in the better than expected sales figures that it has posted for the first quarter of 2010, and the company is also preparing to launch a more multiplayer fo... |
15 July 2010
13:51 GMT |
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With Red Dead Redemption being one of the best reviewed and best sold videogames of the year Take Two could shed its image of a publisher which is only successful when the next iteration of the Grand Theft Auto franchise is launched. And it seems that the company is interested in expanding its offer even more wit... |
28 June 2010
03:43 GMT |
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Alan Lewis, corporate communication vice president at Take-Two Interactive, recently gave an insight on the usually long development cycles of the company's titles. Take Two is responsible with publishing games from the Grand Theft Auto, BioShock and Read Dead series.Lewis said in an interview for Gamasutra that... |
25 June 2010
17:21 GMT |
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Andrei Dumitrescu: There aren't too many new videogames hitting us during this period of the year, so I will fall back on some trusty well-known titles to get me through the weekend. My first choice for free time will be Hearts of Iron 3, the grand strategy World War II-focused game from Paradox Interactive.I bo... |
25 June 2010
16:51 GMT |
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Two recent job postings on Gamasutra indicate that Rockstar is pursuing new and unannounced projects. One of these postings hints at an Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii game, while the other hints at a Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable title. Rockstar North needs a physics programmer and a junior physics programmer... |
26 May 2010
08:01 GMT |
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Gran Theft Auto IV was a huge launch and the franchise itself is one of the biggest in videogame history. But publisher Take Two is still struggling to be profitable year over year, being described by most as a one-horse company, which needs to pump out GTA related products to make money. 2010 is the year when all th... |
15 April 2010
03:36 GMT |
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Grand Theft Auto is by all means one of the most successful franchises in the history of videogaming. Estimates say that it has sold about 120 million units since it was initially launched and there is intense speculation about what Rockstar, the developer, plans to do for GTA V.But the one blemish on its reputation ... |
14 April 2010
03:02 GMT |
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THQ has announced that it plans to release a new Red Faction title in the period between April 1, 2010 and March 31, 2011, which is fiscal 2011, while a new videogame in the Saints Row franchise will be coming sometime after April 1, 2011. These wide release schedules appear in a conference call attended by top THQ p... |
5 February 2010
03:45 GMT |
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In a predictable move, Rockstar Games has formally announced the availability of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for iPhone and iPod touch. Apple approved the game yesterday, apparently catching Rockstar off guard. The company later issued a press release acknowledging the latest developments, and encouraging fans o... |
19 January 2010
05:07 GMT |
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Although the announcement is yet to be made formally, Softpedia can confirm that Apple has approved Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for iPhone and iPod touch. Requiring a compatible device and the latest version of the iPhone OS – 3.1.2 – GTA: Chinatown Wars was originally slated fo... |
18 January 2010
10:31 GMT |
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A new report is saying that on the United States market, there were 1,099 videogame titles released, which is a little bit more than the 1,092 which came during 2008. This increase, which is slightly unexpected in a tough year for the videogaming industry, will probably be sustained in 2010 as more titles compete for... |
28 December 2009
08:27 GMT |
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Take Two is seen by a lot of people as being a one-trick pony, a company that can only make a profit when a main game in the Grand Theft Auto series is released. This year, it is saying that other titles, chiefly amongst them Borderlands (which has shipped 2 million worldwide), have also brought in a lot of revenue, ... |
22 December 2009
04:39 GMT |
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A Securities and Exchange Commission filling has shown that investor Carl Icahn has bought up shares of the publisher Take Two, pushing his stake in the company to just over 11%. He now owns no less than 9 million shares, which are estimated to be worth a little over 70 million dollars.The SEC document also shows tha... |
21 December 2009
15:01 GMT |
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Grand Theft Auto IV was a real head-turner back in 2008 when it was launched, but the spinoffs and additional DLC that were made this year just didn't rise to the same results. Ben Schachter, a Broadpoint AmTech analyst, believes that GTA has reached its milking quota for now, as The Lost and Damned and GTA: Chi... |
8 December 2009
04:35 GMT |
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When games become popular, they quickly turn into series, and when these prove to be at least close in success to the original titles, new installments are added as soon as possible. A good example of such a series is Call of Duty that had Activision and the developers involved with the project spill into the world y... |
4 December 2009
12:01 GMT |
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This week, Rockstar and 2K Games are hitting gamers with a double blow of GTA IV content. Those who have picked up The Lost & Damned downloadable pack can now get, also via Xbox Live, a new add on, called The Ballad of Gay Tony. And those who have not been interested in exploring alternative stories for GTA can now p... |
29 October 2009
17:21 GMT |
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This week has been oddly dominated by news related to Take Two and its biggest franchise, Grand Theft Auto. The company released its financial results for the third quarter of the financial year and things are not looking good, with losses of about 55.5 million dollars and with Red Dead Redemption, BioShock 2 and Max... |
5 September 2009
08:41 GMT |
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Take Two is getting ready to release the second episode of content for Grand Theft Auto IV. The Ballad of Gay Tony, as it is called, will be released via Xbox Live, as was previous DLC The Lost & Damned, but will also be published on a disc.Take Two, which is handling publishing duties on the title, is saying that th... |
3 September 2009
14:21 GMT |
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Once Grand Theft Auto IV was out, a small but vocal minority of fans and industry analysts quickly demanded to know when GTA V would be coming out.Rockstar and Take Two managed to placate them for a while by announcing two DLC episodes, The Lost & Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, but now that group is growing quick... |
3 September 2009
03:55 GMT |
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Take Two, best known for putting out Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto series of games, has published its results for the third quarter of the fiscal year and reported a 55 million USD loss, mostly because it lacked a blockbuster release.The biggest games the company has put out have been The BIGS 2, which was release... |
2 September 2009
03:39 GMT |
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The publishing label of Take-Two Interactive known as Rockstar Games has announced that Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is coming to iPhone and iPod touch this autumn. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is currently available only for the Nintendo DS, and is also set to make an appearance on Sony’s PlayStationPo... |
1 September 2009
09:40 GMT |
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Rockstar has announced that it plans to release Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars on the Sony’s PlayStation Portable on October 20. The date has only been confirmed for the United States and comes from the Twitter feed that Rockstar maintains. Initially, Chinatown Wars was released for the Nintendo DS way back i... |
26 August 2009
16:11 GMT |
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Kids grow up so fast these days, but it seems that they also pick up almost everything they see around them. Such is the case with 7-year-old Weber County resident Preston Scarbrough, who took his family's car on a leisurely Sunday drive. Of course, his skills weren't that up to par, as he blew through a f... |
3 August 2009
03:55 GMT |
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Video games are getting more and more mainstream, but with such a thing comes a huge pressure from various media outlets and from their representatives, which are very biased in the whole matter of video games that are inducing violent behavior in teens. One of the most recent and discriminative acts against video g... |
28 July 2009
16:41 GMT |
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The Grand Theft Auto franchise is one of the biggest names in the gaming industry, setting a new standard in terms of story, gameplay and the overall quality of the experience the player goes through. But with the prestige and popularity with the gaming industry, many analysts wondered just when the franchise would ... |
28 July 2009
03:57 GMT |
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Grand Theft Auto is one of the biggest names in the gaming industry, generating huge amounts of money every time a major iteration is released. The latest GTA IV title even managed to move over 13 million, setting a lot of sales records. With the release of the first DLC episode for it, exclusive to the Xbox 360 and... |
23 July 2009
03:58 GMT |
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Hello and welcome to another edition of A Gamer's Week, your roundup of everything hot and interesting from the gaming industry in the last seven days. This past week has been a rollercoaster for gamers, as while upcoming games received new details, others were sadly delayed and scheduled for next year. Speculat... |
18 July 2009
05:31 GMT |
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We've seen quite a lot of news reports about Take Two recently, largely due to the fact that the company has postponed one of its biggest releases of this year, BioShock 2, into 2010, when other high-quality titles like Mafia II or Red Dead Redemption will also be making an appearance. This led to quite a lot o... |
17 July 2009
03:48 GMT |
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In the gaming industry, there are a lot of high-quality and extremely popular franchises, but among them, Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto is the biggest. The series, which has broken records through its latest full-fledged installment, Grand Theft Auto IV, has introduced a lot of innovation in terms of story and gam... |
16 July 2009
03:57 GMT |
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Grand Theft Auto IV was one of the biggest videogame releases of 2008, managing to boost the overall value of the industry while also making sure that the year was very profitable for Take Two and Rockstar.A part of the same success will be replicated in 2009 as the companies will profit from the release of two downl... |
6 July 2009
05:24 GMT |
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Hello and welcome to another edition of A Gamer's Week, your guide to all of the big news in the gaming industry unveiled in the last seven days. We've seen some pretty big announcements about fresh games, teasers about future ones, and competitions for those that have already appeared. Without further ado,... |
27 June 2009
07:21 GMT |
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Rockstar is one of the biggest companies involved in video game development and publishing. Its Grand Theft Auto franchise made it famous but that doesn't mean that its many development studios won't release any other titles.One of the more recent projects underway at the studio responsible for Grand Theft ... |
25 June 2009
13:01 GMT |
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The Grand Theft Auto franchise is one of the biggest in the world, making a lot of fans due to its complex gameplay, intricate stories and, most of all, to the fact that it didn't shy away from controversy either in its content or, as we have seen recently, in its name, as Rockstart unveiled that the next DLC ep... |
24 June 2009
16:41 GMT |
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Grand Theft Auto is one of the most popular franchises in the whole world. It introduced a variety of new gameplay mechanics and completely revamped this genre of video games.Almost all of the major releases of the title have gained critical acclaim, alongside experiencing some strong sales everywhere around the... |
23 June 2009
03:23 GMT |
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There are certainly a lot of game publishers out there, but among them only a few stand out in terms of franchises and of how much money they can produce every single year.While behemoths such as Activision or Electronic Arts have the benefit of many yearly series, smaller companies, like Take Two Interactive, only h... |
23 June 2009
02:18 GMT |
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Hello and welcome to another edition of A Gamer's Week, the roundup of all the most important news from the gaming industry that unfolded in the last seven days. This week was a pretty interesting one, as it is leading up to the start of the E3 conference, so companies were working overtime to reveal some detail... |
30 May 2009
06:21 GMT |
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Rockstar continues to generate hype around its Grand Theft Auto IV game as yesterday it announced the second DLC episode for the game, entitled the Ballad of Gay Tony. Now, after already stirring up a bit of controversy, the company has unveiled the fact that the two DLC expansions for GTA IV will become a standalone... |
28 May 2009
03:20 GMT |
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