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Agent Is Still in Development at Rockstar, Resume Suggests

The resume of a research video editor working at developer Rockstar suggests that Agent, a game project that was presumed dead, is actually still in development at the company. Kotaku has gained access to the document which lists Agent alongside Grand Theft Auto V, which is set to be launched this fall. Agent start...

17 May 2013
05:04 GMT

Grand Theft Auto 5 Won't Be Present at E3 2013, 2K Confirms

2K Games, the publishing partner of Rockstar, has confirmed that it won't be bringing big upcoming titles like Grand Theft Auto 5 or The Bureau: XCOM Declassified at E3 2013 this June. GTA V is eagerly awaited by tens of millions of fans from around the world and developer Rockstar has gotten a lot of them exci...

14 May 2013
07:39 GMT

Max Payne 3 Sold Four Million Copies in One Year

Video game publisher Take Two says that Max Payne 3 has managed to sell four million copies since it was launched in May 2012, a solid performance for the third-person shooter.Three million of those units were sold during its first month on store shelves, according to data from CVG.Sales continued even after Max Payn...

14 May 2013
04:23 GMT

Manhunt Coming Next Week to PS3 as PS2 Classic, The Warriors Out Soon

Rockstar has just confirmed that one of its most controversial games, Manhunt, will be released for the PlayStation 3 home console in the form of a PS2 Classic, and that it will soon be followed by The Warriors. Manhunt sparked a huge controversy with its violent gameplay and twisted story that put players in the sh...

10 May 2013
20:11 GMT

Grand Theft Auto 5 for PC Leaked, Special Edition Contents Revealed

Grand Theft Auto 5 is coming to the PC platform, at least according to not one, but two different retailers from Germany, who mention not just the regular PC version of the game but also a Special Edition that includes a variety of goodies. GTA V is eagerly awaited by millions of gamers from around the world and dev...

6 May 2013
13:11 GMT

Grand Theft Auto V Gets Three New Pieces of Artwork

After launching some new trailers for Grand Theft Auto V yesterday, Rockstar has now posted three new pieces of artwork depicting the game's three main protagonists, namely Michael, Franklin, and Trevor. GTA 5 is eagerly awaited by millions of gamers from around the world and, in order to show off the huge open...

1 May 2013
08:30 GMT

GTA V Will Include Five Lucky Fans via the Epsilon Program

The development team at Rockstar is launching a competition which will see five lucky fans of the series make an appearance in the upcoming Grand Theft Auto V via the Epsilon Program. Basically, gamers can offer their personal details and a link to their photo in order to get added to a database, and Rockstar will t...

29 April 2013
18:41 GMT

GTA, L.A. Noire, Max Payne 3 Are Part of Massive Rockstar Weekend Sale on Steam

Valve and developer Rockstar are partnering up for a massive Weekend Sale on Steam that will deliver many of the biggest hits of the company, including all the versions of the Grand Theft Auto series, L.A. Noire and Max Payne 3. Gamers can also get older Rockstar titles with price cuts of up to 75 percent until Mond...

26 April 2013
10:26 GMT

L.A. Noire Creators Team Bondi Laid Off, New Project Canceled – Rumor

Sources suggest that Team Bondi, the development team that was behind the creation of L.A. Noire, has been laid off in its entirety after it failed to get backing for a new video game project. MCV cites anonymous sources inside the company that say staff is currently being let go and that a formal studio closure wil...

18 April 2013
02:51 GMT

Grand Theft Auto 5 Gets Two New Pieces of Artwork

Grand Theft Auto V has just received two brand new pieces of artwork that show off daring pursuits both on the drainage sewers of Los Santos and on the ocean that neighbors the fictional city. GTA 5 is set to appear this September and fans finally got to see the game's cover in the last few weeks, once again co...

16 April 2013
02:29 GMT

GTA V Reveals New Character Casey, Voiced by Jeff Wincott

The upcoming Grand Theft Auto V will feature a character named Casey, who will be voiced by actor Jeff Wincott, although no information on his role in the game's story is available at the moment. The news comes via the actor's IMDB page and he has also talked about his involvement with the new Rockstar tit...

14 April 2013
18:10 GMT

Max Payne 3 and GTA IV Headline Rockstar Weekend Multiplayer Event

The development team at Rockstar announces that it is planning a huge multiplayer event during the coming weekend designed to include video games like: Max Payne 3, Grand Theft Auto IV and Episodes from Liberty City, Midnight Club Los Angeles, Rockstar Presents Table Tennis and Red Dead Redemption. The full schedule...

11 April 2013
02:37 GMT

Grand Theft Auto V Official Cover Artwork Revealed

After a bit of teasing, Rockstar Games has revealed the official cover artwork for Grand Theft Auto V, the next installment in its hugely successful GTA series, with the same classic visual design as previous games in the franchise. GTA V is eagerly awaited by tens of millions of fans from around the world and, desp...

2 April 2013
09:11 GMT

New Grand Theft Auto V Screenshots Show Combat, Environments, Vehicles

Rockstar Games, days after apologizing from the lack of new Grand Theft Auto V details, has just posted a batch of new screenshots with GTA V, showcasing plenty of intense shootouts, as well as different environments and plenty of vehicles. Grand Theft Auto games have delivered some great experiences over the years ...

27 March 2013
09:17 GMT

Releasing a New GTA Every 2 Years Damages the Brand, Publisher Says

Each new Grand Theft Auto game must deliver a new and exciting experience, so publisher Take-Two believes releasing a new GTA title every 2 years would drastically damage the brand. GTA titles have sold tens of millions of copies with each iteration and many fans are looking forward to the release of Grand Theft Aut...

8 March 2013
07:39 GMT

Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Agent Might Not Come to PlayStation 4

One of the many things missing from the reveal of the PlayStation 4 gaming console was official news about titles suchas Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Agent, the long-rumored game from Rockstar.Shuhei Yoshida, the leader of the Sony Worldwide Studios, told journalists from GameSpot after the official event that he cu...

23 February 2013
06:05 GMT

Analyst: GTA V Absence Shows Publisher’s Lack of Trust in Wii U

Michael Pachter, the analyst watching the video game industry for Wedbush Morgan, says that the lack of a Wii U version for Grand Theft Auto V shows that some publishers don't trust the new Nintendo console and will avoid launching high-profile titles on it. The analyst says, “I have spoken to several pub...

19 February 2013
18:39 GMT

GTA V Developer Sponsors 2013 Red Hook Criterium Championship Series

Video game developer Rockstar, best known for the Grand Theft Auto series, announces that it will sponsor the 2013 Red Hook Criterium Championship Series cycling event, which will launch with the Criterium that takes place at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in New York on Saturday, March 30. Simon Ramsey, the public re...

14 February 2013
05:06 GMT

Max Payne 3 and Red Dead Redemption Get Triple XP Until Monday

Developer Rockstar says that both Max Payne 3 and Red Dead Redemption are getting a triple experience point weekend until Monday morning, allowing all gamers to log into the game and level up their characters faster than usual. Max Payne 3 was launched during 2012 and the developers have released a number of downloa...

8 February 2013
04:28 GMT

Analyst: Grand Theft Auto V Will Sell 18 Million Copies in Six Months

Arvind Bhatia, an analyst working for Sterne Agee who is watching the video game market, expects the upcoming Grand Theft Auto V to sell more than 18 million copies during the first six months after it launches. This would mean that the Rockstar-created title will move more games to players than this year’s in...

4 February 2013
03:50 GMT

Rockstar Apologizes for Grand Theft Auto V Delay

Grand Theft Auto V's recent delay will result in a better game, according to developer Rockstar, which has posted an explanation for the new September 17 release date pinned on the upcoming GTA V for the PS3 and Xbox 360 platforms. Grand Theft Auto V is eagerly awaited by millions of gamers from all over the wo...

2 February 2013
08:21 GMT

Dan Houser: GTA Might Use Science Fiction Themes in the Future

Dan Houser, one of the co-creators of GTA and leader of Rockstar, believes that his series might make the jump into science fiction as long as the development team finds a good justification and themes that are worth exploring. The Official Xbox Magazine quotes the developer as saying, “One of our strengths is...

29 January 2013
03:51 GMT

Rockstar Threatens to Sue Walking Dead Creator over L.A. Noir Name

Frank Darabont, one of the most celebrated television series creators of the last few years, says that he is forced to change the name of a new format he is working on because developer Rockstar would not allow him to use L.A. Noir as the title. The television man tells io9 that, “It was going to be called LA ...

26 January 2013
04:52 GMT

Saints Row Should Drop Innuendos to Compete with GTA, Says Cliff Bleszinski

Cliff Bleszinski, the former leader of the Gears of War team, says that Saints Row might actually challenge the Grand Theft Auto series for the title of best open-world game as long as the team at Volition dials down some of the silliness that defines the series. The ex-Epic Games public face states via Twitter that...

25 January 2013
09:23 GMT

GOTY 2012 Action Adventure Runner-Up: Max Payne 3

Max Payne 3 is a third-person shooter created by Rockstar and published by 2K Games that separates players from the legacy of the first two games in the series and takes them on a long journey to the South and to the future. The game also delivers some of the best action gameplay of the year, with gamers controlling...

20 December 2012
05:26 GMT

Gameloft's Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour Is Back on Google Play Store, Download Now

Gameloft launched the fourth installment in the Modern Combat franchise two days ago, but the game was pulled a few hours later due to some technical problems.The same happened with Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto: Vice City game, which was pulled from Google Play Store last week.Luckily, both game have been re-intr...

13 December 2012
00:53 GMT

GTA: San Andreas Out Today on PSN for PS3, Gets 20-Minute Intro Video

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has finally been re-released for the PlayStation 3 platform via the PlayStation Network and developer Rockstar Games has celebrated this by releasing the special 20-minute introduction video for the open world title. GTA: San Andreas was one of the most successful games in the series ma...

12 December 2012
15:01 GMT

Rockstar Working on Adapting Its Game Engine for Next-Generation Consoles

Rockstar Games has just posted a few interesting job listings online that hint at the future plans of the company, which include the adaptation of the RAGE (Rockstar Advanced Game Engine) for next-generation platforms and its upgrade with all sorts of new features. Rockstar impressed lots of people in the last gener...

12 December 2012
07:09 GMT

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Arrives on the PlayStation 3 on December 12

The official PlayStation Blog confirms that Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is launching on the PlayStation 3 home consoles from Sony on December 12.The game was rated by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board in the first half of the year and the Hong Kong office was the first to mention the official launch date.The...

10 December 2012
05:35 GMT

Download Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 1.0 iOS

Rockstar Games is out with the much-hyped Grand Theft Auto Vice City for iOS platforms. A universal app suitable for all iDevices and their respective screen sizes, GTA Vice City repackages the compelling story of one man's rise to the top of the criminal pile. Featuring updated graphics, character models and l...

6 December 2012
03:24 GMT

Hot Coffee Creator Remembers GTA: San Andreas Mod Development

Patrick Wildenborg, the modder who created the infamous Hot Coffee mod for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, recalls how he found the files that enabled the sex mini-game in the Rockstar open-world title and how the decided to make them available to the public. Speaking to Eurogamer, the modder explains that his intere...

3 December 2012
20:31 GMT

10-Year GTA: Vice City Anniversary Celebrated with New Rockstar Video

Video game developer Rockstar is giving fans of the Grand Theft Auto franchise a reason to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Vice City via a new video. The new trailer is also a promotional tool for the launch of the game on mobile platforms that run iOS or Android. GTA: Vice City was launched in 2002 and uses an...

30 November 2012
04:37 GMT

GTA Benefits from Staggered Launches, Call of Duty Loses Out

The Grand Theft Auto franchise from Rockstar and Take Two has benefited from the fact that it doesn’t strive to get a game out every year, while the rival Call of Duty series from Activision has been hurt by its regular launch dates, according to the leader of the GTA publisher. Strauss Zelnick, the chief exec...

28 November 2012
08:36 GMT

Grand Theft Auto Series Sells More Than 125 Million Units

Video game developer Rockstar and publisher Take Two reveal that the Grand Theft Auto series has managed to get a lifetime sales total of 125 million units, which is a significant increase over the 114 million copies total announced in September 2011. During the more than one year between the two announcements no co...

28 November 2012
05:08 GMT

Dan Houser Says GTA Hot Coffee Incident Was Upsetting

Dan Houser, one of the leaders and a co-founder of video game developer Rockstar, says that the entire company was affected by the Hot Coffee incident that involved Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and modded content. The executive says that the entire affair was upsetting for the company and draining at the same time,...

22 November 2012
05:37 GMT

iOS Gamers Get GTA: Vice City for Cheap This December

Rockstar is getting ready to unleash mayhem on iOS with the early-December launch of Grand Theft Auto Vice City: 10th Anniversary, a port of the studio’s classic third-person, open-world, shoot and loot game with intact 3D visuals and bonus features. Scheduled to debut on December 6 on pretty much every smartp...

22 November 2012
04:10 GMT

GTA V’s Emphasis on Bank Robberies Explained

Rockstar Games believes that, while bank heists and robberies were featured in previous Grand Theft Auto games, GTA V will do it justice because its characters are actually specialist thieves, not like previous protagonists in the franchise. Grand Theft Auto games, like their names suggest, are about criminal activi...

20 November 2012
18:11 GMT

Comedy Shows Might Not Return for GTA V

Despite the success of the comedy shows included in GTA IV, the next game in the franchise might not offer anything similar if the development team at Rockstar feels that they would not bring anything new to the game. Dan Houser, the leader of the team working on Grand Theft Auto V and a co-founder of Rockstar, tell...

20 November 2012
05:05 GMT

GTA V Shines Spotlight on California’s Small Towns

Grand Theft Auto V is still about six months away, but the team at Rockstar working on the it is keen to offer information about the mechanics and the setting, in an effort to show players how the game develops the core ideas of the series. Dan Houser, a leading developer working on the game and a co-founder of Rock...

20 November 2012
03:51 GMT

GTA V Is Better Because of Late Console Cycle Launch

Dan Houser, one of the co-founders of Rockstar, says that the upcoming Grand Theft Auto V will benefit from the fact that it is being launched during the final months of the current generation of home consoles, because the team can extract all the performance from the various devices. He tells Japanese magazine Fami...

15 November 2012
03:52 GMT

GTA V Has Mission Music, Expanded Radio Stations

The development team at Rockstar plans to expand the soundtrack for the upcoming Grand Theft Auto V with a musical score specifically created for each game mission, in a manner similar to Max Payne 3 and Red Dead Redemption. Dan Houser, a co-founder at Rockstar and a leading developer on GTA V, is quoted by CVG as s...

13 November 2012
08:36 GMT

GTA V Is like a Los Santos Holiday, Says Dan Houser

Dan Houser, one of the co-founders of Rockstar and a leading developer on Grand Theft Auto V, says that he wants gamers to see their experience in the coming game as a virtual holiday which allows them to become completely separated from real-world concerns. CVG quotes the developer as saying, “It’s this...

13 November 2012
03:54 GMT

Moving Between GTA V's Protagonists Keeps Players Entertained

Grand Theft Auto V, the upcoming open world game from Rockstar, keeps players in the middle of the action during its missions because it allows them to jump between the main characters, at least according to the studio's chief writer, Dan Houser. GTA V received plenty of official details last week, and without ...

12 November 2012
15:31 GMT

GTA V's Missions Focus on Heists and Jumping Between Characters

Grand Theft Auto V received quite a few official details last week and now even more official info about the open-world game has surfaced, this time relating to the missions that need to be completed by players, which focus on heists and jumping between the three main characters. After lots of rumors and speculation...

12 November 2012
03:10 GMT

GTA V’s Side Activities, Economy and Friends Get Rockstar Details

Grand Theft Auto V might be more than six months away from launch, but the development team at Rockstar says that it will enhance the side activities system of the game significantly, making it more interesting for players to spend hours in the game world away from the core quests. The biggest inspiration has been t...

10 November 2012
03:40 GMT

GTA V Has Better Shooting, Focus on Melee

Developer Rockstar and publisher 2K Games are saying that they have re-built most of the gameplay mechanics for the upcoming Grand Theft Auto V from the ground up, keen to offer both veterans of the series and newcomers a deep and satisfying game experience. One of the main areas of improvement for the development t...

9 November 2012
07:56 GMT

New Grand Theft Auto V Screenshot Shows Jet Ski-powered Shootout

A new screenshot of Grand Theft Auto V, the next game from Rockstar, has leaked online, this time showing off a jet ski-powered shootout with one of the previously-revealed characters from the title. GTA V is out in spring 2013, at least according to developer Rockstar, and the studio has begun showing off more glim...

8 November 2012
04:58 GMT

GTA V Will Sell 25 Million Copies in One Year, Says Analyst

Jesse Divnich, an analyst watching the video game industry for EEDAR, says that he expects to see the upcoming Grand Theft Auto V move no less than 25 million copies during its first year on sale, although a lot might depend on the actual market conditions when the game is introduced. The analyst tells NowGamer that...

8 November 2012
04:09 GMT

GTA IV: Complete Edition Available on Steam with 75% Price Cut

Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition is now available on Steam with a price cut of 75 percent until November 9. Gamers can get the package for the price of 9.99 dollars or for 8.74 Euro and the Complete edition of the game includes the base adventure and The Lost and Damned & The Ballad of Gay Tony, which focus on ...

6 November 2012
13:28 GMT

Grand Theft Auto V Now Available for Pre-Order

Rockstar Games has now just confirmed that Grand Theft Auto V, its long-awaited open world game, is available for pre-order at a variety of retailers from around the world, ahead of its spring 2013 release date. GTA V is eagerly awaited by tens of millions of people from all over the world and now, after releasing l...

5 November 2012
13:41 GMT


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