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L.A. Noire Sequel Not Ruled Out by Rockstar

Rockstar Games has confirmed that it’s always working on different projects and that a title like L.A. Noire 2 could appear at some point in time, after games like Max Payne 3 or Grand Theft Auto V are completed. Rockstar helped Australian developer Team Bondi deploy L.A. Noire last year onto the PS3 or Xbox 3...

14 February 2012
14:21 GMT

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

Short Max Payne 3 Video Shows Off the Impressive 608 Bull Revolver

Rockstar Games has just deployed a fresh new website for the upcoming Max Payne 3 video game and, in order to show off its impressive technology, has released a short little video focusing on the 608 Bull Revolver weapon. Max Payne 3 was set to appear next month but, as we heard back a few weeks ago, the game has be...

6 February 2012
03:52 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

Incoming 2012: Max Payne 3

What we know: Max Payne 3 was first shown off in 2008 and Take Two was adamant about the fact that it would be launched one year later, before first delaying it to 2010, then the fall of 2011 and now the middle part of this year. The developers have promised that the core of the third-person shooter game will again...

31 January 2012
18:21 GMT

New Max Payne 3 Video Takes a Look at the Weapons and Shooting Mechanics

Rockstar Games has just deployed a brand new video for its upcoming Max Payne 3 title, this time going in depth with the game’s weapons and the shooting mechanics.Max Payne 3 has just been delayed for a few more months, with Rockstar now promising to deliver the game in May. Even so, millions of fans are still ...

19 January 2012
16:51 GMT

Remedy Loves What Rockstar Has Done with Max Payne 3

Max Payne 3 is one of the high profile video games that will be launched early in the year and the developers at Remedy, the studio which created the first games in the series, believe that Rockstar has done a good job of capturing the essence of the franchise.Oskari Hakkinen, who is the leader of franchise developme...

18 January 2012
02:51 GMT

Max Payne 3 Delayed, Now Launches in May

Max Payne 3 has just been delayed in order to ensure that it will deliver the highest quality experience possible, with Rockstar’s publishing partner, Take-Two Interactive, confirming that the third person shooter is now scheduled to arrive in May. Max Payne 3 has been in development for quite some time, with ...

17 January 2012
08:54 GMT

Rockstar Highlights Real World Inspiration for Max Payne 3’s Sao Paulo

Rockstar Games’ development process for the upcoming Max Payne 3 shooter has been a long and painstaking one, as the studio has just highlighted the efforts it has made while recreating the real life Sao Paulo in the virtual game. Max Payne 3 continues the story of the grizzled New York detective, this time as...

12 January 2012
03:18 GMT

Remedy Appreciates Max Payne 3 Direction

Max Payne 3 seems different from the previous titles in the series but the studio that created the character and concept seems satisfied with what Rockstsar is doing with the franchise.Oskari Hakkinen, who is the leader of franchise development at Remedy, stated, “We’ve been blessed with being able to act...

11 January 2012
13:41 GMT

Content Cut from Grand Theft Auto III Due to 9/11 Wasn’t That Important

Rockstar Games has revealed more details about the development process of its iconic Grand Theft Auto III game, this time addressing some of the rumors about the content it eliminated from the open world after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. GTA III changed the way we viewed open world games when it was...

9 January 2012
11:31 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

Team Bondi Leader Says L.A. Noire Was Too Big, Too Complicated

Team Bondi might not exist anymore as a development studio but it’s former leader says that one of the lessons that other companies can take from it is that research and development of proprietary technology can push the development time up significantly.Brendan McNamara, who was the founder of Team Bondi and l...

5 January 2012
15:01 GMT

Max Payne 3 Gets New Single-Player and Multiplayer Screenshots

Rockstar has just unleashed a bunch of new screenshots for its upcoming Max Payne 3 shooter, showcasing both the single-player as well as the multiplayer modes of the game. Max Payne 3 has been in development for quite some time, with Rockstar Games’ various global studios working together to bring a true sequ...

5 January 2012
04:05 GMT

L.A. Noire Leader Admits Development Mistakes

Brendan McNamara has been blamed by some for the disappearance of the Team Bondi development studio and for the problems that blamed the development of their one release, L.A. Noire, and the former leader seems ready to accept at least some of the blame.Speaking to the Official PlayStation Magazine as part of a bigge...

4 January 2012
20:31 GMT

Analyst: GTA V Will Beat Call of Duty in 2012

Grand Theft Auto V might be little more than a trailer at this point but many analysts are expecting the Rockstar made video game to become one of the best selling titles of 2012 when it is released, presumably at some point in early autumn or late summer.Jesse Divnich, who is an analyst watching the video game indus...

28 December 2011
08:20 GMT

Get Your Face Into Max Payne 3’s Multiplayer Mode Through a New Contest

For those of you who really want to have their virtual selves shot and killed millions of times, Rockstar has set up a brand new contest in which the winners will see their faces recreated as enemies from the multiplayer mode of the upcoming Max Payne 3 shooter.We already heard the first details about the Gang Wars m...

19 December 2011
17:31 GMT

Technical Issues Were Main Reason for GTA III Silent Protagonist

The big subjects for all Grand Theft Auto fans might be the possible features and launch date for the fifth full game in the series at the moment but the developers of the franchise working at Rockstar are eager to teach them more about its roots.As part of a larger feature which celebrates ten years since the launch...

19 December 2011
09:59 GMT

Download Grand Theft Auto III for iPhone, iPad

Rockstar Games have launched the 10 year anniversary version of Grand Theft Auto III, the highly acclaimed and highly controversial sandbox action game originally released in 2001.“Welcome to Liberty City. Where it all began,” reads the iTunes Preview description. “Rockstar Games celebrates the 10th...

15 December 2011
04:55 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

Max Payne 3 Has Over the Should Aiming, Last Man Standing Mechanic

Max Payne 3 needs to stay close to the legacy of the first two games featuring the world-weary cop but, at the same time, the developers at Rockstar are not afraid to introduce new mechanics that will improve the game experience.Rob Nelson, who is the art director for Max Payne 3, spoke to Gamespot about the new mech...

24 November 2011
20:31 GMT

Max Payne 3 Special Edition Includes Statue, Mona Sax

Video game publisher Take Two, via its Rockstar label, has announced that it is launching a Special Edition version of the upcoming shooter Max Payne 3 which will offer gamers both a collectible statuette of the main character and a pack of characters taken from the first two titles in the series.The Special Edition ...

22 November 2011
04:23 GMT

Rockstar Hints at Bully Sequel After Max Payne 3 Release

Rockstar Games might start work on a new Bully title after it will release Max Payne 3 next March, as the studio is quite fond of the property that saw life back in 2006.Rockstar, while famous for developing the blockbuster Grand Theft Auto series, has released all sorts of games over the years, from extremely popula...

21 November 2011
15:31 GMT

Dan Houser Says Max Payne 3 Criticism Showed Fan Base Love

Rockstar is seen as the development studio linked to the Grand Theft Auto series but the company has also managed to launch hits like Red Dead Redemption and is now taking a major gamble by bringing the Max Payne series back to life.The Dan Houser, who is one of the co-founder of the company, says that the team worki...

21 November 2011
04:18 GMT

New Max Payne 3 Video Details Its Shooting and Bullet Time Mechanics

Rockstar Games, while taking a break from teasing fans with Grand Theft Auto V, has released some more details about Max Payne 3 by premiering a video that takes an in-depth look at some of the mechanics and gameplay design choices from the new shooter.Max Payne games have always delivered a cinematic experience inst...

18 November 2011
15:31 GMT

Rumor Mill: GTA V Main Character Named Albert de Silva, Played by Ned Luke

The fans of the Gran Theft Auto series might have just revealed the name of the main character of the upcoming fifth main game in the long running series while also discovering the actor who is set to play him.The name of the actor is Ned Luke and it seems that so far his most important role has been on an episode of...

14 November 2011
22:31 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

Team Bondi Founder Working on New Project, Untold Story

Team Bondi has folded as a game development entity, despite the success of L.A. Noire, their collaboration with Rockstar, but the main man behind the company is already working on a new game and plans to work with another big publisher to get it on the market.Speaking to Eurogamer, Brenadan McNamara, who is the found...

10 November 2011
16:31 GMT

Max Payne 3 Multiplayer Will Have Story Elements

Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser has revealed that the upcoming Max Payne 3 shooter will have some story elements baked into its multiplayer mode to get people interested in it and complement the single-player story.Rockstar has always delivered immersive single-player experiences, with L.A. Noire being the best ...

10 November 2011
05:01 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

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

GTA V Announcement Is Not Bothering Saints Row: The Third Publisher

The official announcement of Grand Theft Auto V has not put a dent into the high hopes that the leadership at publisher THQ has for its own upcoming Saints Row: The Third.Speaking to investors during a conference call after the release of financial results Brian Farrell, who is the president of THQ, said, “It&#...

3 November 2011
06:51 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

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 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 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

L.A. Noire on the PC Brings Nvidia 3D Support, Other Specific Features

Rockstar Games has shined some light on the special features that will be incorporated in the upcoming L.A. Noire: The Complete Edition for the PC platform, ranging from support for Nvidia's 3D Vision, to special things like the ability to select anti-aliasing, anisotropic filtering and more.Rockstar has made it...

20 October 2011
05:39 GMT

Max Payne 3 Doesn't Have an Open World, Keeps Graphic Novel Cutscenes

Rockstar has released a few more details about its upcoming Max Payne 3 video game, including the fact that it won't have an open world, or that its cutscenes will retain the graphic novel feel just like in the first two games in the series.Max Payne 3 has been awaited by gamers for quite some time, and Rockstar...

7 October 2011
09:41 GMT

Max Payne 3 Gets Batch of Brand New Screenshots

Rockstar Games has published a brand new batch of screenshots from the upcoming Max Payne 3 shooter, depicting the protagonist in an array of firefights and poses, both in his traditional style, as well as in his grittier, bald version.Max Payne 3 is set to appear in March, 2012, with Rockstar's various internal...

7 October 2011
05:46 GMT

Rockstar Explains Lack of Red Dead Redemption on PC

Rockstar Games, the company behind hit franchises like Grand Theft Auto, Red Redemption, Midnight Club or Max Payne, has talked about its stance in regards to the PC platform while being asked if it's going to release last year's Red Dead Redemption for it.Rockstar is an extremely popular games developer an...

6 October 2011
17:21 GMT

Team Bondi Is Closing Down

A number of documents that were filed with the Securities and Investment Commission in Australia show that Team Bondi, the studio which worked on L.A. Noire, is set to fully close down soon, after being placed into administration last month.Now a notification has been issued that an actual liquidator has been filed a...

6 October 2011
08:32 GMT

Impressive L.A. Noire PC Screenshots Revealed

Ahead of the release of L.A. Noire: The Complete Edition on the PC, Rockstar Games, its publisher, has revealed a hefty batch of screenshots of the new edition, showcasing the increased level of detail, as opposed to the earlier PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 versions.After impressing legions of console owners earlier thi...

5 October 2011
04:31 GMT

Max Payne 3 Uses Individually Modeled Bullets

The new Max Payne video game, which is being developed by Rockstar, is changing a lot about the franchise, from the location of the story to how the hero himself looks, but it seems that one main gameplay mechanics will see little change, apart from update tech.Rob Nelson, who is the art director at Rockstar working ...

3 October 2011
14:51 GMT

L.A. Noire Gets Official PC System Requirements and Release Date

Rockstar has just presented more details about the upcoming PC version of L.A. Noire, including the supported system specifications as well as a release date, with the so-called 'L.A. Noire Complete Edition' arriving for the platform at the beginning of November.L.A. Noire impressed a wide range of PlayStat...

29 September 2011
04:50 GMT

Max Payne 3 Pop Up Trailer Edition Reveals New Details

After releasing last week the first trailer for its Max Payne 3 title, Rockstar has now posted a new version of the video, with pop ups that reveal some new information about the game, the protagonist, Max Payne, and its main location, Sao Paolo, Brazil. Rockstar's trailers are always filled with interesting ...

23 September 2011
15:51 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

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


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