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Grand Theft Auto IV recently received the second piece of downloadable content, The Ballad of Gay Tony, and all the content for the game launched on Xbox Live is now available on a disk in the form of Episodes from Liberty City. And with the manual for the latest release suggesting the Liberty City will not be gettin... |
19 November 2009
07:44 GMT |
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Just like the first Manhunt, the second installment in the series was mainly based on violence and gore. The original Manhunt followed the story of a convicted and officially executed criminal that was saved from the death penalty only to partake in a violent and sinister hunt for his fellow man. Set as the prey in ... |
2 November 2009
06:42 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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The Games on Demand system has really taken off and more and more titles are becoming part of the list. The Xbox Live users have been granted special access to some of the best games the console has ever seen, while the Xbox 360 owners can get their hands on titles like BioShock, Mass Effect, Burnout Paradise, Assass... |
12 October 2009
11:01 GMT |
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Max Payne 3 has been a pretty shy customer when it comes to press releases. Technically, it should be a big game, especially considering how well the previous two installments were received by gamers. Even if companies previously used a no-talking-to-the-press policy in the past to tease and torment gamers, they usua... |
8 October 2009
11:01 GMT |
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Take Two Interactive and Rockstar Games have announced a competition designed to promote Beaterator, the latest game created by the studio that is also responsible for the Grand Theft Auto franchise. The new Band Challenge will allow bands to win 5,000 USD if they use the new PlayStation Portable-based music creation... |
7 October 2009
14:21 GMT |
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Ever since the game was announced in 2006, Rockstar hasn't worked very much on Team Bondi's L.A. Noire. In three years no real information has emerged regarding the game and most of the people for whom the game stood out when it was announced have forgotten this title. And even if they haven't, they�... |
30 September 2009
03:13 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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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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September 1 is the day when Guitar Hero 5 from Activision is released and that makes it important enough for gamers but now Rockstar and Take Two are making it even more relevant as they have announced that on the same day, they will be launching the first official trailer for The Ballad of Gay Tony, the second expan... |
28 August 2009
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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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Music games have become extremely popular in recent times as they not only offer a lot of profit opportunities but also have a wide potential user base, as many people like to unwind by listening to music, not only through gaming. But, while the market is largely divided between Activision's Guitar Hero and Har... |
17 August 2009
02:19 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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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
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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
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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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The Game Developer magazine, published by Think Services, and the Game Developer Research Division have named, for the second year in a row, the best 50 videogame developers, painting quite an interesting picture of the industry in itself.Nintendo, with its Kyoto-based studio, responsible for titles such as Mario Kar... |
17 June 2009
05:15 GMT |
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A lot of people, us here at Softpedia included, were pretty surprised when the announcement related to the new Max Payne 3 videogame arrived. The third title in the series will be developed by Rockstar, not by usual studio Remedy, and the overall look, from what we've seen until now, is pretty different from the... |
10 June 2009
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Sony's press conference at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) was a pretty big one, with announcements about its own motion control solution or about Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIV: Online MMORPG. But the company behind franchises like Grand Theft Auto or Manhunt, Rockstar, has also annou... |
4 June 2009
13:11 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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Rockstar never ceases to amaze, shock and downright flirt with controversy as it has just announced that the second DLC episode for the Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto IV will be entitled The Ballad of Gay Tony. After seeing the adventures of foreign immigrant Niko Belic and the quests of North American biker J... |
27 May 2009
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When Chinatown Wars, the Grand Theft Auto-themed game for the Nintendo DS, was released way back in March, analysts were saying that the game would be considered a flop if it only managed to sell 200,000 units in its first month on the shelves. Well, GTA: Chinatown Wars has not managed to reach that figure in two mon... |
19 May 2009
05:07 GMT |
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The Grand Theft Auto franchise is one of the most popular series of video games out there, having gained a big fan base thanks to its intuitive gameplay, stunning stories and the fact that it always pushed the envelope in terms of both controversy and quality of its final experience. The latest full-fledged iteratio... |
19 May 2009
03:17 GMT |
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Rockstar is pushing the envelope on the Wild West theme with Red Dead Redemption, with co founder Dan Houser saying that the developer plans to include a lot of “blood and gore and gruesomeness” in the upcoming game created for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3.Houser talked to IGN about the game and sai... |
15 May 2009
14:11 GMT |
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Well, even the greatest videogames have room for improvement. One year after the release of GTA IV, which was one of the best selling titles of 2008 and made it on many Game of the Year lists, Rockstar is apparently already prototyping some concepts for the next release in the series.A survey spotted by forum users s... |
6 May 2009
04:53 GMT |
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Microsoft is announcing that the two videogames that make up the Max Payne series are now available for download via its Xbox Originals service, which is available for all those who own an Xbox 360 and have signed up for a Xbox Live account.If you are interested in picking up the two games created by Remedy Entertain... |
28 April 2009
08:08 GMT |
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The Grand Theft Auto franchise is one of the most popular series of video games ever created, gathering a huge amount of fans across the world. Now, with one of its latest installments, Grand Theft Auto IV, its developer, Rockstar, has gained critical acclaim for the solid and immersive game it has offered to fans. ... |
27 April 2009
03:24 GMT |
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One of the big gambles of early 2009 is the release of an M-rated game, which contains strong language, references to drugs and anti social behavior, on the very child and family friendly Nintendo DS. Take Two and Rockstar took this gamble by creating and releasing Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, which is a very da... |
14 April 2009
18:11 GMT |
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The Grand Theft Auto franchise is one of the biggest and most profitable licensed properties active in gaming today. Its creator, Rockstar, has always broken the mold when it came to what new features the games would have or what innovative story they would tackle.But the out-of-the-box thinking at Rockstar also expa... |
13 April 2009
03:27 GMT |
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The Grand Theft Auto franchise has been linked to many controversies surrounding violence and illegal behavior by children or grown-ups, but it doesn’t deserve much of the bad press it has been getting over the years.Now, it seems that one more thing can be pinned to Rockstar's game franchise, as a British... |
9 April 2009
03:21 GMT |
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Racing games are quite popular these days, as the thrills of roaring down a city street with high speed, against other opponents just like you is very exhilarating, even though they have more negative effects than shooters, for example.But even if it is a popular genre, a lot of titles remain under the radar of many ... |
7 April 2009
15:01 GMT |
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The Grand Theft Auto series has always been very close to controversy, whether it was about the violent acts depicted in the gameplay, the indecent story or the bad influence it had on children. Of course, anti-game activists like Jack Thompson have also had a big influence on the bad reputation that it had in the me... |
3 April 2009
03:46 GMT |
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Just as the fans of Max Payne were recovering after the disastrous homonymous movie, which butchered the ideas of the videogame while trying to make Marky Mark seem tough, Rockstar has brought a ray of sunshine to their street, as it has announced that it is developing Max Payne 3, a third person shooter set to ... |
24 March 2009
19:01 GMT |
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Can the Grand Theft Auto franchise do anything wrong? It seems not. Grand Theft Auto IV was one of the best sold videogames of 2008, also taking home quite a few awards at the ceremonies held at the end of the year.Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned, the first downloadable content pack for the game, which was laun... |
18 March 2009
17:01 GMT |
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Grand Theft Auto IV was undoubtedly one of the most important and successful titles of the last year. Being the first next-generation iteration in the very popular GTA series, the game blew away reviewers, who graced it with near, if not perfect grades. The critical success translated into huge sales for the release... |
13 March 2009
12:11 GMT |
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The Grand Theft Auto franchise has been one of the biggest series of sandbox games out there. As such, along with its popularity has come the attention of a lot of gaming analysts and experts, who have ventured in a lot of predictions over the long history of the series. Now, Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter ha... |
9 March 2009
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The Grand Theft Auto franchise has always been about breaking conventional norms, either by adopting controversial gameplay, indulging in gratuitous violence or taking promotion to new heights, as seen in the campaign for the latest iteration, Grand Theft Auto IV. But Rockstar, the company behind it, is bent on maki... |
3 March 2009
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The Grand Theft Auto series has been one of the most definitive franchises that shaped the development of other sandbox titles that came after it. Ever since the first 3D game, GTA III, people have been engaged in intricate stories and entertained with some very hilarious moments of rampage through detailed cities. ... |
2 March 2009
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The Grand Theft Auto franchise is one of the most popular video game series of all times. Ever since the first top-down titles, the games impressed with their innovative gameplay mechanics, memorable characters and, most importantly, the intricate stories that brought a real motivation for players to finish the adven... |
27 February 2009
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Racing games have always been very popular with all types of players out there, largely because they offer a pretty basic experience and some adrenaline-filled races. For a long time, this genre has been identified with Electronic Arts' Need For Speed franchise, but there are other developers that have released ... |
26 February 2009
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Grand Theft Auto is one of the most popular video game franchises out there, with fans all across the world still playing a lot of titles from the series made by Rockstar. The latest iteration, Grand Theft Auto IV, took the whole gaming industry to a new level in terms of realism, gameplay and story, collecting a lot... |
20 February 2009
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Microsoft is announcing that, in order to celebrate the release of the Lost and Damned downloadable content for Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV, it is planning to make the Xbox Live multiplayer services, which are usually tied to a paid Gold account, free for five days.The promotion is set to begin on February 17... |
11 February 2009
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Grand Theft Auto is one of the most popular franchises out there, as it has entertained fans for a long time, thanks to its immersive gameplay and intricate stories, which intertwine when you least expect it. It happened in GTA III and its subsequent follow-up titles, Vice City and San Andreas, where, if you paid att... |
9 February 2009
03:28 GMT |
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Among gamers a lot of franchises have gained an iconic status, Rockstar's famous sandbox open world action adventure franchise Grand Theft Auto included. The series really drove the whole game industry forward and delivered great experiences in all of its iterations, coupled with top-notch, movie-like stories. ... |
6 February 2009
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