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Take Two is reporting the best quarter it has ever had as a videogame publisher, with the board saying that for the fifth time in a row the company did better than it had predicted. Sales went up to 433 million dollars, which is more than double the $206 million sales it reported for the same quarter of last year.&nb... |
5 September 2008
06:00 GMT |
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When game developers begin to talk about limits and maximum potential, hardware developers know it's time to create something new, powerful and shiny enough to keep the software boys busy for another 5 to 10 years. So when Rod Fergusson, who is the senior producer of the Gears of War 2 game, recently stated that... |
3 September 2008
03:08 GMT |
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The digital download services out there seem to be entering a golden age. Steam, coming from Valve, already has a pretty large library and big titles, like STALKER: Clear Sky, are getting released on Steam at the same time they are available in retail stores. Now Stardock is pushing hard for its own digital download... |
1 September 2008
06:54 GMT |
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A few months after release, GTA IV seems to be creeping back into public attention. Not so long ago, Take Two announced that it would be porting the game to the PC and we recently saw some screens of the PC version of the game, which look downright amazing. And now Microsoft is trying to reassure Xbox 360 gamers that... |
25 August 2008
02:36 GMT |
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A new super chart is born, aiming to track the worldwide success and sales of videogames. The NPD Group, which tracks sales for the North American market, has joined forces with GfK Chart-Track Limited, which hails from London and focuses on Europe, and with Enterbrain from Tokyo, which provides data on the Japanese ... |
22 August 2008
09:19 GMT |
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No hardcore gamer was surprised when Rockstar announced that GTA IV would make its way to the PC. It is a tradition for the developer to launch its games on the PC roughly six months after the console release. But now, after the announcement, Rockstar is showing off the way the game will look and play on the new plat... |
21 August 2008
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The Federal Trade Commission, which is charged with overseeing all major transactions that might involve a monopoly situation, has announced that it green-lighted a possible takeover of Take Two by Electronic Arts.The FTC says that "it now appears that no additional action by the commission is warranted at this time.... |
21 August 2008
03:35 GMT |
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A videogame distributor in Thailand decided to stop selling Grand Theft Auto IV following news that a teenager confessed to copying a scene from the game as he robbed and killed a taxi driver. To my knowledge, there is no specific scene in the game that depicts the murder of a taxi driver but the confession of the mu... |
5 August 2008
02:30 GMT |
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When will it end? When will lawmakers understand that, just as it's unconstitutional and unfair to try and ban the sale of a newspaper because it prints an opinion or a fact that you don't like, it's also unfair and wrong to try and ban the distribution of videogames solely because you do not like the ... |
30 July 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Mirror's Edge has so far managed to impress mainly through its slick visual style and through the way it aimed to turn parkour into a viable gameplay mechanic. DICE, best known for its series of Battlefield games, which just received a new addition with Bad Company, is developing the game and Nick Channon, one o... |
29 July 2008
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Everybody was sure that Rockstar was going to present the first Xbox 360 DLC when Grand Theft Auto: ChinaTown Wars' first image got leaked. You can imagine that it was a real shocker to find out that, actually, the developers were working on an exclusive title for the... Nintendo DS handheld! Nobody was expectin... |
29 July 2008
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Don't you just love it when politicians elected by people who barely know how to use the Internet and people who believe Fox News when it talks about Mass Effect decide to create laws that target videogames? The Governor of the state of New York, David Paterson, has decided to sign a bill that might see violent ... |
24 July 2008
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Take Two has been, for the better part of 2008, subject to a hostile takeover launched by Electronic Arts, a publisher that seeks to acquire new assets under the leadership of its Chief Executive Officer, John Riccitiello. But Strauss Zelnick, the chairman of the board of Take Two, still says that he would hug his op... |
23 July 2008
18:06 GMT |
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If someone wants to make a soap opera set in the glamorous world of the videogame industry the subject they should tackle is Electronic Arts' attempt to take over Take Two. At first it seemed like love could blossom between these two. The first had the money and the publishing network, while the latter had the g... |
10 July 2008
14:06 GMT |
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There's proof that the 20 GB version of the Xbox 360 console might be ready to depart from stores, being replaced by a 60 GB version of the gaming device. Apparently, an e-mail addressed by Microsoft to GameStop and BlockBuster was leaked; it details the way the new console will be introduced.Here is what the e-... |
10 July 2008
03:51 GMT |
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Grand Theft Auto IV is, according to reviews and sales figures, the best game ever released. When GTA IV was launched, if you remember, it was a complete hysteria, with thousands of people queuing to purchase it, with guys going on vacation, quitting their jobs and God knows what else, just to play it. Yes, it was th... |
4 July 2008
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For all the lip service that they pay to PC gaming, with the last week initiative of publishing an open letter to gamers coming off as particularly cheesy, Microsoft is not doing much to promote the PC as a viable gaming platform. And some of its key people seem to be openly favoring the Xbox 360 over the good old PC... |
2 July 2008
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In the wake of the Byron report, which tried to assess the way videogames affect different categories of consumers, mainly children, the United Kingdom government is preparing to propose and then implement a new rating system for videogames. The current system mentions that only games labeled by the PEGI as being in ... |
30 June 2008
16:06 GMT |
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Microsoft corporate vice president John Schappert signed an open letter targeted at gamers all over the world, describing how Microsoft supports game development on different platforms and the PC is still one of the most important markets for the company. Considering the mind set the "PC gaming is dead" which seems t... |
27 June 2008
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Saints Row was praised by some for taking the open world concept developed by the GTA series and crafting a more appealing ambience, where band warfare and a light take on the story created an interesting game atmosphere. Now Saints Row 2 is being prepped by THQ for release on the PC, the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 3... |
25 June 2008
16:36 GMT |
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The Entertainment Software Ratings Board website has been one of the most looked at websites when it comes to the Internet habits of videogame fans because of the fact that the organization sometimes leaked important information regarding upcoming games that it rates. Some crucial information related to the content o... |
24 June 2008
16:11 GMT |
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How long has it been since GTA IV was launched? About two months. Most of us have played the game, finished it or came close, most of us even tried a bit of multiplayer. And now Rockstar wants to get us back in the game's atmosphere by launching a new patch supposed to fix all the issues that pop up - mainly in ... |
24 June 2008
10:06 GMT |
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Not long ago I was telling you about the fact that videogame playing voters might end up deciding who the resident of the White House would be after the American Presidential elections set to take place later this autumn. And a while ago presidential hopeful Barack Obama name-checked GTA IV while giving a speech rega... |
20 June 2008
04:02 GMT |
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The Entertainment Software Association has been taking a lot of flak recently for failing to adequately represent the videogame industry in the United States. Activision and Blizzard, the soon-to-merge videogame giants, and then LucasArts and id Software, all have withdrawn membership from the trade association, with... |
12 June 2008
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The latest top page story about Grand Theft Auto IV is no longer about the game's super-coolness, but Rockstar's annoying way of dealing with the "right on time" concept. Yes, I am talking about the $50 million DLC purchased by Microsoft which was going to be released early this fall but has been delayed to... |
9 June 2008
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Microsoft had to pay $50 million for it; many people bought the Xbox 360 version especially because of that, yet Take Two has decided to delay the whole thing - from fiscal Q4 2008 to fiscal Q1 2009. Yes, we're talking about the exclusive DLC for the Xbox 360 version of Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV. The g... |
6 June 2008
13:06 GMT |
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Take Two might be praising GTA IV for its very good second quarter financial results, but let's not forget that last year the bulk of the profits that the company reported were not brought in by a Rockstar crime drama, but by the more sober hit that was 2K Boston's BioShock. So, it was no surprise that Take... |
6 June 2008
10:15 GMT |
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As Electronic Arts makes another extension to its deadline regarding the Take Two takeover, this time because of an ongoing Federal Trade Commission inquiry into aspects of the deal, Take Two is busy providing its shareholders with more reasons to reject EA's takeover proposal and stick with the current manageme... |
6 June 2008
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Just a few days ago, we reported that Rockstar's hit title Grand Theft Auto IV had lost the number one position in a couple of European charts and now we're bringing some similar news - Grand Theft Auto IV has recorded another drop, on the Xbox 360 in terms of playing time. Surprised by the news?Reported by... |
5 June 2008
05:37 GMT |
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With no official confirmation yet on Grand Theft Auto IV heading to the PC, gamers will be happy to know that one of the more GTA-like games out there, Saints Row, is coming to the PC. Even if initial reports only hinted at Microsoft Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation 3 versions for Saints Row 2, a THQ spokesperson has co... |
4 June 2008
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After a long wait, Rockstar has released the next title in the series featuring an east European character named Niko Belic. Unlike the previous game, Rockstar has concentrated more on the realism and on making the character more believable. This time, you will get to take over Liberty City in an amazing nex-gen envi... |
4 June 2008
11:06 GMT |
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The PlayStation 3 might end up paying good money to get exclusive games, and the online delivery system for games is not going to make disks obsolete during the lifetime of the PS3. This and other interesting comments regarding the console are part of an interview that Kaz Hirai has given Three Speech, a blog that of... |
3 June 2008
10:19 GMT |
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Microsoft has been delivering stats regarding the sales of GTA IV copies for the Xbox and other "we're better than Sony" things, but they have not officially been confirmed. Until now, when Chart-Track has released the numbers for the past month in the UK and confirmed that not only GTA IV had sold much more cop... |
30 May 2008
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Controversial video game developer Rockstar has announced the availability of "The Music of Grand Theft Auto IV" soundtrack compilation and "The Evil Genius DJ Green Lantern: Liberty City Invasion: Music From and Inspired by Grand Theft Auto IV" via the European iTunes Store. The latter contains eight new tracks made... |
22 May 2008
16:31 GMT |
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One would believe that the guy who recored the voice for GTA IV main character, Niko, is a rich fella' sipping expensive cocktails somewhere in the Bahamas, following his stellar pay for renting his voice. Well... you are completely wrong - it seems that Rockstar really doesn't like giving away the money. T... |
22 May 2008
04:58 GMT |
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Even as the second term set by Electronic Arts for its hostile takeover offer of Take Two has passed, the videogame publisher remains defiant in the face of all analysts that are urging it to review its offer if it wants to have any chance of getting Take Two. EA has again extended the deadline for its offer by anoth... |
20 May 2008
03:18 GMT |
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A second deadline has passed as Electronic Arts continues to try and execute a hostile takeover of Take Two. The results of the offer have not yet been made available but there's every reason to believe that Electronic Arts has again failed to acquire the shares it needs to control the company.Meg Maise, a spoke... |
19 May 2008
10:12 GMT |
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Media outlets insist on covering the so called "console war" between the Microsoft produced Xbox 360 and the Sony created PlayStation 3, especially now that GTA IV sales have become an easily recognizable battleground. But the real winner when it comes to console sales is Nintendo, which again managed to have an exce... |
16 May 2008
02:54 GMT |
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Following the release of the record-breaking Rockstar game Grand Theft Auto IV, many people have started to either praise or to accuse GTA for all sorts of things - from the increase in violence to the lower income in cinema ticket sales. The latest accusation (if we can call it that) is about the in-game advertising... |
15 May 2008
15:06 GMT |
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Eric Lempel, the director of PlayStation Network Operations, has announced in a blog post that a new firmware update for the PlayStation 3 gaming console will be available in a short while. As I'm typing this, the update is live and the PlayStation 3 will urge you to download it the next time you log in.Eric Lem... |
15 May 2008
06:25 GMT |
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The popularity of the newly-released GTA IV makes new victims on the web as hackers are now looking to exploit new vulnerable computers using the popular game. According to security company DriveSentry, hackers rolled out malware-infected copies of GTA IV on popular file-sharing applications such as Limewire. Once do... |
15 May 2008
06:16 GMT |
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Microsoft is clearly trying to pull out the numbers to prove just how much the Xbox 360 is growing, now that the "killer app" that is Grand Theft Auto IV has been launched. The company is now claiming that 40% of the new Xbox sales within the first week of GTA IV's launch have been bundled with the game.A recent... |
13 May 2008
09:54 GMT |
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Most of the gamers on the planet seem to hate Uwe Boll for his poor movies, but the German director doesn't really care about that. With ten movies released in eight years (you can find three of these titles on the IMDB Bottom 100 films list), an online petition initiated by video game fans in order to stop him ... |
13 May 2008
04:51 GMT |
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Just when everybody though that the economy and Iraq would play the most important role in the United States presidential elections later in the year, it seems that at least one candidate is thinking about videogames and their impact on American society, in the larger context of talk about media in the United States.... |
13 May 2008
02:15 GMT |
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There is a pandemic going around in the world and it's called the GTA IV bug. I don't want to be misunderstood, I really liked this latest title from Rockstar but I feel that all the editors in the world, with very few exceptions, are attending group therapy in a brothel. I also don't want to imply the... |
9 May 2008
20:06 GMT |
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Despite a host of failures when it comes to legislatures trying to ban or limit the sale of videogames, it seems that politicians never learn. The media reports about GTV IV and the various descriptions that have painted it as "murder simulator", or worse, seem to have generated a bit of an echo at the higher echelon... |
9 May 2008
03:28 GMT |
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We reported last week that GTA IV seemed to be suffering from some annoying issues, especially freezes in the opening cinematic, both on Xbox 360 machines and on PlayStation 3 consoles. Then, we broke the news that the technical support people at Rockstar had issued a rather long and complicated 12-step list that was... |
9 May 2008
02:34 GMT |
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The problem that's driving everybody mad and the Grand Theft Auto IV developers older by the hour (probably) - the freezing of Grand Theft Auto IV - was supposed to be fixed with the latest PS3 patch released by Rockstar yesterday. However, it seems that nothing like that happened - many players were still compl... |
8 May 2008
03:48 GMT |
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Finally, official data have arrived, proving that Grand Theft Auto IV was indeed a success (from a financial point of view this time, since we all know that everybody loves the game). Take Two has released the sales figures, stating that GTA IV has surpassed all-time entertainment records for day one and week one sal... |
8 May 2008
02:27 GMT |
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After reports about crashes on the PlayStation 3 began surfacing immediately after the release of GTA IV, it seems that the technical support department of Take Two has come up with a fix. It's long and complicated, but the guys say that it will make the PS3 version of the game work like a dream. No fix for some... |
6 May 2008
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