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• Rockstar Games to Develop PS3 Exclusive

  Published: July 28, 2007, 2:39 pm

  Tags: Games Industry, Rockstar, Gamer Life, Take Two, Sony, Games, Game Consoles, Game Companies, Blu Ray Disc, Gamehead, Geoff Keighley, Gta, La Noire, Ps3, Rockstar Games, Scea, Spike Tv, Take Two Interactive

  incredible success with the GTA franchise and are happy to continue to offer those titles on our platforms, and even more excited about what's to come from the current and future relationship between our companies. Rockstar really wanted to make a game that you can truly only do on PS3, harnessing the power of CELL and Blu-ray disc and this deal

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• Take Two Interactive Delays GTA IV

  Published: August 2, 2007, 5:25 pm

  Tags: Take Two, Grand Theft Auto, Sony, Game Consoles, Games, Game Companies, Gta Iv, Release Date Delay, Take Two Interactive

  time required to complete [GTA IV],” the press release states. “The title is now planned for release in the Company’s second quarter of fiscal 2008.” Too bad for both fans of the game and for the PlayStation 3, as the titles which are going to be released for the console will inevitably drive their sales. But maybe it

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• GTA IV Delayed to 2008

  Published: August 2, 2007, 6:20 pm

  Tags: Gta Iv, Grand Theft Auto, Delay, Xbox 360, Release Date, Playstation 3

  has announced that GTA IV will be pushed back from its October 2007 release date to April 2008, at the earliest! More bad delay news. The reasoning being that: “Certain elements of development proved to be more time-intensive than expected, especially given the commitment for a simultaneous release on two very different

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• Why Was GTA IV Delayed?

  Published: August 4, 2007, 11:15 am

  Tags: Rockstar, Apparently, Been Delayed, Delay Announcement, Disappointed, Earlier This Week, Exact Reason, Force Microsoft, Going To Happen, Gta Iv, Hdd, Launch, Mmos, Rockstar, Seamless Experience, Specifics, Speculation, Times Limited

  when XF got word of GTA IV being delayed, we had to call our source. Apparently Rockstar wants GTA IV to give a seamless experience with load times limited as much as possible and void of loading whenever possible. This requires a HDD according to our source. MS, while allowing certain titles (MMOs & soccer managers) to use the HDD

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• Editorial: Industry Effects from the GTA IV Delay

  Published: August 5, 2007, 11:10 pm

  Tags: Take Two, Grand Theft Auto, Games Industry, Microsoft, Sony, Games, Game Consoles, Game Companies, Delay, Grand Theft Auto Iv, Gta Iv

  were looking for. “GTA was set to be another major blockbuster coming out right after Halo 3,” the WSJ article reads. “In short, Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS), THQ Interactive (NASDAQ:THQI), and Activsion (NASDAQ:ATVI) may have just gotten one monkey off their backs.” Maybe, but there’s a huge difference between

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• Analyst Predicts Price Cut for PS3 on GTA IV Release

  Published: August 8, 2007, 11:38 am

  Tags: Grand Theft Auto, Sony, Grand Theft Auto Iv, Gta Iv, Metal Gear Solid 4, Michael Patcher, Price Drop, Ps2, Ps3

  Michael Pachter, a leading industry analyst with Wedbush Morgan Securities is raising our hopes once more as he predicts Sony will drop the price of the PS3 to coincide with the release of Grand Theft Auto IV and Metal Gear Solid 4 in 2008. He also predicts that the PS2 may see a price drop before the Christmas season. “Although we do not

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• You're Not in Vice City Anymore: Games That Get Inside Your Head

  Published: September 12, 2007, 1:37 pm

  Tags: Editorials, Gamer Life, Brain, Counter Strike, Gta, Head, Hitman, Mind

  I would add a few of my own: GTA III: No, not in the “go on a crazy, violent rampage” that most anti-video game legislators theorize. But still, when the first GTA III came out, it allowed people to access one of the first really immersive, open-ended gaming worlds. Add to that the fact that the game was really, really fun, and you

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• The Open File: Files from the Front September 14, 2007

  Published: September 14, 2007, 10:30 am

  Tags: Star Wars, Lucasarts, Mods, The Open File, Grand Theft Auto, Activision, Game Platforms, Games, Computer, 2k Games, Game Companies, Elite Force, Gta, Jedi Academy, Jedi Knight 3, Jk3, Lucasarts, Rockstar, San Andreas, Star Trek, Voyager

  a clean installation of GTA:SA in order to function correctly. ---Related Articles at Gaming Today:Gaming Today File-N-Forget Podcast Episode 4: Beta BanzaiGaming Today File-N-Forget Podcast: Reviewing the Tabula Rasa BetaGaming Today File-N-Forget Podcast Episode 2: The Dog Days of SummerNew RTS Titles Hit Stores This WeekGaming Today

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• Jack Thompson Threatens to Block Release of GTA IV

  Published: September 18, 2007, 8:00 pm

  Tags: Take Two, Grand Theft Auto, Gamer Life, Game Consoles, Computer, Game Platforms, Games, Game Companies, Game Politics, Gta, Gta Iv, Jack Thompson, Legal Action, Rockstar, Settlement Agreement, Take Two

  hands on experience with GTA IV. According to the article, the folks at GI were able to play the first mission of the game. This mission supposedly consists of Niko, the game’s central character, heading off to kill an attorney. Upon confronting said attorney in his office, Niko pulls a gun, and the attorney says something along the

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• Top 10 Best-Selling Game Franchises

  Published: September 29, 2007, 4:23 pm

  Tags: Gran Turismo, Gamer Life, Rockstar, Games Industry, Madden, Bungie, Nintendo, Square Enix, Final Fantasy, Halo, Grand Theft Auto, Microsoft, Computer, Games, Sony, Electronic Arts, Game Companies, Donkey Kong, Final Fantasy, Gran Turismo, Gta, Halo 3, Madden Nfl, Mario, Nintendo

  Units Sold - Defining game: GTA III (PS2) The GTA franchise finally hit its stride with GTA III, and with GTA IV waiting to invade our lives, you can bet your Granny’s heirloom pearl necklace that it will be THE game of 2008 - Halo 3 or no Halo 3. Where else can one revel in things that are unspeakable in society, pick up hookers, and

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• Halo 3 UK sales high, but fall short of GTA record

  Published: October 2, 2007, 7:45 am

  Tags: Bungie, Bungie Studios, Gta, Halo3

  Filed under: NewsLast week's UK game sales numbers were released today and surprise, surprise, Halo 3 sits high atop the pile. According to calculations from UK media sales group Chart Track, Halo 3 topped the UK game charts and in the process doubled Xbox 360 console sales to their highest levels of the year. But records weren't smashed, because

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• Baby Talk: Rockstar: Waaahhhhh!! (hypocritical sniffle)

  Published: October 4, 2007, 6:56 pm

  Tags: Baby Talk, Grand Theft Auto, Gta, Rockstar, Take Two, The Simpsons, The Simpsons Game

  Convention, EA had to pull a GTA parody poster (Grand Theft Scratchy) from the floor due to a Rockstar-sourced complaint. Rizzer elaborated that it was probably a lawyer who's been the source of said conflicts, but that's no excuse in our book. Parody has long offered legal solace to those stretching the bounds of freedom of speech and social

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• Neat: GTA IV To Support 16-Person Multiplayer

  Published: October 16, 2007, 2:40 pm

  Tags: Grand Theft Auto, Gta, Gta 4, Gta Iv, Neat, Rockstar

  GTA is not a series known for its multiplayer, having ditched the premise after GTA II, but it looks like Rockstar is giving it another go. According to GamingExcellence, the company said at a Sony event that they are aiming for 16-person multiplayer that's richer than simple deathmatch gameplay (here's hoping for a hot coffee mode at Starbucks).

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• Grand Theft Auto 4 to feature 16-player online multiplayer

  Published: October 16, 2007, 8:39 pm

  Tags: Ps3, Xbox 360, News, Grand Theft Auto, Grand Theft Auto 4, Grand Theft Auto Iv, Game, Ps3, Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Rockstar, Gta, Gta2, Gta4, Gtaiv, Gta 4, Gta Iv, Delay, Multiplayer, Online

  from the start of the [GTA4] game. The game's multiplayer mode, unseen in the GTA franchise since GTA2 in 1999, is aiming for at least 16 simultaneous players, with more than just the usual deathmatch mode.” — Via Gamernode & Digg Share This

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• Back to the Future: Vice City Style

  Published: October 23, 2007, 3:43 am

  Tags: Videos, Rockstar, Grand Theft Auto, Sony, Computer, Back To The Future, Delorean, Gta, Mod, Vice City

  off a mod someone made for GTA: Vice City, featuring some famous vehicles from the Back to the Future series. There’s a Hoverboard, a time-travelling train, and of course the Delorean complete with Mr. Fusion. They even made sure the train and the Delorean could fly and blast off leaving a trail of flames. I always wondered how Doc Brown

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