Entries in 'gta' (126)

UK CHART: GTA holds on to No.1; hits 1m sales

UK CHART: GTA holds on to No.1; hits 1m sales

Rockstar’s GTA IV has retained the top spot in the ChartTrack/ELSPA All Formats Chart for a second week – despite a massive 77 per cent drop in sales.

by Tim Ingham
on May 12th 2008 at 7:08PM in News
Charlie Brooker: GTA IV script is 'downright adolescent'

Charlie Brooker: GTA IV script is 'downright adolescent'

After a bombardment of 10/10 reviews and reports of 'the biggest entertainment launch of all time', is there anything left to say about GTA IV? There is, according to The ...
by Tim Ingham
on May 12th 2008 at 2:19PM in News
Rockstar boss: Riccitiello is ‘the real deal’

Rockstar boss: Riccitiello is ‘the real deal’

In a very rare interview, co-founder of Rockstar Sam Houser has spoken of his respect for EA CEO John Riccitiello – the man who could own the developer’s parent Take ...
by Tim Ingham
on May 12th 2008 at 2:08PM in News
Daily Mail falls in love with GTA

Daily Mail falls in love with GTA

The Daily Mail has given GTA a 5/5 rating on its entertainment pages – just days after the newspaper called the game ‘squalid mind poison’

by Tim Ingham
on May 9th 2008 at 4:24PM in News

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GTA IV: Biggest entertainment launch of all time

GTA IV: Biggest entertainment launch of all time

GTA IV has become the most lucrative entertainment launch of all time – dwarfing best-ever releases in music, video and literature.

by Tim Ingham
on May 7th 2008 at 1:11PM in News
Rockstar boss: ‘I like violence’

Rockstar boss: ‘I like violence’

Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser has made no apologies for the level of carnage in GTA IV – going on the record to state: “I like violence.”

by Tim Ingham
on May 2nd 2008 at 5:31PM in News
Retail set for £100m GTA boost

Retail set for £100m GTA boost

Financial doom and gloom may be building elsewhere, but the games industry is bucking all the trends as Wii Fit and GTA IV look set to push retail sales up ...
by Neil Long
on May 2nd 2008 at 5:30PM in News
Microsoft: ‘All GTA 360 owners will join Live’

Microsoft: ‘All GTA 360 owners will join Live’

Microsoft is confident that all consumers hwo pick up a copy of GTA IV on Xbox 360 will play the game via Xbox Live.

by Tim Ingham
on May 2nd 2008 at 12:52PM in News

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Croydon stabbing 'had nothing to do with GTA’

Croydon stabbing 'had nothing to do with GTA’

A Gamestation source has responded to reports that a customer was stabbed as he waited in a queue to buy GTA IV in Croydon on Monday – claiming that the ...
by Tim Ingham
on Apr 30th 2008 at 4:11PM in News
Rockstar boss: We’re the new Elvis Presley

Rockstar boss: We’re the new Elvis Presley

In a revealing interview with The Times, Rockstar North’s president Leslie Benzies (pictured) has compared the GTA series to Elvis Presley – saying that both have been targeted by a ...
by Tim Ingham
on Apr 28th 2008 at 6:13PM in News
Pachter: PS3 will 'win GTA IV battle'

Pachter: PS3 will 'win GTA IV battle'

Speaking to Reuters, analyst Michael Pachter has placed his chips on PS3 to ‘win’ the battle with Xbox 360 for GTA IV sales.

by Tim Ingham
on Apr 25th 2008 at 12:06PM in News
EA’s bid for Take Two – the story so far

EA’s bid for Take Two – the story so far

As the countdown to Take Two’s annual investors' meeting begins, it’s a timely opportunity to look back on just why EA’s $2 billion bid for the company has come to ...
by Tim Ingham
on Apr 17th 2008 at 10:36PM in News

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Microsoft's GTA marketing push ‘as big as Halo 3’

Microsoft's GTA marketing push ‘as big as Halo 3’

Microsoft’s marketing machine is ready to kick into top gear with a multimedia campaign across the web, TV and and print publications in an attempt to make Xbox 360 the ...
by Neil Long
on Apr 17th 2008 at 12:57PM in News
Ricky Gervais cameo in GTA IV confirmed

Ricky Gervais cameo in GTA IV confirmed

CVG reports that Ricky Gervais will appear as himself in GTA IV within Liberty City’s comedy club, unveiling new material created especially for Rockstar’s much hyped gangster title.

by Neil Long
on Apr 17th 2008 at 12:22PM in News
Official GTA IV PS3 bundle revealed

Official GTA IV PS3 bundle revealed

Shopto.com has listed and pictured an official GTA IV PS3 bundle on its website.

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by Christopher Dring
on Apr 10th 2008 at 12:58PM in News
AUSTRALIA: Cuts made to GTAIV

AUSTRALIA: Cuts made to GTAIV

Rockstar’s GTAIV may have survived its BBFC classification unscathed in this country, but the upcoming game has been cut prior to its release in Australia, The Sydney Morning Herald reports.

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by Ben Parfitt
on Apr 4th 2008 at 10:28AM in News

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Rockstar: GTA MMO a ‘compelling proposition’

Rockstar: GTA MMO a ‘compelling proposition’

Whilst the news of online-mutliplayer for the upcoming Grand Theft Auto 4 is exciting enough, the latest rumblings to come out of Rockstar are even more titillating.

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by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 10th 2008 at 12:46PM in News
GTA IV downloads this autumn

GTA IV downloads this autumn

Keen to publicise what is still believed to be an exclusive deal, Microsoft has stated that Rockstar’s downloadable content for upcoming title Grand Theft Auto IV will not arrive until ...
Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Feb 21st 2008 at 10:06AM in News
April 25th UK release for GTA IV

April 25th UK release for GTA IV

MCV understands that Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV will NOT be released in March as expected – and will in fact be held back until the last week in April.
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by Tim Ingham
on Dec 19th 2007 at 11:29AM in News
Halo 3 breaks records

Halo 3 breaks records

Halo 3 has become the fastest-selling Xbox 360 game of all time – and the second-fastest selling game in UK history, behind GTA: San Andreas.

However, PS2 had been on ...
by Tim Ingham
on Oct 2nd 2007 at 3:06PM in News
GTA IV delayed until '08

GTA IV delayed until '08

Rockstar Games has announced that its hotly-watched Grand Theft Auto IV has been delayed until 2008.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Aug 3rd 2007 at 10:18AM in News
360 needed for ‘complete’ GTA IV experience

360 needed for ‘complete’ GTA IV experience

Though knowledge of Xbox 360’s exclusive Grand Theft Auto IV content has been widespread for quite a while, whether or not PS3 would receive anything similar remains a matter of ...
Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 26th 2007 at 3:41PM in News
GTA IV Special Edition revealed

GTA IV Special Edition revealed

The new SKU will come in a jazzed-up Grand Theft Auto metal safety deposit box, which will contain a specially packaged copy of the game, a GTA IV art book ...
by Neil Long
on May 22nd 2007 at 11:15AM in News
GTA IV countdown begins

GTA IV countdown begins

It’s arguably the only title able to compete with Microsoft’s Halo 3 for the crown of ‘most anticipated next-gen game’, and now Rockstar looks ready to set the ball rolling ...
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 2nd 2007 at 2:15PM in News
Analyst: ‘Sell your Take 2 shares’

Analyst: ‘Sell your Take 2 shares’

The Wedbush Morgan analyst insists that while the next Grand Theft Auto title will generate significant profits, he is less optimistic about “the profit potential from it sports business and ...
by Neil Long
on Feb 19th 2007 at 9:45AM in News