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Wii Fit topples GTA IV in Spain
Wii Fit has overtaken the PS3 version of Rockstar’s GTA IV in the Spanish entertainment software chart.
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.
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 ...
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 ...Advertisement
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’
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.
UK CHARTS: All-conquering GTA IV hits No.1
The biggest All Formats release ever, Grand Theft Auto IV, has hit the top spot in the UK software chart – outselling last week’s No.1 Wii Fit by nine-to-one.
360 outselling PS3 in GTA software 'battle'
More copes of Rockstar's GTA IV for were sold on Xbox 360 than PS3 in the game's first week on UK shelves – but both companies enjoyed similar success when ...Advertisement
GTA IV shatters UK first-week sales records
Rockstar’s GTA IV has smashed all UK first-week sales records, according to official data obtained by MCV from industry monitor ChartTrack.
Take Two sues Chicago transport group
Take Two began legal proceedings against the Chicago Transit Authority yertserday, accusing it of pulling ads for GTA IV without explanation.
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.”
CNN: GTA IV ‘training our kids to kill’
American news network CNN has broadcast an astounding attack on Rockstar’s GTA IV – in which presenter Glenn Beck says the game “is training our kids to be killers” and ...Advertisement
UK retail prepares for 'manic' GTA weekend
Leading UK retailers have told MCV that extra GTA IV stock is being hurriedly pushed into stores in order to cope with the ‘manic’ demand expected this weekend.
Gamestop: GTA IV is encouraging PS2 owners to upgrade to PS3
Gamestop’s senior VP of merchandising has revealed that the release of GTA IV has inspired a ‘vigorous’ uptake in purchases of PS3 hardware.
Microsoft: 360 GTA outselling PS3 version 2-to-1 in US
Microsoft’s product manager for Xbox 360 and Xbox Live Aaron Greenberg has claimed that US retailers have sold double the number of units of GTA IV on 360 than they ...
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.Advertisement
Barack Obama talks GTA IV
Democratic leadership candidate Barack Obama yesterday mentioned GTA IV’s release in a speech… without even a hint of moral hysteria.
GTA IV smashes day one sales record
Data obtained by MCV from official UK industry monitor ChartTrack shows that Rockstar’s GTA IV has become the fastest selling game ever in a 24 hour period.
Analysts have underestimated GTA, says Take Two
Take Two CEO Ben Feder believes that analyst projections for sales of GTA IV don’t do the title’s retail potential justice.
‘Which console is best for GTA IV?'
In MCV’s latest Mystery Shopper feature, field marketing experts Infinite check out stores in Edinburgh – and ask them the question the whole industry is wondering: ‘Which console is best ...
GTA IV: Best game in over a decade, say critics
According to Metacritic, the website that compiles reviews from respected critics and publications for film, DVD, books, television and games, the latest edition of the Grand Theft Auto series has ...
GTA IV finally arrives on the high street
Rockstar’s eagerly awaited sequel went on sale today and, as expected, demand has been huge for the title. Retail has been preparing for the arrival of the game with a ...
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 ...
The Times sticks up for GTA IV
National Newspaper The Times has printed an opinion piece pleading that GTA IV should not be ‘controlled by officialdom’, admitting that Tuesday’s release is the ‘cultural event of the week’.
