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Remember the days when getting hold of a game early was as easy as popping down to your local indie? These are not those days. Unless you’re Spanish. A report on the Spanish version of Gamereactor reckons that a number of chains have put the game on sale today. The …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto is the UK’s fourth biggest video games brand
There’s reason to be excited ahead of next week’s Grand Theft Auto V launch. GfK Chart-Track has told MCV that GTA is the fourth biggest revenue-generating brand in the UK games industry. The stat tracker revealed a number of GTA facts ahead of the blockbuster arrival of GTA V. The …
Read More »GTA V "could be the biggest entertainment launch in history"
More than 1,000 UK stores will be open from midnight for the launch of Grand Theft Auto V. Retailers are out in force for what is tipped to be the biggest release of the year, with chains, indies and supermarkets reporting record pre-order figures. Midnight launches will take place from …
Read More »Get Grand Theft Auto V for free with Blockbuster trade-in deal
Blockbuster has revealed its own Grand Theft Auto V trade-in offer. Customers can trade-in any two games from a list of titles (that can be seen below) and get the game for nothing. The deal is limited to Xbox 360 and PS3 only. It also confirmed that 248 of its …
Read More »Even WH Smith is feeling the Grand Theft Auto V love
High Street stalwart WH Smith may have long since abandoned core gaming, but shoppers may have noticed this week the presence of Grand Theft Auto V in its windows. It’s not selling the game, of course – although some branches can still be found selling the likes of Activision’s Skylanders …
Read More »Over 500 missions – the staggering scope of Grand Theft Auto Online
Forget smartphones, the economy or stock shortages – the biggest threat to the next generation of consoles could be Grand Theft Auto V. The latest issue of GameInformer (as reported by CVG) has a host of details about the upcoming GTA V expansion Grand Theft Auto online, chief of which …
Read More »"Concept of masculinity" the reason behind lack of female GTA V protagonist
Rockstar co-founder and vice president of creativity Dan Houser has briefly touched on the male-only character roster for Grand Theft Auto V. As the first game in the series to feature more than one protagonist, some observers have bemoaned the decision not to use this flexibility to introduce a female …
Read More »Is Grand Theft Auto V the most expensive game ever made?
Grand Theft Auto V – which is out NEXT WEEK, don’t forget – might be the most expensive game ever made. That’s if the numbers from a report in The Scotsman are correct. It reckons that Rockstar’s game has a combined development and marketing budget of 170m. In 2010 predecessor …
Read More »Rockstar: Grand Theft Auto V "feels next-generation to us"
Stop whining about a possible next-gen release for Grand Theft Auto V – Rockstar reckons the PS3 and Xbox 360 game already feels next-gen. Of course, the game won’t be able to compete with the visuals offering by the likes of PS4 and Xbox One, but the title has been …
Read More »Rockstar requests online retailers delay shipping Grand Theft Auto V
Grand Theft Auto V will allegedly not be shipped by online retailers until September 16th – just one day before its release. That’s according to an email obtained by Videogamer in which GAME claims Rockstar has made the demand of all UK retailers. It reads: "They have requested that no …
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