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Early GTA Online players are quids in as Rockstar’s in-game cash injection goes live. The $500,000 cash bundle is being offered by Rockstar as a peace offering for the game’s bumpy launch, which caused players a variety of issues including characters being deleted into the nether. Anyone who signed into …
Read More »GTA V earns Rockstar North special award at Bafta Scotland
Accolade to recognise achievements of hugely successful sequel
Read More »Analyst slams Take-Two for "heavy reliance on retail"
Take-Two needs to adapt its strategy to lessen its reliance on High Street retail, one analyst has claimed. The publisher will this week likely announce that it has shipped an eye-watering 21.5m copies of Grand Theft Auto V, with revenue ahead of forecasts. Yet despite this, VG247 quotes HIS Electronics …
Read More »Tesco claims a third of Grand Theft Auto V’s total spend in UK
A third of all the money spent on Grand Theft Auto V in the UK in its first two weeks on sale in the UK was spent at Tesco. The Grocer reports that supermarkets have as a result of the game’s release seen a significant boost to their entertainment market …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V getting Beach Bum Pack and Online Content Creator
Rockstar has announced some new content it is making available for owners of Grand Theft Auto 5 next month. The Beach Bum Pack will be the first add-on and will introduce all-new beach themed vehicles and new weaponry that you’ll be able to use in both GTA Online and Story …
Read More »No GTA Online payout until all bugs are ironed out
Rockstar has told Grand Theft Auto V players that their GTA Online cash boost has been a little delayed. The developer last week said that all players of the game will see their GTA Online character credited with $500,000 of in-game currency to make up for the technical woes that …
Read More »OFFICIAL: All crime that happened in mid-September was GTA V’s fault
At least, that seems to be what a new article from The Daily Mail is implying. Carrying the headline CCTV shows dramatic moment ‘model pupil’, 15, held up bank workers at gunpoint in Grand Theft Auto-style robbery” the story goes on to highlight among its six-bulletpoint strap that: Judge said …
Read More »That’ll be the third No.1 for Grand Theft Auto V, then
Grand Theft Auto V has claimed its second successive UK No.1 and its third since release, Gfk Chart-Track has revealed. FIFA 14 manages to hold onto to second place ahead of a brand new entry at No.3 – Activision’s Skylanders Swap Force, although its sales actually fall 35 per cent …
Read More »GTA V has already beaten Black Ops II, Skyrim and FIFA 13’s lifetime sales on Amazon
Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V continues to claim retail records. Amazon has, unsurprisingly, confirmed that GTA V is the fastest selling game ever at the retailer. Perhaps more surprising are the games whose lifetime sales it has already overtaken after less than a month on the market. These include Call …
Read More »GTA V reclaims UK No.1; Pokemon and Beyond debut in Top Ten
Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V has claimed it’s second UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats UK No.1 after two weeks at the top for EA’s FIFA 14. Nintendo’s 3DS RPGs Pokemon X and Pokemon Y debut in third and fourth place respectively, with week one sales doubling last year’s Black 2 …
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