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Concerns that some retailers may sell copies of Grand Theft Auto IV early so far appear ill-founded as the industry gears up for its April 29th launch. Rockstar’s much-hyped car-jacking sequel has already shipped to retailers worldwide, but there’s currently no sign that copies have been sold ahead of time. …

Speaking to Reuters , analyst Michael Pachter has placed his chips on PS3 to ‘win’ the battle with Xbox 360 for GTA IV sales. The title, which is expected to take $400 million in its first week, will directly inspire two million sales of PS3 in 2008, versus half of …

As predicted by MCV , Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has officially confirmed the release of an official Grand Theft Auto IV bundle exclusively for PS3. The bundle, which become available on the day of the game’s release on Tuesday, April 29, will consist of a PS3 40GB model, a Sixaxis …

Rockstar co-founder and GTA writer discusses the production of Grand Theft Auto

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 dominate the headlines of the global games business press this year. It all kicked off on February 24th, when EA …

Play.com has sold out of its allocation GTA IV pre-orders – whilst GAME and Gamestation’s online offerings have already put up warning of stock running low. Play.com’s head of games Gian Luzio told MCV that the title was far and away the biggest selling title” he’d ever seen on PS3 …

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. No details have been released about what aspects of the game were removed, though the BBFC’s recent report about the …

New 'Social Club' provides online-stat tracking for all future Rockstar games including GTAIV, firm secures Amazon tie-up, too

In last night’s financial report , Rockstar owning Take Two stated that downloadable episodic content is an area that it intends to invest heavily in, with regular updates for its biggest titles already penned in for 2009. We also have significant visibility into fiscal 2009, which includes additional episodic content …

Take Two has announced its financial results for its first quarter ended January 31st, with revenues down year on year from $277.3m to $240.4m – although the firm said that Q1 2007 had benefited "from more new game releases", hence the drop. The firm’s sales were led by a number …