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Grand Theft Auto V will generate $1bn in revenue within a month of its launch, analyst firm Baird Equity Research has claimed. By comparison, GTA IV made $900m during its first month, shipping roughly 3.6m units on day one and making $500m in its first week. Through to the end …
Read More »Rockstar issues Xbox 360 Grand Theft Auto V installation warning
Those playing Grand Theft Auto V on Xbox 360 should not install both of the discs that come in the box. That’s according to Rockstar’s Twitter feed, which says that "for optimal performance, we recommend not installing” the second disc found in the box. Buyers of the 360 SKU will …
Read More »UK Grand Theft Auto V prices are the cheapest in Europe
Gamers on the continent have faced paying up to 42 per cent more for their copies of Grand Theft Auto V than those buying it in the UK. That’s according to Idealo, which found that pre-order prices for the game across Europe suggest UK gamers have actually got it pretty …
Read More »Rockstar releases Grand Theft Auto V iFruit app on iOS
A Grand Theft Auto V app has just hit iOS courtesy of Rockstar. It’s called iFruit – you may well recognise that from the mock-Apple branding that appears in-game and has featured on some of the pre-release promotional material. Once downloaded the app offers two separate components. The first is …
Read More »Disney "extremely happy" with early Disney Infinity performance
Chief financial officer Jay Rasulo has said Disney is extremely happy” with the early commercial performance of Disney Infinity. Polygon reports that the exec told an audience at the 2013 Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference that hopes are incredibly high heading in to Christmas. "I don’t want to be definitive …
Read More »Saints Row IV planning ‘GATV’ DLC
One thing you can never accuse the Saints Row series of is taking itself too seriously. Developer Volition is probably all too aware that the game’s ongoing charts success is unlikely to continue beyond midnight tonight so has seen fit to prepare a cheeky bit of DLC for its wildly …
Read More »James Pond takes to Kickstarter for proposed return
Yet another age-old gaming IP is to try its luck on Kickstarter. As revealed on Facebook by one of the original game’s developers, IP owner Gameware Europe is to kick off a James Pond Kickstarter on September 20th. Even now 20 years later people still ask me about James Pond,” …
Read More »EA to release its next-gen games before next-gen hardware
Battlefield 4, FIFA 14 and Madden NFL 25 will be available in their next-gen guises ahead of their respective hardware launches in the US. As confirmed by Peter Moore, the PS4 versions of all three games will be released at North American retail on November 12th. That’s three days ahead …
Read More »PS3 Battlefield 4 to include next-gen PS4 upgrade code in the box
Some copies of Battlefield 4 on the PS3 will include a code inside that entitles the owner to a digital PS4 copy of the game for just 10. Inside marked physical copies of Battlefield 4 for PlayStation 3 there will be a voucher with a unique code printed on it,” …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V PSN pre-loads prove how much further console digital has to go
Amazon would get a copy of GTA V to you on release day (or even before that if you’re lucky) for 35. So why would you spend 50 on a digital PS3 version? Well, there are a couple of reasons. Firstly, it means the game will always be there on …
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