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Read More »GTA: Lost and Damned gets digital price cut
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned will cost just 1200 Microsoft points (10.20) for one week only from August 24th. The DLC for GTA IV typically costs 1600 Microsoft Points (13.60), and its price cut is part of Microsoft’s regular Xbox Live ‘Deals of the Week’, which the …
Read More »New GTA dated
Grand Theft Auto Episodes From Liberty City will hit retail shelves on Thursday October 29th. The game combines the two downloadable episodes The Lost and The Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony into one box, and does not require a copy of GTA IV to run. It will also …
Read More »JAPAN: Chinatown Wars gets Z rating
Following the precedent Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars set in the UK when it became the first 18 rated DS game to hit the shelves, the critically acclaimed title is set to become the first Cero Z rated title for Nintendo’s handheld in Japan. A Cero Z rating is …
Read More »JAPAN: GTAIV goes budget
Rockstar’s next-gen opus Grand Theft Auto IV is getting the budget treatment in Japan with news that the Capcom published title is to be ushered in to the PlayStation Best discount range. Kotaku reports that that the new version will be released on August 27th and will cost YEN 3,900 …
Read More »Report: Layoffs suspected at Rockstar studio
Rockstar New Englandâ??s entire QA department set loose, sources claim
Read More »GTA Chinatown Wars goes to PSP
Rockstar has today confirmed the shock news that DS outing Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will be released on Sony’s PSP later this year. In line with Sony’s digital overhaul of the upcoming PSPgo, Chinatown Wars will be released both as a digital title and on UMD disc. We’re proud …
Read More »Rockstar to take Chinatown Wars to PSP
Highly praised low selling title redesigned for PSP and PSPgo owners
Read More »GTA DS will have a long and successful shelf-life
The CEO of Take-Two Ben Feder says you should forget everything you know about how DS games sell.0 That’s because adult-focused games like GTA: Chinatown Wars prove there is a market for grown-up games on Nintendo platforms – and that Rockstar’s most recent release will be an evergreen seller like …
Read More »Rockstar: Exclusivity does work
Take 2 Interactive and Rockstar president Ben Feder has been waxing lyrical about platform holder Sony in the wake of the news that upcoming title Agent will be a PS3 exclusive. The trade-offs a publisher will typically make is, if you’re platform-agnostic, you get a larger installed base,” Feder told …
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