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Take-Two has beaten its quarterly revenue expectations by almost $50m, as revealed during its latest financials. The 2K and Rockstar parent was previously predicted to generate $318.3 million in revenue during its fiscal Q2, but well surpassed that sum to bring in $364.9 million – a 169 per cent annual …
Read More »Rockstar says BBC’s GTA drama was ‘random, made up b****cks’
Last night saw the long-awaited airing of the BBC’s controversial dramatization of Rockstar’s creation of Grand Theft Auto, The Gamechangers. At least, that is what we thought it would be about. In reality the 90-minute show didn’t seem to tell any particular story. The events depicted the period between the …
Read More »XCOM 2 delayed until 2016
Quite possibly the most eager anticipated PC game of Christmas has been delayed. XCOM 2, the sequel to the excellent 2012 game XCOM: Enemy Unknown (which was itself a remake of the equally bloody good UFO: Enemy Unknown) will now be arriving on February 5th, 2016. It’s a disappointment to …
Read More »Red Dead Redemption ships 14m units, GTA franchise exceeds 220m
Take-Two has reported new milestones for Red Dead Redemption and Grand Theft Auto. In a Shareholder Outreach document spotted byVG247, the publisher states Grand Theft Auto as a series has surpassed 220m copies sold-in. Take-Two announced GTA V hadshipped over 52mback in May, which indicates the series has moved another …
Read More »Take-Two: Mafia III will ‘absolutely’ be as big as BioShock and Borderlands
Take-Two wants its Mafia series to sit alongside Borderlands and BioShock as one of its biggest games franchises. The game is published by Take-Two’s 2K division and is being created by Hanger 13, a new development unit set-up to work specifically on Mafia III – which is due to launch …
Read More »GTA V ships 54m copies
Total revenues for publisher Take-Two reach $366.4m for the last quarter
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V ships 54m copies
Take-Two has announced its quarterly financial results, revealing that Grand Theft Auto V has shipped more than 54m units life-to-date. The firm’s results from the previous quarter indicate that GTA V sold over 2m units during the three month period ending on June 30th. Total revenue for Rockstar and 2K’s …
Read More »Second season pass announced for Evolve
2K Games and Turtle Rock Studios will launch a second season pass for Evolve next week, with content arriving at unrevealed points between then and March 2016. Evolve’s Hunting Season 2 DLC will become available for purchase on June 23rd. No word on pricing yet, but the first season pass …
Read More »BioShock franchise has sold 25m copies
Franchise remains 'really important' IP for Take-Two
Read More »Bioshock franchise surpasses 25m units sold
Bioshock Infinite has sold 11m copies and the Bioshock franchise as a whole has sold more than 25m, according to Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick. Speaking at a conference in New York that GameSpot attended, Zelnick explained the 2K Games series has been a crucial piece for the company’s success. "It’s …
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