GOONL!NE: Miyamoto and the Houser brothers better be hiding under the desk, Fumito Ueda is coming for them and their games.
Published in Japan by Capcom, the game is set to drop its Recommended Retail Price to 3,900 Yen, approximately £24, on August 27th, 2009. There's no word about a drop in price for the Xbox 360 release currently, but with the game performing far better on Sony's console – outstripping many of Sony's own first-party PS3 releases – it comes as little surprise that this version remains a priority in the East.
Take-Two and Rockstar are expected to release two brand new downloadable episodes for Grand Theft Auto IV in fiscal 2010, and release GTA V the following financial year.
Proof that in a world as big as Grand Theft Auto IV's you can play it for months and never see all the game has to offer: apparently there's a "recipe" for the production of methamphetamines hidden somewhere in the game.
Jamie King and Gary Foreman, co-founders of Rockstar Games famed for the Grand Theft Auto franchise, have announced the forming 4mm Games, a gaming venture that will utilize the web to introduce new properties before they make their way onto mobile and console platforms.
GT Writes: Gamers, get ready to VOICE your CHOICE! We've rounded up your favorites and are going mano e mano - gamer style. Now, it's your turn to sound off in GT Gamers Choice 2009! Cast your votes now through June 21st and remember to check out Spike's Guys Choice for all that's important to men everywhere.
31 studios from across Europe feature in the list - 26 of them in the UK. These include the likes of Rockstar North (third on the list and responsible for the Grand Theft Auto franchise), LEGO Star Wars developer Traveller's Tales (11th) and Media Molecule (18th), the developer of LittleBigPlanet - and the highest placed independent UK studio on the list.
PCGH has screenshots and picture comparison of a new ENB Series Mod for GTA 4. The modder Boris Vorontsov improves the graphics of GTA 4 with Screen Space Ambient Occlusion and sky lighting. Apparently the visual improvements don't lower the performance of the game.
A patch for Grand Theft Auto IV has been released and is now available for the PC version of the game.
Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV has received an update, now available for download. The patch focuses on upgrades and tweaks for graphics, performance and more.
Ruffian Games have put out a final call for developers to join their merry band on a journey to make awesome games. Having established their studio in 2009 Ruffian's recruitment drive is near an end and the places remaining are few.
A new patch is available for Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV.
Take-Two issuing over 2.8 million shares to Housers, key studio members following GTAIV's 13 million unit shipment.
Ve3tro writes: "Take-Two today announced financial results for its first fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2009. Net revenue for the first quarter was $256.8 million, compared to $240.4 million for the same quarter of fiscal 2008. First quarter sales were led by Grand Theft Auto IV, Carnival Games, NBA 2K9 and Midnight Club: Los Angeles."
Taking place on Thursday April 23rd at The Brewery, Chiswell Street, London, this year's MCV Industry Excellence Awards will be the most hotly-contested ever, with 17 accolades up for grabs, across a diverse range of categories covering the entire industry.
Rockstar's opus takes the top prize from retailer trade group; World at War and Wii Fit garner three awards each.
Gamasutra writes:
Fancy grabbing a bargain? Head over to Steam this weekend and you'll net 30% off the usual price of every Rockstar title available through the download service.
PCHG:
Rockstar Toronto just published there patch for GTAIV which has given many players a boost in preformance, but the new patch has ruined many mods that have been created. Many reports coming in that the patch has broken the ASI support due to the memory offsets that the patch has tweaked. GTAHQ has posted some solutions for you to try.