MCV: Rival publishers forecast that Activision title will shift 1.7m UK copies in first week
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.
Asylum:
Say what you will of Jack Thompson, he always pays his bills. And he sure will do his damndest to let you know about it, too.
Speaking in an earnings call following the release of Q3 financials last night, Take-Two CEO Ben Feder said that old GTA titles have sold in seven figure units for the quarter.
MCV: The Rockstar co-founder looks back over his amazingly successful career, discussing his biggest challenges, successes - and what's he's still to achieve.
MCV: Biggest challenge of legend's career has been the 'powerful people' who want to crush GTA firm
Though there has been no confirmation of a GTA movie, no one can deny that the games lend themselves to the cinema. There are plenty of "cinematic" moments in each GTA game, moments where the game seems to transcend its medium and become "art." And then there are those moments where you run-down various urban stereotypes in your stolen car while listening to commercials about shipping pets overnight in a box. Combining comedy and ...
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EDGE writes:
Now here's a familiar story, modder cooks up something and gets in legal trouble, although it's usually from the software publisher. In this case, "unauthorised use of a police uniform" is an offense under New Zealand's Police Act.