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Sep 5, 2008
Old GTA games sold 1 million units in May-July N4G
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PS2 - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - Old GTA games sold 1 million units in May-July 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.
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Sep 3, 2008
Grand Theft Auto Helps Preteen Rescue Family From Crashed Car N4G
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PS2 - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - Grand Theft Auto Helps Preteen Rescue Family From Crashed Car Kotaku writes: "While we've seen countless story regarding children using Grand Theft Auto as their inspiration to do wrong, it's extremely rare that we see news about GTA being cited as a cause for good. It happened on August 27th around 9pm, as the Norris family of five was heading to Diamond, Illinois to visit relatives. Their 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee swerved off the road, hitting a guardrail and flipping four times before coming to a stop, caving in the roof and smashing out the back window. With her mother hanging upside down and her father pinned against the steering wheel, 11-year-old Audrey Plique climbed out of the back window and helped her parents and two younger siblings escape the car. The motivation for her heroic act, according to her mother Karen Norris?

'She just knew, from playing 'Grand Theft Auto.' She saw on there that when a car rolls over, it can blow up. She knew that could happen to us'"
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Aug 7, 2008
3 Teens Arrested; Say 'Grand Theft Auto' Taught Them About Molotov Cocktails N4G
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PS2 - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - 3 Teens Arrested; Say 'Grand Theft Auto' Taught Them About Molotov Cocktails WSBTV writes: "Fulton County officials said they have arrested three teens and charged them with 57 felony counts in connection with a recent series of car bombings with Molotov cocktails in the city of Milton, north of Atlanta.

The felony charges include arson, criminal damage to property and possession of explosive devices in six vehicle fires between 11 p.m. July 24 and 3 a.m. July 25. Each teen is charged with 19 counts.

Officials said the teens -- ages 15 and 16 -- told authorities they learned "how to do it" from playing the video game 'Grand Theft Auto.'"
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Jul 11, 2008
INTERVIEW: Sam Houser N4G
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PS2 - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - INTERVIEW: Sam Houser 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.
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Jul 11, 2008
Sam Houser: Games industry has 'limitless' potential N4G
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PS2 - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - Sam Houser: Games industry has 'limitless' potential MCV: Rockstar boss reveals his motivations and his vision of the future in an exclusive MCV profile
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Jul 10, 2008
Using sex and violence in design: Burger King did it their way with a GTA Theme N4G
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PS2 - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - Using sex and violence in design: Burger King did it their way with a GTA Theme A marketing and design firm reports that a German ad campaign is using Grand Theft Auto themes to promote Burger King. The campaign's "Veg City" theme is centered around the idea of fresh ingredients and giving customers choices in ordering from Burger King's menu:

"The first thing to remember is this would never work in America. While GTA: Vice City is still the best selling PS2 game of all time, it came with its share of backlash... However, the German culture is quite different than ours and one has to keep in mind the intended audience when evaluating a campaign..."
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Jun 5, 2008
GTA Rules NPD All-Time U.S. Top 10 N4G
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PS2 - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - GTA Rules NPD All-Time U.S. Top 10 Next-Gen.Biz writes: "The NPD Group has revealed the top 10 selling games of all time in the U.S. market.

Forbes reported earlier this week NPD Group's up-to-date top ten U.S. videogame sales figures by units, revealing a list dominated by the Grand Theft Auto and Madden NFL franchises.

As seen below, GTA: San Andreas from 2004 is the top-selling game in the U.S. with 9.43 million units sold. The franchise shows up on the top 10 three times, while Madden appears four times.

Activision had two 2007 titles already break the top 10 (Guitar Hero III and Call of Duty 4), while EA had one 2007 title on the list in the form of Madden NFL 08."
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Jun 4, 2008
Top 10 10 million selling games since 2000 N4G
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PS2 - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - Top 10 10 million selling games since 2000 VGB writes: Here's the Top 10 10 million selling games. Since the year 2000, there have been few games that sold over 10 million.
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May 25, 2008
Rockstar's Houser: "Hollywood Hegemony" Won't Support Games N4G
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PS2 - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - Rockstar's Houser: Kotaku reports:

In the June issue of Playboy, Rockstar's Dan Houser gave a somewhat rare full-page interview on Grand Theft Auto 4 and violent video games. Why, Houser was asked, don't other entertainment industries offer more support for video games, since their controversial content is often targeted for criticism in the same fashion?

"It's about economics. We take market share and audience from other media - video game makers are challenging the Hollywood hegemony - so they're going to fight us. But I'm not going to fight them. I believe your Constitution protects us."

When interviewer Scott Alexander asked Houser about inequity in the way adult games are treated as compared with film and other media, Houser said:

"These are works of fiction. Playing a game that features violence is no different from choosing to see a violent movie. We're not trying to create a 'here's real life' sensation in a video game; it's "you're the star of a movie. We want to re-create the sensations you have watching movies. We're putting those in a video game."

When asked to isolate why Rockstar's games seem to provoke a swath of mainstream anger from certain circles, Houser said:

"We're trying to give gamers freedom. It boils down to critics not liking the fact that people can choose to do 'bad' things in a fantasy world - which to me is silly."

The full interview is print only, so to read the whole thing you'd have to look at a copy of June's Playboy. You know, for the article, of course.
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May 12, 2008
Pachter: PS3 Beat 360 in April, Software Boomed N4G
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PS2 - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - Pachter: PS3 Beat 360 in April, Software Boomed EDGE writes:

"Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter believes that the PS3 outsold the Xbox 360 in the US during April, while monthly software sales hit $830 million, up 113 percent on last April's total.

Ahead of the NPD Group's April videogame sales data release, expected this Thursday after market close, Pachter forecast that Nintendo once again came out on top in terms of hardware sales, shifting 600,000 Wii consoles and 550,000 DS systems. He cited greater Wii and DS availability in his investor note as contributing factors to the systems' sales success. He also said he expects the PS3 to have outsold the Xbox 360 by 290,000 units to 275,000..."
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May 6, 2008
GTA IV shatters UK first-week sales records N4G
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PS2 - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - GTA IV shatters UK first-week sales records MCV reveals that title sells almost a million units in five days; takes over £39 million at retail.
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Oct 21, 2007
GTA a benchmark for design values N4G
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PS2 - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - GTA a benchmark for design values An exhibition entitled "Love & Money: The Best Of British Design Now" is touring Asian countries currently. The synopsis is below:

"...Love & Money, organised jointly by the British Council and UK Trade & Investment, features twenty projects and designers that balance business ambition and commercial success with the invention and experimentation for which Britain's creative industries are internationally renowned."

Within the exhibition is a space dedicated to Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto Series.

GTA is considered to be a benchmark for modern design values. This is a very positive nod towards gaming and in particular one with such a criticized content.

Had this N4G member not have stumbled upon this showcase, it may well have slipped silently into the night. Here is a link to the offical exhibition page

http://www.britishcouncil.org/arts-design-love-and-money.htm

Enjoy
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Mar 28, 2007
Battle of the GTAs
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Ever since the release of 2001's groundbreaking Grand Theft Auto III, there've been seemingly hundreds of games that shamelessly rip off its free-roaming, carjacking open-world formula. But as hard as the pretenders try, there's still only one ... » Read More
Mar 27, 2007
Battle of the GTA clones
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The funny thing about inventing a genre of videogames is that, until it becomes completely played out, every game that emulates your formula is going to be attached to your name. Games that feature a wide-open, freely explorable world, for example, will have a hard time avoiding the label of "Grand Theft Auto clone," especially if their worlds are littered with vehicles to steal and drive. In the six years since Grand Theft Auto III, a slew of games have tried to become "the next GTA," but so ... » Read More
Mar 27, 2006
Vice City Stories on the way?
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Rockstar's future Grand Theft Auto games are still shrouded in rumor, but a hint at their upcoming plans cropped up on March 21. According to the US Patent and Trademark Office, Take-Two Interactive has filed to trademark the name "Vice City Stories" for use in television and movies, clothing and, yes, video ... » Read More
Feb 26, 2004
GTA Vice City clears up at BAFTAs
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City was the clear star of last night's BAFTA game awards, bagging a total of five gongs in the PS2, Design, Action, Sound and PC categories, as well as winning the Sunday Times Readers Award, the only BAFTA to be voted for by members of the public.Two other titles also won accolades in more than one category at the ceremony, which took place last night at London's Radisson Portman Hotel and was presented by Bill Bailey. Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising won the GBA and ... » Read More
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