Via GamePolitics: "You knew it was only a matter of time.

In the wake of reports that a 19-year-old Thai man murdered a cab driver after playing Grand Theft Auto, embattled Miami attorney Jack Thompson has written a menacing e-mail to the top executives of Take-Two Interactive, publisher of the controversial series.

In the e-mail to T2 chairman Strauss Zelnick and CEO Ben Feder (and copied to dozens of other people, including GamePolitics), Thompson writes:

'I warned you both that copycat killings by teens would occur upon the release of Grand Theft Auto IV. Now my prediction has come true...'"
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In addition to the previous reports of a GTA related murder in Thailand, it appears that the sales of the game will now be halted.

Ripten writes:

"Here we go again. An 18 year old in Thailand confessed to the robbery and murder of a 54 year old taxi cab driver, claiming he was trying to recreate a scene from the Grand Theft Auto video game.

Distributors of the game in Thailand are now being instructed to remove the game from their shelves indefinitely it would seem. Sales and Marketing Director for New Era Interactive Media, Sakchai Chotikachinda, was quoted saying..."
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A Thai videogame distributor has pulled copies of Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto games from retailers in Thailand following reports of a GTA copycat crime that ended in the murder of a taxi driver over the weekend.
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Rockstar sent notices out sometime after midnight to players who achieved 100 percent completion in Grand Theft Auto IV during the game's "Key to the City" contest (now closed, so if you're at 98.3 percent, suck it up.) Reader Farnic sent us a screenshot of his (fullsize after the jump). The fine print: "If you do not respond within seven days, you will be made ineligible for the prize." Also, it could take up to 120 days to get your key, depending on how many they have to make.
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Check your inbox eager gamers, Rockstar has announced that potential winners of the GTA IV 100% Club Contest have been notified.

Have you won?
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The game, created by Edinburgh-based company Rockstar North, is the latest in the long-running franchise which sees gamers given the chance to run around lavishly-created virtual cities carrying out all manner of criminal activities.

This latest instalment has earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for the highest revenue generated by an entertainment product in 24 hours. In its first day on release the game sold 3.6 million copies and earned more than £150 million.

At the Edinburgh awards, established to recognise innovation and design in video games, it will be up against the revolutionary Wii Fit, the incredibly popular Rock Band game and best-selling Halo 3.

The winner of the Edge Award will be announced on Monday, August 11.
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C4D.dk reports: "Rockstar has repeatedly denied plans for a PC version of the ultra-popular Grand Theft Auto IV, which was released on the Xbox 360 and PS3 consoles in April. There have been alot of rumours, latest had a PC dedicated magazine in Malaysia, Niko on the frontpage. But now it should be officially, ESRB has listed GTA IV on the three platforms, in which PC is one of them."
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A photo of the cover of the next PC Gamer Malaysia reveals that GTA IV is now coming to the PC!
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GamePolitics:

"A hybrid car available for jacking in GTA IV is named after a well-known game violence researcher, Dr. Karen Dill of North Carolina's Lenoir-Rhyne College."

The "Karin Dilettante" is a sporty hybrid sedan that appears in Grand Theft Auto IV, the latest installment in the famously violent and sexualized series of video games. "Chicks love electronic gadgets" is the slogan in fake ads for the car.

Ms. Dill says she couldn't believe that Rockstar Games, the maker of Grand Theft Auto, had taken the trouble to name a car for her: "I was kind of like, whoa, they actually do care about video-game research."
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In an interview with Nintendo's Cammie Dunaway [who announced GTA: Chinatown Wars for the DS at Nintendo's E3 press conference], she revealed that Nintendo are pushing on Rockstar for some new stuff on Chinatown Wars for the Penny Arcade Expo.

Rockstar Games have been confirmed to be attending so there is a good chance we will see some new Rockstar Games stuff including GTA for the Nintendo DS.
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Kotaku:

"Two guys worked up an extremely patient, social engineering prank that had 2K Games support believing, or at least suspicious of the possibility of a hacked Grand Theft Auto IV demo on pirate sites. And in the back-and-forth, it turned up this reply from tech support:

"The PC version of GTA IV has not even been announced for release and is still in development so is not about to be released on a website." "

Full story after the jump!
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So Take Two's conference has to come to an end and a few of Rockstar's titles made appearences including a brief montage of GTA IV, Bully and L.A. Noire, a new trailer of Midnight Club: LA and a brief teaser of the new Red Dead Revolver 2 game.
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A pair of hooded robbers who ambushed a man for his copy of the controversial video game Grand Theft Auto IV have been jailed for two years each.

Marc Hughes, 21, of Herbert Street, Leyland, and Oliver Aindow, 18, of Kingswood Road, Leyland, stalked their victim as he left a Leyland store after a midnight release of the 18-rated game.
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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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MCV: Biggest challenge of legend's career has been the 'powerful people' who want to crush GTA firm
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MCV: Rockstar boss reveals his motivations and his vision of the future in an exclusive MCV profile
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E3, the video-game industry's big trade show, is next week, and you'll be hearing a lot about all the new software coming between now and Christmas. But there's a bit of a lull until Aug. 12, when Madden NFL 09 unofficially marks the beginning of the fall game season. July is a good time to catch up on some of the games you may have missed. Here are the best of the year so far.
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Computer and videogames Writes:

Police who previously used internet chat rooms to set up sting operations are now playing Grand Theft Auto IV online to catch kiddie fiddlers.

"Child predators are migrating from traditional methods to alternate media," said Detective Lt. Thomas Kish of the Michigan State Police to the USA Today. "They are going to places where children are."

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Ever wondered if GTA IV is coming to the PC? Well wonder no more as two trickers have managed to get conformation from Rockstar. They pretended to have downloaded a free version of GTA IV from the web and a rep later responded "The PC version of GTA IV has not even been announced for release and is still in development so is not about to be released on a website we have no knowledge of" after a chain of e-mails.
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Dr. Joanne Cantor, like many in the field of psychiatry, were none too pleased with the book "Grand Theft Childhood", and wrote a scathing review about the book on a popular and well-respected psychiatry website. There was just one problem: She had nothing to back up her outrageous claims.
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