Kotaku writes: Curiously, a new rating turned up yesterday on Australia's Classification Board website for a game that was first released nearly eight years ago. Wonder why that would be? As you can see below, the rating is fresh as of yesterday, for what's tagged as a modified version of the classic Grand Theft Auto title Vice City. There's little else of use to be gained from the rating (the Multi Platform bit is often inaccurate on Aussie ratings).
Rockstar writes - The Advertising Council of Liberty City, Vice City & San Andreas is proud to bring you these hard-to-find gems of radio ad creative of years past. By popular demand, The Ad Council will be posting some of the most memorable commercials to ever hit the airwaves.
Gamertag Radio writes: Just got the news from Miss Info. Hip Hop legendary DJ Mr Magic passed away this morning. Gamers that don't know about DJ Mr Magic, he is a Hip Hop radio pioneer since the late 70's. Also if you played GTA Vice City he also had his own old school Hip Hop station. I still have old tapes of his shows. RIP to DJ Mr Magic.
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.
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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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.
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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