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LIVE Activity for week of Oct. 26th (News)

Nov 4, 2009

These lists are based on global unique users connected to Xbox Live or in the case of Arcade and Indie Games, full versions purchased during the week.

Xbox 360 Top LIVE Titles (based on UU's):
1 Halo 3
2 Call of Duty 4
3 Call of Duty: WaW
4 GTA IV (Purchase the full game)
5 Halo 3: ODST
6 Gears of War 2
7 FIFA 10
8 Borderlands
9 Madden NFL 10 (Download the demo)
10 Forza Motorsport 3 (Download the demo)

Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions purchased):
1 Trials HD
2 SOUTH PARK LET'S GO TOWER DEFENSE PLAY!
3 Zombie Apocalypse
4 Battlefield 1943
5 Tower Bloxx Deluxe
6 Castle Crashers
7 Magic: The Gathering
8 Fable II Pub Games
9 Panzer General Allied Assault
10 Shadow Complex

GTA 5: More evidence pointing to London (News)

Nov 2, 2009

As it looks, the "Seagull" clue wasn't the only hint at the next location in the GTA series. A close look at the "Liberty City - It's over" ad from the booklet of "Episodes from Liberty City" reveals a stunning resemblance between the ad and the northern european coastline.

GJ09: Here's the big one - Ultimate GOTY (News)

Nov 1, 2009

This is the award every publisher wants to win, the Ultimate Game The Year award. If you pick this one up, you've made a really good game. In the nominations were giants such as Fallout 3, Call of Duty World at War, Left 4 Dead, Grand Theft Auto, IV and Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. See - them's some big guns.

But there can be only one. And the golden gong went to...

Halloween masks! (Feature)

Oct 30, 2009

So you didn’t have a Halloween costume this year. Boo hoo. Well, GamesRadar will come to the rescue yet again. All you need is some paper and a printer (and some scissors to cut out the eye holes), and you’ve got yourself a quick last-minute Halloween costume in, well, a minute! You’ll be the star of party. Or you’ll just be laughed at ...

Modern Warfare 2 to smash GTA sales record (News)

Oct 29, 2009

MCV: Rival publishers forecast that Activision title will shift 1.7m UK copies in first week

GTA 4: The Ballad of Gay Tony Now Available on Xbox Live (News)

Oct 29, 2009

The final Grand Theft Auto IV add-on The Ballad of Gay Tony is now available for download on the Xbox Live Marketplace.

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony (Feature)

Oct 28, 2009

With the release of its second (and probably last) downloadable episode, the story begun in Grand Theft Auto IV is finally complete. So far, we’ve seen the immigrant-disillusionment story of Niko Bellic and the sad bikers-in-decline tale of The Lost and Damned, each more gritty and depressing than the last. ...

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City - Luis Lopez (Video)

Oct 28, 2009

The highly-anticipated sequel to the carjack-fest of the century is sure to satisfy all your mob and hooker related fantasy. Okay, maybe not ALL your hooker fantasies.

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City - Princess Robot Bubblegum (Video)

Oct 26, 2009

The highly-anticipated sequel to the carjack-fest of the century is sure to satisfy all your mob and hooker related fantasy. Okay, maybe not ALL your hooker fantasies.

GTA: 'Gay Tony' gets exclusive radio station on 'Episodes' disc (News)

Oct 23, 2009

Rockstar lifted the veil on the new music headed to Liberty City with the release of GTA: The Ballad of Gay Tony next week, and chief among the additions is the modern day return of popular 80's radio station Vice City FM - which has been confirmed to be only available in Gay Tony, and only if you buy the Episodes from Liberty City disc which contains The Lost & Damned, the first DLC many gamers already bought.

Liberty City BASE jumping (Video)

Oct 22, 2009

The highly-anticipated sequel to the carjack-fest of the century is sure to satisfy all your mob and hooker related fantasy. Okay, maybe not ALL your hooker fantasies.

Man Plays Grand Theft Auto For 40 Hours Straight (News)

Oct 21, 2009

Kotaku: What did you do between September 4 and September 6? Twenty-six year-old private equity broker Chirantan Patnaik played Grand Theft Auto IV - for 40 hours and 20 minutes straight.

Ballad of Gay Tony is the Last Piece for Rockstar Games - No More Content for GTAIV (News)

Oct 16, 2009

Xbox Evolved writes:
Speaking to GTTV this week, Rockstar's VP of Product Development Jeronimo Barrera said that the upcoming DLC for Grand Theft Auto IV - Ballad of Gay Tony - is indeed the last piece of content for GTAIV. Barrera said, "This is it," and that they are, "Calling it quits," and, "Time we move on."

Xbox 360 Classics Price Reduction Announced (News)

Oct 16, 2009

Microsoft has announced a new starting price for Xbox 360 Classics in Europe, and three new blockbuster titles for the program, offering high quality experiences at outstanding value. From this month, Grand Theft Auto IV, Midnight Club Los Angeles: Complete Edition and BioShock will join the best selection of Xbox 360 games in the Classics range. A selection of titles, including Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: VEGAS 2 and Naruto: Rise of a Ninja will now be available with a Recommended Retail Price (RRP) of just £14.99.

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City Multiplayer Revealed - New Screens (News)

Oct 14, 2009

Rockstar has revealed the first look at multiplayer in The Ballad of Gay Tony.

TalkRadar UK #9: Champagne pizzas (Feature)

Oct 14, 2009

TalkRadar UK episode #9 is here for your pleasure

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Grand Theft Auto IV (Screenshots)

Oct 14, 2009

GTA IV hits Xbox LIVE Games on Demand (News)

Oct 13, 2009

Grand Theft Auto IV is now available to download from Xbox LIVE's Games on Demand service for £19.99, or 2400 Microsoft Points.

Microsoft drops price of Classics range (News)

Oct 9, 2009

Gi.biz:

Microsoft has announced that it is dropping the recommended retail price of its Xbox 360 Classics range of games to £14.99.

The budget range features re-releases of high-selling 360 games, and today adds Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV and Midnight Club: Los Angeles, as well as Take-Two's BioShock to the portfolio.

Ubisoft has also added four titles to the series – Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Naruto: Rise of the Ninja, Splinter Cell Double Agent and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2.

GTA IV and Dead Space coming to 360 GoD this month (News)

Oct 9, 2009

VG247: Microsoft said today that both GTA IV and Dead Space are to be added to 360's Games on Demand service this month, which is probably pretty awesome.

Episodes From Liberty City: Second Trailer Coming Wednesday (News)

Oct 7, 2009

According to Rockstar, all new trailer for Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City is coming this Wednesday, named "There's Always a Girl" ,at 1 PM Eastern Daylight Time.

Icrontic: Five New Games Inducted Into Microsoft's "Platinum Hits" Collection (News)

Oct 5, 2009

Microsoft today announced five new entries to their Platinum Hits collection, and revealed a 3-for-2 sale at most retailers.

GTA IV Updated To 1500 Gamerscore (News)

Oct 5, 2009

GTA IV has today been updated to 1500 Gamerscore with the addition of 10 new achievements totaling 250 Gamerscore.

The new achievements are all connected to the latest DLC coming out for the game known as The Ballad Of Gay Tony.

New Details for Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City (News)

Oct 2, 2009

Xbox Evolved writes:

"Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City is a brand new standalone retail product that contains two games: Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned and Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony. We have some new details."

French minister of family caught playing GTA IV with her kids (News)

Oct 2, 2009

One year ago, french minister of family Nadine Morano described GTA IV as "violent", "immoral" and "potentially addictive". This week, "Paris Match" magazine readers can see her whole family gathered around TV, playing... GTA IV. She answered this morning on french tv show, she wanted to show her kids how bad the game was ! She even added that you can rape women in cars in GTA IV !

Game censorship around the world (Feature)

Sep 30, 2009

Games are banned in two primary ways. The first is by corporate policy. When a company refuses to sell or distribute an unrated game, it is effectively censoring the game, but they can’t be entirely lampooned for attempting to maintain a positive image. Nintendo has every right to prevent “Sextrobes: Pornigins” from being released on the Wii ...

GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony (Preview)

Sep 18, 2009

Approximately the same length as The Lost and Damned, Gay Tony should contain around 20 missions. As part of our hands on with the DLC, we got to play through four – Dropping In, For The Man Who Has Everything, Going Deep and Sexy Time – all crammed to the gills with high-powered new weapons, fresh vehicles and, above all, a sense of riotous abandon that we haven’t really seen from GTA since the latter stages of San Andreas back in 2004. ...

GTA IV: The Ballad Of Gay Tony - What GR editors thought (Preview)

Sep 16, 2009

Last week, Rockstar visited our UK and US offices to show us the latest instalment of GTA IV's Xbox 360 exclusive DLC - The Ballad Of Gay Tony. ...

GTA Walkthroughs Available on iPhone and iPod Touch (News)

Sep 7, 2009

Walkthroughs for GTA III, GTA: Vice City, GTA: San Andreas and GTA IV are now available on iTunes for your iPhone and iPod Touch! The guides are unofficial and do come at a cost. However, $0.99 is nothing so don't gripe!

GTA IV and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Drops $10 Off (News)

Sep 7, 2009

JPS Writes: "The new episodes of Grand Theft Auto IV are right around the corner. With this new disc of content releasing, Rockstar has decided to drop the price of the original game once more. GTA IV has dropped by $10 to $29.99..."

Check Out These Great Value Games at HMV (News)

Sep 7, 2009

NextGen Player writes:

"After reading a post on Cheap Ass Gamer, it looks like there are some pretty good deals at HMV if you look deep enough. On their website there are a number of value priced games that certainly seem reasonable if you're in the market."

GTA4 for the PlayStation 3 goes Platinum (News)

Sep 6, 2009

PS3Hype.nl writes: 'According to the Amazon.co.uk website, we noticed that GTA4 for the PlayStation 3 is going Platinum on 30 October 2009! The game will be sold for 19,99 pounds!'

Rockstar Games Answers Fans' Questions on GTA: The Ballad of Gay Tony (News)

Sep 5, 2009

Earlier this week Rockstar Games posted some clarifying facts on Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony & GTA: Episodes from Liberty City. In that post they asked fans to submit other questions they have related to the game. Now they've answered some of them and published it on their website.

Grand Theft Auto IV Gets Title Update (News)

Sep 4, 2009

Today Rockstar Games released a title update for the Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto IV. Should be a popular update, as it stops filthy cheaters in their tracks.

All Take-Two games "need to have a download component" (News)

Sep 2, 2009

VG247: During the Take-Two Q3 2009 financial call tonight, company CEO Ben Feder told investors that while retail is important, downloadable content is a main component to the company's game releases.

GTA: Episodes from Liberty City - What's Missing from the Boxart? (News)

Sep 1, 2009

Rockstar recently showed off the boxart for the retail edition of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City. The pack includes both pieces of DLC for the Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto IV. However TripleChat noticed something odd about the boxart. Perhaps a render error, but nonetheless what is not listed on the boxart that should be there?

Can't figure it out? Well considering the DLC packs have been heavily marketed as being Xbox 360 exclusive, one would assume the boxart would show that.

So what's missing from the boxart? TripleChat tells you after the jump.

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City Trailer Releasing 1 p.m on Tuesday (News)

Sep 1, 2009

We just got word from Rockstar Games that the Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City trailer will be hitting the web at 1 p.m. on the U.S. east coast on Tuesday. That's 18:00 in London, 19:00 in Germany and unfortunately 3 a.m. Wednesday morning in Sydney. The trailer has already been sent out to select sources so there should be sufficient places to get it from - including Rockstar themselves and the likes of IGN and Game Trailers.

Skydiving returning to GTA? (News)

Aug 28, 2009

Rockstar's Twitter feed promised 'lots of announcements' yesterday. Curiously enough, the biggest announcement may have been a much more subtle reveal. Because the image accompanying the details of the Gay Tony trailer shows someone falling out of a helicopter.

And while the image is too dark to clearly tell, it looks very much like he's wearing a parachute, and that the fall is entirely of his own choosing.

Rockstar Launched "Friends System and Message Wall" On Social Club (News)

Aug 27, 2009

Months after the announcement, Rockstar launched their Message Wall and Friend System at The Rockstar Social Club.

The message wall will let you communicate with your friends and just speak your mind about anything.
You can customize it to your own likings with fonts, images, colors and more.

Grand Theft Auto IV Special Edition $25 (News)

Aug 22, 2009

Game Crazy has marked down Grand Theft Auto IV Special Edition for only $25. Check your local Game Crazy stores to see if they have the game in stock.

Rockstar: The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony are still 360 exclusives (News)

Aug 21, 2009

VG247: Rockstar Games has told VG247 that the two episodes of DLC for Grand Theft Auto IV, The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, wont be going to the Playstation 3 and are still Xbox 360 exclusives.

Niko Bellic vs. Vito Scaletta: comparison (News)

Aug 15, 2009

Graphic comparison between Niko Bellic (GTA 4) and Vito Scaletta (Mafia 2). Who will win this fight?

Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week : "Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned" Price Cut (News)

Aug 10, 2009

From XE:

"Tomorrow the new Xbox LIVE update will bring a slew of blockbuster entertainment features to 20 million gamers around the world…but the blockbusters don't stop there!"

Why games will replace TV (Feature)

Aug 6, 2009

The idiot box has had its time. These games do its job better. ...

A brief history of cheats (Feature)

Jul 31, 2009

Game cheats have spawned an entire industry of their own. It began in the back pages of magazines, then in full cheat books, and finally settled on the internet, where sharing cheats is as established as sharing ultra-niche Bolivian porn. Just ask our tireless CheatPlanet editor, Paul Ryan, and he’ll probably tell you, “Yeah, cheats. People like those.” ...

Rockstar: GTA Movie Won't Work (News)

Jul 27, 2009

Koku Gamer writes: 'Rockstar's VP of Creative Dan Houser doesn't believe a GTA movie would work due to the creative limitations of the film industry.'

The Top 7… 2008 games we can't stop playing (Feature)

Jul 27, 2009

Unless you’re an eagle-eyed bargain hunter, the price of videogames can put a serious dent in your finances. Here in the US, $60 a pop means the game in question needs to offer hours of content to offset the steadily increasing cost. ...

GTA 'door-checking' case prosecutor; "The blame lies entirely with Nathan Hartley" (News)

Jul 24, 2009

From PS3 Attitude: "As is our want here at PS3 Attitude, we like to get involved with the politics of gaming every now and then.

On reading the report that Nathan Hartley, an 18-year-old from Maryland in the United States had been sentenced to seven years in prison for an act we'd never heard of before – 'door-checking' – what sparked our interest was the insistence that this activity is an integral part of Grand Theft Auto.

But rather than tow the sensationalist line, we asked the prosecutor in this case, John Mark McDonald, what really happened and why GTA was even brought into this courtroom, since we don't remember seeing this activity in the game at all..."

Dumb things your folks say about games (Feature)

Jul 24, 2009

Mums are genetically programmed to stop you doing the things you like. As you get older, perhaps you start to understand their reasoning - even perhaps admitting they're right. But not when it comes to videogames.

We're sure you've heard these utterances more times that you can remember. So have a listen next time you're playing and see how many you can hear. Collect the ...

Rockstar announces Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City (News)

Jul 23, 2009

GTA: Episodes from Liberty City includes both The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony together on disc exclusively for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.

The developer also announced the release date of this "Episode" pack.

GTAIV Expansions On Disc (News)

Jul 22, 2009

Britxbox reports that Rockstar Games, developers of the hugely successful Grand Theft Auto IV, has announced a date for the release to disc of the game's until recently download-only content. Both The Lost and the Damned and the yet to be released Ballad of Gay Tony will launch on Oct. 29.

EB Games Door Crasher: GTA IV for $19.98 (News)

Jul 21, 2009

NextGen Player writes:

"Well, we haven't received confirmation that these titles will be an EB Games door crasher, but a reputable source on the RedFlagDeals forum claims that GTA IV (Xbox 360 & PS3) will be on sale tomorrow for $19.98."

If game characters used Twitter (Feature)

Jul 21, 2009

The secret lives of gaming's greats, in 140 characters or less. ...

Pachter: Next GTA in development for over a year (News)

Jul 14, 2009

Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has said Take-Two management has confirmed to him that the next instalment of Grand Theft Auto is in development, and has been for over a year.

The Pikmin Suicides (Feature)

Jul 14, 2009

You may be familiar with Andy Riley's superb book The Bunny Suicides. We liked it so much, we thought we'd create an homage to it, using everyone's favourite flower-headed people.

These Pikmin burned too bright for this world. Rest in pieces ...

There are more GTA4 stories that need to be told (News)

Jul 14, 2009

Speaking during an a conference call with investors, Take-Two Chief Executive Officer has hinted that further DLC is on the way

Classic mistakes rookies always make (Feature)

Jul 9, 2009

Ah, noobs. With their awkward fingers and stupid questions, it's a wonder we ever let them near our joypads at all. It's nice to get someone started in gaming, but it's so hard to witness utter incompetence at your favourite games.

But instead of yelling, snatching the pad and showing them how it should be done, why not sit back, make encouraging noises and tick off each entry in our list of classic rookie mistakes ...

What if GamesRadar designed Downloadable Content? (Feature)

Jul 7, 2009

You know the only real problem with downloadable content? It’s typically designed by the same people who made the original game. That’s boring. Why not give other folks, who don’t necessarily worry about whether something is “a good idea” or “sensible” or “legal,” a shot? Sure our ideas might be a little unusual at times, and a couple of them could conceivably land someone in jail. ...

Ueda Takes Aim at Grand Theft Auto IV & Mario Galaxy (News)

Jul 6, 2009

GOONL!NE: Miyamoto and the Houser brothers better be hiding under the desk, Fumito Ueda is coming for them and their games.

Grand Theft Auto IV Set to Enter Budget Range in Japan (News)

Jul 6, 2009

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.

Sources Confirm GTA IV DLC for PS3 Soon (News)

Jul 5, 2009

PS3 Informer writes:

"A source close to Rockstar has confirmed to us that the development studio will be releasing two additional dowloadable content packs for Grand Theft Auto IV, that both of them will be coming to the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, and that one of them will focus on the Irish families that Nico helped in the first episode. This confirms earlier rumors circulating around E3 that Rockstar was planning to release a DLC episode called Blood and a Four Leaf Clover."

If video game characters were Pokemon (Feature)

Jul 3, 2009

Ever wondered what it would be like to have video game characters in your Pokemon party? Why choose boring old Bulbasaur when you can choose a beautiful Kasumi? Or a level 50 Sackboy?

We've given 21 game characters the Pokemon treatment, with four moves to choose from and some evolutionary states too.

Who would you choose? ...

Two new GTA IV DLC episodes due next year - analyst (News)

Jul 2, 2009

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.

That's according to analyst Todd Mitchell, who told GamesIndustry.biz that following the release of Xbox 360 exclusives The Lost and the Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, two all-new episodes are due – possibly across both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 platforms.

Games invade Google Street View (Feature)

Jun 25, 2009

Have you ever seen Google Street View in action? It's incredible, and already coming up with some amazing images... it's a wonder the world survived without it. But we've spotted some more familiar faces in the passers by.

Can you spot them too?

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Wait, There Was A Recipe For Meth In GTAIV? (News)

Jun 23, 2009

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.

Xbox Live Marketplace Update: Wednesday 10th June 2009 (News)

Jun 11, 2009

Console Monster writes: "Today's Xbox Live Arcade Wednesday has proved to be one of the best yet with six new releases with one thing in common, they were published by SEGA. There's also a demo for a title I can't say I've heard of and some new themes. Here is the full Xbox Live Marketplace update for Wednesday 10th June 2009:

Full Game – Altered Beast
Price: 400 Microsoft Points
Size: 16 MB
When Zeus, the legendary Greek God, brings you back to life, you set forth on a mission to rescue his daughter Athena from the underworld. Along the way, collect the Spirit Balls dropped by enemies to increase your strength and transform into a variety of mythical creatures with powerful attacks. This game requires the Xbox 360 hard drive or the 512MB Memory Unit for storage. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts..."

27th Golden Joystick shortlists now open (News)

Jun 1, 2009

It's that time of year again when our favourite games are pitted against each other in a bitter struggle for gamers' love, admiration and little golden trophies. Yep, the voting for the 27th Golden Joystick awards is open. With the shortlists just announced, you've now got the chance to have your say on what games should be grabbing the gongs.

Think Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars should steal the award for Best Handheld Game ...

13 things we already know about GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony (Feature)

May 27, 2009

Damn, Rockstar is full of surprises. Who could have guessed that the developer’s franchise - built on gritty crime, bloody violence, hardened characters and grossly exaggerated stereotypes - would debut an entry with words like “ballad” and “gay” right in the title? When the first downloadable content starred leather-clad biker gangs listening to classic rock, who could foresee a second expansion’s logo ...

Rockstar Announces Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony (News)

May 26, 2009

Rockstar Games has announced the fall release of both the second episode of Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony and Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City, which will include both episode one The Lost and Damned, and episode two The Ballad of Gay Tony together on a single disc for the Xbox360.

The Top 7... games we want announced at E3 2009 (Feature)

May 25, 2009

Next week, we’ll know. Next week, the Electronic Entertainment Expo will begin and nearly every major publisher and developer will reveal their secrets. Next week, we’ll know which rumors were true and which games actually exist. After next week, the future will be (somewhat) clear. Seriously, though, where’s the fun in that? We prefer this week, when the mystery still remains and our imaginations can still roam wild. ...

Rockstar founders form 4mm Games (News)

May 21, 2009

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.

Xbox Evolved: Rockstar a No Show @ E3 09 - No GTAV (News)

May 18, 2009

From XE:

"Hot on the heals of ATARI pulling out of E3, Xbox Evolved came across some information that previously seemed to have been overlooked about Grand Theft Auto developer Rockstar Games. Sorry guys no GTAV this E3."

GameTrailers: Gamers Choice 2009 (News)

May 16, 2009

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.

Grand Theft Auto IV: Episode Two Info Soon (News)

May 15, 2009

GOONL!NE: Want more info on Grand Theft Auto IV: Episode Two soon? You'll get it, according to Rockstar's official Twitter.

Liberty City: The shocking truth (Feature)

May 13, 2009

Few cities in gaming are as convincing as Grand Theft Auto IV's Liberty City. Considering the scale of the place, it's incredible. But something's not quite right. ...

Rockstar's Response To "Lost & Damned" DLC (News)

May 12, 2009

Game Of Honor: "JokerElite" has sent an email to Rockstar Games regarding the rumors surrounding "Grand Theft Auto IV" and if they were true. You would be suprised.

Blizzard, Nintendo & Rockstar North Represent Industry's Most Affluent Developers (News)

May 11, 2009

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.

Gaming’s most memorable epidemics (Feature)

May 6, 2009

AW CRAP! We’re all going to DIE! Or at least, some of us might, because people die. Here at GamesRadar, we’re more worried about eye-strain than we are the ePIGdemic, but it’s hard not to think about it a bit, especially with that glowing box in our living rooms telling us we all have loaded guns with hairpin triggers stuffed up our nostrils. ...

The Top 7... gut-wrenching choices (Feature)

May 4, 2009

Games are complicated these days. Plotlines are deep and branching. Worlds are open to explore, and to change. Major characters are expendable. Side quests are optional, dialogue trees are intricate and endings are multiple. We are the authors of our own digital experiences. Which sounds pretty great, until you reach one of those choices that you just know will affect the rest of the game. ...

Exclusive GTA IV Xbox 360 Bundle to Hit Canada (News)

May 1, 2009

NextGen Player writes:

"Canada is about to get a sweet new exclusive Xbox 360 Elite Console bundle featuring the blockbuster mega hit GTA IV. This bundle package will be available the week of May 2, 2009 and will only be available in Canada."

Celebrate Grand Theft Auto IV's 1-Year Anniversary With Bundles (News)

Apr 29, 2009

Kotaku: Happy birthday, Grand Theft Auto IV. You're one year old today. Microsoft got you an Xbox 360 Elite "Limited Anniversary Edition" bundle to promote the occasion.

Rumor: GTA IV Getting Xbox 360 Elite Bundle Treatment (News)

Apr 24, 2009

Kotaku: Microsoft looks like it may be prepping another Xbox 360 Elite bundle for later this year, according to retail sources, bundling its higher-end console with Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto IV.

Rumor Killers: GTA V announced? New Gran Turismo 5 info and the Zune HD (News)

Apr 17, 2009

GTA V announced via Twitter? New Gran Turismo 5 info? An HD Zune coming?

Daily Mail: Dad Finds Ecstacy Pills In Second Hand GTA4 (News)

Apr 9, 2009

A father-of-two was horrified to discover four ecstasy pills hidden inside a computer game he bought from a High Street chain store.

The father says he got the game from a GameStation store, but the copy shown in the photo actually has a Blockbuster sticker. You make your minds up!

GTA IV: Pushing people down steps (Feature)

Apr 2, 2009

GTA IV just keeps on giving. It's been out for a whole year and we're still finding hours and hours of entertainment in little things. Like, for instance, pushing people down stairs ...

Liberty City landmarks: GTA IV vs Chinatown Wars (Feature)

Apr 1, 2009

In bringing Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars to the DS, its developers faced a seemingly impossible task: take GTA IV’s Liberty City, one of the biggest, most detailed virtual worlds ever created, and squeeze it onto the least powerful handheld on the market. ...

Ruffian Games' Last Call for New Recruits (News)

Mar 31, 2009

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.

The Top 7... Annoying nags that need to STFU (Feature)

Mar 30, 2009

We need to be told what to do in a game from time to time. We rely on helpful characters to issue us with objectives and point us in the right direction. Imagine the wasted hours if they weren't there to help. Trouble is, some of them go about it all wrong and - although they're trying to help - just get right on our tits. Honestly, Navi's a joy compared with these nagging characters that need to STFU.

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Beloved games we hate (Feature)

Mar 25, 2009

Gamers are a diverse and extremely opinionated bunch. If you love something with all your heart and soul, we guarantee you that someone else hates it with an equal amount of passion. Chances are good, in fact, that the person who despises your precious favorite is a person you know, like or even trust. Your favorite GamesRadar editor, for example… ...

The Top 7… hated habits of the mainstream media (Feature)

Mar 23, 2009

Today marks the beginning of the Week of Hate, GamesRadar’s annual celebration of all things callow, lame and detestable about videogames and the industry that surrounds them. Stay tuned all this week for a fresh round of features and videos dedicated to everything we hate about the hobby we love. ...

The most insulting GTA IV video you've ever seen (Feature)

Mar 23, 2009

As we start our Week of Hate 2009, we've gone back to GTA IV's Liberty City, armed with a camera and incredibly thick skin. ...

The best and worst game promo T-shirts (Feature)

Mar 20, 2009

Amongst the games, press releases and bulging envelopes of cash curiously marked '9/10, yeah?' that we receive from publishers each day we also get clothing. Mainly T-shirts of random ill-fitting sizes. And they fall into three categories: Outdoors, Indoors, and Bin. ...

Canada game sales surging, Top 10 titles revealed (News)

Mar 17, 2009

Canadian retail gaming sales grew nearly 33% between 2007 and 2008, and continue to rise despite the current economic climate. The gaming industry generated $2.1 billion in sales, representing a $500 M increase over 2007's $1.6 billion.

Additionally, Canada's top 10 video game titles--ranked by units sold--have been revealed.

$18 million windfall for Rockstar's rock stars (News)

Mar 12, 2009

Take-Two issuing over 2.8 million shares to Housers, key studio members following GTAIV's 13 million unit shipment.

GTAIV's sucess bodes well for top Rockstar management, including studio cofounders Sam and Dan Houser and the game's producer, Leslie Benzies. As part of their contract renegotiations announced in December, the Housers and other top Rockstar personnel were offered a stock-based profit-sharing arrangement in order to retain their services until January 31, 2012.

Related to that deal, Take-Two revealed yesterday that it plans to enumerate "certain employees of Rockstar Games" with 2,849,003 in restricted shares in the company during its current fiscal year, which ends October 31, 2009. Take-Two notes that the stock issuance is not yet final, as stockholders will be required to approve the compensation at the company's annual meeting on April 23.

GTA IV Sales: Split 50/50 over Xbox and PS3 (News)

Mar 11, 2009

Take-Two has revealed that the 13 million units of Grand Theft Auto IV it has sold are split more or less evenly across platforms.

Speaking in a conference call following Take-Two's recent financials, one analyst asked, "...can you give us an idea as to this 13 million GTA 4 units, how many of those are Xbox 360 platform? So what's the addressable market for the downloadable The Lost and Damned."

The response from Lainie Goldstein, CFO of Take-Two, was, "It's approximately 50/50, Ed."

Summary taken from spong

Take-Two declines to give out The Lost and Damned numbers (News)

Mar 11, 2009

The Take-Two conference call just ended, and the company is still keeping mum on DLC numbers for The Lost and Damned as well as pre-order numbers for GTA: Chinatown Wars for DS.

Grand Theft Auto IV, 13 Million Units Shipped & Upcoming Titles (News)

Mar 10, 2009

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."

GTAIV DLC episode 2 coming no later than October 2009 (News)

Mar 10, 2009

DarkZero: "Take-Two have published their Q1 Earning Announcement today, including a list of games they plan on publishing before their financial year is over. The biggest entry on the list has to be Grand Theft Auto IV Second Episode (Xbox 360)."

The Top 7... Naked flesh we didn't want to see (Feature)

Mar 9, 2009

The human form really is a beautiful thing – provided you spend 6 hours daily in the gym and exist solely on Ryvita. If not, it’s something to be covered up, ashamed of and never discussed. Sadly, many developers have no such qualms with nude, fleshy parts. They see games as the perfect forum to roll out a bit of man boob action and unappealing, exposed ass flesh.

Got a strong stomach? The following collection of bloated ...

Many Reports of Freezing Problems for GTA IV's DLC (News)

Mar 4, 2009

Slashgamer Writes: "A /gamer reader named Max sent us some info about people having issues with Grand Theft Auto IV's downloadable content. In his email, he sent us a link to a gamefaqs' forum and the topic was about freezing problems with the "Lost and Damned" DLC.

Inside the link, some members of the forum who downloaded the extra content have had an unpleasant headache with the game. Apparently, a small portion of people have had freezing with the title.

For instance, drummer2170 said..."