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...and yes, we're as sick of reporting it as much as you are sick of hearing it, and as sick as Take Two are of rejecting it, as their latest press release so clearly indicates.



Newly promoted Microsoft entertainment business development VP Shane Kim has admitted that there’s nothing in the firm’s 360 line-up this year that is likely to top Halo 3 in terms of size and popularity.



Take Two has just announced in its recent fiscal report that the 360 exclusive Grand Theft Auto IV's downloadable content won't be released until the first quarter of its fiscal 2009. The content was originally due to hit the Xbox Live service in late October, but has been pushed back to the start of 2009 to "balance the books", so to speak.



Speaking in this month's issue of Playboy (yes, there is text in the magazine), Rockstar boss and Grand Theft Auto creator Dan Houser expressed the said that the film industry doesn't wholly gaming mainly because it believe that they are a threat to its audience.



EA's most recent extension of their offer to buy Take Two Interactive for $25.74 per share was to expire earlier this morning, only to have the mega-publisher extend their offer, yet again, to June 16. Considering that stock of T2I is currently valued at $27.10 per s...



According to April’s NPD figures, the biggest selling game in America last month was the 360 version of GTA IV by a considerable margin, the SKU selling 1.85 million units.



It seems you can't keep a bad director down. "Grand Theft Auto would be super interesting for me, and I think I would actually be the right guy to do it," he said, adding, "because my movies are all bloody and violent and I don't have a problem wi...



Lazard Capital's Colin Sebastian has just issued a note on last night's Electronic Arts financials stating that solid news on EA's much talked about (and generally detested) proposed buyout of Take Two can be expected by next Monday.



$500 million dollars. That is how much money GTA IV has earned, according to the New York Times, in its first week. Take a moment to let that settle in.



Considering that Grand Theft Auto IV is one of the biggest titles to be released in the last few years, it's no surprise to see both industry veterans fighting for the claim of being the "true" home of Grand Theft Auto.



Chart-Track figures have been released, and show that GTA IV has managed to sell more than 926,000 copies in its first five days on sale... in the UK alone.



Take-Two has justly decided to sue the Chicago Transit Authority after a decision by the company was made to pull $300,000 worth of Grand Theft Auto ads from public transport spots in the city last month.



Yes, it's another Grand Theft Auto IV article. Considering the popularity of the game, don't expecting much else this week, as the rest of the industry is understandable keeping quiet while the game has its run. Speaking to Next-Gen, Xbox's Aaron Greenberg ...



Speaking in the latest Major Nelson podcast, guest "e" has revealed a surprised statistic regarding initial Achievement scoring for the game.



Chart-Track has made available UK sales data for GTA IV's launch based upon actual EPoS data and retailer estimates. According to Chart-Track estimates, GTA IV first day sales were 609,000 units - eclipsing the record of 501,000 units set by GTA: San Andreas in 2004....



No kidding. Grand Theft Auto IV has only been out over two days, and already it's been Google Mapped. Just like the real thing, locations and highlight have been marked throughout Liberty City, down to the smallest details and all interactive locations. Head ov...



Speaking to Reuters today, Take Two Interactive CEO Ben Feder told the press that he felt that analysts have been overly conservative about their estimates of just how well GTA IV will sell this year.



A little late with this one, maybe, but this is so priceless that it just has to be preserved for prosperities' sake. In a new low for even Jack Thompson, the wannabe-saint has decided to send a letter not to Take Two Interactive, but to the mother of Take Two's chairman, Strauss Zelnick instead!



While New Zealand has a history of being more friendly to gaming's more mature titles than neighboring Australia, the word is that Kiwis will in fact only be able to get their hands on the OFLC guideline approved Australian version. The NZ arm of the OFLC decided tha...



Although this is stating the blatantly obvious, Variety is convinced that Grand Theft Auto 4 is going to bring in a lot of pennies. Not just a little. A lot.



Take Two has just announced that it has received no stake-holder proposals ahead of its AGM tomorrow. Bet EA is thrilled about that one. " Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., which publishes and distributes “Grand Theft Auto” and other popular video games, sai...



No doubt highly illegal, and completely defeating the point of the printed press in the first place, but the first ever review for Grand Theft Auto IV has recently been leaked onto the internet.



The ban on controversial video game Manhunt 2 in the UK has been lifted and the game will now hit shop shelves. The Video Appeals Committee (VAC) upheld an earlier decision that the game could be sold, following a nine-month battle between devlopers Rockstar and UK censor...



Asked yesterday where Rockstar will be heading now that release of the long awaited Grand Theft Auto IV is drawing near, company execs let lose a rather curious little of information.



Manhunt 2 is offically the most controversial game in video game history. In June 2007 it was banned by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) due to its unremitting bleakness and callousness of tone. It is now at the centre of a continous legal row that is defini...



A few days ago, the UK High Court decided that the Video Appeals Committee, which had recently granted the game an 18-certificate release in the country, must reconsider its decision.



Manhunt 2 has constantly been refused a rating in the UK by the British Board of Film Classification, effectively banning it from release, by Rockstar are still determined to see it hit UK store shelves. Thanks to the common sense of the Video Appeals Committee, it might actually happen this time.



Last week, we pointed out that Grand Theft Auto 4 may be delayed even further. Since then, Take-Two Chairman Strauss Zelnick has stepped up and, in a statement to GameSpot, has announced that this is not the case and the title is still set for it's Q1 2008 release date.



It looks like the violence and gore weren't the only things cut from Manhunt 2; according to former employee of the now defunct Rockstar Vienna, Jurie Horneman, in his blog, the work of his co-workers on the game were left on the editing table as well, with more than 55 names missing from the credits in the retail version of the game.



Although some PS3 fans may have been frustrated by the news of GTA4 content exclusive to the Xbox 360, as mentioned at Microsoft's E3 2007 conference, it appears Rockstar have an ace up their sleeve, with plans for an exclusive PS3 GTA title.



Manhunt 2, the upcoming sequel up to a title that has already received more than its fair share of controversy, may see its release in the UK snuffed out altogether, thanks to the country's visual entertainment censors' (BBFC) refusal to give the title a legal rating.

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