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Tuesday, Nov 17
'Assassin's Creed 2' Review - Once More For Good Measure
Clearly, someone at Ubisoft Montreal was listening to complaints about the previous game. The multi-phase process leading to each assassination is gone. No longer do you have to engage in a series of repetitive and trifling tasks in your hunt for information about Ezio's targets. The setu...
Monday, Nov 16
Rockstar Still Selecting A City For 'Grand Theft Auto 5'
That purported city clue from the "Episodes from Liberty City" manual may be a red herring after all if recent comments by one of Rockstar's head honchos are to be believed. Though the existence of "Grand Theft Auto 5" as game in the early stages of development should surprise no one, follow...
Friday, Nov 13
'Alan Wake' Awakening For May Release?
Footage that's been release thus far from "Alan Wake" resembles more of a "Twin Peaks"-esque plot than it does a traditional "Uncharted" or "GTA IV"-style action game, setting itself in a remote town called Bright Falls. Mystery, murder and changing light and weather will reportedly be...
Thursday, Nov 12
'Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2' Launches With $310M On First Day
Activision is approximating the total number of copies sold that day at around 4.7 million, which is a record for not only the video game industry, but also for any form of media ever. The previous best-selling video game over the course of a single day was "GTA 4," but its number was more than a...
Wednesday, Nov 11
'Bully 2' Coming, According To Game's Composer
Rockstar Games' "Grand Theft Auto 4: The Ballad of Gay Tony" doesn't seem to have provoked nearly the the amount of controversy that the boy-on-boy kissing of "Bully" originally did when the game first appeared on the PlayStation 2. The company many have a second shot at testing the waters...
Thursday, Oct 29
'Grand Theft Auto 5' Location Hinted At In 'Episodes From Liberty City' Manual
The folks at Rockstar tend to have a little fun with their fans. Take, for example, the above shot grabbed from the "Episodes From Liberty City" manual. Unfortunately for you, and us, the bit following "Next Stop" has been torn, leaving folks to wonder aloud what this means for the future of t...
Monday, Oct 26
Lead Actor Of 'LA Noir' To Make About $46,123
As a comparison, the voice of Niko in "Grand Theft Auto IV," Michael Hollick, made $100,000 for a 15-month recording stint, far longer than the 3 month "LA Noir" recording schedule. I've reached out to Rockstar to see if my calculations are off for any reason, but it's still an interesting l...
Thursday, Oct 22
'Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars' Review - Here's Hoping You Didn't Play It On the DS
Released for the Nintendo DS earlier this year, "Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars" debuted on the PSP this week. The new version of "Chinatown Wars" offers much of the same experience as far as your ability to blow up, assassinate, terrorize and drug-hustle your way through Liberty City'...
Monday, Oct 5
'FIFA 10' Launch Ranks Only Under 'GTA IV' In UK
FIFA 10" outperformed last year's "FIFA 09" and dethroned "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" in its first week on the UK sales charts. The EA Sports release, which enjoys a far bigger following on the east side of the Atlantic than its sister franchise "Madden NFL," knocked of "San Andreas" as...
Wednesday, Sep 23
5 Possible 'Halo' Sequels After 'Halo: Reach'
Given that it has, alongside “Grand Theft Auto”, literally defined the popular gaming landscape of the past decade, “Halo” has some weird identity issues. Rockstar North has never had any questions about what “GTA” is, but Microsoft and Bungie seem to go back and forth on whether “Halo” i...
Thursday, Sep 17
'Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad Gay Tony' New Weapons and Vehicles Displayed in Fake News Trailer
Following up our hands-on preview from yesterday, Rockstar has released a video featuring the new weapons and vehicles that'll appear in "Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony." Of special note is The Buzzard, a super maneuverable attack chopper, as well as an auto-shotgun with explo...
Wednesday, Sep 16
'GTA: The Ballad of Gay Tony' Hands-on Preview - Parachutes, Helicopters And Lots Of Pink
The next and (presumably) final piece of add-on content for "Grand Theft Auto 4" is coming at the end of October. "Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony" gives players a widely different point of view on Liberty City, revealing the glitzy high life, as opposed to the grime of "GTA 4" and "Th...
Thursday, May 28
‘Red Dead Redemption’ First Look
Rockstar Games has mastered the art of the open-world game with “Grand Theft Auto,” but they always seem to be up for a challenge. In this case, it’s to make an excellent video game set in the Wild West, which no one has really done before. There have been good Western games, but nothing that’s [......
Wednesday, May 27
New ‘Grand Theft Auto’ DLC Dubbed ‘The Ballad of Gay Tony’
Perhaps the best example of not giving a crap is the title of the upcoming DLC pack for “Grand Theft Auto IV”. Set to release in the fall of this year, the second (and possibly final) pack is titled, “The Ballad of Gay Tony.” Seriously, that’s what it’s called. If there was a less marketable title...
Monday, Apr 13
Opinion: Analysts Disagree Widely About ‘GTA: Chinatown Wars’ Sales
One top predicter of video game sales has pegged Rockstar’s DS “Grand Theft Auto” for more than twice the sales of another analyest. Related Stories ‘Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars’ Scoreless Review - From A World Without A PS2 Sony Talking To Rockstar About More ‘GTA’ PSP Games
Friday, Apr 10
‘GTA’ Mystery Seemingly Solved: What ‘Mr. Wong’s Laundromat’ Is
A mysterious tease for a new feature for “Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars” appears to refer to a new online game that connects to Rockstar’s DS hit. *** When I logged onto the Rockstar Social Club yesterday to check my “Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars” stats, I found a tease to an upcoming f...
Game Diary - April 10, 2009: ‘Godfather II’ Graphics Conundrum
Should the graphics of a game I possess give me pause about playing it? *** I already have “The Godfather II.” EA sent it to me. I’ve already played “The Godfather II.” I started it last weekend. I liked it a lot more than I thought I would. It mixes street-level “Grand Theft Auto” gameplay with a god...
Thursday, Apr 2
Reggie Talks Wii: Not Paying For Exclusives, Avoiding The Japan Wii Slump
My wide-ranging interview with the president of Nintendo of America covered everything Wii from “Grand Theft Auto” and “Disaster Day of Crisis” to a recent patent and the danger of dropping Wii sales in Japan. If we’ve gotten to the point where we can have a “Grand Theft Auto” on the DS, how m...
Friday, Mar 20
Opinion: Rare ‘GTA Chinatown Wars’ Missions Worth The Minor Hassle
I was the 34th person on planet Earth to have not just completed “Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars“‘ main story but to have synced my game with the official website of development studio Rockstar Games. Ninety-four other people have done so as of this writing.
Tuesday, Mar 17
‘GTA: Chinatown Wars’ Currently Best-Reviewed DS Game Of All Time
Reviews of Rockstar Games “Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars” are coming in — even ones, unlike our review, that come with scores attached. Currently, the game is the best-reviewed title on its platform, with just 10 numerical scores tabulated so far by GameRankings.com. But what effect do...
Box Art Reviews: ‘GTA,’ ‘Resistance,’ ‘Henry Hatsworth,’ More
This round of box art reviews focuses on the big portable releases that came out this week. See how their covers stack up. *** “Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars” (DS) What the Box Tells Us: A guy on a motorcycle. Two angry dudes. A dagger. A guy with a freshly used gun. A woman with a sword. [...]
Monday, Mar 16
‘Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars’ Scoreless Review - From A World Without A PS2
“Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars” [is] essentially an alternate-universe “Grand Theft Auto III.” What if, after the top-down original “Grand Theft Auto”s on the PC and PSOne, Rockstar Games improved their tech but retained their elevated camera angle?
Thursday, Mar 12
‘Resident Evil 5′ Scoreless Review - A Time To Panic
Games converge. “Zelda” games have first-person sequences. “Grand Theft Auto” does quality racing. The best mech levels in games these days are in games that aren’t mech games. This is a game with mostly rising action and climax. It’s traded spooky for Bruckheimer.
Thursday, Feb 26
‘GTA IV: The Lost And Damned’ - This Is A Man’s Game (A Review, Of Sorts)
This isn’t the story of C.J. returning to his brother and the neighborhood of his childhood in “Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.” This isn’t Niko Bellic trying to make a better life for himself by meeting his cousin in America. This isn’t “Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories“‘ mobster Toni Ci...
Monday, Feb 23
Game Diary - February 23, 2009: Hardest ‘Lost and Damned’ Mission So Far
“GTA IV: The Lost and Damned” has caused me to do something that “Grand Theft Auto IV” failed to trigger: curse at my TV. And then I passed it and the anger drained. A few easy missions later, all is forgiven. At least this wasn’t like the toy plane mission in “Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.”
Monday, Jan 26
Rockstar Says ‘GTA: Lost and Damned’ Will Surprise Alderney-Haters Like Me
My last post stemming from my visit last week to Rockstar Games HQ is a personal one. In it, I shall relate my reaction to the discovery that “Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned” will be largely set in the one area of “Grand Theft Auto IV” that I disliked — and what a Rockstar developer told me t...
Friday, Jan 23
The Most Impressive ‘GTA: Chinatown Wars’ Feature So Far
Like several DS games before it, “Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars” will have Wi-Fi support. Rockstar Games isn’t ready to detail that support yet. Company representatives at a hands-on demo I was provided this week aren’t saying, for example, how the game’s multiplayer modes will work a...
‘LittleBigPlanet’ Garners Most Nominations For Interactive Achievement Awards
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‘Hell No’ - No New Lines For Niko Bellic in ‘Grand Theft Auto’ Expansion
Niko Bellic, anti-hero of “Grand Theft Auto IV,” appears in the game’s February expansion, “The Lost and Damned.” But when I asked Rockstar Games if Niko’s voice actor was brought back to contribute new lines, I got a sharp reply. Niko Bellic? He’s a bit player. Rockstar’s working with a gran...
Thursday, Jan 22
‘Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars’ Preview - Tons of New Details
Rockstar boasts that the game includes more than 900,000 lines of hand-optimized code. The primary development team, Rockstar Leeds, reports that the game’s terrain is larger than the cities rendered by the team’s PSP “Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories” and “Grand Theft Auto: Vic...
Tuesday, Jan 20
NPD Clarifies: The Real List Of Top 5 Best-Selling Games Of 2008 Is…
Last week we reported that it could not yet be determined whether “Wii Play” or “Grand Theft Auto IV” was the best-selling game of 2008 in the U.S. But today we finally got the definitive Top 5 2008 list — and it knocks “GTA” to third place.
Thursday, Jan 15
Best-Selling Game Of 2008 Mystery: It’s ‘Wii Play’ Or ‘GTA IV’
But add up the two “Grand Theft Auto” scores below for the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game and you’ll get 5.18 million units for that series. contacted an NPD rep to find out those “GTA” PC sales, but the group won’t be able to provide them today. “GTA” make Rockstar Games could not be reached...
‘Grand Digg Auto’ - Would It Work?
In an era of massive open-world video games that offer more content than a player can find in 50 or 100 hours, would a video game version of Digg be helpful? This idea popped up in the comments section of my Video Game Diary on Monday. Reader Zukalous wrote:
Friday, Dec 19
What Happened In Video Games 2008…
By year’s end Electronic Arts would appear both mighty enough to almost devour Take-Two and tamed enough to face severe cutbacks. Just by June alone, two games — “Grand Theft Auto IV” and “Metal Gear Solid 4” would be considered loudly by critics and gamers as the best games ever made.
Monday, Dec 15
‘Grand Theft Auto IV’ Wins Game Of The Year At Spike VGAs, Full List Of Winners
The Spike Video Game Awards ceremony was held last night and “Grand Theft Auto IV” emerged as the big winner. Best Soundtrack LittleBigPlanet Grand Theft Auto IV Rock Band 2* Guitar Hero World Tour Best Xbox 360 Game Fable II Gears of War 2* Grand Theft Auto IV Fallout 3
Monday, Nov 24
Game Diary - November 24, 2008: ‘Duty’ Called
I spent a large portion of Saturday playing through “Call of Duty: World at War.” It is rivaled only by “Grand Theft Auto IV,” “Metal Gear Solid 4,” and its series predecessor, “Modern Warfare,” as the best-looking game I have seen rendered in a realistic style. The game is far from the off-ye...
Saturday, Nov 22
The Week In Multiplayer — ‘Gears of War 2,’ NXE, ‘GTA IV’ DLC, Nintendo Going For The ‘Halo’ Crowd, The Truth Behind ‘Bike Hero,’ More
Netflix spoke out about Sony movies disappearing from the Xbox 360 service. Sony responded saying that the issue was not specific to the Xbox 360. Checking up on “Guitar Hero”’s GHTunes, Patrick noticed that fewer video game songs are remaining on the service.
Wednesday, Oct 15
Volition’s Must-Do List For ‘Saints Row 2′
Tired of waiting for “Grand Theft Auto IV”’s downloadable content to be released? THQ and Volition have a possible solution to that problem with “Saints Row 2.” Volition’s Must-Do List For “Saints Row 2″ Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 Action Game, October 2008)
Tuesday, Oct 7
‘Fallout 3′ Could Change My Mind About Open-World Games
Open-world games scare the crap out of me. I have no problem admitting that. I passed on “The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion” and never finished a “Grand Theft Auto” game until the most recent one. Maybe that’s why I enjoy games like “Mega Man 9″ so much; too much choice scares me away. It’s with this a...
Monday, Sep 29
‘Saints Row 2′ New Multiplayer Mode To Address ‘GTA IV’ Flaw
Direct From SF: THQ Throws ‘Saints Row 2′ Multiplayer Party, Features Giant Hot Dog Man I played the multiplayer side of “Grand Theft Auto IV” for just one day. So long as I was playing with friends, it was fun. Without them, not so much. Gamers — at least my friends — seemed to leave “GTA IV”’s mul...
Wednesday, Sep 24
‘Guitar Praise’ Developer Ponders Christian ‘Grand Theft Auto’
So just thinking about the core open-world gamplay, could we expect a clean, Christian version of “Grand Theft Auto” from Digital Praise? But if you were to actually make a clean version of “Grand Theft Auto” — essentially taking out the “grand theft auto” part — how would you do it?
Saturday, Jul 26
The Week In Multiplayer - Reports From E3, Comic-Con And More
Other video reports: Sony explains how PSN can trump Xbox Live. Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime talks “GTA” on DS and the PS3’s installed base. And Microsoft revealed Bungie’s next “Halo” game. Microsoft revealed their business model for Community Games and how there will be no Achievements...
Tuesday, Jul 22
Nintendo President Talks ‘Grand Theft Auto’ Deal, Lack Of ‘GTA’ Wii
How did Nintendo get a “Grand Theft Auto” slated for the DS? What’s the game going to be like? And what can Wii owners expect of “GTA” now that DS owners are getting one later this year? Multiplayer: “Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.” How’d that come about? When did that conversation begin?
Monday, Jul 7
Six Months Of Making You Angry — Our 2008 Half-Year In Accidentally Inciting Rage
5) I jokingly (I swear) laid out the things that “GTA IV” got wrong about New York City and met the Internet’s rage. 7) It got ugly when I suggested that Rockstar could make a good “GTA” starring… a woman! Reader response: “People all over the world hate America because America has the biggest...
Thursday, Jul 3
4 Game Developers Reveal Who They Killed In ‘Grand Theft Auto IV’
Warning: “Grand Theft Auto IV” spoilers (early ones) ahead. You’ve been warned! “GTA IV” forces players to choose life or death for some of its major supporting characters. There’s at least one choice that it seems almost everyone who has played talks about. Which of these major supporting...
Friday, Jun 27
One Rock Band’s Mixed Reaction To “GTA IV”
“How come I can’t enter a cheat code?” asked a member of (my brother’s band) The Audition when I turned on “Grand Theft Auto IV” in their tour van earlier this week. It made me rethink the idea of the “GTA” Rockstar Games creates and the “GTA” people actually play.
Monday, Jun 23
Newsweek and MTV Tag-Team Your Comments About ‘Grand Theft Auto IV’
N’Gai: If Criterion Games creative director Alex Ward were here, he’d probably say, “Rockstar already made ‘Grand Theft Auto San Andreas.’ If you want to play it again, take it down from your gaming shelf and pop it into your PS3.” That’s what I’d say to you and Rohit, because you’re both drea...
Saturday, Jun 21
The Week In Multiplayer - ‘GTA IV’ Vs. Mode, ‘Wii Fit’ Girl On TRL, Leak Coverage And The Greatest Video Game Cat
Multiplayer learned exclusively why Rockstar nixed Niko’s ability to listen to music outside of his car in “GTA IV,” even though the feature was already in the game. Bubsy? Blanca? Eek!? Who is the greatest cat in the history of video games? Vote now.
Thursday, Jun 19
MTV vs. Newsweek On ‘Grand Theft Auto IV’: Is ‘San Andreas’ Better?
Totilo explains why he liked “San Andreas” better for its player liberation; meanwhile, Croal responds by hailing how Rockstar has married emotion to gameplay in “GTA IV.” Who do you agree with? Clearly, you need to play more “Grand Theft Auto.” Nah.
Wednesday, Jun 18
‘GTA IV’ Cutting Room Floor: Rockstar Debated And Nixed Plans To Let Niko Listen To Music Out Of His Car
But the creators of “Grand Theft Auto” have confirmed to MTV Multiplayer that a plan to give Niko Bellic a portable music player was removed from the game late in the “GTA IV” development cycle. Instead, Niko can only listen to music in cars and a few buildings, pretty much the “GTA” franchis...
Tuesday, Jun 17
‘Grand Theft Auto IV’ - MTV Vs Newsweek On What Worked, What Didn’t
With “Liberty City Stories” and “Vice City Stories,” Rockstar has already shown that it can tell stories in the same physical location at different points in time. Why couldn’t the DLC packs let us play as Little Jacob or Dimitri when they first came to Liberty City; or Dwayne and Playboy X a...
Monday, Jun 16
Preview Of This Week’s ‘Grand Theft Auto IV’ Vs. Mode Debate - Time For You To Weigh In
Does “GTA IV” need a wilder, richer sandbox, or did Rockstar North get the balance right? Let us know what you think in the comments below. And check back tomorrow for Round 1 of Vs. Mode: GTA. This entry comes courtesy of Newsweek’s N’Gai Croal and kicks off a new round of the most interactive Vs....
Wednesday, May 7
Opinion: What We’re NOT Playing - Volume 31 (Sorry ‘Boom Blox,’ ‘R-Type Command’)
It’s only been a week since “Grand Theft Auto IV” was released, and it is still coveting our precious gaming minutes. Needless to say, there were a couple of standout games that we probably would have passed on had we not still had so much of Liberty City to explore.
