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Monday, Jun 23
MTV News' Stephen Totilo Vs. Level Up's N'Gai Croal Vs. Their Readers on Grand Theft Auto IV. Final Round--Fight!
In Round 2 of our Vs. Mode exchange with MTV News reporter Stephen Totilo (also featured on Totilo's blog Multiplayer), he continued to insist that the soul of the Grand Theft Auto series is its sprawling possibility space, and that Grand Theft Auto IV's insistence on a richer main charact...
Thursday, Jun 19
MTV News' Stephen Totilo Vs. Level Up's N'Gai Croal on Grand Theft Auto IV. Round 2--Fight!
Stephen Totilo: Everyone I've spoken to who has played GTA IV can tell me a moment when their manipulation of Niko through gameplay made Niko seem like a different character than the one portrayed in the cut-scenes. Friends cite moments when the cut-scene Niko--cautious about causing wa...
Tuesday, Jun 17
MTV News' Stephen Totilo Vs. Level Up's N'Gai Croal on Grand Theft Auto IV. Round 1--Fight!
In our last, egregiously truncated Vs. Mode exchange on the PlayStation Portable game Patapon, the Level Up staff, our regular opponent Stephen Totilo and our commenters got into a spirited debate about the nature of the grind in videogames (click here to see for yourself, as it's well wo...
Monday, Jun 16
MTV News' Stephen Totilo Vs. Level Up's N'Gai Croal on Grand Theft Auto IV. The Weigh-In--Fight!
Based on these excerpts, who do you agree with? 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 this month's Vs. Mode: Grand Theft Auto IV....(read more)
Saturday, Jun 7
Games: I Need a Hero—For Hire
Grand Theft Auto IV and Wii Fit have scored headlines for shifting public opinions about videogames by deftly tackling the respective subjects that inspired them: crime and fitness. Now comes Metal Gear Solid 4 ($60; konami.com), whose major themes derive from a most unlikely place: Pre...
Friday, Jun 6
Grand Theft Auto IV Powers Take-Two to an Explosive Second Quarter; Wedbush Morgan Analyst Michael Pachter Discusses the Results
The reason for the turnaround can primarily be attributed to Take-Two-owned Rockstar Games and its incredibly well-reviewed Grand Theft Auto IV, which shipped worldwide on April 29 and sold 6 million copies during its first week, with 11 million sold at the end of May. "While the tremend...
Wednesday, May 14
Exclusive: Xbox's Aaron Greenberg and Level Up Discuss GameStop's 64-36 First Week Sales Split For Grand Theft Auto IV
GameStop has exclusively provided me with the percentage split on their first week sales figures for Grand Theft Auto IV. According to them, 64 percent of the copies of GTA IV sold were for Xbox 360, while 36 percent were for PS3. Given that Grand Theft Auto has been primarily associated with...
Monday, May 12
Scoop: GameStop Reveals That When It Comes to Grand Theft Auto IV, Xbox 360 Has a 2-1 Advantage Over Playstation 3 In First Week Sales
Before the April 29th launch of Grand Theft Auto, industry observers declared their intentions to use the sales as a way of determining the state of the ongoing battle between the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3. After all, the Xbox 360 has the installed base advantage, with 9.9 million units...
Monday, May 5
Objection: What's Missing From Mainstream Reviews of Videogames? Oh, That's Right--Gameplay
When I write a post about videogames on my NEWSWEEK.com blog, Level Up, my target audience is the sizable one that's already knowledgeable about the medium. The real challenge, however, comes when I return to the pages of the magazine. It's not easy to explain a game like Grand Theft Auto IV to...
