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Computer Games Curb Retail Sales Fall: By Matt Falloon and Christina Fincher LONDON (Reuters UK) - A rush to buy a computer game that simulates stealing cars helped to stop British retail sales falling as much as forecast last month, but economists say the outlook for consumer spending is gloomy. Sales of...; Tags: Grand Theft Auto, Computer Game, Computer, April, Official Data, Sales Strategy, Sales, Game; News items 2008-05-22
"Grand Theft Auto" Sales Top $500 Mln in 1st Week: By Franklin Paul NEW YORK (Reuters) - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc TTWO scored over $500 million in global sales of its criminal action game "Grand Theft Auto 4" in its first week, making it one of the most lucrative entertainment launches in ...; Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Games, Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., Electronic Arts Inc., Grand Theft Auto, entertainment, sales, video game, game, New York, analyst, Thomson Reuters Corp., video, movie, performance; News items 2008-05-07
Grand Theft Auto IV Debuts, Movie Industry Will Survive: The fervently anticipated newest installment in Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto series hit stores Tuesday, which may explain why a large portion of your younger employees called in sick. First week sales of Grand Theft Auto IV, developed by Take-Two Interactive's Rockstar North studio, have been predicted at $400 million,...; Tags: Grand Theft Auto, Movie, Video Game, Video, Games, Personal Technology, Carlos Bergfeld; Blog posts 2008-04-30
Take-Two Shares Rise Amid Rave Reviews For GTA4: By Scott Hillis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Criminal action video game "Grand Theft Auto 4" won near-perfect praise in early reviews on Monday, boosting the shares of publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc TTWO as much as 3.4 percent ahead of the ...; Tags: Games, Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., Electronic Arts Inc., Grand Theft Auto, game, aggregation site, San Francisco, analyst, capital market, stock, Thomson Reuters Corp., game console, shareholder, console, video game, entertainment, video, sales; News items 2008-04-28
Grand Theft Auto IV Debuts, Movie Industry Will Survive: Grand Theft Auto IV Debuts, Movie Industry Will SurviveGames and film will continue to co-existI agree with your disagreement with Cory Bergman. I think Point 1 is most critical: the majority of people don't have a SINGLE way they interact with all their entertainment - and most have multiple...; Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Movie industry, Grand Theft Auto IV, media, Grand Theft, Grand Theft Auto, movie, industry; Discussion threads 2008-05-01

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How I play all those great 1980s games?: Cyberclinic People are cooing with delight over the exquisite detail, complex plotlines and grisly slaughter of Grand Theft Auto IV. When a game is called a masterpiece with "Oscar-calibre drama", you can't help but be intrigued - but I don't own a gaming console, and I'm stubbornly...; Articles 2008-05-14
Late-night chatter: David Letterman * "One of the Bush sisters, Jenna Bush, is getting married this weekend at her father's place in Crawford, Texas. Yeah, it's a nice thing. And this is no surprise - the $2 billion ice sculpture contract went to Halliburton." Craig Ferguson...; Articles 2008-05-11
Computer games: Iron ManPC, PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360, Sega, 29.99-49.99 The video game of Iron Man, a film suffering because it hit cinema screens the week that Grand Theft Auto IV was launched, doesn't throw away the best bits of the movie, but neither does it entirely capitalise...; Articles 2008-05-10
Grand Theft Auto IV hits record of $500m sales in first week: Business News IN BRIEF *Grand Theft Auto IV, the latest edition of the "shoot-em-up" video game, had sales of $500m (260m) in its first seven days in the shops, beating records not just for games titles but for DVD and music releases as well. More than 6...; Articles 2008-05-08
'Grand Theft Auto IV' is alive, addictive: "GRAND THEFT AUTO IV," for the Xbox 360 reviewed and PlayStation 3 available, Rockstar , rated M for Mature 17+, reviewer's rating: 10 (out of 10) If there was a Russian "Scarface," his name would be Niko Bellic. And Liberty City would be Niko's playground -- and...; Articles 2008-05-08
Grand Theft Auto car-jacks pop culture: Grand Theft Auto IV car-jacked pop culture this week. The controversial and coveted video game sold about six million units in the XBox 360 and PlayStation 3 formats, reaping more than $500 million in worldwide sales. The $59.99-a-copy game, which follows fresh-off-the-boat Serbian immigrant Niko Bellic on a crime spree...; Articles 2008-05-08
'Grand Theft Auto IV' races into videogame record books: SAN FRANCISCO AFP — "Grand Theft Auto: IV" blew away videogame and Hollywood records as its creators reported Wednesday that it raked in an unprecedented 500 million dollars in its opening week. Take-Two Interactive said approximately six million copies of "GTA IV: Liberty City Stories" have sold worldwide,...; Articles 2008-05-07
Take-Two Interactive Announces Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto IV Breaks Entertainment Launch Records: Retail Sales of Grand Theft Auto IV Top $500 Million in First Week NEW YORK -- Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), said today that Grand Theft Auto IV has surpassed all-time entertainment records for day one and week one sales by dollar value. Released on Tuesday, April...; Articles 2008-05-07
Social Networking CEO Offers Dream Deal to Microsoft's Steve Ballmer: LOS ANGELES, May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- "Microsoft walked away from Yahoo! over the weekend and could aim its billions at other targets," states Judy Myers, CEO and founder of the tech world's first conjoined video, music and social networking sites, uboomeru.com, uboomerutv.com and Boomer Games Inc. Myers states, "Think...; Articles 2008-05-06
NUMBERS: 25 The diameter, in centimetres, of a colossal squid's eye, according to scientists. 609,000 The number of copies of 'Grand Theft Auto IV', the ninth title in the much-acclaimed action-adventure game series, sold on its first day of release. ...; Articles 2008-05-04
IF THIS WERE A MOVIE . . .: PLOT Hoping to cash in on the Grand Theft Auto craze, the Scottish fi lm industry comes up with its own low-budget movie version. Set on the mean streets of Arbroath, the story follows boy racer Jimmy as he tears along the high street in his granny's...; Articles 2008-05-04
Computer games: Grand Theft Auto IV Format PS3, Xbox 360, Rockstar, 49.99 Packed with crime, grime and curses, Grand Theft Auto IV is an unashamedly adult title that is every bit as compelling as the past three instalments of the mega-selling series. Newcomer Nico has to make a life...; Articles 2008-05-03
Game Group - CEO on Results and New Releases: LONDON, April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As the gaming world wakes up to the launch of Grand Theft Auto IV, tipped to be the biggest selling game in history, Lisa Morgan, Game Group CEO, looks at the impact this and other releases will have on the business in 2008 and...; Articles 2008-04-29
Free our blacksmith ... he's the only one!: Many of them were just looking for a ride. The newly digitized Board of Pardon's Prisoners' Application Case Files from 1892 to 1949 allow quick and easy access to nearly 9,000 files from prisoners and their advocates requesting a pardon. One of the most common crimes was...; Articles 2008-04-29
Two games will have a lock on spring sales: With the arrival in stores this week of long-awaited titles Grand Theft Auto IV and Mario Kart Wii, the already hot video game industry is headed for the stratosphere. For 24 months in a row, sales of video-game systems and software have grown over the previous year. That...; Articles 2008-04-29