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• Killer 'Grand Theft Auto IV' game spree to begin

  - 2008-04-28

  SAN FRANCISCO AFP — "Grand Theft Auto IV" is expected to blow away hot shooter "Halo 3" when fans begin sating their desires for the highly popular videogame by Rockstar Games. "GTA IV: Liberty City Stories" goes on sale a minute into Tuesday. Many US shops plan to...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Cooper, Electronic Arts Inc., Games, Rockstar Games

• Cheers and fears as Grand Theft Auto IV revs at starting line

  - 2008-04-26

  SAN FRANCISCO AFP — "Grand Theft Auto IV" hits streets on Tuesday and is expected to race into record books as the fastest-selling video game ever despite being tailed by critics condemning its violent themes. Rockstar Games is predicted to sell at least six million copies of "GTA IV:...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Games, MARKETING, Rockstar Games, video

• Violent game 'Manhunt 2' wins appeal against British ban

  - 2007-12-10

  LONDON AFP — A violent video game featuring blood-spattered scenes in an asylum is set for release in Britain after its makers won an appeal against censors on Monday. "Manhunt 2" was twice rejected by the British Board of Film Classification BBFC this year, becoming the first video game...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Britain, Games, MARKETING, Rockstar Games, video

• Manhunt 2 Receives `M' Rating

  - 2007-08-24

  ESRB rating assignment clears the way for October 2007 North American release NEW YORK -- Rockstar Games today announced it will release Manhunt 2 for the PlayStation[R]2 computer entertainment system, PSP[R] (PlayStation[R]Portable) system, and the Wii[TM] home video game system from Nintendo in North America on October 31, 2007....

  Tags: Company, Entertainment Software Rating Board, Games, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Rockstar Games, Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.

• Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Announces Conclusion of ESRB Investigation

  - 2005-07-20

  NEW YORK -- Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO): --ESRB assigns "Adults Only 18+" AO rating for current version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas due to unauthorized third party "Hot Coffee" modification --Rockstar Games to cease manufacture of current version of title and offer a downloadable patch...

  Tags: Company, Entertainment Software Rating Board, Games, Rockstar Games, San, Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.

• Down and Dirtier

  - 2002-03-18

  Last year's best-selling videogame wasn't Pokemon, Madden Football, Metal Gear Solid 2 or even The Sims. It was Grand Theft Auto 3, where players try to move up through the ranks of the Mafia by delivering mysterious packages, ferrying hookers to and from their dates, tailing suspected snitches, planting car...

  Tags: FBI, Games, Rockstar Games

• Everyone Can Riot in `State of Emergency'

  - 2001-07-02

  In the event that circumstances prohibited your participation in the vandalism, looting and punch-outs with cops that were highlights of the 1999 Seattle anti-World Trade Organization riots, balm is at hand. Reuters news agency reports that Rockstar Games has issued the "State of Emergency" video game, which encourages participants to...

  Tags: Games, MARKETING, Rockstar Games, Thomson Reuters Corp., video