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...
In mercenary videogames, users play the role of middle-finger-to-the-Man lone wolf. 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...
America is fascinated by Niko Bellic, a blizzard of pixels taking the form of an imaginary immigrant from Eastern Europe, the protagonist of Grand Theft Auto IV. The GTA series is admired for its technical achievement and vilified for its amorality. At their best, computer games are stylish and clever;...
MINNEAPOLIS -- When video game enthusiasts become engrossed in the game, their eyes are glued to the screen. The Minnesota Optometric Association MOA says that gamers of all ages often suffer from Computer Vision Syndrome CVS. Without giving up the hugely popular pastime, players can avoid eyestrain and other symptoms...
Byline: BETH SNYDER BULIK Even with products priced at $50 and up, video-game marketers are finding the recession more friend than foe. The $18 billion industry is on a tear, with sales up 31% over 2007 through April, according to...
The video game "Grand Theft Auto IV" arrived in stores April 29, accompanied by the usual outrage. The new game is part of a series in which players control a villain and guide him through a life of crime. Players are rewarded for stealing cars, murdering civilians, killing police officers,...
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...
The game gives our mercurial hero a conscience, a fatigue with death, a desire to start over. 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...
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...
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...
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...
"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...
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,...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
The first next generation iteration of the groundbreaking Grand Theft Auto franchise available in stores today NEW YORK -- Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), is proud to announce that the eagerly anticipated Grand Theft Auto IV for the Xbox 360[R] video...
The big question Why are we asking this now? Because the eagerly awaited video game Grand Theft Auto IV goes on sale today across the world and is expected to sell 6m copies within the next week, earning its makers more than $300m by...
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