Take-Two rejects EA’s $2 billion

February 24th, 2008

Earlier this month, EA offered to buy out Take-Two for $25 a share which was rejected and then resulted in an offer of $26 a share earlier this week, which was also rejected. Today, they offered to take over the mid-sized publisher for $2 billion. EA is the number one publisher on the planet, but [...]

Electronic Arts tries to buy Take-Two before GTA IV launch

February 24th, 2008

It’s not as big as Microsoft and Yahoo!, but EA’s bid to acquire fellow game maker Take-Two is news.
After being refused a sale at $25 a share, EA is trying again at $26 a share, 64% more than Take-Two’s price per share at market closing on Friday.
EA is counting on strong share holder sentiment to [...]

Rockstar releases two new GTA IV trailers

February 21st, 2008

This game can’t get here soon enough. A little over two months until it comes out.

GTA IV drunkenness to use dynamic physics engine

February 21st, 2008

So Grand Theft Auto IV is going to have a drinking mini-game wherein your character will stumble around more and more based on how much alcohol he consumers. Gee, I wonder if this is going to make it onto cable news channels in segments where some uptight lady from some civic organization who’s never played [...]

GTAIV will be multiplayer on every platform

February 13th, 2008

GTAIV is one of the most anticipated games of 2008, no doubt, so any news is important, but this is just rad on so many levels. According to Rockstar, ya know, the guys making the game, every platforms’ version of the game will be multiplayer capable.
We’re not sure what kind of content the multiplayer version [...]

Gouranga! GTA Developers’ Flickr nostalgia set

February 8th, 2008

To coincide with the new GTA IV site (I’m guessing anyway), one of the original developers for Grand Theft Auto has put up a ton of pictures of his team and all the stuff they’ve worked on. There’s some cool GTA stuff like that above, shots of the nerds themselves, and most importantly for me, [...]

GTAIV’s new website just went live

February 8th, 2008

And if the game is anything like the site, I’m an excited boy.
GTAIV’s site [Rockstar]

Microsoft will OWN GTA IV launch, says VP of MGS [Update]

February 8th, 2008

Wired.com has a great and in-depth interview with Microsoft Game Studios CVP, Shane Kim. When asked how Microsoft would ramp up efforts to do battle with Sony in Europe, Kim had this to say:
“Making sure that we own the launch of Grand Theft Auto IV from a platform perspective is really important. So how do [...]

PS3 technical issues the source of GTA IV delay?

January 24th, 2008

MTV has an interview with developer Jeronimo Barrera in which the GTA IV delay is cited as a good thing (why not squash bugs and polish for a couple more months) and also as being caused by the PS3 version. They’re “identical” now (except the 360 version doesn’t need a hard drive) but that the [...]

Rumor: GTA IV release date revealed

December 20th, 2007

If rumors are to be believed then April 25th is the day most of us have been waiting for. I was never really into the GTA series until San Andreas, but IV has me chomping at the bit. It was believed that the long awaited title from Rockstar would be released in March, but that [...]

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