CrunchArcade: One month later, GTA IV still among top pirated video games

May 29th, 2008

Grand Theft Auto IV is still among the top five torrented video games on Blackcats, the premiere, video game-specific, private BitTorrent tracker. With something like 970 seeders (the numbers fluctuate by the minute it seems) between both the PAL and NTSC version, the game trails only the just-released Race Driver Grid and Enemy Territory Quake [...]

GTA: NES

May 29th, 2008

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I actually don’t recall many ultra-violent games for the NES. Am I misremembering?

GTA: The Board Game

May 20th, 2008

Oh, MADtv, is there anything you won’t make fun of with your trademark guffawing, low-brow humor?
(via NoWhereElse)

EA extends Take-Two acquisition deadline by one month

May 19th, 2008

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Like Microsoft with Yahoo!, EA refuses to concede defeat in its pursuit of GTA publisher Take-Two. The Redwood City, Calif.-based corp said today that it has extended its self-imposed deadline to acquire Take-Two by one month. So now we have till June 16 to read all sorts of fun stories like:
“T2: You’re undervaluing our [...]

EA, Take-Two deadline passed and nothing happened

May 18th, 2008

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EA’s self-imposed deadline vis-à-vis its proposed acquisition of Take-Two expired Friday with nary a peep from either company. EA, fond of money, offered to buy Take-Two, the publisher of GTA, back in February, with the two companies going back and forth like little children ever since. Well, mainly EA; Take Two has been fairly quiet [...]

CrunchGear live podcast

May 16th, 2008

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Video: The Big Fancy plays GTA IV for 24 hours straight, documents it for your viewing pleasure

May 15th, 2008

Admit it, some of you did this, too. You just didn’t have the guts to make a video. Some language NSFW, so find your headphones.

Will It Blend: Another series that’s jumped the shark

May 14th, 2008

We get the point, Blendtec. You have a kickass blender that blends just about everything we fawn over these days. Of course your blender is going to obliterate a copy of GTA IV. Get over it and think of something new.

Oh no he didn’t: Zero Punctuation on GTAIV

May 14th, 2008

Am I playing Grand Theft Auto or playing Grand Theft Normal Boring Life?

Top posts for Tuesday, May 13, 2008

May 13th, 2008

Today’s Top Posts:

HBO confirms iTunes sales
Swisscom: 32GB 3G iPhone will come in silver, black, or white
Uwe Boll would love to direct a GTA movie!
Canon’s Selphy CP770 printer is, for some reason, shaped like a bucket
Otterbox rugged case for Samsung Q1 Ultra UMPC
Microsoft’s ‘Worldwide Telescope’ now available
Video: sneak peek of upcoming Xbox 360 titles
Creative goes official [...]

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