Rockstar’s second DLC for Grand Theft Auto IV, The Ballad of Gay Tony, will be available for download on the 29th of October and will cost you $19.99 or 1600 Microsoft Points. However its only one half of Rockstars’ DLC plan as they’re putting The Ballad on a disc, a long with its predecessor, GTA: The Lost [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 20, 2008
While we’ll be damned: just when we wondered if Grand Theft Auto IV’s downloadable content was lost, Rockstar announced the release date of The Lost and Damned. The title accurately describes the silent development cycle so typical of Rockstar North. The first of two DLC packages for Xbox 360 will be released February 17, 2009, slipping by [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Back in April, we reported that Grand Theft Auto IV had overtaken Nintendo 64’s classic The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time as the number one ranked game on gamerankings.com (an aggregate site that averages scores of multiple review outlets). The few games that have managed to surpass Nintendo’s 1998 masterpiece usually fall back behind once [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 22, 2008
Rockstar Games is looking to stir up interest in its little known pet project Grand Theft Auto IV this weekend. Starting Friday, September 26th, Xbox Live gold subscribers can win prizes just by playing the game online. Prizes include an Xbox 360 Elite, Microsoft fun money (points), and a 12-month gold subscription. Gamers can also [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, September 13, 2008
If there’s one game with a lot to prove this holiday, it’s Saints Row 2. The original Saints Row was widely accepted as a quality title — even branded by some in its pre-release hype as a “GTA-killer” –- but pop it in your disc drive now, a year or two after the wake [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 26, 2008
Never before has a video game inspired real travel – an enthusiastic departure from the comfort of the couch, seeking a new world: until now. Been spending much time in Liberty City? So have I, but I just couldn’t get enough, so I boarded a plane bound for the real McCoy: New York City. I [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, May 10, 2008
What keeps us coming back to Liberty City time and time again? It’s richly fabricated backdrop, complete with history and an evolving mass media; or perhaps it’s scenic wonder amidst the chaos? Rockstar Games has built a grand opus from the ground up, so real it’s hard to believe it’s fake – it’s [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Take-Two Software released the official opening week sales numbers of Grand Theft Auto IV. We’ve been hotly anticipating the raw data, anxiously awaiting to see if the boys at Rockstar could give the boys at Bungie a run for their money (quite literally, with reference to Halo 3’s record breaking launch). The highest critically acclaimed [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 25, 2008
The folks at IGN generally know what they’re talking about, so we can take Hilary Goldstein’s word for it when he calls every facet of Rockstar’s masterpiece an applaudable triumph of gaming. The premise is set, the stakes are high, and in a surprise to the world: you care about the story, and get invested [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 23, 2008
As many had expected, a Grand Theft Auto IV PlayStation 3 bundle has been confirmed for all PAL territories. In mainland Europe, the 40GB PlayStation 3 will come with the game and a SIXAXIS for €439 (RRP) on the day of the game’s release – which, for those who have forgotten, is in 6 days! Australia [...]
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