"The first installment of downloadable content for Grand Theft Auto IV on Xbox 360 will be a full extra 'episode,' and is set to hit in the first quarter of 2009, Take-Two CEO Ben Feder revealed on the company's call to investors today. Take-Two's fiscal year starts in November. Feder declined to provide any further details, but now we know the DLC is forthcoming for Xbox 360. No mention was made of PS3 DLC."
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The soundtrack has to be one of the best parts of the Grand Theft Auto experience. Now, you'll be able to take those tracks with you back into the real world thanks to a cool new service that will let you mark tracks for download in game. It works like this: You hear a song you like, you'll call an in-game service called "ZiT" on your mobile phone to mark it. You'll get a text message with the song and artist name and be able to download the song from Amazon's music site for $0.89 to $0.99.
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Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. Chairman Strauss Zelnick, head of a new management team, said on Monday he prefers to run the publisher of the hit Grand Theft Auto video game series rather than sell it. "I'm much more interested in growing the business than in selling it, to be clear," Zelnick told the Reuters Media Summit. "I would say for the next five to seven years this is a terrific time to be in the video game business."
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"Variety are reporting that, according to 'sources close to publisher Take-Two,' Grand Theft Auto IV is poised to take in around $400 million during its first week on sale. They're also reporting that, based on discussions with retailers, the 360 version is easily outselling the PS3 one."
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In part one of this expansive two-part look into the making of one of gaming's biggest franchises, Edge talks to Rockstar Games president Sam Houser and finds out how the most important game series of the last ten years came into being and how GTA IV will take the story to a new level. Sitting down with him in the freshly decorated demo room of the company’s headquarters in downtown New York, we ask him how he’s doing.Just over 1,100 uninterrupted words later, he’s finished giving us an answer.
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On March 27th, trailer number 4, titled "Good Lord, What Are You Doing?" aka "Everyone's a Rat", will hit. On March 20th, the game's official website will see another update, adding more screenshots, new music information, and additional downloadable goodies.
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I posted my bullets from the Microsoft Blogger Breakfast the other day and some info about GTAIV was taken out of context…well sort of. People are claiming that Microsoft announced the game would be as big as Vice City/San Andreas. I posted comments on some of the bullets and putting 2 and 2 together I came up with some facts and opinion on GTAIV.
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To prepare everyone for the upcoming DLC of GTA IV for our XBOX 360 owners and the trophies that are going live this Monday for Playstation 3 owners, the price of Grand Theft Auto IV has officially dropped to $49.99, making it very affordable for everyone who still hasn’t had a chance to explore Liberty City. The $49.99 price point can be found at your local Gamestop retailers and it will be followed shortly by other retailers such as Best Buy and Circuit City.
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Earlier this year, Hudson Square Research analyst Daniel Ernst issued estimates for Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto IV, pegging 2008 sales for the title at 13 million copies. Today, Ernst upped his estimate to 15 million on word from Take-Two that the publisher had already sold through 8.5 million copies of GTA IV, with 11 million shipped to retailers. Ernst noted that "We expect GTA IV sales to re-accelerate in the latter part of year in conjunction with the seasonal holiday period."
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Why is it that video games are subject to the morality police more often than Hollywood movies? GTA and other games are protested for their violence, language, drug use, etc. while no one protests violent movies where someone's brain gets vaporized by a pressurized air canister or someone is killed over a coin toss. “No Country for Old Men” received “Best Picture” while GTA is protested…
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