Asked by MTV Multiplayer if Nintendo was disappointed by Chinatown Wars' showing, Dunaway said:

It's frustrating, quite frankly. Certainly there have been mature titles - Resident Evil, the first Call of Duty - that have sold over a million units and with something like GTA, there's great content there. We do think it'll have a long tail and we've seen that with a lot of titles across all genres on the DS platform that consumers continue to discover them. par. But part of what's needed is you have to continue to put marketing support behind these titles. It's one of the things we've learned over the past few years. The old dynamic of throw it on TV for a few weeks and forget it isn't going to work, because new consumers are coming in all the time.

See it for yourself in the entire video below:

Nintendo: 'GTA: Chinatown Wars' Frustrating Sales Due To Marketing (Or Lack Thereof) [MTV Multiplayer]

According to the Rockstar announcement, fans will vote for one of three sets of cowboy gear, with the winning set made available exclusively to GameStop preorder customers. Once the game is released, players will unlock the special outfit via a series of challenges, and once unlocked the clothing will uniquely affect how the citizens of the game world treat the hero, John Marston.

"We're privileged to have fans that are just as passionate about our games as we are," said Alex Moulle-Berteaux, head of marketing for Rockstar Games. "Having fans choose their own pre-order bonus is a unique way to let them be a part of Red Dead Redemption."

Generally an announcement of this sort would come complete with pictures of the various costumes you have to choose from, but Rockstar works in mysterious ways. They are not like us. Stay tuned for more on the clothing choices and their effects in January.

Beaterator for the iPhone might not be as full-featured as the PlayStation Portable version, but then at $4.99 compared to $39.99, we wouldn't expect it to be. Remix premade tunes or create your own in loop mode using a simple touch screen interface that might actually have a leg-up on its PSP predecessor. It won't make you the next Mozart, of course, but it certainly has the potential to make visits to the bathroom much more musical than they already are.

That didn't sound right.

Beaterator for the iPhone is available now on the Apple iTunes App Store.

No idea when in April. If I'd known, I wouldn't have had to circle the entire month now, would I? Just that it's coming sometime between April 1 and April 30.

My Morricone soundtracks are stacked in a neat pile, ordered alphabetically, ready to go.

"It a fully featured studio that runs on a pocket-sized device," says an instructor at the school. "They're able to learn music theory in a different format. It's the same information; just a different way of presenting it".

According to a piece on CBS - which spends a great deal of time dealing with how many budget cuts the school is facing - East Side students are just thrilled, one saying "This is music. You're making your own music and it's really fun", with another, Isiah Martinez, adding "I learned that you can make beats on the PSP".

Education as advertising? It's worked before, and by golly Rockstar, it's working again.

Instruments In 1 NYC Music Program Replaced By PSP [CBS]

Writes The Times:

There's a Western game in the works for next spring, and the next GTA to think of. "We'll think of a city first, then the characters," says Houser. The script he will end up co-writing will run to around 1,000 pages, nearly ten times as much as a feature film.

There's plenty of other interesting quotes inside the interview, including Houser's reaction to being the punching bag/pariah every time a violent video game is brought up in popular culture. Also, and I didn't know this, but in The Ballad of Gay Tony, he and Sam put a saxophonist in the park in Liberty City as a tribute to their father, a jazz artist who plays the instrument.

The Driving Force Behind Grand Theft Auto [Times of London via GameDaily]

But is it working on another Bully?

Game site TGL is running an excerpt from an interview it conducted with musician Shawn Lee, who scored Bully. When asked if he would be scoring any other games in the future, Lee told the site, "Yes. It looks like I will be doing the soundtrack for Bully 2 in the not so distant future..."

Bully 2? When was this announced by Rockstar? Oh right, it hasn't been.

[UPDATE] A spokesperson from Rockstar Games declined to address the issue, telling Kotaku that "We do not comment on rumor and speculation."

TGL exclusive interview reveals possible Bully sequel? [The Gaming Liberty]

It's 15 days in Liberty City, recorded via timelapse. Hypnotising, no? Sadly, it's not embeddable, so you'll have to hit the links below to watch.

Vid [Eurogamer]
Vid Mirror [Rockstar]

Manhunt 2, as an M-rated game on the PSP, PS2 and Wii, was very poorly received when it went out in 2007. While Rockstar hasn't specified what's going out in the super-duper adult version, it's my hunch that "adult" here doesn't mean what it means on pay-per-view. But there will be plenty of bodies.

AO-Rated Version of Manhunt 2 PC Coming Next Week via Download [Big Download via Joystiq]

Another reader Farnic (thanks Farnic!) sends this image, pointing out that the same image that appears in the Episodes from Liberty City also appears in Grand Theft Auto near Star Junction.

Make of it what you will, but do not make apple pie. You cannot make apple pie with this. Sorry, we already tried.

The ad, apparently for a fake movie, declares "Liberty City, It's Over!" implying, naturally, that we're all done here. "Next stop," it says, and that portion appears to be torn out, except for the word "Seagull." I think it looks like the name of a hotel, but who knows.

To the left of that is "Opens March Everywhere," and your guess is as good as mine as to what that means. But Rockstar knows what it's doing here, it's getting people to talk, and we've taken the bait.

(A picture of the entire "ad" is at the link below.)

Liberty City, It's over! Next stop? [GTA4.Net via VG247]

Princess Robot Bubblegum is part of the new television lineup coming in Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City, the standalone compilation of The Ballad of Gay Tony and Lost and Damned downloadable content for Grand Theft Auto IV. Princess Robot Bubblegum is my new hero. She fires rockets out of her chest, and mutters mistranslated nonsense, and...sleeps with plants?

Why do I get the odd feeling that I am writing one of Ashcraft's posts?

Rockstar put out these five, foreshadowing what you can expect in the expansion. Luis scaling the Rotterdam Tower; flashing the Advanced MG machine gun, the titular Tony Prince and rival boss Yusuf Amir, and some shady deals going down under the overpass.

New Screenshots from The Ballad of Gay Tony [Rockstar]

Taking place the entire month of November, Movember uses the moustache as a symbol to highlight important health issues affecting men, specifically prostate cancer. Think of it as our pink ribbon. Rockstar is a proud sponsor of Movember, and wants to give one lucky moustache growing man a chance to score an appearance in its Red Dead Revolver follow-up, Red Dead Redemption. All you have to do is grow a moustache during the month of Movember, starting from a clean shave, and submit your results to Rockstar in picture form. They'll choose the most impressive of the lot and render him as a character in Red Dead Redemption.

I suppose women probably shouldn't apply. I mean, some women certainly could, but I very much doubt they'd want to.

Visit the official Movember website for more information on how you can participate in helping raise awareness of men's health issues with your face, and head over to Rockstar's official contest page for official rules.

Just remember - your moustache will never be this epic, but it's the thought that counts.

Today sees the introduction of two new features to the Rockstar Social Club to help players of both the Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable versions of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars enhance their play. First up is the Peking Duck Hunt, an arcade-style web-based game that allows PSP players to earn cash for their game while they aren't playing, much like Mr. Wong's before it. Then there's the Chinatown Wars Guide Map, an interactive map that shows the locations of every Drug Dealer, Security Camera, Rampage, and Stunt Jump in town, tracking what you and your friends have accomplished to see who is the rightful owner of bragging privileges.

Rockstar has also added new papercraft models from the game, including Ling and Uncle Kenny, an assortment of weapons, and several vehicles straight from the streets of Liberty City.

Visit Rockstar's Newswire page for full details on the new additions.

Rockstar today announced that beginning today Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition, Midnight Club: L.A. Remix and Manhunt 2 will be available for digital download from the PlayStationNetwork for the PSP.

Starting on Oct. 22 the developer will launch their own storefront on the download service which will offer new and legacy games for the PSP. Games for sale and download will include Beaterator, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, and The Warriors.

Rockstar's Beaterator isn't some corny-ass game. It's a four-year labor of love for Timbaland, pouring his heart, soul, and exclusive beats into the music creator. Speaking with Invasion Radio, the artist reveals that his upcoming album will feature beats from the game on a couple of tracks. "Oh yeah, I made a couple from that...I had to," he explains, after bragging a bit about the capabilities of the title. He also used the game in the production of Jay-Z's recent ‘Blueprint 3′ album.

I went and purchased Beaterator, but so far haven't had much luck in producing anything outside of the most basic sounds imaginable. Perhaps I just don't have it in me, or perhaps my bathroom simply isn't conducive to creating works of musical genius.

Timbaland Using ‘Beaterator' For New Album Shock Value 2 [The Koalition]

Now the mean streets of Liberty City are only a 7GB download and $29.99 away from the net-connected Xbox 360 owner. The $30 price tag is consistent with retail prices on the Platinum Hits version of the title and only $5 more than GameStop charges for it used, so depending on how much you value your time and gas money, it might be a better deal to download the game via the Xbox Live Marketplace. If anything it will save those of you who traded the game back in after finishing the Lost and Damned DLC the embarrassment of having to re-purchase it again in order to experience the upcoming Ballad of Gay Tony expansion.

I know that feeling far too well.

Xbox 360 Games on Demand: GTA IV [Major Nelson]

Red Dead Redemption [Official Site via Dtoid]