Grand Theft Auto

E3 Twitter Rumors ‘Uninformed,’ Says Microsoft

A mystery Twitter feed is spooning out rich details about Microsoft’s Xbox 360 E3 press conference, from GTA info to Forza 3. Leaks? Educated guesses? Kotaku asked around. Is that next GTA episode really called Blood And a Four-Leaf Clover? Is Metal Gear Solid + Oxide about the be unveiled at the Microsoft E3 press…

When Game Pirates Should Become Game Designers

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Mafia II Delivers Room Service

Mafia II is a “buddy story,” in the words of Producer Denby Grace – a tale of a mid-50s era mobster protecting his family and The Family in the face of organized crime. For the world’s first look at the game, 2K Games demoed a single mission about halfway through the game’s branching storyline. Vito…

Judge Mathis Game to Use Prison Rape to Reinforce Making Positive Choices

News of a game based on TV’s “Judge Mathis” is jawdropping for two reasons: First, I mean, we’re talking about a goddamn Judge Mathis video game. A third-person shooter, even. Second, his honor makes perhaps the most flip comment about prison rape in the history of American jurisprudence. For those who don’t know The Honorable…

GTA Police Car Mods Have American Cops Feeling Blue

NBC are reporting that a series of Grand Theft auto modifications – aimed at replacing the fictional in-game police cars with replicas of real ones – have some American cops a little concerned. While the mods are nothing new (they’re for the ageing San Andreas, first released on PC in 2005), the Police in question…

Man Finds Ecstasy In Used Copy Of Grand Theft Auto

A man purchasing two used Grand Theft Auto titles from a store in Gloucestershire, England, over the weekend got more than he bargained for, to the tune of four tablets worth of the drug ecstasy. Richard Thornhill purchased two used Grand Theft Auto titles from a Gamestation store in Cheltenham on Sunday. Upon opening one…

Man Stabs Mother of His Children “Hooked” On PlayStation

Malcolm Palmer stabbed the mother of his three children and partner of 30 years after having to sleep on the sofa so she could play Grand Theft Auto on a plasma TV in their bedroom. That, and the 62-year-old Palmer, who is a retired Heathrow airport employee, had become convinced his 46-year-old partner Carol Cannom…

Jimmy Fallon Interviews Tommy Vercetti

Jimmy Fallon promised more game-related stuff on the Late Night show, and in this interview with Hollywood legend Ray Liotta, Jimmy Fallon delivers. Given the chance to ask the man about his enormous body of work in the movie business, Fallon instead goes all gushy and bugs Liotta about his voice work as Tommy Vercetti…

Lost & Damned “Outsells Killzone 2”, Gives Us Sales Ballpark

Sadly, because it’s a digital download, we don’t know exactly how many copies of Lost & Damned Microsoft and Rockstar managed to sell. We do know, however, it’s more than 323,000. Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg let slip the information in an interview with GameDaily – in which he calls the Grand Theft Auto IV expansion “the…

The American Dream Is A Grand Theft Auto IV T-Shirt

There are a lot of GTA merchandising opportunities Rockstar could engage in, but don’t. Action figures, for example. Another missed opportunity is in GTA clothing, which means other companies have to carry the load. This shirt (“American Dream”) is by label Gatsby. It could be more subtle, yes, but it does get the point across.…

Guinness List of Resident Evil and Grand Theft Auto Records

To celebrate the upcoming releases of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars and Resident Evil 5, the Guinness World Records folks released some records the two franchises set. GRAND THEFT AUTO RECORDS • Most Successful Entertainment Product Launch On April 29, 2008, Grand Theft Auto IV generated $310 million of sales worldwide in one day, five…

Somebody Got Wayne’s World In My Lost & Damned

To those who have GTAIV’s expansion pack, Lost & Damned: you seen those cars that look like they’re the ones Wayne drives in Wayne’s world? Their presence is no coincidence. As the below video shows, there’s more than one tip of the hat to the classic comedy skit/movie franchise going on in Johnny’s Alderney. GTA4:…

This Chinatown Wars Van Begs To Be Stolen

Rockstar Games has their Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars van making the rounds to promote the upcoming Nintendo DS game, and while we would never encourage stealing, isn’t it just begging for it? I can’t help but smile imagining the Rockstar representatives, on their way out of the Massachusetts GameStop where they were demoing the…

Chinatown Wars Ad Gives Brief Glimpse of Gameplay

It’s a free ad for GameStop, but since we haven’t seen any Chinatown Wars gameplay, it qualifies as interesting. So does the pre-order lure: Start the game with $10K and the best weapons. This ad had been running in Late Night With Conan O’Brien – which just aired its last episode last night. Wonder where…

New Lost and Damned Trailer Has A Little Wild Side

In anticipation of next week’s launch of the first downloadable episode for Grand Theft Auto IV, The Lost and Damned, Rockstar Games has unleashed a bigger, more leathery taste of the expansion’s motley crew. The trailer not only features some fantastic metal flashbacks, but also a few guest appearances from familiar GTA IV faces, including…

Ten Minutes With Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

Rockstar Games brought Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, the biggest littlest crime spree in the long running series to the New York Comic Con, giving the public a chance to play it weeks in advance. Once the doors open up to the fans, the Rockstar booth will surely be filled with people wanting to get…

Chinatown Wars Playable At New York Comic Con

Rockstar Games is hitting up the New York Comic Con this weekend, giving players a chance to get some early hands-on time with Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the Nintendo DS. Fans eager to see how the Grand Theft Auto saga plays out across two tiny screens need look no further that this weekend’s…

Rumor: Next Grand Theft Auto Could Hit By The Holidays

We’d think that the next proper Grand Theft Auto game, Xbox 360-exclusive expansions notwithstanding, is a long way off. Not Game Informer, though. The magazine is reportedly expecting the next entry by end of year. Sounds crazy, doesn’t it? Didn’t Grand Theft Auto IV just ship? Well, if Game Informer’s “Loose Talk” is correct, pegging…

Grand Theft Auto Helping Six Year Olds Drive To School

Why doesn’t the mainstream media ever focus on the positive aspects of Grand Theft Auto‘s influence on our six year olds? Stealing the family sedan is petty in the name of perfect attendance. Take the six year old offspring of Jacqulyn Deana Waltman and David Eugene Dodson from Wicomico Church, Virginia who swiped his parents’…