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GTA IV Helps Boost Sales of Video-Game Consoles

The popular Grand Theft Auto IV is proving to have strong coattails, driving sales of Sony's PlayStation 3 and Microsoft's Xbox 360 video-game consoles. Microsoft insists its Xbox 360 is getting the biggest boost from GTA IV, but Sony says PlayStation 3 sales are strong. Sales figures for GTA IV are so far available only from the United Kingdom.

GTA IV Helps Boost Sales of Video-Game Consoles

The popular Grand Theft Auto IV is proving to have strong coattails, driving sales of Sony's PlayStation 3 and Microsoft's Xbox 360 video-game consoles. Microsoft insists its Xbox 360 is getting the biggest boost from GTA IV, but Sony says PlayStation 3 sales are strong. Sales figures for GTA IV are so far available only from the United Kingdom.

GTA IV, Wii Push Up Video-Game Sales

U.S. consumers keep buying video games, with Grand Theft Auto IV, Mario Kart and Wii Fit taking game sales up 37 percent over last year. Sales of video-game consoles, led by Nintendo's Wii, were up 34 percent. GTA IV for Sony's PlayStation 3 was fourth in video-game sales, after the Microsoft Xbox 360 version of GTA IV, Mario Kart, and Wii Fit.

E3'08: GTA Makes DS Debut

In light of too many surprises, Nintendo today unveiled that GTA will be heading back to Nintendo with confirmation of GTA: Chinatown Wars.

MGS4 to sell more PS3s than GTA IV, says analyst (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots)

Metal Gear Solid 4 will drive more PS3 hardware sales than the mighty GTA IV did, say industry analysts, despite GTA IV having been the biggest-selling entertainment launch in the history of the universe.

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MAY 16 | FROM VARIETY: Grand Theft Auto IV was huge, but it didn't have the ripple effect that the videogame biz was hoping for.

GTA Doubles Take-Two Profits, Sales In Q2">

GTA Doubles Take-Two Profits, Sales In Q2 [06.05.08] Publisher Take-Two has announced the results of its second quarter, with the 8.5 million unit-selling Grand Theft Auto IV more than doubling revenue to $539.8 million, as profits rose to nearly $100 million - following losses of $50 million the year prior.

GTA IV DLC Slips To FY09, BioShock Movie To Release With BioShock 3?">

Take-Two: GTA IV DLC Slips To FY09, BioShock Movie To Release With BioShock 3? [06.05.08] In an investor call following the release of positive Q2 results, Take-Two execs said that Grand Theft Auto IV's Xbox 360 DLC had been moved to Q1 of fiscal 2009, mentioned 'formal talks' with business partners other than EA, and revealed its forthcoming BioShock movie would probably be released closer to the release date of BioShock 3.

GTA starts online payment program

7:16 a.m. Guam - GTA TeleGuam has launched an online bill paying service for customers. According to a release, billing statements and payment history will also be available. The company also says the new option is environmentally friendly, since it will cut back on the use of paper.

GTA IV fixed on both platforms (Grand Theft Auto IV)

Rockstar has released a new patch for GTA IV that should quash the majority of freezing and online connectivity issues on both the PS3 and 360 versions of the game.

GTA IV PS3 Bundle Hits Indian Stores

The PlayStation 3 version of Rockstar Games' much-talked-about Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA IV) is now available bundled along with the Sony PlayStation 3, at select outlets across the country.

Take-Two: GTA IV DLC Slips To FY09, BioShock Movie To Release With BioShock 3?

Take-Two: GTA IV DLC Slips To FY09, BioShock Movie To Release With BioShock 3? [06.05.08] In an investor call following the release of positive Q2 results, Take-Two execs said that Grand Theft Auto IV's Xbox 360 DLC had been moved to Q1 of fiscal 2009, mentioned 'formal talks' with business partners other than EA, and revealed its forthcoming BioShock movie would probably be released closer to the release date of BioShock 3.

Gervais on GTA IV: 'I targeted fat people' (Grand Theft Auto IV)

Ricky Gervais has revealed the thought process behind his cameo stand-up role in GTA IV, stating that he chose to pick on fat people in his Liberty City performance because it's a "universal" theme.

Analysts Expect GTA IV Hardware Lift in May

NPD’s April videogame sales data didn’t show the rise in PS3 and Xbox 360 sales that some commentators had predicted GTA IV would drive, but a hardware sales boost may well be evident in May, according to a number of analysts.

Brett's Rant: GTA

I first fell in love with the GTA series during the "Waste the Wife" mission early in Vice City. Okay, this probably makes me seem like some kind of psycho misogynist. Fondly remembering how much I laughed while driving Tommy Vercetti around to kill some arm-waving, shrieking bimbo via vehicular homicide certainly won't win me any fans over at NOW.

MS denies GTA IV DLC delays

Confusion abound this afternoon. At an investor briefing held yesterday evening stateside, Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick told fellow suits that the Xbox 360 downloadable content for GTA IV will not be ready before Q1 of the game maker's 2009 financial year.

Microsoft on GTA DLC for PS3

That Microsoft and Rockstar have signed a deal to bring downloadable extra content to the Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto IV is no big secret and Microsoft has been touting the planned DLC for a while now, eager to put itself a step above the PS3 in regards to GTA 4.

Multiplayer Heading to GTA: Chinatown Wars???

There's little information on the ground so far, but does the teaser site for GTA DS suggest online multiplayer...

Age of Conan tops GTA IV in Europe (Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures)

If there's any game likely to remove GTA IV from the top of the German charts, it's a PC game, and Age of Conan has gone and done it.

Rolling Stone celebrates GTA IV

Rolling Stone film critic Peter Travers has been bitterly disappointed by this summer's cinematic offerings. In fact he's so starved of cinematic inspiration that he's written a movie review of GTA IV in protest.

GameFest: Niko's Rig, GTA IV Behind-the-Scenes with Image Metrics

At next weeks GameFest, Image Metrics' lead producer David Barton will be presenting their work on GTA IV, with behind-the-scenes footage and materials Rockstar has only approved for public viewing during the presentation.

Hickey: Saint's Row 2 'Pompous' To Attack GTA IV

Hickey: Saint's Row 2 'Pompous' To Attack GTA IV As part of a new analyst note, Janco Partners' Mike Hickey has referenced the latest Grand Theft Auto IV-satirizing trailer for THQ's Saint's Row 2, suggesting the move is "unusually pompous" and reiterating "conservative" sales expectations for THQ's urban open-world title.


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