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MADD Targets GTA IV Over Drunk Driving Scene

eldavojohn writes "The watch-dog group Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) has set its sights on the rating of GTA IV, primarily because a player can drive drunk in the game. MADD released a statement saying that 'Drunk driving is not a game, and it is not a joke. Drunk driving is a choice, a violent crime and it is also 100 percent preventable.' MADD also is asking Rockstar Games to consider removing GTA IV from distribution 'out of respect for the millions of victims/survivors of drunk driving.' Rockstar replied to MADD by saying 'we have a great deal of respect for MADD's mission, but we believe the mature audience for "Grand Theft Auto IV" is more than sophisticated enough to understand the game's content.' As expected, Jack Thompson is making his usual attention-whoring remarks by comparing GTA IV to the polio virus.

MADD About GTA IV

Mothers Against Drunk Driving is calling on the Entertainment Software Rating Board to reclassify Grand Theft Auto IV as "adults-only," because of in-game drunk driving.

Health Robotics Announces IV Station (TM Pending) a Centrally-Controlled,

BOZEN, SUDTIROL, Italy, June 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Robotics, the worldwide leader in the robotic automation of patient-specific IV Admixtures today announced IV Station (TM Pending), a new IV automation solution that complements CytoCare(TM), the company's award-winning and world-leading patient-specific chemotherapy IV robot. IV Station (TM Pending) is aimed at helping global health care providers deliver rapid, cost-effective, and safer IV doses to their patients by addressing medication errors, sterility, accuracy, and waste problems in the preparation, compounding, and dispensing of IV Admixtures. "While many companies have recognized the life-critical importance of IV safety, all patient-specific automation solutions up until now have focused on the prescription and administration steps of the medication delivery process with prod

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.

MADD attacks Grand Theft Auto

Mothers Against Drunk Driving wants a stricter rating on Grand Theft Auto IV. The organization is calling on the Entertainment Software Ratings Board, the independent organization that assigns video-game ratings, to reclassify GTA IV as an Adults Only game. The action-driving game, which includes the ability to drive while intoxicated, is currently rated Mature.

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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 IV News Aplenty

Take-Two Interactive and Rockstar Games must be crying tears of joy and wiping them away with $50 bills these days with Grand Theft Auto IV being the tremendous success it's come to be. A recent press release reads, "Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), said today that Grand Theft Auto IV has surpassed all-time entertainment records for day one and week one sales by dollar value. Released on Tuesday, April 29th, Grand Theft Auto IV, the critically acclaimed video game, has sold through to consumers approximately 6 million units globally with an estimated retail value of more than $500 million in the first week. Grand Theft Auto IV sold approximately 3.6 million units on its opening day with a retail value of approximately $310 million globally.

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.

Health Robotics Announces IV Station (TM Pending) a Centrally-Controlled, Modular, Distributed, Flexible, Redundant, Patient-Specific Intra-Venous (IV) Automation Robot for Non-Hazardous Drug Preparation, Compounding, and Dispensing in Central Pharma

BOZEN, SUDTIROL, Italy, June 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Robotics, the worldwide leader in the robotic automation of patient-specific IV Admixtures today announced IV Station (TM Pending), a new IV automation solution that complements CytoCare(TM), the company's award-winning and world-leading patient-specific chemotherapy IV robot.

GTA IV fails to slaughter Iron Man's ticket sales (Grand Theft Auto IV)

Despite doomsday predictions from industry analysts, GTA IV has failed to dampen the box office sales of Hollywood's adaptation of Iron Man, which was predicted to have its demographic swallowed by Rockstar's monster.

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.

Driving While Distracted More Dangerous Than Supposed

Science News reports on recent research indicating that any kind of multitasking while driving is dangerous. Not just the obvious distraction of juggling a cell phone, but even talking to a passenger or listening to a book on tape. The researchers used a driving simulator inside an MRI machine to measure brain activations. "Attending to what someone says galvanizes language-related brain areas while simultaneously reducing activity in spatial regions that coordinate driving behavior. This finding suggests that people who combine relatively automatic tasks, such as speech comprehension and car driving, exceed a biological limit on the amount of systematic brain activity they can accommodate at one time, the researchers propose. As a result, the less-ingrained skill — in this case, driving, which is learned long after a person grasps a na

GTA IV success proves that government must act, says Tiga

gta iv, gtaiv, richard wilson, rockstar north, tax breaks, tigaGTA IV success proves that government must act, says Tiga

Chips MD: GTA IV Driving Greater PS3 Sales

Don McCabe, managing director of UK games retailer Chips, says a “phenomenal” Grand Theft Auto IV launch period has seen the Xbox 360 version leading unit sales, but the game driving greater PS3 adoption across the company’s 31 stores.

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.

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 IV dethrones Call of Duty 4 as Xbox Live king

Grand Theft Auto IV began shipping early last week, and it's already making waves across the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment were quick to tout the immediate benefits GTA IV's release brought to their respective platforms.

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.

Report: Xbox 360 GTA IV Gets 64% Of GameStop Sales

Report: Xbox 360 GTA IV Gets 64% Of GameStop Sales Retailer GameStop has revealed initial sales data for Rockstar’s record-breaking Grand Theft Auto IV, with 64 percent of sales of the game going to the Xbox 360 and 36 percent to the PlayStation 3.

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