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Did 'GTA IV' deserve perfect scores?

By now, you’ve probably heard that "Grand Theft Auto IV" made a ton of money in its first week, besting "Iron Man’s" box office take for the same period.

Downloading legally in a criminal world

The soundtracks from the “Grand Theft Auto” games have long been lauded as super-extra-hipster-awesome. But if you’ve ever heard a catchy tune and then tried to find it online, you know how time-consuming that can be.

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Rockstar Continues to Diss PS3 Owners

In the late 1990's, a game was released on Playstation that changed the video game industry forever: Grand Theft Auto. As a proud Playstation gamer, I was excited to explore this game, which was, as far as I knew, the very first game of its kind.

Punk kid hits people with car doors, Grand Theft Auto blamed
Source: destructoid.com

You know the drill by now. Some filthy little sh*thead decides to be antisocial and delinquent, then tries to dodge accountability by blaming videogames, something he knows will deflect the blame in the eyes of reactionary, out-of-touch adults.

News: Next GTA episode coming out on Oct. 29 [Xbox 360]
Source: gamepro.com

Rockstar is bringing the newest chapter of the GTA IV saga to the Xbox 360 in a little over three months, as The Ballad of Gay Tony releases on October 29th!

Judge Mathis' GTA Style "Consequence" game features prison rape
Source: vg247.com

TV Judge Greg Mathis and filmmaker Matty Rich are teaming up to create game for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 called Mathis "Detroit" Street Judge. The game is expected to be reminiscent of Grand Theft Auto - but with prison rape. Huh?

Man gets life for killing game-obsessed partner
Source: reghardware.co.uk

A man has been sentenced to life in prison after killing his partner, who'd become hooked on Grand Theft Auto.

GTA Cover Gets Nintendo Power Banned from School
Source: GameDaily

Looks like Chinatown Wars is living up to the reputation of its controversy-laden Grand Theft Auto brothers.

Battle of Two big Franchises

In the next week we see the release of two big franchises on the DS. And I have to wonder if they will effect each other. On March 17th we see the release of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown wars so far it is getting rave reviews. It currently has a metacritic rating of 95.

Sony Say Grand Theft Auto On DS "Raises Some Eyebrows"
Source: Kotaku

When Nintendo first announced GTA: Chinatown Wars, the first GTA game on a Nintendo system since 2004, eyebrows were raised. Seemed an odd choice. And for Sony, eyebrows are still being raised.

Busta Rhymes Debuts Song Via GTA IV DLC
Source: Google

The GTA IV DLC, Lost and Damned, is going to have quite a few new tracks from famous rappers like Funkmaster Flex. More interestingly, however, is that Busta Rhymes is debuting a song called "Conglomerate" via the DLC.

Kids stone and hang a cat, GTA blamed
Source: AZ Family

The sheriff of Maricopa County is considered to be on the fringe of well being himself. Rather leads to how he can conclude how a video game can be blamed for this.

Grand Theft Auto 4 PC Suffering From Numerous Issues
Source: 1up.com

No support for SLI, texture problems, error codes, and more abound. It's things like this that draw ridicule for gamers who opt to play games on PC.

Game Changers
Source: The Washington Post

The article begins with a quote - a risky move, because if it's not interesting, people won't continue. This one was misleading, on purpose. The quote could have referred to any number of "girl topics", but video games was unexpected.

Grand Theft Auto: Grand Theft Auto Helps Preteen Rescue Family From Crashed Car
Source: Kotaku

"She just knew, from playing 'Grand Theft Auto.' She saw on there that when a car rolls over, it can blow up. She knew that could happen to us"

GTA IV Official PC Release Date Announced - Elite Forces
Source: Elite Forces

Headline pretty much has it. GTA IV PC release date has been announced!

GTAIV hijacking PCs in November
Source: Gamespot

Today, Rockstar put the rumours to rest by announcing development of a PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV, which will ship on November 18 in North America and on November 21 in Europe.

"Hot Coffee" Class Action Suit Squashed By The Court
Source: Kotaku

You may recall that in November of last year, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted preliminary approval of a settlement of several class action suits against Take-Two.

Thailand bans GTA after video game style murder
Source: reghardware.co.uk

A Thai video game distributor has stopped selling Grand Theft Auto, after a local teenager went on a self-confessed GTA style murder and robbery rampage.

Violent GTA IV ad escapes censure
Source: vnunet.com

Rockstar's recent TV advert for its controversial Grand Theft Auto IV game on the Xbox 360 has been let off the hook by the Advertising Standards Authority.

Why GTA IV Was the Beginning of the End
Source: GigaOM

I think it's safe to say that the era of next-gen gaming as a driving force is over.

The Joy of GTA

It's been about a month now since Grand Theft Auto IV changed the way I look at the world.

Man 'stole rental cars after planting GPS devices in them'
Source: Daily Yomiuri Online

A 30-year-old man has been indicted on charges of stealing rental cars by installing global positioning system devices in rented vehicles, tracking their location after they are returned to rental companies, and then stealing them by using copied keys, police said.

Resident Evil 5 Coming In Less Than One Year
Source: GamerCenterOnline

That's right Resident Evil 5 will be hitting at the end of March in 2009, at least says a document provided by Capcom

The Star of Grand Theft Auto IV Finds a Somewhat Small Paycheck
Source: The New York Times

That's because Mr. Hollick [voice of Niko Bellic in GTA 4] was paid only about $100,000 over roughly 15 months between late 2006 and early this year for all of his voice acting and motion-capture work on the game, with zero royalties or residuals in sight, he said.

Did 'GTA IV' deserve perfect scores?
Source: msnbc.com

Many sites, such as GameSpot, IGN, 1UP.com, the Edge – all gave the game 100 percent.

PS3 firmware 2.35 released, doesn't fix GTA IV woes
Source: Engadget

Sony says that the "minor update" will "improve stability of some PS3 titles" -- then clarifies that GTA IV is not part of the vagary.

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