Videogame sales in April went down 17%

Videogame sales in April went down 17%
April turned out to be a bad month for the videogame industry.
The overall video game retail sales in the US market declined by around 17%.
The market has seen a decline for two months consecutively now.
However, Grand Theft Auto IV was one of the major reasons for [...]

Fallout 3 is the game of the year

Fallout 3 is the game of the year
Fallout 3 has been named the game of the year at the 9th annual Game Developers Choice Awards.
It managed to overcome challenge from some very awesome games including Grand Theft Auto: IV and Left 4 Dead.
Bethesda game director Todd Howard spoke about this achievement: “It’s the first [...]

Grand Theft Auto IV set to get another episode this month

Grand Theft Auto IV set to get another episode this month
The owners of the Grand Theft Auto IV game would be able to access yet another downloadable episode for the game.
This episode has been named The Lost and the Damned.
This new component would include new story lines and characters in addition to [...]

Take-Two Interactive Software post a loss

Take-Two Interactive Software post a loss

Take-Two Interactive Software has come out with their latest revenue report and the company has posted a wider quarterly loss.
The company has also now forecast a sharp drop in sales revenue for the current quarter.
Take-Two has posted a net loss of $15 million in the quarter that ended in [...]

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned coming to Xbox 360

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned coming to Xbox 360
Rockstar Games has now announced confirmed details about their upcoming downloadable content for Grand Theft Auto IV.
They have named this new update Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned.
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned would feature a new story and a [...]

Nintendo Wii Fit could outsell Grand Theft Auto IV

Nintendo Wii Fit could outsell Grand Theft Auto IV
Market reports claim that Nintendo has already sold more than 8.7 million copies of Wii Fit in the market.
It is still selling in large numbers and it could potentially overtake the sales of Grand Theft Auto IV which is the largest selling videogame of this year.
Online data [...]

Rockstar Games and Microsoft Present the Grand Theft Auto IV Xbox LIVE® Weekend

Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), and Microsoft proudly present the Grand Theft Auto IV LIVE Weekend exclusively on Xbox LIVE® online entertainment network beginning Friday, September 26 through Sunday, September 28 in the United States and Canada. This special weekend will be open to Xbox LIVE Gold members [...]

EA gets antitrust approval for any potential deal with Take Two

EA gets antitrust approval for any potential deal with Take Two
EA recently announced that they are not extending their acquisition offer for Take-Two Interactive Software.
The company felt that they would not be able to complete the deal before the holiday season. They would probably be back with a new offer in the coming months.
EA [...]

Electronic Arts: Take-Two offer would not be renewed today

Electronic Arts: Take-Two offer would not be renewed today
Videogame industry giant Electronic Arts has announced that they are not going to renew their acquisition offer for Take-Two Interactive Software.
They are not extending the offer once more as they believe that the merger could not possibly happen before the holiday season.
Take-Two has been rejecting repeated [...]

Grand Theft Auto IV coming to PC this November

Grand Theft Auto IV coming to PC this November
Rockstar Games has announced that they would be launching the PC version of their hit game Grand Theft Auto IV for the PC platform.
The PC edition of this game would be released in November this year. The game is already a smash hit on the Sony Playstation [...]

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