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Take-Two: Exclusive GTA IV Content For The Xbox Is Gonna Be Late

During the Take-Two investor call company chair Strauss Zelnick announced that the downloadable 360 content will get pushed, possibly as far back as January 2009. Zelnick cited “portfolio balancing” as the reason instead of possible $2 billion dollar hostile takeover. Wonder how that makes Microsoft feel after dropping the rumored $50 million for the exclusive GTA IV episodes. The real lesson here? If you’re buying video games you might want to look into buying video game stocks.

[Gamasutra]

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Xbox 360 Version Of GTA IV Doubling Up On PS3 At GameStop

According to report on Level Up, the majority of gamers buying Grand Theft Auto IV from GameStop are picking the Xbox 360 version over the PS3 at a clip of two to one. Specifically GameStop reported selling 64% of its inventory on the 360 as opposed to 36% on the PS3 over the first week of sales. Even though the numbers sound like a crushing victory, the guys at Sony aren’t fazed. Peter Dille, Sony’s VP of marketing, points to the fact that the GTA IV sales numbers are a little low when you consider that there are seven Xbox 360s for every three PS3s lurking out there. Give this story a few more weeks to develop, then MGS 4 will hit, then Gears 2… hell, everyone should drop the term console and just call the struggle for supremacy as the sequel wars instead.

[Level Up]

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Barack Bellic Mashup On The Streets Of LA

Actually, judging by the photos snapped by Attack of the Show segment producer Luke Wahl, it’s more of a Barack Glebov and a Barack Playboy X mash-up but that loses the alliterative quality of a Barack Bellic. Either way, the GTA IV posters of Los Angeles are advertising the audacity of hope going strong in Liberty City. Read the rest of this entry »

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Forbes Calls GTA IV A Kick In The Wii’s Nuts

Grand Theft Auto has fueled the standard controversy babble from the pulled ad campaigns to politicians screaming out about the lack of morality, and even MADD. The money-minded dudes at Forbes think it will cause an even bigger stir in the console wars. The game is a kick square in the Wii’s nuts. Well, they weren’t that colorful. They have journalistic standards. Read the rest of this entry »

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