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News Rockstar Releases Brand New Grand Theft Auto V Screens
Unexpected, as always
Oh Rockstar, you bunch of sly old dogs. We were just about to take a detour to the kitchen to prepare a scrumptious toasted sandwich, but now we've had to change our plans. See, the publisher's just updated its official website with a selection of farm-fresh Grand Theft Auto V screens – one of which shows a wannabe Bradley...
News Crazy Religious Cult Kicks Off Grand Theft Auto V Marketing
Fact
Grand Theft Auto’s shady religious group the Epsilon Program has updated its official website and Twitter account, suggesting that the marketing wheels are in motion for Rockstar Games’ upcoming sequel. The Epsilon Program – an obvious satire of real-life cult Scientology – was a large source of gags in PS2 title Grand Theft Auto: San...
News Grand Theft Auto III Re-Release Delayed on PlayStation Store
Bad news for North Americans
Yesterday was the day that North American PlayStation 3 owners should have been able to relive classic GTA title Grand Theft Auto III. We say should have been, because sadly the game failed to appear in the PlayStation Store weekly update. Sony has announced that this was due to music licensing problems. PlayStation...
News Check Out Grand Theft Auto: Vice City As a Commodore 64 Game
Run/stop
Assuming you’ve beaten Grand Theft Auto: Vice City at some point over the last ten years, you’ll probably appreciate this demake of its brutal final stage. We’re particularly fond of the unnervingly accurate adaptation of the mission’s cut-scenes, but the plinky-plonky soundtrack is also a highlight. Let us know which other modern...
News Grand Theft Auto III Hijacking PSN on 31st July
Liberty city
It’s time to step into the silent shoes of Claude all over again, as Sony has announced that Grand Theft Auto III will fire onto the North American PlayStation Store on 31st July. The open-world epic was referenced in the latest episode of the PlayStation Blogcast, in which the crew revealed that the PS2 Classic will set you back...
News Rockstar Tempers Grand Theft Auto V Release Speculation
Shows off new screens
Rockstar Games has warned that it will be a while before it is in a “position to show more of” Grand Theft Auto V – squashing speculation that the open-world opus is set to make a surprise debut later this year. Speaking as part of a community Q&A, the company explained that it’s “very busy working on the game”...
News Rockstar Launches Max Payne 3's Cheater Pool
Don't get caught
If you’ve enjoyed being a deviant online in Max Payne 3, then it’s perhaps time you considered changing your ways. Rockstar Games has officially launched the title's Cheater Pool overnight, which will see offending players branched out into an isolated playlist away from honest gamers. You’ll know if you’ve been caught if...
News Rockstar Vancouver Studio Shuttered, Toronto Expanded
Out with the old
Rockstar has shut down its Vancouver studio in favour of a new facility in Toronto. The company announced overnight that it has opened a new office in Oakville, Ontario at the expense of the Max Payne 3 developer. The move comes with full support from the local government, though financing details were kept unsurprisingly quiet...
News Get a Taste for Local Justice in New Max Payne 3 DLC Trailer
Banged up
Local justice might sound like a delicate means of reprimanding miscreants, but it’s actually nothing of the sort. Rockstar Games has released a brand new trailer honing in on the recently announced Max Payne 3 DLC pack, and it focuses much more prominently on gun shots than stern telling offs. You’ll be able to grab the expansion...
News Max Payne 3 Serves Up Local Justice on 3rd July
Behind bars
Rockstar’s popular sequel Max Payne 3 will get its first dose of DLC on 3rd July, the company has announced. The Local Justice pack will add a host of fresh content to the multiplayer component of the third-person shooter, including three new maps and a handful of new weapons and character customisation options. In response to missing...
News ESRB Ratings Tease Grand Theft Auto Titles for PS3
Back to the big city
Looks like both Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City are plotting an excursion onto PlayStation 3. The ESRB – North America's video game ratings board – has filed two listings for the open-world classics on Sony’s premium home console. Due to the nature of the listings, it’s unlikely that the titles will...
News Rockstar Moving Max Payne 3 Cheaters into Quarantine
Don't get caught
Rockstar has announced an interesting solution for dealing with the “miscreants” ruining Max Payne 3’s multiplayer component – move them into quarantine. Writing on its official blog, the developer revealed that it is aware that “a small minority of players are spoiling the Max Payne 3 multiplayer experience for honest...
News Rockstar Not Attending E3 2012
Diva fever
Rockstar’s acting all, er, rock star again. The developer of the Grand Theft Auto games has hinted that it’s not attending next week’s E3 in any capacity. CVG reports that the mega developer has “no plans” for the big show. It’s not exactly a huge surprise – Rockstar’s been skipping E3 for years – but with speculation...
News Max Payne 3 Ships Three Million Copies Worldwide
Rockstar reloads
It looks like you’re fans of Max Payne’s gritty, macabre narrative. Publisher Take-Two announced overnight that it has shipped three million copies of Max Payne 3 since its release last week. The game shot straight to the top of the UK sales charts, beating out Blizzard’s hotly anticipated PC exclusive Diablo III. You can find...
News Free Max Payne 3 DLC Lets You Dress as a Gorilla
Guerrilla warfare
If you’re finding the sombre tone of Max Payne’s latest adventure a little bit overwhelming, know that Rockstar’s added something a little more playful to the PlayStation Store. Available for free right now is the Gorilla Warfare DLC pack, an addition which allows you to kit yourself out as a primate in multiplayer. Wearing...
News Favourite Faces Return to Max Payne 3
Nostalgic names
Amongst the new faces (and haircuts) set to debut in the upcoming Max Payne 3, you might be craving the stability of something similar. That’s not a problem, as Rockstar has revealed the first details regarding the title’s Classic Character Pack. Available as part of the game’s Special Edition, the DLC adds eight beloved...
News Max Payne 3 Launch Trailer Leaps into Sight
Armed and ready
With just under a week to go until Max Payne 3 hits store shelves, publisher Rockstar Games has released the title’s official launch trailer. The cinematic short shows off the sequel’s impressive graphics technology, concluding with a big “made with in-game footage” boast. You know what they say: if you’ve got it, flaunt...
News Pachter: Grand Theft Auto V Will Launch in October
Analyst bets big
Following this morning’s, ahem, shock BioShock Infinite delay, Wedbush Securities’ Michael Pachter has predicted that Grand Theft Auto V will launch in its place. Admittedly, it was the first thing that crossed our minds too. See, the delay of BioShock Infinite means more than just one less present to put under your Christmas...
News Register Your Max Payne 3 Crew at Rebooted Rockstar Website
Team up
It’s true what they say: a problem shared is a problem halved. So you’ll almost certainly want to take advantage of the upcoming Max Payne 3’s Crews system, which allows you to team up with friends (and strangers) to complete cumulative group goals. While the game is still roughly a week away from release, Rockstar has updated its...
News Posse Up for Max Payne 3 Multiplayer Trailer
So solid crew
It looks like Rockstar spent a long time playing Killzone 3 before designing Max Payne 3’s multiplayer component. The title’s narrative based game type, Gang Wars, sounds a lot like Killzone’s Operations mode, with dynamically changing objectives and cinematic cut-scenes punctuating the action. Thankfully, Max Payne 3 has a few...
News Rockstar Reveals DLC Roadmap for Max Payne 3
Big plans
As part of a statement released this afternoon, Rockstar’s revealed a robust schedule of post-release content for its upcoming Max Payne 3. New “multiplayer maps, modes, bursts, items, playable characters, challenges and more” are all set to release on PS3 throughout the coming months. The first DLC pack will arrive in June, and will...
News New Max Payne 3 Trailer Composes a Symphony of Death
High drama
Bullet Time has appeared in numerous first and third-person shooters since the original Max Payne released on PlayStation 2 back in 2002. But the upcoming Max Payne 3 hopes to make the aged mechanic feel fresh again thanks to improvements in physics, control and AI technology. As this video demonstrates, it’s the same ability you...
Rumour Rockstar Employee's CV Dates GTAV for October
Whoops
We’ve got a sneaking suspicion that Rockstar North employee Alex O’Dwyer is not having a particularly happy Easter. The character animator updated his CV and LinkedIn profile over the bank holiday weekend, pledging an October release date to the anticipated crime thriller Grand Theft Auto V. It’s the first we’ve heard of it. Adding...
News Max Payne 3 Multiplayer Gameplay Revealed
Death Max
Rockstar Games has raised the curtains on Max Payne 3’s multiplayer component. The footage (embedded below) focuses on the integration of Payne’s signature gameplay elements, including bullet time. The developer said: Max Payne 3 introduces Max Payne’s signature special ability, Bullet Time to multiplayer for the first time. Based...
News Pop Pills with Max Payne 3 Pre-order Bonus
Payne killers
Rockstar Games would like to reward your early interest in Max Payne 3 with a packet of pills. Not really of course, the “Pill Bottle” is simply an additional bonus offered to gamers who pre-order the upcoming third-person shooter before 15th April. The in-game item unlocks the ability to “carry extra painkillers”. As a result,...
News Max Payne 3's "Crews" to Carry Over into GTAV Multiplayer
Persistent posses
Rockstar Games' Dan Houser casually dropped a tidbit concerning Grand Theft Auto V’s multiplayer in an interview with IGN today. The traditionally shy executive confirmed that the “crews” players form in Max Payne 3’s multiplayer mode will carry across into GTAV via the Rockstar Social Club. He said: Multiplayer is an...
Rumour Grand Theft Auto Vice City Nights Coming to PS Vita
Monster Hunter Portable 3 too
Take this with a pinch of salt, but UK retailer Play.com has updated its database with listings for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Nights and Monster Hunter Portable 3 for PlayStation Vita. At the time of writing the Monster Hunter listing remains, but the Grand Theft Auto entry has since been pulled. The retailer also...
Rumour 2K Czech Working on Grand Theft Auto V
Mafia III in production too
Mafia developer 2K Czech is collaborating with Rockstar North on Grand Theft Auto V, according to reports. A VG247 source claimed that the studio has been working on the game for almost a year, lending its cinematic expertise to help produce better cut-scenes for the hotly anticipated open world title. According to the...
News Meet Max Payne 3's Latest Death Dealer
Built like a tank
Rockstar’s used the “shove media down your throat” approach to its recent titles alarmingly well, but we get the feeling that when Max Payne 3 was delayed earlier in the year, the developer’s PR team was left scrambling for new footage to pad out the months until the game's new release. The team "brilliantly"...
News Take-Two Trademarks GTA TV
Don't tell the Daily Mail
With the exception of Call of Duty, Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto is about the only franchise in the world big enough to command its own television channel. And even then we’re pretty sure it would fill out its programming schedule with Teleshopping ads promoting the Jack LaLanne power juicer. But what’s this got to do...
News New Max Payne 3 Trailer Shares the Story
Time to rescue the girl
Max Payne 3 isn't far away, and gamers of a certain vintage no doubt hope that it can live up to the high standards set by Max Payne and Max Payne 2. With Rockstar Games producing this new entry, it'll be interesting to see how this third title will vary from its predecessors. One area where it's set to carry on as normal is...
News Rockstar Considering New Entry in L.A. Noire Series
Phelps ain't done yet
Rockstar has refused to rule out a sequel to ambitious detective adventure, L.A. Noire, stating on its website that it has “simply not decided anything” about the franchise’s future. Speaking as part of a Q&A, the publisher said: Don't count out the possibility of a new game in the L.A. Noire franchise in the future...
News Rockstar San Diego is Staffing Up For New Open-World Game
Yeehaw?
Few would argue if we said that Red Dead Redemption was one of the best games on the PlayStation 3. No doubt there’d be a couple of contrarians complaining about the game’s shoddy middle-third, but aside from a few fleeting flaws the title is a showpiece for open-world game design. So it goes without saying that we’re excited to learn...
News Latest Max Payne 3 Trailer Focuses on Firepower
Scraping the barrel?
Rockstar’s multiple trailer marketing strategy has proved extremely successful for previous releases, but we can’t help but feel this latest Max Payne 3 footage – which hones in on the titular star’s “608 Bull Revolver” – is a bit, well, unnecessary. Still, we suppose it’s hard to complain about an additional 30...
News ESRB Watch: Classic Grand Theft Auto Titles Heading To PlayStation Store
We can't decide whether the PlayStation 2 Classics label -- which launched on the North American PlayStation Store last year -- is a good thing or a bad thing
While it's great to get the opportunity to repurchase classic PlayStation 2 games, each new announcement is tarnished by thought that, "No, my favourite game is not going to get a full...
News The Gunplay In Max Payne 3 Looks Absolutely Stellar
Max Payne 3 may have got delayed this week, but if the game's latest trailer is anything to go by, you should not be worried about its final quality
No, instead you should be irritated about having to wait an extra couple of months to get your hands on the third-person shooter. We think it's fair to say that Rockstar's most recent games — while...
News Analysts: Grand Theft Auto V To Release Before April 2013
With the delay of Max Payne 3 throwing a spanner into the works yesterday, many wondered what kind of impact the date change would have upon the release of Grand Theft Auto V
Industry analysts believe the effects will be minor, with most predicting that the crime simulator will still arrive during publisher Take Two's 2013 Fiscal Year (ending March...
News Surprise: Max Payne 3 Delayed Until May
Given Max Payne 3's development cycle thus far, this announcement was about as predictable as the sun going down in the evening: Rockstar Games has announced that it has delayed Max Payne 3 until May
The game was originally due out in March. The new launch window — without a specific date, we should clarify — puts Rockstar back into familiar...
News Rockstar Staffing Up For 'Next-Gen Consoles'
Forget what Kaz Hirai says about the PlayStation 4: someone, somewhere knows exactly what's going on
We'd be shocked if Sony hadn't shared intel on its next system with a handful of developers, and we'd imagine that Rockstar North — the team behind the massive Grand Theft Auto series — would be top of the platform holder's list. A new job...
News First Shots Of Max Payne 3's Multiplayer Mode Shoot Online
Rockstar's released some new shots of Max Payne 3's multiplayer component for you to feast your eyes on
The publisher's hoping to innovate with the game's online mode, bringing in narrative beats to set the feature apart. The screenshots though, well, they could be mistaken for any other third-person shooter. It all looks a bit bland, doesn't it?...
News Analyst: Grand Theft Auto V Poised To Be Biggest Release Of 2012
We're still not sure if Grand Theft Auto V is due out in 2012, but EEDAR analyst Jesse Divinch is making some assumptions
He's also predicting that Rockstar's latest will outsell every other title released in 2012 should it drop this year. Y'know what, we think he could be onto something. Chatting to Industry Gamers, the analyst put his head on the...
News L.A. Noire Interrogates The PlayStation Network This Week
If you haven't got around to sampling L
A. Noire's</a> outrageously nifty interrogation mechanics yet, then things are about to get a whole lot easier. Detailed in the PlayStation Blog's weekly "The Drop", Sony's announced that Rockstar has a digital version of the crime thriller in the pipeline. It's set to release when the...
News Max Payne 3's Multiplayer Component Scoops Up 'Gang War' Narrative
Earlier in the year, Rockstar's Sam Houser revealed that the upcoming Max Payne 3 would boast lots of innovative ideas in its multiplayer component
Now IGN's got the scoop, and it sounds great. The competitive arm of the game will revolve around the "Gang War" mode, an objective driven team game that sees goals change dynamically based on...
News Watch The Grand Theft Auto V Trailer Remade In GTAIV
Grand Theft Auto V's not set in Liberty City -- but what if it was? This fan-made trailer attempts to re-create the upcoming sequel's debut teaser using Grand Theft Auto IV
And it actually does a pretty good job of copying all the beats from the real thing. Catch it after the break.
News Rockstar Reveals Jumbo Max Payne 3 Special Edition
Rockstar's lifted the lid on a gigantic Max Payne 3 special edition, packed with must-have goodies for fans of the franchise
The £99.99 / $99.99 limited edition includes a copy of the game, a ten-inch statue of Max, a collection of limited edition art prints, a bullet shaped keychain, a classic character multiplayer DLC pack, a variety of in-game...
News There Will Be Tears: Rockstar Games Chose To Develop Max Payne 3 Over Bully Sequel
Not even Darth Vader can express our disappointment over this article
Rockstar Games' creative gaffer Dan Houser has said that it opted to develop Max Payne 3 over Bully 2 due to "limited bandwidth". Regular readers will know that Bully is one of our favourite titles on PS2. We had been meaning to start it for a while, but we had limited...
News Rockstar Debuts New Design And Technology Series For Max Payne 3
Rockstar has launched a new design and technology series for upcoming shooter Max Payne 3 which touches upon the game's shooting mechanics, animation systems and more
It's a good watch if you're interested in the technical and design aspects of video game production, but don't overlook it if you're not. There's enough Max Payne 3 gameplay included...
News Rockstar: Regenerating Health Would Impact Max Payne 3's Rhythm
Max Payne is remembered for two things: bullet-time and health regenerating painkillers
But the last Max Payne game was released eight years ago, and the expectations for third-person shooters have changed in the interim. As such, Rockstar has a challenge on its hands making its upcoming threequel, Max Payne 3, feel relevant without watering down...
Rumour Online Detectives Track Down Grand Theft Auto V's Lead Actor
A bunch of online detectives reckon they have tracked down Grand Theft Auto V's lead voice actor
The website iGTAV believes that Law & Order star Ned Luke provided the voice work for the character that narrates the game's debut trailer. The Grand Theft Auto V IMDB page lists Luke as a character named Albert De Silva. Eagle-eared fans reckon his...
News Max Payne 3's Multiplayer To Feature Elements Of Story
Rockstar gaffer Sam Houser has revealed that Max Payne 3's multiplayer component will feature elements of story from the game's main narrative
Chatting with Variety, the traditionally mute executive revealed: We wanted to put some elements of single-player into the multiplayer so the multiplayer will have a lot more detail and have elements of...
