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News Still Like Grand Theft Auto IV's Multiplayer? Jump On The PS3 Tonight.
Rockstar are holding a multiplayer event for Grand Theft Auto IV tonight on the Playstation 3
It's a doubles event so you'll need to buddy up with someone who hasn't turned on GTA's campaign just yet. It's running from like, 9PM to 12AM here in the UK (from 4PM EST). You'll need to add the following PSN names:...
News L.A. Noire Gets GameInformer Blowout, Grab It Now
If you're in the market for a video games magazine, might we suggest the latest issue of GameInformer, which includes a 10-page cover feature on Team Bondi and Rockstar's noir-esque thriller L
A. Noire</a>. The features focuses on everything from facial animation, to the reconstruction of 1947 L.A. Pick up the magazine for more.
News Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City Finally Coming To The Playstation 3
After a period of exclusivity on the XBOX 360, the highly acclaimed Grand Theft Auto DLC, Episodes From Liberty City, is coming to the Playstation 3 this March
This the DLC that Microsoft paid a whopping $50million to keep exclusive.Its been a long time coming, but we are proud to finally deliver Episodes From Liberty City for the PC and...
News Red Dead Redemption Continues To Look Jaw-Droppingly Gorgeous In Weapons Trailer
We have a thing for Wild West games
It started (surprisingly) with Gun, and has been most recently fuelled by Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood. But we're ready for more. Red Dead Redemption certainly looks like it might just be one of our favourite games in 2010. The variety, animation and visuals look stunning. Check out the trailer above for a...
Rumour Sony Put $20million Worth Of Funds Into Multiplatform L.A. Noire
An unusual Twitter account under the pseudonym Veracious_Shift has popped up this morning, claiming to know the secrets of upcoming PS3 title Agent's exclusivity, and the fiasco regarding the oft-lofted, rarely shown L
A. Noire</a>. Veracious Shift writes:To McNamara [dude what did The Getaway - Ed], The Getaway was a tainted brand by Sony's...
News Wives Of Rockstar Employees Accuse The Company Of Poor Working Conditions
Pissed off wives of Rockstar San Diego employees have formed a coalition to educate the public on the company's strenuous work hours and mistreatment of workers
"Initially, as work pressure in the office increases, so do the stress levels of employees. Recently, with the amount of stress that has been built up, there have been physical...
News Analyst Suggests The Unsuggestable, Grand Theft Auto May Have Peaked
We loved Grand Theft Auto IV as much as the next guy, but in all honesty, going back to the game in recent months is hard work
We played for 10 minutes, noticed how sluggish it all was, and put the game back in its box. It'll probably never see the light of day again. It's an odd case, as a game that represented a snap-shot in time. Brilliant within...
News Max Payne 3 Delayed Until Late 2010 We're Afraid Y'all
You probably want Max Payne 3 sooner rather than later
Unfortunately, we're afraid Take Two say you can't have it. In a financial and earnings report yesterday, the publisher announced that Max Payne 3 has been pushed back to the company's fiscal Q4 2010. That puts the game somewhere around the August, October 2010 point, rather than the previously...
News Red Dead Redemption Trailer Hits The Internets For Reals
We resisted the temptation to post the latest Red Dead Redemption trailer when it leaked early last week
Now it's online for reals. Meaning we can post it and you can watch it. It's rad aswell. Great visuals, great voice acting and, what's shaping up to be, a great set of characters. Typical Rockstar then, eh?
News Red Dead Redemption Gets A More Precise Release Date, April 27th
You might be aware that Red Dead Redemption is coming sometime in April - but now we can be all precise
The game's due for Playstation 3 release on April 27th. Mark your calendars. If you managed to catch the leaked trailer yesterday, you'll know it looks bloody awesome too.
News Red Dead Redemption Rides Home To Playstation 3 In April
Just missing out on the busiest quarter for video games ever, Rockstar Vancouver's Red Dead Redemption has been leaked to have an April release
According to Rockstar, there'll be a new trailer next week which will probably tell us more about the game's release.
News Rockstar's Agent Was Originally Being Developed For Playstation 2
According to information dug up by Shogun Gamer, Rockstar Games' upcoming Playstation 3 exclusive, Agent, was originally in development for the first XBOX and Playstation 2
The resume of a 3D modeller features work on the game Agent way back in 2003. Interestingly, it seems the game was in development at Rockstar San Diego at the time. Agent is...
News Rockstar Dude Says The Words "Grand Theft Auto Five"
Rockstar's Dan Houser has casually mentioned the prospect of Gran Theft Auto V in a lengthy interview with the Times
In it, he says that, "We'll think of a city first, then the characters." The game's eventual script will run to around 1,000 pages, nearly ten times as much as a feature film. It's been the first real hint we've caught of...
News New Red Dead Redemption Screens Confirm That The Game Looks Nice
This is a screenshot from Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption
A new one in fact. Joystiq have a few more you can peruse at your leisure. The game continues to look impressive with each new batch of screenshots released. And with Rockstar at the helm, it's hard not to be a teensy bit excited. Unless you absolutely hate GTAIV. In which case - you're...
News LA Noire News Trickles Onto The Internet
It's something when you write a post about a game's protagonist
Still, such is the scarcity of news on Rockstar's highly anticipated (well, we're anticipating it) LA Noire title, we'll kill for anything. So here's the news: the game has a protagonist called Cole Phelps. This has been revealed via a casting call which asks for "strong actors...
News PushSquare Playstation Picks: 19th-25th October
Y'ello one and all, welcome to our new pick of the week column, a Monday night dive into the week's best Playstation launches across Europe and America
PushSquare's Playstation Pick Of The Week: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Rockstar return to the PSP with the highest rated Nintendo DS game of all time. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars may be a...
News Rockstar Love PSP Digital Distribution, Getting Their Own Store Front
Rockstar will launch a complete themed Playstation Store shop-front next week alongside the launch of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars on the Playstation Portable
The company, who wish to support PSP digital distribution as much as possible, will put downloadable copies of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories,...
News Timbaland Using Beaterator For His New Album, Shock Value 2
Man, it's so awesome to post something about Timbaland's new album; mainly because we've been waiting for the record for ever and it ties into PSP
Speaking with Invasion Radio, Timbaland explained that he used PSP application Beaterator for a few tracks. He said, "I made a couple of beats [from the upcoming album in Beaterator]... I had...
Feature PushSquare's Sammy Barker Goes Hands-On With Beaterator on Playstation Portable
Hi, I'm Sammy Barker
I write for PushSquare.com but I also try to make music in my spare time (check out Sammy's "single" Gin & Tonic here/iTunes). As an experienced amateur music producer - I say experienced because I spend most of my time getting angry that nothing sounds right - I really wanted to give Rockstar's Beaterator a go...
News Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars On PSP Is Looking Great
What do you get when you take the highest rated Nintendo DS game of all time and put it on the PSP? Well you get the same great game, with better graphics minus a few touch screen minigames
Welcome to our PSP's Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars — we can't wait to play you. Check out these new screens over at Kotaku to see just how far the game's...
News Rockstar Vs. MySpace Music Artists - It's On!
Are you a MySpace music artist? Fancy winning $5,000? Then it's time to get your creative hat on and get working on some tunes in Rockstar's latest portable game music studio Beaterator
To apply for the chance to compete you'll need to apply over at IGN; 100 musicians will then be chosen to take part in the competition for big money. The winning...
News Pachter Says There'll Be A New Grand Theft Auto In "Calendar 2010"
Michael Pachter is back with another famous Pach-attack
This time he reckons that a new Grand Theft Auto game will launch in "calendar 2010". However, Pachter doesn't expect the game to launch before the end of the fiscal year (i.e. October 31st, 2010) noting, While we still expect a GTA game in calendar 2010, it is not clear that the...
News Ice T, Chris Robinson, Jay Sean & More Talk Beaterator Ahead Of The VMAs
We've not hidden our excitement for Rockstar's upcoming portable music production suite Beaterator
We're absolutely stoked for the product. Seriously. And whether they're being paid to say it or not, the bunch of superstars in the video above all agree: Beaterator is going to rock. Hip-hop pioneer Ice T reckons the product will "help a lot of...
News Agent Sneaks Into 2010 Release Scheduling
A slight, off-the-cuff comment on Rockstar North's forums seems to be hinting towards a 2010 release for upcoming Playstation 3 exclusive Agent
When asked about Rockstar's commitment to the PS3, a response from a Rockstar staffer claimed the team are "working hard on a lineup of PlayStation 3 releases for 2010 ... including Red Dead Redemption,...
First Impressions Beaterator on Playstation Portable
Developed in collaboration with monster pop producer Timbaland
Almost coming out of nowhere, the PSP announcement of Rockstar's Beaterator has been met with mixed response, namely from the elitist whose desire is to criticise the game's figurehead, Timbaland. At the end of the day though, whether you want to rise above elitism or not, it's instantly...
News Timbaland Talks Beaterator, We Get All Excited
As budding amateur producers ourselves (buy our song, please
), we're super excited about Beaterator. There's two things we've always wanted to do: a) make music while we're nowhere near a computer/instrument; b) capture the Timbaland drum sound. Beaterator looks like it's going to achieve both those aims for us, and that gets us mega excited...
News L.A. Noire Storyboards Are About As Moody As They Come
It's been a very long time since we heard, well, anything about L
A. Noire</a>. Team Bondi and Rockstar Games' collaboration has been quiet to say the least. But, at last, we have hope of the product still being alive. Cue this rather moody storyboards created by contracted team Tui Studios. Head over to their site and hit Storyboards to see...
News Rockstar To Release Beaterator On PSP
The much rumoured Beaterator game from Rockstar is to hit the PSP this September 29th (US)/October 2nd (Europe) via UMD and PSN download
Popstar Timbaland is on board for the release, claiming, "I've worked closely with Rockstar Games to make something completely unique. Beaterator is like taking my music studio and turning it into a suite of...
News Heads Up: Fantastic New Grand Theft Auto Playstation 2 Bundle On The Way
Yes, £17.99.
Lost among the piles and piles of Playstation 3 and PSP announcements, we were totally unaware Rockstar were releasing a fabulous new package for the Playstation 2 which consists of Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto Vice City and Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. If you've never touched said games then the Grand Theft Auto Triple...
News Shadow Of The Colossus Designer Talks Grand Theft Auto & Super Mario Galaxy
We hold no secrets in stating that our favourite game this generation is Super Mario Galaxy
Yes, we're a Playstation website but to us, Mario Galaxy is perfection. Alas, Team Ico's Fumito Ueda does not agree. He cites a particular section of Galaxy which was apparently inspired by Fumito's Shadow Of The Colossus (the giant robot boss) as a basis for...
News Grand Theft Auto IV Goes Budget In Japan
Remember everyone's favourite game of yesteryear Grand Theft Auto IV? Well, if you're Japanese, have a PS3 and are yet to play this game - dude, it just got a bit cheaper
Now a part of Sony's budget line, GTAIV will cost just ¥3,990 (US$41).
News Rockstar Believe In The Playstation 3, Exclusivity Will Help Their New IP Agent
One of the bigger surprises at this year's E3 was the announcement of the Rockstar game Agent being developed exclusively for the Playstation 3
But many people are miffed as to why Rockstar are launching the game exclusive; especially when third-party exclusivity is essentially considered dead.At this phase in the cycle, when youre trying to...
News Rockstar: Red Dead Redemption Will Be "Massive"
Red Dead Redemption - the sequel to last generation's Red Dead Revolver - will apparently share a lot more in common with its brother Grand Theft Auto this time around
Houser confirmed that the game will have a massive open world spanning traditional Western turf, northern Mexico and a "modern" turn-of-the-century town. Speaking of the...
News First Red Dead Redemption Trailer Seems Pretty Cool
Red Dead Redemption is shaping up pretty nicely
Rockstar's take on ol' Western movies is due for release later this year, and while the trailer gives little away, it does give you a bit of an idea of the route they seem to be taking with this game. We're lucky forward to seeing more.
News Is The GTA Hype Dying Out? CNBC Thinks So.
Grand Theft Auto IV was an excellent game and a massive success for everyone involved
The general player consensus was "excellent" - although just lately we have been reading a lot of hate on Rockstar's masterpiece. Many felt the game focused on seriousness as opposed to fun, something that previous iterations in the GTA universe have had...
News Grand Theft Auto Fares Better On The PSP Than The DS
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, the recently released DS game, didn't sell particularly well despite extremely positive reviews
Analyst Jesse Divnich reckons the game only managed to push 200,000 units in its first couple of weeks on sale.The results from Chinatown are an important benchmark for the industry, as it will be the best-performing...
News Max Payne 3 Announced For Playstation 3, Hits This Winter
Rockstar Games have just announced Max Payne 3 for the Playstation 3, XBOX 360 and PC
The game will hit this coming winter and is being developed by Rockstar Vancouver. The sequel will tell the tale of a retired police detective "embroiled in a world of corruption, turmoil and intense violence." Sam Houser, founder of Rockstar Games had to...
