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Rate Review: Modern Warfare 2 single player campaign

Original at Examiner.com external link    Fri, Nov 20

Grand Theft Auto IV also did a pretty decent job of making me feel bad for killing innocent people, where in earlier GTA games I reveled in it. ... Modern Warfare 2' retains 360 leadDigital Spy all 126 news articles »

Rate Xbox 360 Review - 'Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City'

Original at WorthPlaying.com external link    Tue, Nov 17

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City shows that Rockstar Games is still at the top of its game when it comes to crafting a good crime story or two. ... “Grand Theft Auto” adds another installment to the seriesCorsair (subscription)

Rate Opinion: News: New PAL Releases Roundup

Original at Eurogamer external link    Fri, Oct 30

But we might as well begin with one you can buy without even leaving home. Grand Theft Auto IV's second downloadable add-on, The Ballad of Gay Tony, picked up a strong 8/10 review earlier this week and is available now - either on Xbox Live Marketplace for 1600 MSP (£13.60 / €19.20) or as part of t...

Rate Review: Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony

Original at Eurogamer external link    Wed, Oct 28

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Rockstar's second downloadable add-on for Grand Theft Auto IV may be known as The Ballad of Gay Tony, but anyone who goes in expecting a radical social message from the world's most controversial developer will be disappointed. If anything, the homosexuality angle is superfluous to Roc...

Rate GTA: The Ballad Of Gay Tony Review: Out With A Bang [Review]

Original at Kotaku external link    Wed, Oct 28

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By Stephen Totilo Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony was developed by Rockstar Games and published by Take Two Interactive for the Xbox 360 on October 29. Retails for 1600 Microsoft Points over Xbox Live ($20, a copy of GTA IV required) or for $40 as one half of the Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty C...

Rate 'Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars' Review - Here's Hoping You Didn't Play It On the DS

Original at MTV Multiplayer external link    Thu, Oct 22

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By Rick Marshall Released for the Nintendo DS earlier this year, "Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars" debuted on the PSP this week. The new version of "Chinatown Wars" offers much of the same experience as far as your ability to blow up, assassinate, terrorize and drug-hustle your way through Liberty City'...

Rate Opinion: Chinatown Wars PSP: Gamespot's highest rated PSP game of all time

Original at GTAGaming.com external link    Thu, Oct 22

By Slim Trashman Matching the score of its DS counterpart, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars has earned itself the bragging right of being Gamespot's highest rated PSP game of all time with a review score of 9.5/10, surpassing even its PSP predecessors, GTA: Liberty City & Vice City Stories At first gl...

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Original at 1up.com external link    Mon, Oct 19

By Ray Barnholt Although Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars got quite a positive reception when it was released for DS earlier this year, it apparently didn't perform as well as expected (or so thought the armchair analysts). So, on the surface, it's no surprise for Rockstar to bring Chinatown Wars to PSP -...

Rate Opinion: Halo 3: ODST drops into UK's top sales spot

Original at Joystiq external link    Mon, Sep 28

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By Alexander Sliwinski Halo 3: ODST had the type of UK launch one would expect from a Bungie Halo game. According to Chart Track, 64 percent of ODST's sales were recorded in the first 24 hours after launch last Tuesday, September 22, helping to rank the game twelfth on the list of all-time week one sell-throughs (fo...

Rate Opinion: Baking news: GTA IV meth recipe flawed

Original at Joystiq external link    Mon, Jun 22

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By James Ransom-Wiley From the obscure annals of May 2008 comes the testimony of BBFC head David Cooke, who confirmed that the now irrelevant UK ratings board had investigated the authenticity of "instructional information about how to make the drug crystal meth" in Grand Theft Auto IV. The incident was broug...

Rate Opinion: Taking the DS to the mean streets of Liberty City

Original at Warren Times Gazette external link    Thu, May 21

Returning to a top-down view reminiscent of the pre-”GTA III” style, the new game gives players the deep story and variety they have come to expect from Rockstar games by using everything the DS has to offer. First and foremost is the artwork. ...

Rate Opinion: Car Jack Streets now available

Original at GTAGaming.com external link    Mon, Apr 27

By Neil If you're waiting for the next Grand Theft Auto title to be announced or have been wishing for even more missions in Chinatown Wars, Car Jack Streets might just be for you. It could be considered a 'spiritual successor' to some of the early Grand Theft Auto titles. The company which makes it, T...

Rate Opinion: Rare ‘GTA Chinatown Wars’ Missions Worth The Minor Hassle

Original at MTV Multiplayer external link    Fri, Mar 20

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By Stephen Totilo I was the 34th person on planet Earth to have not just completed “Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars“‘ main story but to have synced my game with the official website of development studio Rockstar Games. Ninety-four other people have done so as of this writing.

Rate Metareview -- Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

Original at Joystiq external link    Tue, Mar 17

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By JC Fletcher Eurogamer (10/10): "Those hoping for another gritty, complex narrative spine bound in the flesh of an openworld action-adventure may be disappointed by the rather more frivolous and silly antics of the Chinatown Wars cast, but even cynics should be converted by the huge, densely pack...

Rate Highway Star: The Lost & Damned Review

Original at downwritefierce.com external link    Tue, Mar 17

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By Ross Arbour Grand Theft Auto IV is coming up on its first birthday and you’ve got a good reason to load up your Xbox 360 version again. Rockstar’s new downloadable expansion, The Lost & Damned, is a sizeable addition to the Grand Theft Auto IV universe.

Rate ‘Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars’ Scoreless Review - From A World Without A PS2

Original at MTV Multiplayer external link    Mon, Mar 16

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By Stephen Totilo “Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars” [is] essentially an alternate-universe “Grand Theft Auto III.” What if, after the top-down original “Grand Theft Auto”s on the PC and PSOne, Rockstar Games improved their tech but retained their elevated camera angle?

Rate Opinion: A Closer Look at Chinatown Wars

Original at GTAGaming.com external link    Sun, Mar 1

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By Kodo Welcome to March! Now that the Lost and Damned has been out and you've had a chance to play it, it's time to take a closer look at another GTA game coming out this month, Chinatown Wars. Two weeks ago, along with preview the Lost and Damned, Zidane and myself were also treated to a demo of Chinato...

Rate ‘GTA IV: The Lost And Damned’ - This Is A Man’s Game (A Review, Of Sorts)

Original at MTV Multiplayer external link    Thu, Feb 26

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By Stephen Totilo This isn’t the story of C.J. returning to his brother and the neighborhood of his childhood in “Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.” This isn’t Niko Bellic trying to make a better life for himself by meeting his cousin in America. This isn’t “Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories“‘ mobster Toni Ci...

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Original at YouTube external link    Thu, Feb 19

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Rate Frankenreview: Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost And The Damnedace of that city in

Original at Kotaku external link    Wed, Feb 18

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By Mike Fahey Although Rockstar may not be adding much to the footprint of Liberty City with The Lost and Damned - conjuring a fresh island out of the muddy rivers, or laying down a fine spray of new skyscrapers, flyovers, and dockyards - the company has been hard at work building stories; sculpting new c...

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Original at YouTube external link    Tue, Feb 17

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Rate Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost And Damned Review

Original at Kotaku external link    Mon, Feb 16

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By Michael McWhertor Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost And Damned was developed by Rockstar North, published by Rockstar Games for the Xbox 360, released on Xbox Live on February 17th. Retails for 1600 Microsoft Points ($20 USD). Played single-player game to completion, tested multiplayer modes.

Rate Opinion: First Thirty: Grand Theft Auto IV (PC)

Original at Aeropause Games external link    Wed, Dec 17

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By Joe Haygood Right now, I have contempt for Grand Theft Auto IV on the PC.  Rockstar seems to have dropped the ball with this and their recently released Bully on the PC.  One has to wonder how they managed to get this out the door without noticing things like framerate drops and at some points, whole chunks...

Rate Opinion: Crazy Taxi Driver (GTA 4 PC Video Editor) HDVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Tue, Dec 2

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By rss@youtube.com (DaStuntBrothers) More GTA 4 vids to come so subscribe to see them all first. This was ALL used as the video editor. I thought the video editor was a stupid mimic but it actually is very powerful to make videos. I was just going to make a stupid video that I wasn't going to show but it turns out that the video editor is so...

Rate Opinion: Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #234 (November 2008)

Original at Aeropause Games external link    Tue, Sep 23

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By Joe Fourhman Chinatown Wars is trying to be as GTA as possible on the small screen, retaining the look and feel of the OG GTA while leveraging the featureset of the DS. As indicated by the title, this GTA focuses on the Chinatown section of Liberty City. The hero is Huang Lee, a member of the Triads. And althou...

Rate Opinion: Hands-On: 'Grand Theft Auto IV' PC

Original at G4 TV external link    Wed, Aug 20

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Rockstar shows their love for the PC again with a massively up-res’ed version of Grand Theft Auto 4 due out in November, and the improvements and extra features might be enough to inspire even diehard console gamers to jack a computer and give Liberty City a visit on the PC.

Rate Opinion: Achievement Get Issue 1: Grand Theft Auto 4Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Qj.net external link    Tue, Aug 5

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By Victor B. To show you how it works, DJp1989 has a video up on YouTube that explains everything: Videos are also available for those two different scenarios, courtesy of DJp1989 and 007craft on YouTube. View them below and learn how to do it yourself:

Rate Opinion: The DS Weekend Warrior: of hijacking bicycles in Grand Theft Auto and more E3 shockers

Original at Qj.net external link    Sun, Jul 20

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By Sally B. Yes. Grand Theft Auto. For the DS. We haven't heard enough details concerning these games, however, but let's imagine how the Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will look like. Will we see some option to deliver Chinese take-out as a way to earn money? How about hijacking bicycles? Will the prot...

Rate 'GTA IV' Soundtrack Review, Part IIVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at G4 TV external link    Sat, Jun 14

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The bonus song that I don’t remember ever hearing in the game is an instrumental version of Seryoga’s “Liberty City: The Invasion,” which works equally well without the Russian rapper’s voice. Other standout tracks include “Gruppa krovi” which answers the question of what if the Psyche...

Rate Opinion: Dante - GTA IV

Original at manvshorse (WordPress) external link    Fri, May 23

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By Dante All of which summarises the gameplay pretty simply, new features improve things, but many of the old annoyances remain, but those who love GTA don't do so for the gameplay, they do it to explore the world within, so how is that world? First off it's a lot smaller than San Andreas, and continu...

Rate Opinion: Microsoft and Sony Spin the GTA 360 to PS3 Ratio

Original at Gaming Today external link    Tue, May 13

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By Chris Okay, so if GameStop is any indication of how the rest of the retailers in the U.S. sold Grand Theft Auto IV, Microsoft saw its system cash in on 64% of sales for Rockstar’s game, while Sony only got 36% of the love in the game’s first week. But, as the numbers show, the PlayStation 3 actually had th...

Rate Opinion: GameStop: Xbox 360 has 2-1 advantage over PS3 in GTA 4 sales

Original at Qj.net external link    Mon, May 12

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By Ryan C. For those of us already enjoying Rockstar's very excellent Grand Theft Auto IV for the Sony Playstation 3 and Microsoft Xbox 360, here's some more news about the multiplatform war: it seems that, according to GameStop's stats on the first week sales of the massive sandbox game, the Xbox 3...

Rate Review: Grand Theft Auto IV - Liberty Call

Original at 2aday (WordPress) external link    Sat, May 10

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By metroxing I am of course referring to Grand Theft Auto 4 – Liberty City. GTA San Andreas was warm, a friend even! 2 - Gang fight like in San Andreas Liberty City doesn’t. One thing we all know or will know is that Rockstar Games have changed history as we know it with Grand Theft Auto 4 Liberty City.

Rate Opinion: Under the Knife Special: Grand Theft Auto IV - Panteraftw's Take

Original at thehealingtouch (WordPress) external link    Wed, May 7

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By beeslo I'll start off by stating my favorite thing about this game: the atmosphere. I simply cannot play Grand Theft Auto III, Vice City, or San Andreas and receive a similar experience after playing GTA IV. None of those games delivers that same feeling of immersion; rather than merely placing yo...

Rate Objection: What's Missing From Mainstream Reviews of Videogames? Oh, That's Right--Gameplay

Original at Newsweek Blogs external link    Mon, May 5

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By N'Gai Croal When I write a post about videogames on my NEWSWEEK.com blog, Level Up, my target audience is the sizable one that's already knowledgeable about the medium. The real challenge, however, comes when I return to the pages of the magazine. It's not easy to explain a game like Grand Theft Auto IV to...

Rate GTA 4 Review (Xbox 360)

Original at gamersvue (WordPress) external link    Wed, Apr 30

By pogowolf Here is my first impressions of GTA IV. Everything else that IGN touched on as far as getting around, getting missions and so forth is on point. The Dreddheaded Poet. Ok…so 12+ hrs later… Here is my first impressions of GTA IV. Let me start off by saying

Rate Opinion: GTA IV Multiplayer Impressions: What You Should Play First, Last And For Forever

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, Apr 29

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By Michael McWhertor Impressions: If you just want to mess around, make your own rules—Make a six-star wanted level a group effort! Group stunt jumps!—this is the mode for you. If you're really in the mood for some GTA improv, Free Mode (and maxed out private slots) can keep you busy for hours. Makes you pray for a s...

Rate Opinion: First Impressions: I’m not sold on Grand Theft Auto IV for Xbox 360

Original at Geek.com external link    Tue, Apr 29

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By James Share This Every Grand Theft Auto IV review is heaping a lot of praise on the game, and I hope that I can find out what the big deal is. I’m about two hours into the game, and I just wanted to share some first impressions, before everyone goes out and makes their inevitable purchase. Not to [...]

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Original at Salon external link    Tue, Apr 29

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By Farhad Manjoo Grand Theft Auto IV Well to hear reviewers tell it, "Grand Theft Auto IV," the much-anticipated sequel to the intelligent, violent, resplendently liberating, and very popular video game series, is like that Shins song: "GTA IV" will change your life.

Rate Opinion: Grand Theft Auto: A History of Violence

Original at Wired external link    Tue, Apr 29

By Chris Kohler Grand Theft Auto III (2001) Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) Read Confessions of a Grand Theft Auto Virgin: Vice City.) Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) Read Confessions of a Grand Theft Auto Virgin: San Andreas.) Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (2005)

Rate Opinion: GTA IV stirs up new controversy, this time involving ethics in videogame journalism

Original at That VideoGame external link    Mon, Apr 28

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By Dan Haspert See also: Grand Theft Auto IV gallery] Ethics in videogame journalism is unfortunately not a new topic, many of us will of course remember “Gerstmann-Gate” where GameSpot’s senior editor Jeff Gerstmann was fired for presumably having a wrong tone when reviewing Kane & Lynch: Dead...

Rate GTA IV Reviews: An Exercise In Hyperbolism

Original at Kotaku external link    Mon, Apr 28

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By Luke Plunkett Moment of Climax: "Grand Theft Auto IV doesn't just raise the bar for the storied franchise; it completely changes the landscape of gaming. Once you play it, you won't look at video games the same way again." My Score: 5/5. No, 6/5. It opens with "I now know how film critics felt after screening T...

Rate Opinion: On Shelves This Week: April 27 to May 3, 2008

Original at pc.qj.net external link    Mon, Apr 28

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By Sally B. Many gamers have long waited for this gaming week to come. Why? It's the release of the oft-delayed Grand Theft Auto IV, Rockstar North's highly controversial and much awaited video game. Those itching to annoy cops or run over pedestrians - while fulfilling missions on the side, of course...

Rate Opinion: Everything You Wanted To Know About GTA IV (So Stop Asking!) [GTA IV FAQ]

Original at Kotaku external link    Sun, Apr 27

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By Michael McWhertor Solid. We played for a pretty long, 16-player session before release via Xbox Live and were impressed. Microsoft says it's ramping up in anticipation of the release, adding hardware and hoping for smooth sailing. We have yet to go online with the PlayStation 3 version. Sony and Gamespy decli...

Rate Grand Theft Auto IV Review: Life, Liberty City And The Pursuit Of Happiness

Original at Kotaku external link    Sun, Apr 27

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By Michael McWhertor Grand Theft Auto IV was developed by Rockstar North, published by Rockstar Games and is due to be released on April 29. Retails for $59.99 to $89.99 USD. Available on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Played single player campaign to completion on PlayStation 3, played additional single player camp...

Rate Opinion: Prepare for the assault on "Grand Theft Auto IV"

Original at Salon external link    Thu, Apr 24

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By Farhad Manjoo Grand Theft Auto IV A couple months ago I had a chance to see a pre-release version of Rockstar's "Grand Theft Auto IV," the much-anticipated sequel to the controversial video game series, which will finally hit stores next Tuesday.

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Original at boardsus.playstation.com external link    Sun, Apr 6

By jgdsl Grand Theft Auto IV is a digital masterpiece. Period. You will like the Xbox 360 version of this game. You will like the PS3 version of this game. Technically, they are the same! However, there are some minor variations. To make these variations easier to read through, I will write 360 specific c...

Year 2007

 

Rate PS2 Review: Grand Theft Auto - Vice City Stories

Original at Blogcritics external link    Sat, Mar 17

By Brian Szabelski Four months after the PSP release, the PS2 gets its version of Vice City Stories. Unfortunately, after the release of the critically acclaimed Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Vice City Stories feels like a game that doesn't live up to it's potential.

Year 2006

 

Rate Opinion: GTA Liberty City Stories- Characters

Original at Qj.net external link    Tue, Sep 19

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By Ian C. With Rockstar's GTA: Vice City Stories coming out in a few months, we thought we'd do a special on GTA Liberty City Stories. We'll show you guys stuff like cheats, maps, and other nostalgic what-nots that could help you guys get into a "GTA" mood. Admit it, the game might be a bit dated, but it's...

Rate Xbox 360 Review: Saints Row

Original at Blogcritics external link    Tue, Sep 5

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By Ken Edwards Saints Row is the new Grand Theft Auto, at least until the next GTA installment later next year. It is just not possible to talk about Saints Row without mentioning GTA, but that is not a bad thing. GTA is the gold standard, and comparisons have to be drawn. Online Multiplayer

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