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Judge says Jack Thompson is guilty

Wednesday 21 May 2008 | Post A Comment

This article was posted over at Joystiq yesterday. Looks like Jack Thompson is finally getting what he deserves.

"We're not going to make jokes on this one and save the snark until the final ruling, but the judge presiding over self-proclaimed anti-games activist Jack Thompson's Florida Bar trial has recommended the attorney be found guilty on 27 of the 31 misconduct charges – 21 from the Devin Moore case, 4 when in 2006 he tried to declare Bully a public nuisance, and 2 unrelated to video games.

Game Politics has the full story and a list of some of the charges, including "Engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation" and "Making statements that the lawyer knows to be false or with reckless disregard as to the truth or falsity concerning the qualifications or integrity of a judge." A disciplinary hearing is being held June 4. The full report to the Florida Supreme Court is due September 2."

The Game Politics link above has a lot more details, but at this time the link appears to be dead - likely due to being overloaded.

Candidates for GTA V Cities

Friday 9 May 2008 | Post A Comment

Theres been some speculation among myself and my friends, not to mention a lot of the forums saying, "What do you think GTA V's cities will be?". Well the answer is almost here. We have news suggesting that there are a few possiblities for cities. For a list of them, found at sarcasticgamer.

1) Beijing, China
2) Paris, France
3) Havana, Cuba
4) Cancun, Mexico
5) Venice, Italy

There you have it! Those are the top 5 choices for the next GTA's city choices. For further information or to post some comments, visit our forums.

PS3 Patch Available

Thursday 8 May 2008 | Post A Comment

The Playstation 3 patch for GTA4 is now available! It addresses the stuttering and lock ups that were caused by overloaded Gamespy servers.

More details from gameinfowire.com:

"Rockstar Games has released a GTA IV patch for Playstation 3 today that prevents Gamespy’s servers from being overloaded and therefore reduces the impact on those servers that were causing the game to stutter and lock up. We continue to monitor the performance of the game both on and offline and will provide further updates as necessary. We want to assure everyone that, together with our hardware partners, we continue to strive to give our fans the best possible interactive entertainment experiences possible. This update will ensure that everyone will experience Grand Theft Auto IV the way it was intended. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused."

Xbox comes out on top in GTA 4 sales

Thursday 1 May 2008 | Post A Comment

I found this nice little article over at ElectronicPig.tv, check it out below!

"Got Grand Theft Auto IV yet? On which console? Chances are it’ll be on an Xbox 360, since the system has out-sold the PS3 in the first day of GTA IV hitting the shelves.

Chart-Track is reporting that 55% of the 609,000 copies shifted on day one went to the Xbox, while the PS3 hoovered up the remaining 45%.

The figures show GTA 4 is already a massive hit, selling more than its predecessor Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and putting it well on track to be the biggest game of the year.

It’s currently in short supply across the country too, so if you haven’t got your mitts on a copy yet, you might have to hunt around. As usual, eBay is packed full of copies, but our advice is to hold out, as new shipments are arriving in stores all the time."

GTA4 Multiplayer Issues

Thursday 1 May 2008 | Post A Comment

I have been getting a flood of e-mails asking "why doesn't my multiplayer work?" As soon as I have some information to pass along to everyone I will be sure to let everyone know. I am sure that they are working on a patch or a fix for the issue. But please be patient with R* they are doing all they can!

Official GTA 4 game guide out now

Wednesday 30 April 2008 | Post A Comment

Found this article over at VideoGamer.com Check it out below:

"Just under 300 pages containing all the info you'll need to fully clock Rockstar's masterpiece.

By now some of you will have made your way through a considerable chunk of GTA 4, but with the end near and plenty of side missions to complete a game guide might come in handy to ensure you squeeze out every last bit of gameplay.

The BradyGames Grand Theft Auto IV Official Strategy Guide features all you'll need to know about missions, multiplayer and secret items, and includes highly detailed maps to ensure you know where you need to go. The guide also includes a bonus giant fold out map of Liberty City, which when turned over becomes a poster.

The GTA 4 Strategy Guide is available from leading retailers, with a recommend retail price of £12.99, although we've spotted it for only £8.99 on Play.com."

GTA 4's Production Budget Estimated at $100M

Wednesday 30 April 2008 | Post A Comment

Check out what ShackNews is reporting:

"Rockstar North president Leslie Benzies revealed in an interview that the recently released Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3, X360) had a budget of roughly $100 million, marking the title as the most costly development of any game to date.

GTA IV's massive budget pins the title above the previous front-runner Shenmue, released for the Dreamcast in 2000 and costing an unprecedented $70 million to produce.

"It's like making a theatre production, a few movies and an album all to fit into one package," Benzies told the Times Online.

Benzies also noted that about 1,000 people pitched in on the game's development. Beyond the expected tasks of programming and design, Rockstar also set up time-lapse cameras on New York rooftops to capture the correct intensity of the rain, and took over 100,000 photographs on location to piece together Liberty City.

"We're constantly competing against ourselves," says Benzies. "If something isn't exactly right, it comes out of the game or gets fixed."

What do you all think so far?

Wednesday 30 April 2008 | Post A Comment

I have created a forum for everyone to discuss there first impressions of the game, head on over there and tell us what you think!!

Click here to go to forum!

Problems with GTA4

Tuesday 29 April 2008 | Post A Comment

A post recently made at Level2Gaming describes some of the bugs found associated with GTA4 and the respective consoles.

""

For many folks, April 29th (today) has been a different day. With the release of GTAIV, many folks have finally been able to get their hands on one of the most anticipated games in a long time. Now that a few hours have passed and most are playing the game, many people are having mixed feelings. For most of the fans out there, their "minds were blown" when they finally got to play the game. Many were overly impressed and could not express the joy they had. However others were slightly disappointed due to a few hitches. Also as a side note, Rockstar's Social Club is now fully functional with their own gamertag giving people a chance to show off their progress etc.

Positives

* Exceptional Graphics
* Excellent Physics Engine
* Great Music
* Fun Missions
* Numerous other features ...too many to mention
* No Region Lock for Multiplayer

GTA forum boards across the world have been on fire with members posting their progress and questions about the game. However a number of PS3 fans are having a couple of problems.

* Freezing Errors - Seems folks with the 60GB PS3 were having many freezing errors when installing the Special Edition of GTAIV...many reports are coming in claiming that this problem is occurring. A few Xbox 360 fans also complained of lock ups but the spot light really focuses on PS3 folks. Rockstar officials have been aware of the 60GB freezing problem and recommended that folks upgrade to the 80GB. WTF?

" My best bit of advice for you would be to upgrade to the 80 GB version of the PS3"

For a few 360 fans are complaining that the game is freezing every hour or so and they have to end up restarting the system (seems a problem with the disc drive is finally showing its flaws).

* PS3 Network Connection Problems - Many PS3 fans experienced network connection problems today, getting the this error:

" Cannot connect to game provider, please try again."

We just assume this is a network overload problem. I am not sure if the problem has been fixed now but I will try my best to find out.

* Graphical Problems - A few 360 fans are noticing botched and inaccurate shadowing of some images, even on 1080p settings.

These are just the initial reports and I would like to hear your views about the game so far. I personally will not be getting it for a while so I'll just be listening in the mean time. Otherwise have fun.

""

(For discussion, visit MPN Forum)

GTA IV Released!

Tuesday 29 April 2008 | Post A Comment

Yep... Grand Theft Auto IV was released, in fact, few hours ago. There's nothing much to say, is there? Head over to your local video games store for it, or look into your mailbox if you pre-ordered it.

For those that want a game over at Xbox LIVE, add me at HoT dEv1L 666!

Cheers, and enjoy the game!