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Take-Two get to laugh at EA now.
Zorvan
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www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9930976-7.html
April 28, 2008 5:35 PM PDT
'Grand Theft' reviews give Take-Two a boost
Shares of game publisher Take-Two were up Monday on the heels of positive reviews of the forthcoming video game Grand Theft Auto IV, which is being released to the public at midnight Tuesday.
Take-Two plans to launch "Grand Theft Auto IV" on Tuesday.
(Credit: Rockstar Games)Shares of the game publisher traded as high as $27.10, 3.4 percent higher than Friday's closing price. That trading price is also a good dollar a share above the offer made by Electronic Arts when it launched its hostile bid for Take-Two last month. Take-Two rejected that offer, calling it "inadequate." Take-Two owns GTA creator Rockstar.
The excitement surrounding the release has hit a fever pitch, fueled by the positive reviews. The New York Times called the game "violent, intelligent, profane, endearing, obnoxious, sly, richly textured, and thoroughly compelling work of cultural satire disguised as fun." My CNET colleague Dan Ackerman got his hands on the final shipping version and offered initial thoughts on the game's pluses and minuses in his blog.
Analysts are expecting the action-driving video game to sell more than 9 million copies and top last year's record $300 million first-week sales of Halo 3.
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...that's some nice pocket-change too
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In memory of Laura "Taera" Genender. Passed away on Aug/13/08 - Rest In Peace; you will not be forgotten
Bound to happen. It's only a matter of time before Mr Thompson starts exaggerating the game's content - and gets away with it, because most people won't get the game just to see if he's lying or not.
Just look at what happened to Mass Effect. One 10 second sex scene and suddenly it's an irresponsible game that lets you fornicate with anyone and anything that moves.
I still fail to see how GTA trains players to kill people. No matter how much I try, mashing buttons on a keyboard hasn't made anyone IRL die.
Bound to happen. It's only a matter of time before Mr Thompson starts exaggerating the game's content - and gets away with it, because most people won't get the game just to see if he's lying or not.
Just look at what happened to Mass Effect. One 10 second sex scene and suddenly it's an irresponsible game that lets you fornicate with anyone and anything that moves.
I still fail to see how GTA trains players to kill people. No matter how much I try, mashing buttons on a keyboard hasn't made anyone IRL die.
Well, to be fair, I did once bean my brother upside the head with a PS2 controller.Far as Thompson, people are starting to see him for the moron that he is ( except for Fox news, who I guess save money by having him on as an expert instead of paying for someone with real credentials ).
Did you see where Thompson wrote a letter to the GTA dev Zelnicks' mother, admonishing her for raising a bad child? Google it, it's hilarious.
Bound to happen. It's only a matter of time before Mr Thompson starts exaggerating the game's content - and gets away with it, because most people won't get the game just to see if he's lying or not.
Just look at what happened to Mass Effect. One 10 second sex scene and suddenly it's an irresponsible game that lets you fornicate with anyone and anything that moves.
I still fail to see how GTA trains players to kill people. No matter how much I try, mashing buttons on a keyboard hasn't made anyone IRL die.
Well, to be fair, I did once bean my brother upside the head with a PS2 controller.Far as Thompson, people are starting to see him for the moron that he is ( except for Fox news, who I guess save money by having him on as an expert instead of paying for someone with real credentials ).
Did you see where Thompson wrote a letter to the GTA dev Zelnicks' mother, admonishing her for raising a bad child? Google it, it's hilarious.
Lol....
when all else fails, go for the mom. Hopefully the mom will never get it, or Zelnick may be too scared to leave his house...I can picture it now
Zelnick walks outside... "ahh, what a beautiful day"
Then, coming from the 50 foot tree, out jumps his mother and gives him a spanking!
..it's bound to happen
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In memory of Laura "Taera" Genender. Passed away on Aug/13/08 - Rest In Peace; you will not be forgotten