Ooorah?

Seriously though, because I have very little time before I bundle off to work, and I know that most people will just read the top few because they’re funny, and then spend the rest of their evening in Liberty City, I will make it easy on you. I’m just going to link to the articles themselves, and call it at that. OK? OK.

• Immigrant Council Fears GTA IV Influence (Games Radar)
  
• Man stabbed queueing for midnight launch of ultra-violent video game Grand Theft Auto IV (Daily Mail)
• Croydon Stabbing ‘had nothing to do with GTA’ (MCV UK)
• GTA 4 launch leaves school “deserted” (VideoGamer.com)
• PS3 GTA IV suffering freezing errors (GamesRadar)
• Rockstar gives GTA PS3 advice (Eurogamer)
• GTA IV online is down [OLD NEWS] (PS3 Fanboy)
• Microsoft confirms GTA 4 episodes for the autumn (VideoGamer.com)
• eBay sellers profit on GTA 4 shortages (VideoGamer.com)
• Watch Ricky Gervais’ GTA IV stand-up show (GamesRadar)
• GTA IV: GAME’s Online Store Force-Bundling GTA IV [UPDATED, BUT STILL RELEVANT] (Kotaku)

Three observations:

1. Daily Mail was obviously the first to link the stabbing to a violent video game, despite how quickly it was pointed out that the victim wasn’t even in line for the damn thing.
2. The PS3 version is the one that has been listed for both points of failure listed above.
3. People will always, without doubt, try to wring anything for money (but that’s a given, yes?)

Enjoy!

I’m surprised that they didn’t see this coming, but maybe the makers of Crysis were naive.

Citing things such as ‘massive piracy’, and therefore small returns, Cevat Yerli (the President of Crytek) has said that they will no longer be making games exclusively for the PC platform. Don’t misinterpret this; they will still be making games for the PC, it just won’t be the only platform that they are working on.

Now I have a chance at playing Crysis, since if they develop it for the games consoles, I will finally have the specs required to play it.

Tags: crysis, crytek, pc

Yes, that is the resounding sound from Richard Bartle, the creator of MUD, who is currently teaching at the University of Essex. He is in fact, referring to gamers.

If only I had the sheer brashness as this guy has, I would have come out with a similar message. It lays into those that are in parliament at the moment, saying that all these terms for gaming, such as “moral decay” and “aggressive tendencies” are just code for them not understanding the whole idea of gaming, and why it has attracted such a following. The article further delves into the Byron Report’s real reason for existing; to give politicians some real wallop when it came to going on their crusade against the video game industry. The problem is, the report that they were dying to see was indeed balanced and fair. The author relates it to her birth year, because her generation was the maiden audience for home computing, and therefore gaming as a whole.

I loved reading this article, and I highly recommend that you read it yourself. It can be found here.

Tags: videogames, byron review, byron report, parliament

OK, that might be slightly sensationalist, but it’s certainly true to a degree.

There will be no Xbox Live Arcade release this week, due to Grand Theft Auto IV. Not sure if you’ve heard of it, but it’s supposed to be this average sandbox game where you play a two-bit criminal trying to get rich and get on top of the gangs in a place called Liberty City.

Should do well.

On a serious note though, I don’t like this. I don’t like how Microsoft are sitting on their laurels, and not releasing a game. Granted, they’re not really that good anyway (imho), and it’s always good to give workers some time off, but in a game that’s selling more for their major opposition than for them, especially in system sales as well, I would hope that they used the time to come up with something else. With MGS4’s ominous arrival, Microsoft will no doubt have tough times ahead.

Tags: grandtheft auto, rockstar, take two, ps3, sony, 360, xbox, microsoft

The definition of an embargo is “A deadline before which information should not be published”. That means, Big Four, that you are not to sell a product before the embargo is up.

I honestly hope that ASDA goes on Take2’s blacklist for games releases, and that their restock delivery goes missing.

Tags: asda, grand theft auto, rockstar, taketwo, complete idiots