Exclusive Content for the Xbox GTA Is Microsofts Last Stand
As last week saw the release of GTA IV and this week saw the event titled PlayStation Day Europe, there was bound to be some commentary from
Sony related to the game that Microsoft pinned its hopes for the Xbox 360 on.
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9.5.2008 Civilization IV Animations
With over 6 million units sold and unprecedented critical acclaim from fans and press around the world, Sid Meier's Civilization is recognized as one of the greatest PC game franchises of all-time. Now, Sid Meier and Firaxis Games take this incredibly fun and addictive game to new heights by adding new ways to play and win, new tools to manage and expand your civilization, all-new easy to use mod capabilities and intense multiplayer modes and options. Civilization IV comes to life like never before in a beautifully detailed, living 3D world that elevates the gameplay experience to a whole new level.
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Microsoft: Will the Real Name of Windows 7 Please Stand Up
Obviously, Windows 7 is not the label under which the next iteration of the Windows client will be made available on the market.
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2.7.2008 Microsoft Takes Stand on 'Virtual' Licensing
Microsoft is taking a stand on an emerging technology that threatens to reshape software pricing models.
The company on Monday is expected to detail changes to its server product licensing to better accommodate virtualization software, an emerging technology that big companies are eyeing as a way to consolidate servers and cut costs.
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Civilization IV for Mobiles Finally Released
Oasys Mobile announced the availability of Sid Meier's Civilization IV: War of Two Cities for mobile phones, a new strategy game based on the legendary Civilization franchise created back in 1991 by Syd Meier and currently owned by 2K Games.
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15.5.2008 Registry Tweaks to Enhance Your Windows XPerience - Part IV: Display Properties
Welcome to yet another episode of our Microsoft Windows XP tweaking saga. If you're not familiar with the procedure, please start by reading the first article in the series, so as to fully understand how exactly you should use the lines below and how to run the tweaks.
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12.11.2008Microsoft claims 2-to-1 sales edge for GTA IV on Xbox 360
Microsoft says anecdotal evidence indicates its version of Grand Theft Auto IV is doing much better than Sony's, although Sony seems to dispute that
claim...
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03.05.2008No Wait for 'GTA IV' on Xbox
360
Microsoft announced at E3 in
Los Angeles Tuesday that it
has inked an agreement with
Rockstar Games to make the
next title in the
controversial Grand Theft Auto
series available for the Xbox
360 on day one. Sony
previously had first access to
GTA for the PS2...
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10.05.2006GTA IV earns half a billion for Take-Two in one week
Grand Theft Auto IV , Take-Two Interactive's crown jewel of the sandbox game series, reportedly sold over 6 million copies for Xbox 360 and
PS3, earning the publisher over $500 million dollars in the first week alone...
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07.05.2008Microsoft pays $50 million for Xbox GTA game exclusive
Microsoft is paying an
unprecedented $50 million for
exclusive rights to publish
two episodes of the
forthcoming game, Grand Theft
Auto IV, on its Xbox 360 games
console, according to
statements from a senior
executive at GTA IV publisher,
Take-Two Interactive.
Take-Two has already
recorded the payments in
financial filings as deferred
revenue, explained Lainie
Goldstein, Take-Two's newly
appointed CFO, in a conference
call with analysts.
The first 25
is for
the first episodic content
package that's supposed to go
out and that is in March of
08, Goldstein said. The
second 25 will be
for the second episodic... the
episode. That will be later in
fiscal year, fiscal 08..
winbeta.org - 17.06.2007
Take-Two: No GTA IV Until 2008
Fans of Grand Theft
Auto will have to wait a
bit longer as Take-Two
Interactive Software said
Thursday that the next
installment in the game series
has been delayed until 2008...
betanews.com - 03.08.2007
Microsoft claims 360 GTA Sales edge of 2-to-1
Microsoft says anecdotal evidence indicates its version of Grand Theft Auto IV is doing much better than Sony's, although Sony seems to dispute that
claim...
betanews.com - 02.05.2008
GTA IV Has Rough Start, Rockstar Confirms
jcxp.net - 03.12.2008
GTA IV leads surge in US video game sales for May
NPD reports that US video game sales were up 37 percent over last year, with Take-Two's blockbuster title leading the charge...
betanews.com - 13.06.2008
Microsoft To Pay For Exclusive GTA Content
Although it stops short of the
coveted 'exclusive'
contract, Microsoft said
Wednesday that it had paid $50
million for exclusive content
for Take-Two's Grand Theft
Auto IV ...
betanews.com - 20.06.2007
GTA Re-Release Due Next Week
The re-release of Grand Theft
Auto: San Andreas is due next
Tuesday, according to the Web
sites of gaming retailers.
GameStop lists the title as
being available September 13,
roughly two months after it
stopped selling GTA due to the
"Hot Coffee"
modification, which allows the
game's main character to
engage in sex acts...
betanews.com - 08.09.2005
Rockstar to Release GTA IV Patch Soon
Flustered Grand Theft Auto IV players can take a deep sigh of relief today as Rockstar Toronto announced that a patch for the buggy title will be out
"in the next few days".
The statement explained that the patch contains the following fixes:
- Fixed crash after
the legal notice screen
- Improvements to the video editor
- Fix to bowling while using certain mice
- Fix for ATI 1900 shadows
- Overall savings to memory
- Graphic improvements to particle systems and mirrors
- Multiplayer character settings are preserved
- Support for DirectInput controllers
Rockstar says that the patch is complete, but as GTA IV is a Games for Windows Live title, it
must first undergo quality assurance testing by Microsoft before it is released to the public. This begs the question: why was this not done with the
initial release?
In the meanwhile, in collaboration with Rockstar, Nvidia has released new Beta drivers for it's cards which fixes
several performance issues with the game (including the missing textures issue, so it seems). The drivers, version 180.84, can be downloaded from the
link below. It should be noted that these drivers do not yet introduce SLI support in the game. ATI is also expected to release new drivers, Catalyst
8.12, on December 10th.
jcxp.net - 06.12.2008
MS: 360 GTA IV Outselling PS3 Version 2-to-1
Microsoft tells Next-Gen that the Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto IV is outselling the PlayStation 3 version by a wide margin in the US, but Sony
questions Microsoft's claims.
"What we've heard anecdotally from our retail partners is that the Xbox 360 version of the game
is outselling the PS3 version by a margin of two-to-one," said Aaron Greenberg, director of product management for Xbox 360 and Xbox Live during an
interview Thursday.
"That mirrors what we saw with pre-orders, but it continues to hold true at retail, at least for the first
couple of days. It's a great sign."
winbeta.org - 03.05.2008
Consoles: Xbox 360 tops PS3, but just barely
It doesn't get much closer than this: Microsoft's Xbox 360 beat out the PlayStation 3 in U.S. console sales for April, but only by a whisker --
188,000 units to 187,100 units, according to NPD Group data released this afternoon. As reported here earlier today, Nintendo's Wii
dominated the market again, with 714,200 units sold.
The month included the April 29 launch of "Grand Theft Auto IV," and the
Xbox 360 version of the game was the top-selling title for the month, with 1.85 million units of the game sold for the Microsoft console. The
PlayStation 3 version of GTA IV sold an even 1 million units.
winbeta.org - 16.05.2008
Microsoft Reduces Price on Several Retail Stand-Alone Versions of Windows Vista
Q&A: Brad Brooks, corporate vice president for Windows Consumer Product Marketing at Microsoft, discusses changes to pricing of Windows Vista retail
stand-alone editions...
microsoft.com/presspass - 29.02.2008
Microsoft Cuts Xbox 360 Price in Europe
Microsoft Corp. said Monday it is slashing the price of the Xbox 360 in Europe by 80 euros (about $123) to widen the market for the consoles ahead of
the launch of "Grand Theft Auto IV," one of the year's most highly anticipated games.
Microsoft did not say it had plans to cut
prices in the U.S.
GTA IV, from Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., hits store shelves next month. Last August, Microsoft cut Xbox prices
in both continents, timed to coincide with the launch of "Madden NFL 08," another blockbuster game.
The lowest-priced Xbox 360 Arcade
console, which does not come with a hard drive but includes 256 megabytes of storage, will cost 199.99 euros ($307) beginning Friday - 80 euros lower
than its current estimated retail price.
The 20 gigabyte console will now cost 269.99 euros ($415) and the Xbox 360 Elite, which comes
with a 120 gigabyte hard drive, will cost 369.99 euros ($568).
"Xbox 360 is now mass market in Europe," said Chris Lewis, the vice
president of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business in Europe, in a statement. The console's gaming portfolio, he added, now offers "the
kind of mainstream entertainment experiences that secure wider appeal for Xbox 360."
jcxp.net - 12.03.2008
Angry Shareholders Sue GTA
Publisher
Game publisher Take Two is
facing two more lawsuits, this
time from separate shareholder
groups seeking reparations for
losses incurred over the
discovery of pornographic
material in Grand Theft Auto:
San Andreas. The suits were
announced this week...
betanews.com - 16.02.2006
Take-Two delays "Grand Theft Auto IV"
Take-Two Interactive Software
Inc. on Thursday cut its 2007
sales forecast and said it
would post a full-year loss,
before one-time items, because
it needs more time to complete
its highly anticipated "Grand
Theft Auto IV" video game.
The
company's shares slid 8
percent in extended trade
following the announcement.
The game,
which had been scheduled for
release in October, is now
planned for release in the
fiscal second quarter of 2008,
Take-Two said.
In a statement,
Take-Two Chairman Strauss
Zelnick said "certain
elements of development proved
to be more time-intensive than
expected."..
winbeta.org - 03.08.2007
Alienware Readies Music Player
As sales of digital
music players are accelerating
more and more manufacturers
tend to offer something for
this market. Alienware, a
maker of high-performance
personal computers, has been
selling players from companies
like Archos or Creative Labs
for some time now, but for
this holiday season the
company is going to offer its
own MP3 player called CE-IV
(Close Encounters-Fourth
Kind).
Ali
enware???s new line of CE-IV
digital audio players will
initially include 512MB and
1GB versions. Each player will
be equipped with radio, memory
slot for additional flash,
ID3-compatible LCD screen
showing artist and track info,
multi-preset equalizer that
can enhance bass and other
necessary capabilities. The
main attitude of CE-IV music
player is its body designed
after aliens and
spaceships.
Miami,
Florida-based maker of
computers for gamers and
professionals will also offer
its clients the so-called HUB
docking sound system, which is
compatible with the CE-IV
player as well as some other
audio players, according to
the company. The HUB is
equipped with two stereo
speakers and subwoofer that
provide 30W RMS output power
in total. The HUB will be
equipped with a headphone
jack, auxiliary input A/V line
output, remote control and
will support 3-way power:
AC/DC/batteries (AC adapter
and desktop cradle included
into the package)...
winbeta.org - 07.09.2005
Comcast pays stand-ins to keep protesters out of FCC hearing
Comcast is being called to task by a lot of online activists over some pretty heavy-handed behavior the other day at an FCC hearing called on net
neutrality to look into complaints that the cable giant was booting off consumers who it thought did too much online music downloading or file sharing
with services like BitTorrent.
It happened Monday in Massachusetts. To apparently make sure the audience wasn't filled with protesters,
Comcast now admits to hiring a bunch of guys to stand in line and take up all the spectator seats when the doors opened. That kept Comcast critics
from an outfit known as SaveTheInternet.com from getting into the hearing room.
Read full story.....
neowin.net - 01.03.2008
Los Angeles Sues Over GTA Sex
Mod
The Los Angeles City
Attorney's Office said on
Thursday that it had filed
suit against both Rockstar
Games and its parent company
Take-Two Interactive. The suit
accuses the companies of
engaging in unfair business
practices by hiding
pornography in an "M"
rated game, "Grand Theft
Auto: San Andreas."..
betanews.com - 27.01.2006
