GTA IV Sets UK Day One Records

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Yet another GTA IV news piece here guys. Well, what else would you expect for the biggest game of the year? Anyways, Chart-Track has made available UK sales data for GTA IV’s launch based upon actual EPoS data and retailer estimates. According to Chart-Track estimates, GTA IV [...]

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Behold: the GTAIV Special Edition unboxing

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We realize that many, many Grand Theft Auto fans have already perused the contents of their shiny, new Special Editions of Grand Theft Auto IV — which includes an actual safety deposit box, among other things — but there are also plenty of gamers out there who opted to grab [...]

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Ninja Gaiden sneakers: we want ‘em

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Alas, we cannot have them. No, these were made by the (no doubt very loving) girlfriend of one lucky Ninja Gaiden fan. The shoes are hand painted and feature Ninja Gaiden’s star ninja Ryu in front of a rising sun background. They are, as the kids say, “teh [...]

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Joystiq Network poll: GTAIV causing problems?

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Amidst reports that Grand Theft Auto IV is causing problems for owners of both the 360 and PS3 version, we’d like to poll our community on the subject. Most reports claim that the game freezes, forcing players to restart the game (reports also suggest that models other than the [...]

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5,000 is a lot of GamerchiX

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Over on Xbox.com, TriXie posted a GamerchiX enrollment update announcing that, to date, their group of GamerchiX has reached the 5,000 member milestone. Now, that’s a lot of chiX … man. This group of gaming females is now (though, they’ve always been) a force to be reckoned with, with members [...]

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Halo Wars April update talks strategy, music

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The monthly Halo Wars update for April is up. Unfortunately, there isn’t much news concerning gameplay (sorry folks, no playable Covenant or Flood yet), but that won’t stop us from detailing what was there. What little info there was regarding gameplay centered around the cancellation of Ensemble’s internal tournament. The tournament [...]

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GTAIV broke UK sales record says Chart-Track

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According to Chart-Track (as reported by gamesindustry.biz), Grand Theft Auto IV has handily shattered UK game sales records in several categories. First of all, the game broke overall first day sales records, with a whopping 609,000 copies sold. This tops the previous record held by Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, which [...]

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Would You Rather … The Other Guys Edition

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In our continuing effort to bring you fresh and interesting content, X3F presents Would You Rather … a weekly feature that asks you the hard questions. The point? If you had to choose one or the other, which would you go for?
Now that we got that other game out [...]

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Ghostbusters dev: 360 holding back PS3 version

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In a recent interview with videogaming247.com, Mark Randel, president of Ghostbusters developer Terminal Reality, laid down some new fodder for flamewars everywhere by multplatform development is keeping the team from doing everything they could with the game. Specifically, Randel said that the PS3’s seven processors allow for much more [...]

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Microsoft: GTAIV DLC to include "hours" of gameplay

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A statement released by Microsoft on Tuesday reminds everyone living under a rock that Grand Theft Auto IV is now available and features online play and future DLC. One line in the statement may reveal the size of the content stating, “starting this autumn, Xbox 360 [...]

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