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Bits: Reading Take-Two's Tea Leaves
New York City :: NY :: USA | about 1 year ago
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ake-Two Interactive, the maker of the Grand Theft Auto game franchise, reported third-quarter earnings on Thursday that blew away Wall Street analysts’ projections. But for many investors, the most compelling numbers in the report may be the ones looking...
Tags: grand theft auto, theft auto, grand theft
FTC drops probe of EA, Take-Two merger
Redwood City :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility The FTC closed its probe into whether a combination would be anti-competitive, the agency said Wednesday. Take-Two said in a statement that it's proceeding with a review and the FTC's announcement removes an obstacle. "The market is telling you that they...
Grand Theft Auto' Link To Murder
Copies of Grand Theft Auto are being removed from shelves in Thailand after a teenager, inspired by the violent computer game, killed a taxi driver. The 18-year-old High School student is facing death by lethal injection after robbing and stabbing the...
Tags: Grand Theft Auto, 4, Vice City, Gangs, violent computer game, Taxi Driver
Should Grand Theft Auto be banned here?
Bangkok :: Thailand | about 1 year ago
Credibility THE video game has been banned in Thailand, and its distributors have decided to take it off the shelves there. So, should it be game over for Grand Theft Auto (GTA) in Singapore too? No, say gamers contacted by The New Paper. 'It's a game, it's just...
Tags: grand theft auto, video game, video games, games, taxi driver, don, gta, theft auto, grand theft
Grand Theft Auto game off Thai shelves after cabbie killing
Bangkok :: Thailand | about 1 year ago
Credibility Thailand swept copies of the Grand Theft Auto computer game off shop shelves on Tuesday after a disturbed teenager allegedly killed a taxi driver in a copycat crime. The New Era Interactive Media company, the only legal distributor of the games and software,...
Tags: grand theft auto, games, theft auto, grand theft, taxi driver, Thailand
Prisoners in UK jails allowed to play console games
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility YOU can steal a car, go to jail and end up playing Grand Theft Auto on Xbox. What you would expect to be an unlikely scenario, is actually taking place in British prisons. Inmates are allowed to play 18-rated games such as Grand Theft Auto and Manhunt,...
Tags: grand theft auto, prison, games, playstation
Teen killed driver to buy game - police
Bangkok :: Thailand | about 1 year ago
Credibility Grand Theft Auto robbed a taxi driver and stabbed him to death in his cab, police say. The 18-year-old male high-school student, whose name was withheld, was arrested yesterday after police found the bloody body of a 50-year-old Bangkok taxi driver slumped...
Tags: grand theft auto, games, taxi driver, theft auto, grand theft, Thailand, auto iv, Bangkok Post
Grand Theft Auto Proves That Crime Pays
The Grand Theft Auto franchise may have drawn criticism for its glorification of everything from street crime to car theft to prostitution. But it continues to draw accolades in the universe of video gaming. The latest feather in its cap is a nomination...
Tags: Grand Theft Auto, Playstation, XBox
Weekend Edition: Can new crop of music video games catch 'Guitar Hero'?
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Total sales for video game hardware and software in North America reached about $8.3 billion in the first six months of 2008 -- that's a gain of 36% over the same period last year, according to data from the NPD Group. Sales have been fueled by big hits...
Tags: grand theft auto, guitar, games, rock, hero, video games, new, iii, guitar hero
Hilton's attorneys: Drop charges
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility July 23, 2008 The public defenders for Gary Michael Hilton, the man charged in the death of Crawfordville resident Cheryl Dunlap, have filed a second motion to get the charges against him dropped. Hilton's lawyers, Ines Suber and Steven Been, argue that...
Tags: grand theft auto, Leon County, Michael Hilton, Gary Hilton, grand theft, grand jury, county grand
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