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Rockstar Games has seen it all in this industry. Its flagship franchise Grand Theft Auto has reached a point where few, if any other, games have been. Streaking with ingenious game design and a smash-mouth attitude, the games created by brothers Sam and Dan Houser along with their buddy Terry Donovan have combined to sell 50 million copies worldwide and counting.Revenues to the tune of billions have come in and will keep on flowing with the release of Grand Theft Auto IV this fall, yet, like a real rockstar, you only see the dreamy life on the surface. It's what's happening inside that's more interesting.
No, the founding trio are not into drugs or devil worship, but their gig seems to have hit a snag, or two, or three, maybe more the past few years. With publisher Take-Two Interactive embroiled in scores of legal and corporate battles from within and without, it's no surprise that the stars, are themselves getting rocked.
Wired.com interviewed the founders and a lot was revealed on what kind of trouble the proponents of virtual crimes are in. Lawsuits for explicit content, anomalous accounting and improper corporate practices have further raised the notoriety on the already infamous firm.
Things came to a head as rumors spread across blogs a couple of weeks back that Microsoft may buy Take Two. The news was later proven premature and was negated entirely. Observers say that the company and the franchise is on the fast lane to self-destruction, but company bigwigs are saying otherwise.
Is this the beginning of the end for the lads at Rockstar? Or is this an exercise of the modern axiom "bad news is good news?" We'll see, won't we? You can find out more by following the read URL.
Via Wired
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That would be bad, they would be so afraid of pissing off the business class people that GTA franchise would be neutered.
hahah aha h ahahha ahhaa i like gta, but all the games seem pretty similiar, so i expect the rest to be the same old typical rockstar game
It almost has a Alan Wake look to it in some ways. :) Down with Hillary Clinton and Obama bin Laden. lol
I just don't get all this law suit crap and it's not something I think I should care to get. All that matters is that I have the CHOICE to sniper someones head off in a videogame. that's what's important. I don't care about all the legal crap. I could join the army right now and do all that for real, so what the hell is the big deal with it being done in a virtual world where no one's getting hurt? Do kids play GTA? Damn right they do. Because they're kids. Kids get their hands on every adult thing they can because that's all they're interested in, what adults are doing. Mature videogames are just the tip of the iceberg these soccermom's have to worry about. I think they should stop worrying anyway. Kids watched passion of the christ and survived it. GTA's no where near that brutal and gory but no, politicians as someone said are looking for the EASY target and that's what their campaigns will focus on to apease the simple minded masses. ***** I hate this political bull crap.
Rockstar, you guys are a GREAT company meant to make GREAT games. And you know what? I know you guys have GREAT potential to make more GREAT games. You've had your ups and downs, but you guys are still able to crank out the good stuff when you make games. PARENTS should get off of their butts, do some research on the game, and then decide if they don't mind their kid having and playing a game like Grand Theft Auto. They should know whether or not their kid is mature enough to understand that the game is a game (a great one I must say) and not a sort of role-model that shows them how to live life. I'm starting to get tired people saying that Grand Theft Auto caused someone to do something bad (its just an excuse used by the accused to get some of the blame off them). Oh well Rockstar, you should just continue to make good games for everyone (Xbox 360, PS3, and even the Wii) and forget the haters.
It's gta 6 ID10T. Sheesh, go learn your roman numerals dood. C'est une grande idiot! so what if they look alike, its a franchise man. f**king buffoons.
Rockstars official working title is GTA IV
actually rockstar's founding trio had huge drug problems and probably still do. anyone attending their loft parties in nyc a few years back can attest to the rockstar trio's love of mdma
i guess technically it would be gta 6, but here in reality land if there is a I before the V its a four. i know you ignorant americans and unfortunatly i cant draw you a picture. so i hope you can figure this out all by yourself like a big boy. here in canada we have "schools" where we "learn". i know it sounds crazy but it actually works. http://www.outpimp.com/?x=481651121
maybe people should stop trying to keep GTA from kids and trying to prevent them from more serious things like gangs and drugs and funny pictures on the internet
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