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  • "I think it's often easier to do violence than it is to generate meaningful, interesting conflict," says ex-GTA producer Jeremy Pope.
  • Grand Theft Auto III hitting PSN Sept. 25 - Report Thumbnail
    Listing on PlayStation Asia website indicates Rockstar's PlayStation 2 action gaming hitting PlayStation 3 next week following delay.
  • Take-Two sales sink 12% in June quarter Thumbnail
    Publisher posts $8.7 million loss on revenues of $334.4 million in April-June period; Red Dead Redemption franchise sells 11 million.
  • 150 million PS2 units shipped worldwide Thumbnail
    Sony announces new milestone for home console since debuting in Japan in March 2000; 10,828 titles available, 1.52 billion software units sold since launch.
  • Original Grand Theft Auto 'almost canned' Thumbnail
    Then-series developer DMA Design's Gary Penn says top-down title nearly shelved because it was "awful"; GTA: IV life-to-date sales sit at 17 million.
  • PS2 celebrates 10 years in North America Thumbnail
    Anniversary of October 26, 2000, US and Canadian launch sees aging console's sales top 146 million.
  • Rockstar wins newspaper apology, damages Thumbnail
    Daily Star admits it "made no attempt to check the accuracy" of story claiming development of GTA Rothbury, apologises unreservedly.
  • Q&A: Virtual Heroes training real heroes Thumbnail
    PSPs teaching Hilton hoteliers? Silent Hill artists training Special Forces with RPGs? Grand Theft Auto designers helping police and paramedics? It's all in a day's work for CEO Jerry Heneghan's cutting-edge company.
  • Outspoken game critic's legal career in jeopardy after judge rules Florida Bar's request for 10-year ban insufficient.
  • NPD: San Andreas caps US best-seller list Thumbnail
    Grand Theft Auto and Madden NFL franchises dominate industry-tracking group's top 10 list of all-time domestic sales leaders through April.
  • Houser: GTAIV is not controversial Thumbnail
    Rockstar's Dan Houser explains to UK magazine ShortList why GTAIV will change the way people see games.
  • GTA fan charged with GTA Thumbnail
    Canadian Mounties nab car thief after being tipped off by his large tattoo of the car-theft-centric game's logo.
  • Student thesis pegs games as racist Thumbnail
    University of British Columbia grad finds games "rife with racist Asian stereotypes"; answers GameSpot's questions about his research.
  • New York man gets two charges after car chase with cops; thought he could outrun police because he did it in Grand Theft Auto.
  • Sex workers cry foul, say game "accrues points to players for the depiction of rape and murder of prostitutes."
  • Judge refuses to dismiss case made by families of murder victims against companies who made, distributed, or sold Grand Theft Auto.
  • Florida lawyer's request to leave case denied; judge opts to revoke temporary license to practice law in the state instead.
  • Jack Thompson removes himself from Alabama lawsuit against makers, sellers of Grand Theft Auto III.
  • Civil suit against game companies kicks off, but Florida attorney's behavior has to stand trial first.
  • 20-year-old who used Grand Theft Auto as defense for triple homicide sentenced to lethal injection.
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