In with a shot (aimed at its own head) at number 5, The Smiths' "I Know It's Over"!

How could this NOT be in a list of depressing, lovelorn songs? Depressing and lovelorn lyrics is what The Smiths do best; Morrissey could patent the art of sounding like he's spent the evening crying and writing poetry about a lost lover in his room. (Fuck, he even referenced it himself in "Ask" - "Writing frightening verse/To a bucktoothed girl in Luxembourg" - he wins for sheer audacity alone.) Even the name signifies that this is NOT a happy song. The title signifies misery and loathing and all the other fun stuff, and the lyrics could make the most hardened nasty bastard ever feel a slight pang of sympathy, even AFTER he realised that the bloke who wrote them used to gad around wearing a hearing aid with flowers sticking out his arse.
Crowning moment of misery: Oh, the whole fucking song. Like I said, nobody does misery better than The Smiths. Rumour has it that the first successful SSRI antidepressant, Prozac, was developed to counteract their influence. Not really.

Freezing it up at number 4, Porcupine Tree's "Russia On Ice"!

Steven Wilson (from hereonin called "Stevie" because it's funny) excelled himself with this four hundred year long prog rock opus, about drinking yourself silly and calling up your ex and feeling bad. Personally I think it's miserable because the poor twat is drinking neat vodka - who the FUCK drinks neat vodka? If you're going to do shots of something, do whisky, or mix selfsame with coke or ginger ale and drink it down. Vodka just tastes like shit, which emphasises the misery - since being left, he's been so penniless he's had to buy Sainsbury's Basics Vodka, whereas previously he had delicious Maker's Mark bourbon. There's also some stuff about a failed relationship in there, and some suitably dramatic strings. But yeah, the alcohol's the main bit.
Crowning moment of misery: The string crescendo at the beginning of the second chorus. You can almost feel the now-alcoholic Stevie bursting into tears and soiling himself. Well, not the latter bit, anyway. I hope.

Fuck me! Number 3's Godley and Creme's "Cry"!

Now this is proper depressing shit, right here. It's so depressing they didn't even bother writing anything except a single verse, thinking that would put the underlying sense of desolation across well enough. The song is even named "Cry", and it's about crying and tears and cheating and lies. You can tell because those four words make up pretty much the whole song. You know how you can make any Dragonforce song ever by simply strumming random chords and shouting the words FIRE, FREE, FLAMES and FREEDOM over and over again really really fast? Godley and Creme WENT FORWARD IN FUCKING TIME and stole that approach for "Cry", being magical time travelling rock warriors and all. Don't watch the video though, because Godley's got a really friendly looking face, like Bob Ross, and Creme looks like someone took Paul McCartney and spliced him with Roger Waters, which totally spoils the effect. Extra bonus points for being produced by J.J. Jeczalik of Art Of Noise, who I presume wore one of those frowny AON masks throughout the entire mixing process. You know, sort of like in this picture.
Crowning moment of misery: Hearing it in GTA4 and driving through Liberty City really slowly in the rain. It was MADE for this shit.

Locked in a padded cell at number 2, Pink Floyd with "The Final Cut"!

Pink Floyd's album The Final Cut was much maligned, with some saying bassist and vocalist Roger Waters was locking everyone out of the recording process and trying to be the leader of the band. But, in this song, we can forgive him, because now, we feel his deep pain. Roger Waters is sad and alone and he wants us all to know. He wants us to share in his unhappiness, and talk to him; just once, just so he can feel a connection to another person. He wants to show you his "dark side" and hopes you won't "send [him] packing". He wants to tell you what it's like seeing "through the fish eyed lens of tear stained eyes" (his loneliness is so epically huge that his eyes are actually STAINED WITH TEARS. That's dedication, right there.) He wonders aloud, "Could anybody love him, or is it just a crazy dream?". The answer, sadly, is no. But before leaving Pink Floyd, he could be happy, save in the knowledge that he's written and sung one of the most depressing dirges ever made. The song even ends with an attempted suicide. HARDCORE.
Crowning moment of misery: Occurred about 2 years after the release of the song, when Waters went from writing decent lyrics to making Radio KAOS, an album that makes no sense whatsoever and at any rate isn't very good. But that's another blog post, for another time. Basically, I'd have preferred he actually did slit his wrists than write that turd.

POW! That's the sound of Radiohead shooting themselves (with music!) at number 1 with "All I Need"!

"Quelle surprise!" some might say to Radiohead being named as depressive. But, really, I wouldn't class a lot of their music as "depressing" - thoughtful, maybe, pessimistic, perhaps, but depressing? Nah. All I Need, however, takes the piss. In Rainbows features numerous examples of Thom Yorke changing his focus from slagging off consumerism and war, and instead he now wants to tell us all about failed and strained relationships - "House of Cards" does the same thing, but it's nowhere near as depression-tastic as "All I Need". Obsessive, unrequited love? Check. Repeated allegories to actual physical suffering? Check. He even comes right out and says "I only stick with you because there are no others", which on the loneliness and depression scale zooms right up to the top, above even my Facebook statuses after I've drunk too much "Scottish lemonade". Its only problem - its Achilles' heel, if you like - is that the opening drumbeat sounds a little bit like "Hard Knock Life" by Jay-Z, and once you've decided that it sounds like "Hard Knock Life" by Jay-Z, you're going to forever associate the song with little kids singing with a rapper, which is perhaps not what Thom Yorke intended. Oh well. It still thoroughly deserves its place at No. 1, for being an extremely depressing and lovelorn song on an album chock full of depressing, lovelorn songs. Well done, Radiohead. Don't do it again.
Crowning moment of misery: The bit at the end where Thom starts shouting and wailing and SCREAMING because he's so VERY VERY SAD AND JUST WANTS TO BE LOVED. Can you do that, Morrissey? No, you fucking can't.

(Apologies to David Rees for almost entirely nicking his style. It's a homage, dude.)

Rockstar Games bugün GTA 4′den yeni resimler yayımladı. Görüntülerde oyunun ana kahramanı farklı eylemler gerçekleştirirken görülüyor ve grafik kalitesi güzel görünüyor. Bakalım oyuna ne şekilde yansıyacak.

Oyun, modern oyun konsollarının yanında PC için de aynı tarihlerde çıkacak. Ancak çıkış tarihi konusunda firma henüz tarih belirlemedi.

On a separate but somewhat related note, GTA4 for the PC will require players to use Games for Windows Live in order to play multiplayer.  Amazing, just when you thought Microsoft couldn't control your computer experience anymore, they find new ways of bending you over.

-Apoc

We all l know that the marketplace for games is now much more crowded than it has ever ben before, especially for action games of both 1st and 3rd person aspects. due to this crowding, we get the gimmick as developers fumble around to try and create something which stands out rom the crowd. It's not difficult of course, in a world where any FPS released on the power consoles or PC will have the same M.O as most others (you are a *insert elite military branch* fighting your way through wave upon wave of *insert alien race* in a grey brown landscape of the future earth or alien homeworld; all running in glorious 720p 60fps with a 8/16 player online deathmatch mode) anything other than this stands out as a gimmick. The problem is that in many of this type of game, the gimmick becomes dominant as a sales technique but in terms of gameplay it is either underused or annoyingly overused.

Maybe you are asking what I am talking about, what exactly qualifies as a gimmick? A few of my favourites are listed below;

• Haze (you take drugs)
• Timeshift (you control time)
• Fracture (you control the ground)
• The Darkness (you have big devil arm things)
• Mace Griffin bounty hunter (you fly a ship and walk off it without loading screens)

The gimmicks in all the games listed above have at one stage accomplished their goal because we have all heard of them and no doubt at some point have read an overexcited preview from some publication or another crowning its gimmick as being revolutionary to the genre but have ultimately been shown to be anything but. The problem is that all these games above fail in 2 areas; firstly none of them manage to present a solid and well formed core gameplay without the gimmick, none of them have particularly fluid controls, good graphics, textures, AI or level design. Second and most importantly, none of them manage to be remotely fun, interesting or entertaining to play; in fact they are more frustrating than fun.

Maybe the gimmick is not the problem but the implementation. Games like Burnout, Motorstorm, Resistance and even GTA have a gimmick of sorts but they manage to succeed on a different level because the gimmick does not dominate the game (Burnout took a few sequals to get the alance right) as the core mechanics of the gameplay are strong enough to carry the game without the gimmick.

My personal thinking is that the games I have played most in the past year or so (COD4, Uncharted, GT5:P) have all summarily eschewed the gimmick and instead have been solid simple and thoroughly enjoyable games because they did the basics well. I don't think it is a coincidence that those 3 games have been some of the highest sellers inthe past year while bunf like Haze and Timeshift bombed. The message therefore must be that by all means bring a gimmick to the table, a 3rd person shooter where the heroes absurd JRPG style hair is able to grow and change colour at the players request and be used as a weapon is more than welcome, but if the core of your game like the controls and AI is not up to scratch without the gimmick then your game is destined for a quick nosedive from the sales charts to the bargain bins and deservedly so.

Rating: 9.5 Out of 10

GTA finally makes a run for the 360 and it brings what you like from GTA, improves it, and adds some more stuff to it. This game has great graphics and audio, and a nice full fledged character driven story. Liberty City in this game really feels alive with all of the people, cars, tours, you name it. The controls have been improved and the TV shows and radio channels are funny if you listen to some of them. The multiplayer works pretty good too. Who doesn't want to roam Liberty City in a 16 player online match? However, there is some visual glitches, the friendly AI can be dumb sometimes, and why can't I knock over really small trees? Overall, if you liked the GTA series, you will enjoy this game to its fullest.

Pros:

+ Superb character-driven story

+ Liberty City really does feel alive

+ Multiplayer modes that let 16 players go wild across the entire city

+ Genuinely funny radio and TV shows, comedy acts, and character dialogue

+ Controls are much improved over previous games

Cons:

- Occasional problems with friendly AI

- Some minor visual quirks

- Why can't I knock over small trees?

Extras:

# Grand Theft Auto 4 Cheat Codes

# Grand Theft Auto 4 Achievements

Bunların karşılığında ise PC sürümünün çok daha detaylı grafiklere sahip olacağı söyleniyor; çözünürlük değeri olarak 2560 x 1600 piksel destelenecek.

Kaynak

C.O.D. is not merely jus a song the shit is a movement. Most young people may reference this song to stealing cars or killing innocent people in Grand Theft Auto 4 (sick ass game). This is pure music if u ask me the way the beat drops when she screams out “Just call my name, in a huuuuurrrrrrryyyyyy! Ooooooooooh baby it’s not the same!” The drums are classic similar to some sort of tribal ritual, if you got the time find this cassette tape! Yea nigga I said cassette! Not a cd take shit back to 84 my dude. Now if you don’t mind im going to crack this grape dutch and enjoy. Easy

Peep the song:

-- Brother Menelik Ebna la-Hakim

This first instalment is regarding the ever popular GTA series, and in particular, the recently released GTA4.  Now before I continue, I am not what can be called, an avid gamer.  I rarely play games online, I sometimes use cheats if I get stuck, I don't break any records and I hardly ever complete games.  I play when I'm bored and when I can be bothered.  I'm probably your slightly less than average gamer.

Now I love the GTA series, and GTA4 is still an excellent game, excellent gameplay, great graphics, an astoundingly huge city, the missions are okay and there's quite a good, if not entirely unadventurous, storyline.  That's all well and good for your avid gameplayer who goes out and buys the game to complete it as soon as possible for bragging rights amongst their (probably equally unattractive) friends.  But what about me, and the average joe on the street.  The most fun I have playing the GTA games is when I forget the missions, leave the storyline behind and just enjoy the vastness of the city and the infinite number of ways to keep yourself amused.  Namely, the fun cheats.  You all remember the ones from earlier GTA series, the flying cars, death car, everyone's Elvis...etc.  Now what could be more fun than flying a car, rather badly, through a city made up entirely of people who look, dress and sound like Elivs.  And that's one of the main problems with the new games, when you get bored with the missions, you can't just hop into a banshee and fly it into a crowded area.  It also irks me that there are no parachutes, because as I am sure we are all well aware, the best part of San Andreas was driving up to the top of the mountain, riding a motorbike off the top and deploying the parachute at the last possible moment without breaking your legs on the landing.

I'm not saying you can't do anything fun on the new game, there are plenty of stunt jumps to be jumped and plenty of fun to be had with hand grenades, helicopters and all out murder sprees.  But you can't steal a plane! Why are there planes in the game if you can't steal them?  And why the hell have I been Ric Rolld 17 times looking for cheats to let you fly a plane?! I blame Rockstar entirely for this, ignoring the fact that I am an idiot.

Like I have said, the game is good, and there is plenty of fun to be had, but I think that with just a little more work, some fun cheats, the odd yeti and flyable planes (complete with parachutes) it would have made the game a lot more fun to us amateur gamers, who probably make up 75% of Rockstars customers.

For these reasons stated, I ask Rockstar to bend over and take the little spanking it deserves.

Grand Theft Auto IV PC will include an expanded multiplayer component, improved graphics, and a gameplay clip editing suite when it hits the PC on November 18.

Screenshots of Rockstar's latest running on the PC.

The recommended specs are as follows:

• OS: Windows XP SP2
• Processor: Dual core processor (Intel Pentium D or better)
• RAM: 2GB
• Hard Drive: 18GB free hard disk space
• Video Card: 512MB Direct3D 10 compatible video card or Direct3D 9 card compatible with Shader
• Drive: DVD-ROM dual-layer drive

Życie
4825550100
Pancerz
3625550100
Pierwszy zestaw broni - Kij baseballowy, Pistolet, Shotgun, MP5, M4, Snajperka RPG, Granaty.
4865550100
Drugi zestaw broni - Nóż, Pistolet, Shotgun, Uzi, AK47 Snajperka RPG, Koktajl mołotowa.
4865550150
Mniejszy poziom poszukiwań przez policję - Blokuje achievment "Walked Free"
2675550100
Większy poziom poszukiwań przez policję
2675550150
Zmiana jasności
4685550100
Spawnuje Annihilator
3595550100
Spawnuje Jetmax
9385550100
Spawnuje NRG-900
6255550100
Spawnuje Sanchez
6255550150
Spawnuje FBI Buffalo
2275550100
Spawnuje Comet
2275550175
Spawnuje Turismo
2275550147
Spawnuje Cognoscenti
2275550142
Spawnuje Super GT
2275550168

PlayStation 3 [PS3]

Wpisuj wszystkie kody na telefonie Niko (jako numer telefonu).

Zdrowie
482-555-0100

Pancerz
362-555-0100

Zestaw Broni #1
(Kij Baseballowy, Pistolet, Shotgun, MP5, M4, Snajperka, Wyrzutnia Rakiet RPG, Granaty)
486-555-0100

Zestaw Broni #2
(Nóż, Koktajle Molotova, Pistolet, Shotgun, Uzi, AK47, Snajperka, Wyrzutnia Rakiet RPG)
486-555-0150

Zmniejszanie Poziomu Poszukiwania
(Blokuje osiągnięcie "Walked free")
267-555-0100

Zwiększanie Poziomu Poszukiwania
267-555-0150

Zmiana Pogody
468-555-0100

POJAZDY

Annihilator
359-555-0100

Jetmax
938-555-0100

NRG-900
625-555-0100

Sanchez
625-555-0150

FIB Buffalo
227-555-0100

Comet
227-555-0175

Turismo
227-555-0147

Cognoscenti
227-555-0142

SuperGT
227-555-0168

Pamiętaj!
Czity ułatwiają rozgrywkę, jednak poprzez ich używanie możemy zablokować sobie dostęp do niektórych misji pobocznych. Dlatego radzę używać kodów z rozwagą (a najlepiej wcale z nich nie korzystać).
kody do gry

Grand Theft Auto IV to gra akcji, będąca kolejną odsłoną bestsellerowego i kontrowersyjnego zarazem cyklu, swoimi korzeniami sięgającego 1997 roku. Niniejszy tytuł powstał w dziesiąte urodziny wymienionej serii, ukazującej losy poszczególnych przestępców, którzy zaczynając od zwykłego chłopca na posyłki i speca od brudnej roboty, wspinają się na coraz wyższe pozycje w gangsterskim świecie.

Scenariusz GTA 4 produkcji został przygotowany przez Dana Housera, który pracował m.in. przy Canis Canem Edit (alias Bully), Manhunt i The Warriors oraz rzecz jasna przyłożył rękę do większości poprzedniczek GTAIV. Fabuła koncentruje się wokół postaci obcokrajowca o nazwisku Niko Bellic. Bohater w wyniku listów otrzymanych od swojego kuzyna postanawia opuścić Europę Wschodnią i przybywa do Stanów Zjednoczonych. Niestety zastana przez niego rzeczywistość daleko odbiega od opisanej w korespondencji emailowej. Roman skłamał, że posiada dwie żony, sporych rozmiarów kolekcję samochodów oraz kilkucyfrowe konto w banku. Co więcej okazuje się, że niesforny krewniak nieustannie wpada w nowe kłopoty, a jego życie wcale nie jest takie kolorowe.

1. System operacyjny: Windows XP SP2
2. Procesor: Dual Core (Intel Pentium D lub lepszy)
3. Pamięć RAM: 2GB
4. 18GB wolnego miejsca na dysku twardym
5. Karta graficzna z 512MB pamięci i obsługą Direct3D 10 lub Direct3D 9 i obsługą Shaderów
6. Czytnik DVD-ROM dual-layer

Operating System: Windows XP SP2
Processor: Dual core processor (Intel Pentium D or better)
RAM: 2GB
Hard Drive: 18GB free hard disk space
Video Card: 512MB Direct3D 10 compatible video card or Direct3D 9 card compatible with Shader
Drive: DVD-ROM dual-layer drive

But per It's A Bloggy Blog World policy, I will not be tagging anyone to complete this after me.

I'll start with a list of addictions Kimmers tagged me to complete.

Apparently, I'm supposed to do nothing more than list five things I'm addicted to. I'll leave out my long-established addiction to crack and my newfound Absinthe habit...

[1] sports
[2] music
[3] my cell phone (which is ironic, considering I was the last person I knew to get a cell phone, holding off "because I [didn't] need it!)
[4] comedy/humor/jocularity/funniness/laughing at things
[5] the Internet

Next, I will complete, letter by letter, an alphabet-related chain blog Miss Tiff tagged me to complete...

[a] Attached or single? Attached to my singleness.

[b] Best friend? That's a tough question... I have my fair share of friends, but I have probably about three or four people I'd consider the best of those.

[c] Cake or pie? It depends... I'd probably rank chocolate cake over anything else, but pecan pie ranks second, and ahead of any other kind of cake.

[d] Day of choice? Everyday's just about the same these days.

[e] Essential item? Probably the celly.

[f] Favorite color? Hmmm... black. Or blue. Or yellow. It all depends on my mood.

[g] Gummy bears or worms? Are we talking real worms? Or, like, gummy worms? Real worms might probably be healthier. Well, at least you might get some protein out of 'em. Umm... hmmm... I'll go with Sour Patch Kids.

[h] Hometown? The Chicago area.

[i] Indulgence? Skittles. I try to stay away from them, but I can't stop going back.

[j] January or July? Ju-frickin'-ly! Bring on that summer weather!

[k] Kids? I've always wanted to have them, but the older I'm becoming, the more I'm not sure I want to. I mean, dude, they cost a ton, and it's, like, a lot of responsibility and stuff. Plus, I'm not sure I would want to raise a kid in these crazy days and times.

[l] Life isn’t complete without? A lot of things.

[m] Marriage date? Wait, like, the day I'm getting married? Or what I would do on a date with my supposed wife? I don't know about the second part, but for the day I'm gonna get married someday with a supposed potential Mrs., I've actually thought about this. I think I'd like to see if we can space it out to be the exact halfway point between our birthdays, but the further halfway point away. For instance, if our birthdays are only a month apart, we won't set the date within that month, but rather five and a half months between the two birthdays.

[n] Number of brothers & sisters? Cero.

[o] Oranges or apples? Apples.

[p] Phobias? I'm not sure I have any official clinically-defined "phobias."

[q] Quotes?

Competition is a part of life. Let's teach our kids to play the game, but let's not keep score and let's end every game in a 'tie.' That way, when they get older and lose, they'll be so sensitive that they bring guns to school and shoot all the kids that are good at sports.

--my friend Rick

It's fantastic, isn't it? What we've been given from our forefathers is the freedom from thought. That -- for my money -- is real freedom! Knowing you're always right!

--one of the quotes from fictional Richard Bastion, the talk show host on one of the talk radio stations in Grand Theft Auto 4

[r] Reasons to smile? A lot of stuff... friends, family, funny jokes, your favorite sports team winning a championship...

[s] Season of choice? Summer -- the hotter and more humid, the better.

[t] Tag people in! No!

[u] Unknown fact about me? I don't know. If I knew it, would it be unknown?

[v] Vegetable? Corn.

[w] Worst habits? Indecisiveness, procrastination... a lot of times they go hand-in-hand.

[x] X-ray or ultrasound? X-rays can cause you radiation damage if the proper precautions aren't taken, but, dude, ultrasounds are cold

[y] Your favorite food? Hmmm... it's a toss-up between pizza, hamburgers, and tacos

[z] Zodiac sign? the one with the bows and arrows

Sei que isso pode ser velho pra caramba, mas adoro assistir esses vídeos de vez em quando!

Alguns leitores podem não conhecer, mas alguns fãs doidos de games - como nós *rs* - resolveram fazer paródias de alguns jogos famosos e criaram a Série "Awesome". Originalmente conhecemos no site NewGrounds, mas já invadiram o Youtube.

Divirtam-se! ^^

Metal Gear Awesome

Metal Gear Awesome 2

The Legend of Awesome..."Chuuwinn!!!" xD

Resident Awesome 4

Prince of Awesome("Yeaaahh!!" xD~)

Awesome Creed

Grand Theft Awesome 4

Awesome Gaiden

Awesome May Cry

Awesome Fantasy VII

Awesome The Hegehog(Esse não é muito legal não =/)

Deve ter mais desses "Awesome" mas já coloquei demais aqui*rs*. Vou colocar mais um, não é da mesma série, mas é muito legal. Nos vemos no próximo Post! ^^

Sillent Hill Parody

Grand Theft Auto IV (también conocido como GTA IV o GTA 4) es el noveno juego, y el primero en la séptima generación de consolas, de la exitosa franquicia Grand Theft Auto. La fecha de lanzamiento fue el martes 29 de abril de 2008, para PlayStation 3,y para Xbox 360 (lanzamiento PC: noviembre 2008). Rockstar ha anunciado que la versión para PC estara viendo la luz para el continente europeo el 21 de noviembre y para Norte America el 18 tambien de ese mes. La historia del juego transcurre en una rediseñada Liberty City, basada altamente en la ciudad de Nueva York y una zona de Nueva Jersey (Sin embargo no es una representación exacta). Grand Theft Auto IV funciona con un motor de juego llamado RAGE, que también fue usado con el juego de Rockstar Table Tennis. El guión del juego fue escrito por el co-fundador de Rockstar, Dan Houser. Este videojuego rompió récords vendiendo más de un millón de copias en su primer día de lanzamiento.

Os dejo un montaje de GTA4 donde se hace un pequeño guiño a los stuntman, es español a los "dobles" que hacen las ascenas arriesgadas de una películas.

Video GTA4

Rockstar Games, ilgiyle beklenen ve sevilerek oynanan GTA serisinin 4. oyunu GTA 4 için on adet ekran görüntüsü yayınladı. Take Two Games’in yapımcılığını üstlendiği oyunun 2008 yılının 2. çeyreğinde Xbox360 ve PS3 için piyasada olması bekleniyor. Grafikler orta halli olsa da oyundan asıl beklenen bol aksiyon ve geniş bir harita. Tabii ki bu oyunun en büyük avantajlarından birisi de uzun bir oynanışa sahip olması.

Önceki haberimizde belirttiğimiz bir unsuru yinelemekte fayda var diye düşünüyorum. Çünkü çoğu habere yorum yazan arkadaşlar PC’ye çıktı, çıkmadı, çıkacak gibi çelişkilere düşmektedirler.

Oyunun PC’ye çıkıp çıkmama konusunda çoğu arkadaşımızın kafasında soru işaretleri bulunmakta. Bu yüzden tekrar tekrar söylemekte fayda var ki: “Oyun şu anda sadece Xbox360 ve PS3 için geliştiriliyor. PC için geliştirip geliştirilmediği veya pc için piyasaya çıkıp çıkmayacağı hakkında hiç somut bir bilgi yok maalesef.“

Güncel: Oyunun resmi çıkış tarihi açıklandı. Oyun, 29 Nisan 2008‘de tüm dünyada aynı anda PS3 ve Xbox 360 için piyasada olacak.

Gta 4 İndir

Die lieben Herren CSU - Politiker sollten sich mal um Dinge kümmern von denen sie was verstehen, falls es die gibt und es bleiben lassen mündige Bürger mit schattigem Halbwissen zu beeinflussen.

Und ausserdem ist nicht CSU wählen sowieso mal nie falsch!

Infos zur Aktion
PDF - Brief

In a world where video providers seem to be adding increasingly disruptive digital rights management into their video streams, you can always count on video game accessories to provide a hole for unprotected video to break through. First it was the Xbox 360's HD-DVD drive, whose component output allowed for DRM-free copying of the now-defunct high-def discs. Now it's Sony's European PlayTV digital video recorder add-on for the PS3, which CVG reports can "export [recorded] videos to your PS3's XMB menu as MPEG-4 video" for free use on other devices. At a time when everyone from Tivo to Microsoft seems to slap some sort of protection on digital video recordings, it's frankly a little baffling that Sony (itself a major video producer) would leave this hole in its digital recorder. Not that we're complaining, we're just waiting with trepidation for the other shoe to drop.

Though Master Chief is little more than an adorable baby during the events of Halo Wars, it should come as no surprise that his Spartan brethren are a pretty big factor on the battlefield. Ensemble recently went into detail about the role of the Spartan in a fight on their official site. The secret to nailing the right feel for the Spartan according to Ensemble? Not nerfing them. Spartans aren't just dudes in good armor: They're one-man tipping points, able to grab an enemy vehicle and turn the tide. Sounds good to us; now, if there were only some way to get some more Spartans on the box.

Having already come to an arrangement with Japanese star developers Goichi "Suda 51" Suda and Shinji Mikami to publish a mysterious horror franchise, who could blame EA for showing interest in other Eastern talent? Speaking to MTV Multiplayer, David DeMartini, who oversees the EA Partners program and a board swathed in secret plans, candidly admits, "EA looks at the top 20 developers in the world and we try to sign anything those guys are working on." DeMartini explains that deals such as the Suda/Mikami one represent "something that is very unique and very special," despite being, like many of our relationships, "slightly uncomfortable for both parties." We're dying to see the results of EA's collaboration and share DeMartini's unshaken hope that it "will serve as a springboard to a successful formula that we can apply to some of the other great Japanese designers." You know, like Gackt.

As part of its recent quarterly earnings announcement, Take-Two announced that Grand Theft Auto IV has sold ten million copies through Aug. 16. These sales helped lead the company to a staggering $433.8 million in revenue in the third quarter, over twice as much as the same quarter last fiscal year. For comparison, the PS2 version of GTA: San Andreas sold 12 million copies worldwide. During a conference call, the company said it would continue to promote GTA IV through the holiday season, and that it expected lifetime sales for the game to "track well ahead of any previous GTA title."

]]> http://undergroundonline.wordpress.com/?p=290 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:56:32 +0000 sebastian http://onlineprounderground.com/2008/09/04/gta4-sells-10-million-copies/

yes this image has nothing to do with gta4 but it does have something to do with 10 million and thats how many copies the massively selling open world game well... sold.

" These sales helped lead the company to a staggering $433.8 million in revenue in the third quarter, over twice as much as the same quarter last fiscal year."joystiq

that's a allot of money to make of one game i think that's even more than halo made.But in the end if you remember GTA: San Andreas sold 12 million.take two said thay will continue to promote the game through the holiday season.I'm guessing its not going to sell very well during the holidays considering all the other games coming out during the holidays.

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