Tuesday News Bytes

News Bytes for Tuesday March 23:
- The head of the police union in Germany really wants certain video games banned because of recent school shootings. Its funny how some people can be so ignorant. Want to start pointing fingers at cartoons also? After all, there are quite a few cartoons deemed appropriate [...]

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

One thing we know for sure, this game won’t sell more copies than Grand Theft Auto IV. Or will it? See, its going to be very interesting when Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is released, because one thing we know for sure is that we really don’t know.
Over 100 million DS gaming consoles [...]

TUESDAY NEWS BYTES: Good News for Capcom, Good News for Take Two and More!

Just a thought:
This week, Take Two will be releasing Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. According to Gamespot.com, the current average critic score is whopping 9.5 (GOOD NEWS for Take Two!). But who is going to buy this game? The DS is known as a family oriented or younger user system. A LOT [...]

Wednesday News Bytes: Trouble in Take Two Land, Microsoft sued and More!

There is something wrong with this picture. Take Two Interactive just announced a Q1 loss of $50.4 million. Grand theft Auto IV, their “knockout punch of a game” brought in $60 million and was responsible for close to half of the total revenue. Think about that. Take Two’s losses for the [...]

News Bytes: Take Two schedules Q1 Financial Results,THQ May Go Bankrupt? and More!

News Bytes for Tuesday March 2nd, 2009…

Take Two Interactive-TTWO will announce its Q1 financial results on March 10th at 4:15 Eastern Standard Time…
Despite economic conditions, Bioware opens new studio in Montreal. The first title that will be in development is Mass Effect 2…
It is being reported that Toys R’ Us is going to test [...]

Some Electronic Arts, Some Activision, A Little Bit of Comic Con and False Rumors

Daily News for January 27, 2009:

Electronic Arts has axed marketing and PR jobs in the UK as part of their 2009 downsize plan
New Downloadable Guitar Hero World Tour tracks in February. Tracks include musicians: Bob Seger, Paul McCartney, and the Shins.
You know those PSP2 rumors floating around the internet? They are apparently [...]

DUKE IT OUT! Who Has Better 09′ Lineup?

_Activision Blizzard or Take Two Interactive. We all know that a new Call of Duty will be coming out AND a new Guitar Hero. Activision will also release a Tony Hawk that you can play without a controller, Wolfenstein, Wolverine, Transformers and James Bond among others. Take Two will release Grand [...]

What is Take Two REALLY Worth?

_Last January, Take Two Interactive started the year around $18 per share only to drop to the high 13’s by the end of the month. Many investors, hoping this was a bottom of the price of the stock, took this as an opportunity to buy more shares in anticipation of the late April release [...]