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Grand Theft Auto On The iPhone Will Be Decidedly Old School
4:43AM John Herrman | The good news: Rockstar Games is bringing an installment of Grand Theft Auto to the iPhone. The possibly good, possibly terrible news, depending on your tastes: It’s going to be a top-down affair. iPhone-owning GTA fans of various vintages, fight! More »
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GTA IV’s iPhone Parody Cuts to the Heart of Apple’s Mystique, Then Stabs it Repeatedly
10:00AM Jason Chen | Just when we thought we couldn’t love GTA IV more, they go and make this Apple parody. You can see it when you go into an internet cafe. We think it reflects quite truthfully on the Apple audience, don’t you? Now excuse me while I call up my publisher to line up a How to Do Everything with Your iFruit Phone. [TUAW] More »
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Google Maps Goes Gangsta – GTA IV Maps Ahoy
2:15AM Jason Chen | Even Google Maps is getting in on GTA IV fever, making an online version of the map that came with the game. In a way, it’s much better than the paper map because you can click on and off different points of interests (missions, restaurants, safe houses, gun shops) and know where you’re going. What with Google mapping out the ocean, an imaginary world isn’t that much of a stretch. Are we the only ones here that wishes they were playing GTA IV instead of working? [Google Maps IGN via Kotaku] More »
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GTA IV Leaked Online, Piracy Wins Again
6:30AM Jason Chen | GTA IV, supposedly the biggest thing in the history of modern electronic entertainment, has been leaked on the internet. If you’re one of the ones with a modded 360 and a copy of the game, disconnect from Live before you play it. Rockstar is watching out for people who go online with these before they’re supposed to. [Kotaku] More »
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11:19AM Nick Broughall | If you were in the least bit unsure of why Australia needed an R18+ Rating for games (and yes, we’re talking to you South Australian Attorney General Michael Atkinson), ScreenPlay is reporting that GTA IV has been modified to obtain a MA15+ rating in Australia.
Opposition to the rating will probably see this as a good thing. Even though Rockstar haven’t made it clear exactly what elements were removed from the game, they’ll be claiming that it will certainly be the most sexual / violent aspects, and they’d probably be right.
The problem is that GTA is a violent game, and if the only thing they took out was, let’s say, the ability to murder prostitutes after they service you, there’s still a myriad of other violent possibilities for players to choose from.
If You Were Looking For A Reason Australian Needs An R18+ Rating For Games, Here It Is… (Updated)
11:19AM Nick Broughall | If you were in the least bit unsure of why Australia needed an R18+ Rating for games (and yes, we’re talking to you South Australian Attorney General Michael Atkinson), ScreenPlay is reporting that GTA IV has been modified to obtain a MA15+ rating in Australia.
Opposition to the rating will probably see this as a good thing. Even though Rockstar haven’t made it clear exactly what elements were removed from the game, they’ll be claiming that it will certainly be the most sexual / violent aspects, and they’d probably be right.
The problem is that GTA is a violent game, and if the only thing they took out was, let’s say, the ability to murder prostitutes after they service you, there’s still a myriad of other violent possibilities for players to choose from.
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