Grand Theft Auto

Watts Towers In San Andreas

For those that don’t know, the Watts Towers is a mini landmark in the community of Watts, in Southern Los Angeles County. And as we all know, San Andreas’ setting is that of a San Francisco/Los Angeles city. While examining the first 3 screenshots of San Andreas last night, I noticed odd looking towers in the background of the pic of the

Official Game Description

The R* Webmaster has just sent out the official game description for San Andreas, along with the screenshots they have on the official site… “Five years ago Carl Johnson escaped from the pressures of life in Los Santos, San Andreas… a city tearing itself apart with gang trouble, drugs and corruption. Where filmstars and millionaires do their best to avoid

First Look At The New Site

3 screenshots, 4 splash screens. What can be worked out? Well the site has gone live, and we’ve been given a little taster of what’s to come. The official site features the first ever screenshots of GTA:SA. There are also 4 different images shown on the front page (one is picked at random – hit refresh to go through them all), which

Speculation On TVG

A couple of interesting news items on TotalVideoGames.com add speculation to the GTA: San Andreas features list. I’ve dug up a couple of posts (1, 2) which hint at what to expect in GTA:SA. In summary: You can challenge other drivers to a highway race They’ve signed up artists 50 cent, Justin Timerlake and Happy Mondays for the soundtrack ‘Much larger’

BBC Report in to GTA Lawsuits

Frontline Scotland, a UK bbc news report which broadcasts tonight, looks in to the current lawsuits that are threatening the Edinburgh-based Rockstar North. In the show, they will be interviewing Mr Thomson, the lawyer representing the victims of the shootings in Tennessee last year. It was last summer that brothers William and Joshua Buckner, aged 16 and 13, opened fire

Take-Two Shares Continue to Drop

Take-Two Interactive Software, publishers of the Grand Theft Auto series, still having money troubles. 2 weeks ago news broke of their CEO leaving and a warning of a massive sales shortfall, and shares are still dropping. As reported, this is part of a general trend in the gaming industry. Take-Two is a large group of many developers, including Gathering of Developers, Talonsoft and

GTA:SA @ E3?

“We have not announced our E3 lineup yet” – Rockstar Representative. Rockstar Games may be absent at this year’s E3 expo, however official word seems hard to come by. Rumors have been flying that this year’s E3 exposition will be GTA-less. Rockstar’s spokespersons have been vague, at best, as to hinting when the masterpiece-to-be will be unveiled. Some have been

New PC Screenshot Exclusive

The kind folks over at Rockstar Games just sent us over our very own exclusive high-res (and quite lovely, might I add) screenshot of the upcoming PC version of Vice City. Between bouncing around happily and prodding the news includes to write this update (a new news system is on it’s way, honest), I took a moment to study the