Grand Theft Auto IV gets GFW LIVE

Rockstar’s GTA IV PC port is getting injected with LIVE. The company has partenered with Microsoft to add Games for Windows LIVE features to the PC version, likes of expanded multiplayer, DirectX graphics and more. GTA IV is scheduled to hit torrents…err PCs this November.

Grand Theft Auto IV on PC Officially Announced

Yes ladies and gentlemen, after all the rumors and various little titbits, Rockstar’s huge console hit is taking a turn into the PC alley. GTA IV on PC is official and lands on your hard disk on November 18th in North America and November 21st in EUROPE.

Grand Theft Auto IV will be arriving on the PC this November, bringing all of the rich immersive narrative experience found in the console versions, along with newly expanded multiplayer just for the PC.

Grand Theft Auto IV for the PC debuts on November 18th in North America and on November 21st in Europe. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for more details. 

GTA IV In Development for PC?

Firstly, this is bit old. Still interested? Read-on….

With so many newsbits and flying rumors about GTA IV (not to mention the hope that refuses to die!) coming to PCs, it’s hard to take anything in regards to that seriously unless it’s an official statement from Rockstar. But that doesn’t stop blood thirsty fans from doing weird things, does it?

Two people decided to annoy the customer support of 2K Games and request assistance concerning the problems they were facing while playing the *PC* version of GTA IV:

I recently downloaded your free version of Grand Theft Auto IV for the PC. Despite your unique instructions on how to get it to play, it has performed great. The first person driving view is simply amazing and the Nico Bellic character really makes me feel like I’m living the storyline. So much so that I feel bad in finding something to complain about, that being the surround sound. At times the back left speaker cuts out, specially when characters like little Jacob are speaking. Also when I call 911, the automated response starts, but cuts out when I am given emergency options. I am using a Sony Vaio LT VGCLT23E all-in-one desktop, an NVIDIA Geforce processor, and the Sony sound reality with external RCA speakers. Could it be that the speakers are simply not the same Sony brand? They work perfectly with my other applications. So I have to assume it’s your game. I hope you can resolve this issue for me, your website was no help. It’s a shame the multi-player isn’t available for PC in the free version, but I can live with that, I don’t want to be picky. Thank you for any help you can provide.

Scotty C

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Take-Two/EA Saga - Part IV

The magical fairy tail of a capitalist corporation hell-bent on swallowing a talented publisher continues…..

Press Release:

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO) today responded to Electronic Arts Inc.’s (NASDAQ:ERTS) announcement that it is extending for a fourth time its unsolicited conditional tender offer to acquire all of Take-Two’s outstanding shares.

As reported by EA, only 6,139,824 of Take-Two’s outstanding shares, or approximately 7.9% of the total, tendered into EA’s offer as of 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on June 16, 2008. Read more

Take-Two responds to EA’s Takeover extension offer

More twists & turns in Take-Two/EA fairytale, Take-Two’s response is still NO.

Press Release:  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO) today responded to Electronic Arts Inc.’s (NASDAQ:ERTS) announcement that it is extending for a third time its unsolicited conditional tender offer to acquire all of Take-Two’s outstanding shares. As reported by EA, only 6,210,261 of Take-Two’s outstanding shares, or approximately 8.0% of the total, tendered into EA’s offer as of 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on May 16, 2008. Read more

Take-Two Attractive After Takeover Bid

Take-Two Interactive Software has received “informal indications of interest in a business combination,” but no formal written offer in the time since EA issued a news release outlining its intention to buy the company, Take-Two said in a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Take-Two rejected the EA offer as too low, but remained open to discussions with the company. Take-Two wants to wait until after the release of the fourth installment of Grand Theft Auto in April.

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