Grand Theft Auto IV’s second downloadable episode, titled “The Ballad of Gay Tony”, is available on Xbox LIVE marketplace right now (complete with Sprunk Extreme Base Jumping) and will run you 1600 Microsoft Points (roughly 20 bucks).

If you get your hands on it, let us know what you think in the comments section.

A new teaser for Max Payne 3 was supposedly leaked today, and although it contains some incorrect information (the game was already delayed to 2010, so it’s not coming in winter of 2009) the teaser is looking incredible.

I can’t say the same for Mr. Payne, however. He could really use a shave and a clean shirt. Perhaps even a bald wig. I knew this one kid who was bald. Not because of a genetic disorder or a sickness, though, it was by choice. He looked hilarious wearing a wig. One day he wore an afro to school just to mess with everybody. I think his name was Derrick. Maybe it was David. I don’t know. What ever happened to that kid?

I forgot what I was talking about. Max Payne 3? Bullet-time? Have I already made a “hammer time!” joke? Okay, well let’s just throw one of those in here and call it a day.

Rockstar have announced today that the third instalment of their bullet-time third-person action game series will be arriving during “Winter 2009″. The game “tells the story of a retired police detective embroiled in a world of corruption, turmoil and intense violence,” Rockstar says. Max Payne 3 will include “hyper-intense action” (”that fans have come to love”), and will move the story in a “new direction.”

Rockstar also notes that Max is “a few years older, more world-weary and cynical than ever. We experience the downward spiral of his life after the events of Max Payne 2 and witness his last chance for salvation.” The game is set for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC, and may or may not be a good game. You never know with Rockstar.

Via Dtoid.

Grand Theft Auto IV is coming to PC, Take-Two Interactive confirmed today. GTA IV will be arriving on the PC on November 18th in North America, and on the 21st in Europe.

The announcement isn’t much of a surprise, as we posted earlier.

Hit up rockstargames.com/IV for more info.

Here we go again. An 18 year old in Thailand confessed to the robbery and murder of a 54 year old taxi cab driver, claiming he was trying to recreate a scene from the Grand Theft Auto video game.

Distributors of the game in Thailand are now being instructed to remove the game from their shelves indefinitely it would seem. Sales and Marketing Director for New Era Interactive Media, Sakchai Chotikachinda, was quoted saying: Read more…

My friend Pete over at slashfilm.com discovered some original poster art measuring 39.5 x 12 inches (in final print format) created by resident Rockstar Games artist, Andrew Wilson.

Andrew, who works in Rockstar’s San Diego office, created the enormous illustration, jam packed with pop culture icons, for Crazy 4 Cult 2 event being held on August 22nd between the hours of 7pm and 11pm at Gallery 1988 in LA.

If you want a copy of the print, it will run you $35 at the door. In the mean time, click the image below to feast your eyes on the slashfilm exclusive high res print, and see how many people you can pick out. Jay and Silent Bob FTW!

Via: slashfilm.com

Many of us have been holding our breath since EA made its initial offer to buy Take-Two, and the company’s comment, stating that they would wait until the release of Grand Theft Auto IV before discussing the offer any further, did very little to ease that sick feeling in our stomachs.

EA, who has been known to tone down the violent content of their games and splurge on in game advertising (as shown above), is set to destroy our beloved Grand Theft Auto franchise. The top secret tech demo showcasing EA’s take on the series is not for the faint of heart. Read more…

Following up on a story that our own Patrick Steen reported on earlier in the week, the British Board of Film Classification has successfully halted – yet again – the release of Manhunt 2 in the UK. Read more…

When you’re a Democrat running for President in a time of war, what’s the best way to score points with conservative Middle America? How about sniping at the videogame industry? Read more…

Box art for the upcoming GTA IV made its way on to the web today, as XboxFamily reports that Rockstar sent them three empty boxes each displaying a different design. Rumor has it that there is a forth design in the works as well, though no information has been made available yet. Read more…

Leagues beyond Wii Sports Tennis

This week Rockstar Games held an informal get-together for game journalists in the San Francisco Bay Area to hang out at a Metreon sports bar, have some drinks, and learn to play Table Tennis on the Wii. Read more…

Grand Theft Auto IV delay has everyone pointing fingers

The delay of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV video game for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 has fans and fanboys everywhere in an uproar. You can’t browse a video game website without running into something related to the delay. Whether it has to do with rumors of a refund regarding the exclusive downloadable content deal (which cost Microsoft 50 million) or as we are about to discuss, the many finger pointing articles being published across the web. Read more…

We have all come to love the quirky SNL like in-game Grand Theft Auto radio commercials over the years. Below is a list of a few that will be broadcasted over the virtual air waves in this year’s release of GTA 4. Check em’ out. Read more…

THAT is for waking up this morning. THIS is for Nintendo banning Manhunt 2!!

Rockstar Games announced that the critically acclaimed game “Bully” will be hitting the Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Xbox 360. The press release stated that the game will have “additional new content” and make its way into stores this holiday season. Read more…

The ever glaring eye that has remained open staring down the eager gamers who stared back anticipating its release for what must have seemed like an eternity, has closed its lid today.

When all was said and done, it took the combined efforts of a political, legal, and media “witch hunt” to finally put an end to a one companies release of a video game “manhunt”. Those same individuals do not understand the amount of sacrifice and dedication it takes to develop a product such as this, and it is likely they never will.

After receiving the dreaded “adults only” rating, both Nintendo and Sony officials decided to “close the lid” on Manhunt 2. Read more…

Green clover, green clover, tell Rockstar that Manhunt 2 “can’t come over”.

According to an article that was published here, Manhunt 2 has just become the first video game ever to be banned in Ireland. The Irish eyes over at Rockstar are definitively not smiling today.

Hmm. Maybe someone should have clicked “learn about bidding” first.

According to an earnings call transcript with Take 2’s CFO Lainie Goldstein, Microsoft has spent a total of 50 million dollars acquiring downloadable content for the upcoming GTA IV title. Read more…

Here are four new Grand Theft Auto IV images from Rockstar Games. We are going to let them speak for themselves. Let us know what you think. Read more…

Good news special edition junkies … GTA IV Special Edition was announced on May 21, 2007 for both PS3 and Xbox 360 versions! It features a customised metal safe deposit box that will contain the following: Read more…

NaturalMotion, the creators of breakthrough Dynamic Motion Synthesis (DMS) 3D character animation products such as Endorphin, Euphoria, and Morpheme, announced a partnership in February of 2006 with Rockstar games, best known for the Grand Theft Auto Series.

Take 2 Games is the parent company of both Rockstar and the 2kSports label. So what does all that mean? Well, in a recent interview regarding the application of NaturalMotion Read more…