The Xbox One and the PlayStation 4 may steal the show this holiday season, but for many gamers, Christmas has already come early this year thanks to Rockstar Games. On Tuesday at midnight, the studio will release "Grand Theft Auto V," the newest installment in its wildly popular and often controversial series of open-world shooting games. The first full-fledged Grand Theft Auto title to arrive on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 since 2008's "Grand Theft Auto IV," there is a lot at stake for the new GTA. In a July quarterly earnings report, in which the company posted a $61.9 million loss, Rockstar owner Take-Two Interactive said it expects the new Grand Theft Auto to outsell its predecessor — a serious feat given that it sold more than 25 million units during its five-and-a-half years on the market. Meanwhile, game industry analysts have even loftier ambitions, expecting it to sell between 16 million and 20 million copies in just six months. Read more http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/grand-theft-auto-v-strikes-midnight-it-best-gta-so-4B11175618
GTA 5 Sales Top $1 Billion in 3 Days After just three days in stores around the globe, Grand Theft Auto 5 has taken in more than $1 billion, Take-Two Interactive Software announced Wednesday. The latest version of the franchise debuted on Sept. 17 for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. Its three-day haul "marks the fastest that any entertainment property, including video games and feature films, has reached this significant milestone," according to Take-Two, which owns GTA developer Rockstar Games. "Grand Theft Auto is a cultural phenomenon and Rockstar Games continues to redefine what can be achieved in interactive entertainment," Strauss Zelnick, chairman and CEO of Take-Two, said in a statement. "We are incredibly proud of the extraordinary critical and commercial response to Grand Theft Auto V." Read more http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2424647,00.asp
