Archive for the ‘Rockstar’ Category

New Zealand “Rampage” Blamed on GTA

Friday, June 13th, 2008 Posted in Crime, New Complaint, News, Rockstar | No Comments »

Twenty-five year old Tim Reid of New Zealand was recently on trial for his December 29, 2007 assault on a police officer followed by the theft of the officer's car. What makes Reid's case interesting is that his attorney, ...

GTA IV Ad Controversy Roundup

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 Posted in Jack Thompson, New Complaint, News, Politics, Rockstar | 1 Comment »

The Internet has been rife with Grand Theft Auto IV stories as of late. It seems as though any website with a merely tangential relationship to video games has mentioned Rockstar's blockbuster and many gaming-centric sites have turned into ...

GTA Does Lead to Crime? UPS Employees Caught Stealing

Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in Crime, News, Rockstar | No Comments »

Ben Kuchera over at Ars Technica reports that a surprising number of UPS workers are being fired for stealing copies of Rockstar's [tag]Grand Theft Auto IV[/tag]. Despite the collective cries of [tag]gamers[/tag] that GTA doesn't lead to real [tag]crime[/tag], ...

Prisoner Files Restraining Order Against GTAIV

Thursday, April 17th, 2008 Posted in Hilarious, News, Rockstar | No Comments »

We all knew that people who play Grand Theft Auto games can be very dangerous as every last on of them turns into a homicidal mainiac, but did you know that the game itself is a threat to the safety ...

Settlement in Hot Coffee case? I thought you’d never ask.

Friday, November 9th, 2007 Posted in Class action, Rockstar, Settlement | 5 Comments »

Take 2 Interactive recently announced that a settlement has been reached in the Hot Coffee Mod class action. Pending final approval from the US Dictrict Court for the Southern District of New York, members of the class will be ...