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With 45M monthly viewers, livestreaming startup Twitch raises $20M — and gets...
Livestreaming has become a cultural force in the video game business, and that explains why streaming leader Twitch is announcing today that it has raised $20 million in a third round of funding. The...
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Grand Theft Auto Online goes live
Grand Theft Auto Online has gone live today on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network. The online multiplayer mode of Grand Theft Auto V supports up to 16 players in each instance of the dynamic and...
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GTA Online and other digital content could generate $206M in next year for...
Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of publisher Rockstar Games, could generate $206 million in revenue in the next year from Grand Theft Auto V’s digital content. That’s a big boost in revenue...
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Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two blasts its way to record earnings — and...
Take-Two Interactive Software reported record sales and earnings for its third fiscal quarter, which ended on Dec. 31, thanks to enormous sales of Grand Theft Auto V. Everybody knew it would be a big...
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How Turtle Rock Studios created the 4-on-1 monster-hunting game Evolve...
One of the biggest next-generation video games in development is Evolve, a cooperative first-person shooter coming this fall from publisher 2K Games and Left 4 Dead developer Turtle Rock Studios....
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Preorder analysis suggests Destiny could be the biggest game of the year with...
Activision is reportedly spending $500 million on Destiny — and the giant publisher could be making a profit on it by the end of the year. The sci-fi online shooter could be the biggest video game of...
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Take-Two made $22M on its investment in gameplay livestreaming king Twitch
Take-Two Interactive Software chairman Strauss Zelnick can thank Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos for this: The publisher reported that it received $22 million as it cashed out its investment in Twitch, the...
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2K’s Battleborn is multiplayer combat in a drugged-out sci-fi world
PREVIEW: Forgive me if I’m seeing the world through a psychedelic miasma. I’ve played a few rounds of combat in the multiplayer game Battleborn, coming soon from developer Gearbox Software and Take-Two...
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Surviving the watery dangers of Civilization: Beyond Earth — Rising Tide...
PREVIEW: The first time I sent out a gunboat to explore the waters of my world in Rising Tide, a giant squid lashed its tentacles onto it and destroyed the vessel. That’s just one of the dangers from...
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Take-Two plans new ‘triple-A’ mystery titles for release in future
Correction: I misheard the statement, fixing to future titles in coming years. Take-Two Interactive Software will release unnamed “triple-A” titles in its future fiscal years, according to a company...
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Take-Two cans Borderlands Online — 150 people lose jobs as 2K China studio...
Take-Two Interactive has shut down a 150-person game studio in China and stopped development on Borderlands Online, which would have been a free-to-play online game in the Asian market. The move is...
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Sid Meier’s Civilization VI debuts this fall with a new take on cities
Take-Two Interactive‘s 2K label and Firaxis Games are pulling out a nice surprise for gamers today. They’re announcing that Sid Meier’s Civilization VI is going to ship on the PC on October 21. The new...
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Rockstar Games has shipped more than 65 million copies of Grand Theft Auto V
Rockstar Games has shipped more than 65 million units of Grand Theft Auto V worldwide, according to an announcement by Take-Two Interactive today. Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick said during...
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Civilization V is set to invade North America’s high schools
Take-Two Interactive Software, 2K and Firaxis Games are partnering with nonprofit GlassLab to take a version of Sid Meier’s Civilization V into high schools in North America. CivilizationEDU will debut...
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Mafia III has a gripping narrative that’s full of tough choices
PREVIEW: Mafia III could be a very short revenge story. Lincoln Clay, the Vietnam veteran whose mobster friends are killed in the first act, could quickly make his way over to the mafia boss and take...
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Grand Theft Auto Online’s Biker gangs roar into town October 4
You can finally start that digital motorcycle gang you always dreamed of. Developer Rockstar Games noted on its site today that the Bikers downloadable content for Grand Theft Auto Online will become...
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Civilization VI hands-on: Empire building is addictive and beautiful, but...
It’s that time again. Sid Meier’s Civilization VI is endlessly addictive and fun, and it pains me to play it only for a relatively short time before moving on to other games. It launches on October 21...
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Watch the Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer right here
Put on your spurs and 10-gallon hat, because it’s time for a little more Red Dead. Rockstar Games is planning to launch Red Dead Redemption 2 in 2017, and it has rolled out the first new trailer for...
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Take-Two Interactive’s Mafia III shipped 4.5 million copies in first week
Take-Two Interactive shipped more than 4.5 million copies of Mafia III to retailers in its first week, and the company said in its earnings release today that it is the fastest-selling game in the...
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Take-Two buys Spain’s Social Point mobile game studio for at least $250 million
Take-Two Interactive has acquired Spain’s Social Point, a free-to-play mobile game developer of titles such as Dragon City, for at least $250 million. The deal is a major step for Take-Two, the...
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