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Rockstar shares the Grand Theft Auto soundtracks on iTunes and Spotify

by Mike Schramm (Apr 12th, 2013)

Rockstar, the developers of the very popular Grand Theft Auto series, has kindly set up playlists for every one of the series' radio stations, for use in both iTunes and Spotify. The GTA series is well-known for its music, and when Rockstar ported both GTA3 and GTA: Vice City over to iOS, we ...

Payback 2 goes free-to-play

by Mike Schramm (Apr 10th, 2013)

Payback 2 arrived on the App Store late last year. It's the sequel to a game called Payback that was sort of a Grand Theft Auto for iOS (before Grand Theft Auto for iOS was actually released). Payback 2 added online multiplayer and a new "custom mode," and as of today, it has gone free-to-play, ...

Daily iPhone App: Grand Theft Auto Vice City Anniversary is a great way to relive the memories

by Mike Schramm (Dec 6th, 2012)

I don't know why it's so unbelievable for me to see this game running in full motion on my iPhone's screen. The iPhone 5 is a powerful device, and we've seen quite a few console-quality titles on the App Store. But there's something special about this game, probably the most coherent and ...

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City comes to iOS

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 6th, 2012)

Ten years after Grand Theft Auto: Vice City took the PlayStation 2 by storm, it has come to iOS. The game that lets you sample the life of a 1980's Mafia hitman has been faithfully ported from the console with some added new features, including: Updated graphics, character models and ...

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City coming to iOS this fall

by Dave Caolo (Oct 26th, 2012)

Great ready, Grand Theft Auto fans, "Vice City" is coming to iOS this fall. Rockstar Games will celebrate the 10th anniversary of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City by releasing it for "select iOS devices" sometime this fall. Rockstar didn't mention exactly which devices will get the game, or if it'll be ...

Grand Theft Auto III now available on international App Stores, coming to US

by Chris Rawson (Dec 14th, 2011)

Rockstar's classic sandbox game, Grand Theft Auto III, is now available on international App Stores in New Zealand and Australia. As the day rolls across timezones, it should be available in Europe and the US later today. Rockstar promised to launch the game on December 15 for both iOS and ...

Real Racing 2, Grand Theft Auto, others on sale this weekend

by Mike Schramm (Feb 4th, 2011)

A whole slew of apps are going on sale this weekend, including Firemint's Real Racing 2 (which has dropped down to half price at US$4.99) and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (also $4.99, down by the same discount). Adult Swim's hilarious little Robot Unicorn Attack running game is only 99 cents, ...

Grand Theft Auto trilogy finally coming to the Mac

by Mike Schramm (Nov 13th, 2010)

Man, it's about $*#(ing time. The storied (and dare I say classic?) Grand Theft Auto trilogy, featuring GTA 3, GTA Vice City, and GTA San Andreas, is finally coming to the Mac thanks to Transgaming. Of course, it's about ten years late -- the first game in the grouping came out in 2001 on the PS2. ...

Review: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

by Mike Schramm (Jan 20th, 2010)

Grand Theft Auto is, at this point, one of the most storied franchises in video game history. It was already huge back during the days of DMA Design, when it was a top-down open world crime game with an attitude, but with the coming of Grand Theft Auto 3 on the console generation, the series turned ...

Flickr Find: Grand Theft Auto hides Apple and iPhone parody

by Erica Sadun (May 1st, 2008)

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/Hilarious_GTA_IV_Apple_parody_iFruit'; What do the authors of Grand Theft Auto IV think about Apple users? Tossers. (Warning: definition link NSFW). They've embedded a brilliant Apple parody into one of the Internet cafe computers in the game. Among other ...