Rockstar Games gearing up for PlayStation 3

November 18th, 2006, 15:59 Posted By: wraggster

As the PlayStation 3 launches today in North America, the parent company of Rockstar Games, Take-Two Interactive reaffirmed their strong position with the console to become a leading publisher of the platform. They announced that they have a total of 20 titles currently in development stages for the PS3, with 6 of them being from Rockstar Games.

One of them of course includes Grand Theft Auto IV, scheduled for release in October of next year for both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Another includes the recently announced crime thriller, L.A. Noire, that's also set to release in 2007. Speaking to a QA Tester that works for the developer, Team Bondi, not so long ago, I learned that they're currently only developing the game for the PS3, but the possibility of porting it to Xbox 360 cannot be ruled out as of yet.

Take-Two's CEO, Paul Eibeler, said in today's press release that it's their focus to harness technologies like Sony's cell processors and blu-ray storage capacity, as well the PlayStation 3's SIXAXIS™ wireless controller. With Rockstar North being a much less lazier developer than Rockstar Leeds, hopefully we can expect GTA: IV to make use of the motion-sensitive controller that comes with the console.

Another thing that Paul Eibeler said in recent months during webcasts, two to be exact, is that with the episodic content that will be released numerous times after the release of GTA: IV, they'd like to create additional revenue streams. Now we can probably already have assumed this would be the case, but with two additional episodes promised for the game, as well as other downloads, it seems you'll have to pay a lot more than the initial $49 or $59 if you want to enjoy the full capacity of the game.

Of the remaining 4 titles currently in development for the PlayStation 3 from Rockstar Games, some of them include extensions of blockbuster Rockstar Games franchises, according to the release. During Sony's keynote at E3 in 2005, they showed footage of a western title from Rockstar for the PS3. So we can assume there'll probably be some sort of sequel to Red Dead Revolver.

Expect to see full coverage of GTA:IV, and perhaps L.A. Noire, from our side in the months to come. This will likely be from another domain, although news for it will be indexed on GTAPortable.com if there's not another portable GTA title next year.

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