The latest news, alerts and updates on Rockstar and their games en-us http://www.rockstarwatch.net/ Copyright 2006-2010 RockstarWatch (www.rockstarwatch.net). All rights reserved. http://www.rockstarwatch.net/feeds/news/logo.png http://www.rockstarwatch.net/ 144 27 Rockstar has silently delayed the Red Dead Redemption gameplay video titled "Life in the West" until tomorrow March 17th. 897 http://www.rockstarwatch.net/news/897/Red-Dead-Redemption-Life-in-the-West-video-delayed-until-the-17th/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:45:00 CDT Rockstar has just announced via the Rockstar News Wire that the next gameplay video of Red Dead Redemption titled "Life in the West" will be coming Tuesday March 16th. UPDATE: Rockstar has delayed the trailer until the 17th. 893 http://www.rockstarwatch.net/news/893/Red-Dead-Redemption-Life-in-the-West-video-coming-next-week/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:56:25 CST This interesting news item slipped by us earlier this week, so we apologize for being a tad late on the news post. GoFanboy stated earlier this week that there are apparent issues with the Xbox 360 version of L.A. Noire. The issues relate particularly to the DVD format and space available on the disk. Team Bondi has apparently become very frustrated with the format, and Take-Two has stationed Jeronimo Barrera at Team Bondi's offices to help clam the situation and provide additional support on the size limitations problem. Those who have been following the news surrounding L.A. Noire from the beginning - and lets face it, there hasn't been much in the way of factual news - will remember that the game was originally a PlayStation 3 exclusive. The trip from PS3-only to multi-platform has been a long one though. It all started around the beginning of 2008 when an advertisement for a Lead Animator to manage the Animation/motion capture for the game appeared on GameSutra which requested both PS3 and 360 experience, at the time we speculated as to the possibility of the game becoming multi-platform. Furthermore, in March of '08 it was rumored that Sony had dropped all funding towards the game due to some bad vibes between Former SCE Worldwide Studios President, Phil Harrison, and Team Bondi Head, Brendan McNamara. Then in September of 2008, Tom Crago, the President of the Game Developers' Association of Australia, stated that the game was coming to PS3 and 360 - however being that Mr. Crago was in no way connected to Team Bondi, this statement was merely rumor. In January of 2009, a year after our first speculation of the game becoming multi-platform, the advertisement for a Lead Animator re-appeared on GameSutra. Then finally, prior to March 2010's edition GameInformer, it is announced by a GI staff member that the game will be available for both the PS3 and 360. While GoFanboy notes that the major concern is the possibility of the game returning to a PS3-exclusive, we're a little more worried about any release delay ramifications caused by the size limitations of the 360, seeing as how long the game has been floating along for now we would hate to see the game halted any longer. This news isn't official, and it probably won't become official anytime soon, so as always we remind you to take it as mere rumor and hope for the best. At the end of the day, Rockstar are well known for performing the unimaginable when it comes to overcoming pitfalls - after all, nobody ever expected full-fledged Grand Theft Auto games on the PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS or iPhone. Plus, if Jeronimo Barrera is in fact stationed at Team Bondi currently, we have faith in everything working out. Source: GoFanboy 892 http://www.rockstarwatch.net/news/892/Team-Bondi-struggling-with-Xbox-360-version-of-L-A-Noire/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:11:48 CST Take-Two released their first quarter 2010 results today. Buried in the press release they put out today is the fact that Red Dead Redemption has been pushed back again. Initially due for release fall of last year, then April 27 of this year, Redemption is now due for release on May 18 in the US and May 21 internationally. Red Dead Redemption from Rockstar Games is now planned for release on May 18, 2010 in North America and May 21, 2010 internationally. In Take-Two's guidance for the rest of the year, they mention that they have accounted for a potential delay of another title. Whether that is just them being careful or they really believe that they will have to delay another title remains to be seen. Source: Take-Two 891 http://www.rockstarwatch.net/news/891/Red-Dead-Redemption-delayed/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:26:43 CST Rockstar has released a new video of Red Dead Redemption featuring the women of Redemption. 890 http://www.rockstarwatch.net/news/890/Red-Dead-Redemption-The-Women-video-released/ Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:59:52 CST Rockstar Games has released a new artwork wallpaper of John Marston, the main character in Red Dead Redemption.   Widescreen Standard Handheld 2560x1600 1920x1200 1920x1080 (1080p) 1680x1050 1440x900 1280x800 1280x720 (720p) 1600x1200 1280x1024 1024x768 800x600 PSP iPhone Blackberry Storm Blackberry Bold Blackberry Pearl Blackberry Curve 8700/8800   889 http://www.rockstarwatch.net/news/889/New-Red-Dead-Wallpaper/ Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:43:02 CST Gamesradar.com has posted an article with a list of 10 things you didn't know about L.A. Noire. Out of the lot, I think this is the most fascinating. 2) LA is rockstar's biggest environment yet The city has been rendered almost 100% accurately to its 1940s layout. Using hand-drawn maps from the time and early aerial photography, Team Bondi has recreated the city right down to 3D shop fronts, but simultaneously making this a bigger environment than anything yet seen. And in this pre-freeway era, you'll even drive down streets that don't exist any more, which sounds kinda spooky to us. Source: Games Radar 886 http://www.rockstarwatch.net/news/886/10-things-about-L-A-Noire/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:32:51 CST GameInformer has posted five new screens of L.A. Noire on their website. Source: GameInformer Thanks to Zeeshan for the heads-up! 885 http://www.rockstarwatch.net/news/885/Five-new-L-A-Noire-screens/ Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:44:20 CST Rockstar has released a video today of Red Dead Redemption featuring the men of law enforcement. 884 http://www.rockstarwatch.net/news/884/Red-Dead-Redemption-The-Law-video-released/ Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:20:54 CST Rockstar has just posted a list of Social Club events for the rest of February through April. The list is quite big and has something for everyone. Thursday, February 18th (4-7PM EST) Grand Theft Auto IV Multiplayer Event with Rockstar For PC on Games for Windows LIVE Yes, our first official PC event in this series – complete with live stream, chat and all.  Let’s get that full-on up-to-32-player mayhem going. Friday, February 26 (4-7PM EST) Midnight Club LA Multiplayer Event with Rockstar For Xbox 360 on Xbox LIVE Jumping back into shredding through the streets of Los Angeles – hope to see you all for an intense three hours of racing... Friday, March 12 (4-7PM EST) Grand Theft Auto IV Multiplayer Event with Rockstar For PlayStation 3 on PlayStation Network A final Grand Theft Auto IV PS3 Multiplayer scrimmage with Rockstar before Episodes from Liberty City invades your world less than three weeks later. Tuesday, March 23 (4-7 PM EST) Episodes from Liberty City Multiplayer Event with Rockstar For Xbox 360 on Xbox LIVE Last licks for a little while for the XBL set – we’ll be spending April giving PS3 and PC gamers their due of The Ballad of Gay Tony and The Lost and Damned multiplayer love.  Look for some special giveaways to be announced. Friday, April 2 (4-7PM EST) Episodes from Liberty City Multiplayer Event with Rockstar For PlayStation 3 on PlayStation Network Saturday, April 3 (2-6 PM EST) Episodes from Liberty City Multiplayer Event with Rockstar For PC on Games for Windows LIVE Back to back first weekend of Episodes multiplayer events for both PS3 and PC.  Let’s get it on.  Planning for some of our ringers at our dev studios at North and Toronto jumping in to really show you what’s up.  Make sure to take advantage of those first few days after game release to get on point. Friday, April 16 (4-8 PM EST) Episodes from Liberty City Multiplayer Event with Rockstar For PlayStation 3 on PlayStation Network Getting back on PlayStation Network for some The Ballad of Gay Tony and The Lost and Damned modes with Rockstars from across NYC, North & Toronto – look for some special giveaways as well... Thursday, April 22 (4-7PM EST) Episodes from Liberty City Multiplayer Event with Rockstar For PC on Games for Windows LIVE Up to 32-players... BASE Jumping...  Free Mode... Explosive Shotgun Deathmatches... let your imagination run wild.  Plus we’ll be giving away some deluxe PC gear to be announced. PC gamers can also look forward to a new series of Video Editor contests from Social Club TV... with playable Luis and Johnny, all the new multiplayer additions, and extended Episodes music to cut your video soundtracks to... As with the past few Rockstar multiplayer events, you can watch the stream live on Social Club. 883 http://www.rockstarwatch.net/news/883/Social-Club-events-calender-for-February-through-April/ Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:06:21 CST Gouda Jouji from metalgealsolid.org has post scans of his copy of this month's GameInformer which features screenshots and information about L.A. Noire. We've summed up the information below. Keep checking back as we will be updating this article with more information and screenshots from the magazine. - You play as Cole Phelps who is voiced by Aaron Staton - Set in the 1940's - Largest and most detailed open-world ever - Team Bondi is using a facial animation capture system by Depth Analysis - 2,000 pages of script for the game (compare that to the average 200 pages for a movie) - Over 140 interiors - Almost a complete copy of Los Angeles in the 1940's - Over 300 actors and actresses used in L.A. Noire - You can inspect crime scene elements (ex: wallets, purses, bags, etc) and any information you find will be written in a notebook - Over 90% of the cases in the game are from real life incidents Source: metalgearsolid.org   882 http://www.rockstarwatch.net/news/882/L-A-Noire-information-revealed/ Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:00:56 CST The Xbox 360 versions of Grand Theft Auto IV and Episodes from Liberty City have a new update available via Xbox LIVE as of now. The update applies the following fixes to numerous bugs and issues: The upwards velocity of parachutes is now capped Bowling alley ‘invisible pins’ are now fixed Updates have been made to prevent players modifying stats for online games Infinite Nitro is now fixed Be sure to update at your earliest convenience. (Reminder to PS3 and PC owners: only 1 month, 19 days until Episodes from Liberty City is available for you to enjoy as well!) 881 http://www.rockstarwatch.net/news/881/Xbox-LIVE-Update-for-Grand-Theft-Auto-IV-and-Episodes-from-Liberty-City/ Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:01:24 CST It hasn't taken Rockstar long to fix some of those bugs in the iPhone and iPod touch versions of Chinatown Wars. Today they released version 1.0.1 which fixes numourous post-release bugs and also changes Independence FM to read songs from your playlist randomly, rather then by their position in the list as it was with the previous version. The following is a excerpt from the iTunes App Store page: What's New in Version 1.0.1 Thank you for your support! In an effort to enhance this product, we are constantly reading your comments. Independence FM (Custom Playlist) now plays selections from your playlist randomly. This patch also features a selection of bug fixes we have discovered post release. There have been a lot of comments on the bugs in the original version, and many people found the way Independence FM played songs by position to be rather annoying, so it's good to see Rockstar responding to these comments and making the necessary changes. Check for your update when you have the next chance, or if you don't already have the game be sure to purchase it by following the below links. Buy it now: US | UK | AU 880 http://www.rockstarwatch.net/news/880/Chinatown-Wars-v1-0-1-released-in-iTunes-App-Store/ Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:08:03 CST GameInformer has just posted the cover of their March issue which features L.A. Noire. While the cover doesn't give much of any information, a GameInformer staff member in the comments revealed this bit of information. Just to reiterate, it's NOT a Ps3 exclusive anymore. It's multiplatform. So there you have it folks, L.A. Noire is no longer exclusive to the PlayStation 3 and is most definitely coming to the Xbox 360. But what about PC people? I've dug up a old post by Superannuation which has a excerpt from the Linked.in profile of a lighting artist at TeamBondi. The excerpt contains the platforms of L.A. Noire and among the listed is PC. So could we be seeing L.A. Noire on the PC as well? Hopefully we'll get an answer soon. Source: GameInformer Source: Superannuation 879 http://www.rockstarwatch.net/news/879/L-A-Noire-revealed-in-March-issue-of-GI-no-longer-PS3-exclusive/ Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:21:01 CST Rockstar has brought out a whole bunch of new Red Dead Redemption goodies today including a new video (below), new boxart (above) and to top it all off, a new stellar looking website! Official Site: Red Dead Redemption EDIT: We have been able to obtain high res versions of the PS3 and 360 boxarts, just click the respecive boxarts. 877 http://www.rockstarwatch.net/news/877/Red-Dead-Redemption-site-update-box-art-and-outfits-video-UPDATE/ Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:52:31 CST