Welcome to this, your Monday, heaping, helping of Game Industry News, or Game News of Interest (GNoI) as we are lovingly known. GTAIV is coming out this week, and again, due to the very staggering amount of hype and lots of money to be made industry-side GTAIV is still taking center stage in one form or another in the industry news. Yet, despite the fact that even Guinness Records is watching the launch there is still plenty of industry news, so here we go, on to what should be known from the unknown – GNoI Monday edition!

Blockbuster video is strongly tackling the idea of expanding their current line-up to include more games (sales/rentals). This should come as little surprise considering the even stronger rumors of a possible Blockbuster take over of CircuitCity.

According to EA CEO, John Riccitiello, some Hollywood execs are shaking in their boots about the possibility that GTAIV may show the Halo3 effect on big budget movie offerings such as IronMan this week.

Guinness World Records is looking at GTAIV to make some new sales numbers in the epic sort of way, and apparently are preparing for the likely event that GTAIV will have the largest launch in vid-game history.

In the wake of the recent (and failed) attempts by EA to absorb in blob-like-fashion, Take2, there have been quite a few comments on both sides of the fence. The newest and somewhat surprisingly bold is from Activision’s Bobby Kotick, who offhandedly commented that EA steals the souls of many studios.

Freaky Creatures, a toy-based multi-platform v-pet/VW is opening Beta reg, and is hoping for a Spring 2008 launch (better move fast) – to coincide with the Beta and upcoming ‘full’ launch, they are giving away an Alienware gaming laptop, along with other prizes.

On the gama, there is a good opine piece on the need for subtext in games.

Despite the need to not do horrible things to the proud tradition of cinema (we still can’t seem to stop Uwe Boll either), the Dragonball movie is continuing production.


Because there is so much hype and it was bound to be covered eventually, here is the official impression list of links and reviews/previews for GTAIV courtesy of Kotaku.

Miyamoto wants kiddies to play outside and put down their games… unless it’s a Wii or DS title, because you know, those burn calories too and can be played outdoors.

And here it is to wrap up this Monday edition of GNoI your moment(s) of zen, complete with Real Bowsers, check-lists for Nerdom, Blood eating Cars, and game selling cash-back/eBay scams. We now introduce you to your moment of zen, now with less trans-fat!:

In the wake of RealMario, it wasn’t going to be long before someone else went after the other SM characters – this time, it’s RealBowser!

In case you don’t know if you are or not, TechRadar has a list of 11 signs to check off in-case you are unknowingly a hard-core gamer [read: antisocial-NERD]

More romantic gaming-themed haikus of rejection, loss and love!

Blank Game Resell Scam earns $20kUSD+ in malicious monies

Blood Car, which is a title on par with 70’s lost ‘classic’ “Death Bed: The Bed That Eats People”, is being highlighted on io9 despite obvious apings of JhonenVasquez’s own human eating car movie idea from yrs ago.


There is often a reason why the most ‘hardcore’ fanboys are single and living in their parent’s basements…

–Aleister

Beck – Think I’m In Love

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