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Take-Two (Rockstar/2K) Believes Gaming Will Be 100% Digital In 5-20 Years, Loot Boxes Aren’t Gambling
“Don’t expect NBA 2K38 to come on a disc.” said Take-Two Interactive’s President Karl Slatoff at the Credit Suisse 21st Annual Technology, Media & Telecom Conference. There is no doubt on the fact that the trend to purchase video games digitally has grown rapidly. The online distributors do such as Steam do offer heavy discounts and other benefits, making them a preferable choice over physical copies. According to Statista, in 2009, 20% of game sales were digital and 80% were physical. I 2016, a whopping 74% of game sales were digital and 26% were physical. These numbers are only growing and if you take Slatoff’s word for it, games will be sold 100% digitally in the coming decades. The shift to a digital market has persuaded the publishers to pursue business mod...
Take Two Plans On Releasing One AAA Title Every Year
Take Two is having a weak 2017 with Red Dead 2 being delayed and not many titles lined up for release. Last year for Take Two was pretty strong with games like Mafia III, Civilization VI, etc. Take Two is planning on releasing a AAA title every year. In a recent interview with Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick, he stated- “We kind of thought we were there in 2015, We had a really good schedule and we began to feel like we were delivering on the promise when we said: ‘We emphatically don’t believe in annualising titles except for sports titles. We want to build a big enough stable of IP so that each season we have a great group of releases” It looks really promising that the Take Two is thinking of developing a roster of new IPs so that they have a AAA title lined up ever...
Red Dead Redemption 2 Not on the Same Level as GTA 5
As Red Dead Redemption 2 is on the horizon, we are really excited for the game and have really high expectations from the game as the previous iteration of the game was one to best games for the last generation and we also have utter faith in Rockstar Games. Although in a recent interview with Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick, he stated that- “What the team is doing is trying to make the best possible game they can, and if they succeed… Look, the reason, in my opinion, why GTA V has sold 80m units, and GTA Online had another record year 3-and-a-half years since its release, is because it stands alone in the generation.” [interaction id=”5976f6c53f3b30a27917503a”] We might be having expectations from the game but Take Two believes that Red Dead is on a different level that GTA...
After Massive Fan Outcry, GTA V Modding Returns, But With Some Caveats
After Take-Two decided to send a C&D letter to the developer of OpenIV and basically shutting down the single player modding scene, people were upset and angry about it were very vocal about it. This seems to have worked from the looks of it because OpenIV just got an update. Although it’s a small update, this confirms that OpenIV is back! That’s not all though because the credits section of OpenIV contains a “Special Thanks” to Rockstar Games along with the fact that Rockstar game’s retweeted a tweet from Motherboard which talks about them saving “an uber popular modding tool” for GTA V, which can mean that Rockstar has spoken to Take-Two about this. While there’s yet to be an official confirmation from Rockstar, this is what they had to...
GTA V Is Getting Hammered By Steam User Reviews Since Take-Two Banned Modding
After Take-Two have essentially banned modding for Grand Theft Auto V, the whole gaming community, especially PC gamers have come together to make it known that they are not pleased with the decision. There are numerous threads on NeoGAF and Reddit with people complaining about this decision while defending OpenIV, the tool that was banned. The community has been leaving negative reviews on Steam which has seen the game’s overall rating go from Overwhelmingly Positive to Mixed and recent rating to Overwhelmingly Negative. Players have also decided to boycott Take-Two games with many users urging people to let Take-Two know with your wallet. Games from Take-Two includes the Borderlands series, The Red Dead series, the WWE 2K games. Players are also not playing the game to show that th...
Borderlands Online Cancelled, As 2k China Has Closed
Take-Two interactive has officially cancelled 2K China. The studio, based in Shanghai, employed around 150 people so as to develop a new multiplayer game based on Gearbox’s popular shoot-and-loot series made for Asia, however the game is not currently under development. In addition, its developer, 2K China, has closed. Parent publisher Take-Two Interactive has officially announced that,”At this time, we can confirm that we are closing 2K China. We determined that the additional time required to finish current projects at the studio, particularly Borderlands Online, would not yield a favorable return on investment.” The company has also said that,”The closure of 2K China does not affect the company’s office in Singapore, the testing group in Chengdu, or the NBA...
2K Teases New Game “Advent”
2K Games has revealed more details on an upcoming game announcement. Earlier today, the publisher posted a GIF on Twitter that starts with a shot of a seemingly normal cityscape, which then morphs into city wreaked with disaster. The image can be viewed below. What are your thoughts on the game? Let us know in the comments below!!