Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick discusses the troubles of including real life brands into the ever expanding world of GTA online

Brand Collaborations are all the range in the video game world these days, with the likes of Fortnite, Fall Guys and the assortment of sports games such as FIFA and NBA 2K all jumping on the brand integration train with success so it’s surprise that probably the biggest video game of the past decade Grand Theft Auto V that doesn’t wasn’t to go with the wave of other games. Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has suggested that players shouldn’t expect to see any brand inclusion anytime soon.

The world of GTA is a fictional world, so to bring real-life brands in, they really have to be iconic and they have to fit within that world, Zelnick says.

It’s very much a creative decision driven by the team at Rockstar. It’s not a financial decision.

Zelnick said NBA and PGA (games that are under the Take-Two umbrella) lend themselves to big clothing brands while GTA Online is a fictional world and to add real life brands to that they have to be iconic and fit within that world. The GTA Series and the online section of the game has always been known for parodying brands and pop culture moments so to add real life brands would look out of place in the vibrant land of Los Santos.

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The real question is, does GTA need to include real life brands into their ever changing world? the answer is…no, as of time of writing GTA has made over $6 billion. An obscene number that companies around the world couldn’t even imagine let alone from one singular game that came out in 2013. GTA 5‘s wider success is largely down to GTA Online, making $800 million on shark cards alone, the player base can buy in-game currency with these shark cards to buy property, clothes and cars in the world. In it’s latest full-year earnings report Take-Two claimed that GTA 5 has shipped over 165 million copies of the game since it’s release on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, lasting through 3 generations of consoles including Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5.

The GTA train keeps on rolling with the GTA Trilogy: the Definitive Edition was released last November with remastered versions of industry changing titles of GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas but it came with largely negative reviews because of the poor state the game was released with many glitches some of them crashing the game. But the shining light is with improvements and many patches being introduced over the last couple of months the game has been an enjoyable experience for many and the Trilogy capitalises on the one thing that gamers love, nostalgia!

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6 years after it was shut down, PlayStation Home has been resurrected by determined fans

Let’s travel back in time.

It’s 2008 and PlayStation has just launched a new feature for its console in a beta mode where PS3 owners can interact with others in a 3D social gaming platform called PlayStation Home.

However, fast forward to 2015 and that cool, awesome feature shuts down, without ever leaving its beta mode and you are left to never be able to use it ever again.

Until now.

Destination Home

Players will soon be able to join public and private online lobbies again thanks to the non-profit project titled Destination Home. It has been trying to resurrect Home for a number of years and even offers an offline version available to download and play on either modded PS3 consoles or emulators. Now though, it will be offering an online version for its supporters too.

Thanks to a collaboration with the PlayStation Online Network Emulated (PSONE) fan group and the support of players donating their personal Home data from their PS3 consoles, Destination Home will allow players to connect to public and private lobbies again by the end of this year.

Using data from players’ own PS3 has also meant the group has been able to restore a number of spaces from the original app, including the Hub, the Bowling Alley and the Playground, as well as the ability to customise apartments.

It is important to note that Destination Home is not affiliated with Sony in any way and refuses to take donations or any other money for its work, as it’s purely a preservation project rather than a commercial one.

For more updates regarding Destination Home, you can join their Discord page!

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From October 27th, customers will no longer be able to use a credit or debit card, or PayPal, to buy digital content or top up their PlayStation Store wallet directly from their PS3 or Vita.

If you want to purchase something for your Vita or PS3 from the store, you will have to top-up from another device such as your PC, mobile device, PS4, or PS5. PlayStation Store gift cards, product vouchers, and subscription vouchers will still work on both consoles.

While it’s not the biggest inconvenience in the world, it does reintroduce anxiety about the future of SONY’s handheld device. The Vita has a small but dedicated user base that still enjoys taking their PS games on the go.

Personally, I can’t go without my Vita. It’s the one platform that has a vast selection of otome games. One of my favourites, Bad Apple Wars, is available exclusively on the Vita.

Although AKSYS are republishing many of their games on the Nintendo Switch, I still prefer the feel and display of the Vita. The vibrant OLED screen shows games the way they were meant to be viewed.

However, with the Switch OLED hitting the markets, the Vita will lose that advantage. Still, there’s many otome games and Japanese exclusives that will only be available on the Vita for the foreseeable future. Not to mention, it can be more cost-effective to snag a game on PS Vita instead of the Switch. There’s also the PS exclusives to play on Vita. I’ve been replaying the Jak and Daxter trilogy on my Vita, and it’s a lot of fun.

I see the Vita as a console that was ahead of its time at release. It pretty much flopped outside of Japan, while Nintendo kept a steel grip on the international handheld console market. If the Vita has been released in the last few years with a better marketing campaign, I reckon it would have been much more successful.

Sometimes, you just want to lie in bed with your handheld console with YouTube on autoplay in the background, instead of sitting up in your gaming chair in front of the TV. Call me lazy if you will, but I game to relax.

Clearly, I’m not the only one with an attachment to my Vita. In March, Sony announced plans to close the PlayStation Store on PS3, Vita, and PSP last summer, sparking massive backlash; The company retracted its statement. The PSP store did indeed close in July, but the PS3 and Vita stores remain active.

I wish the Vita many more years of gaming activity! Don’t get eclipsed by the Switch just yet.

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It has officially been announced that South Park: The Fracture But Whole is getting a special edition, which includes a remote-controlled big wheel bike.

The special edition is going to cost around £150.00 and was discovered on Amazon by Twitter user Wario64. The special edition is going to be known as ‘South Park: The Fracture But Whole remote-control Coon Mobile bundle’. The bundle is also going to include The South Park: The Fractured But Whole gold edition game with a steel book and season pass subscription. The bundle can be seen below:

The remote-controlled Coon Mobile will be controlled via Bluetooth for free from smartphone app which is going to be available on both iOS and Android. Batteries are required for the vehicle however you will have to purchase them separately.

According to the Amazon listing it is going to be an Amazon exclusive. It is also available for pre-order now. The game is due to be released on December 6 for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

South Park fans who are attending the 20^th anniversary South Park panel at San Diego Comic-Con this weekend will get a sneak peek at the upcoming game.

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Lego Star Wars is coming to a console near you! That’s right everyone, LucasArts are bringing a new Lego Star Wars game for the latest movie, The Force Awakens. The Lego Star Wars franchise has been a very popular group of games in the past and there hasn’t been a game since 2011 but it will return this year.

Shortly after the release of Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith, in 2005, LucasArts decided to make a Lego Star Wars game. Lego Star Wars: The Video Game was the title of the first Lego Star Wars game and was based around the latest three movies: The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.

The following year they released Lego Star Wars: The Original Trilogy, which featured the next three films of Star Wars, better known as the Original Trilogy. The films featured on this game were: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.

Both Lego games released were incredible and great fun. In 2007 the two previous Lego Star Wars games were made into one big game called, Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga. This was done so the user only needed one disc for both of the games and they were also released onto the newer version consoles of the time, being the Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

The last game before the new Lego Star Wars is set to come out was Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars. This was based on the animated TV Show, Star Wars: The Clone Wars. This game wasn’t wasn’t quite as popular as the previous games, but still a good game none the less.

And now, in 2016, we have a new Lego Star Wars game about to release. The previous Lego Star Wars games were based around two of the trilogies, yet this next game is only about the latest film. I’m sure the game will have as much action and missions as in the previous games but all of the missions being from The Force Awakens.

With the release of the game coming after one film, you can be sure that we will have a game for each of the two new films that are yet to come out, and then perhaps a trilogy game after that. It’s fair to say we have a lot of Lego Star Wars coming our way!

Check out the trailer below, it looks incredible.

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PS Plus members with a PlayStation 4 will have access to four free games this month!

Sony have announced the free games PlayStation Plus members will be able to download in the month of July. PlayStation 4 will get four free downloads, whilst the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita will get three games each.  The games will be available on Tuesday July 7th, replacing the existing free games from June, so you still have a little while to download them if you haven’t yet. Check out the free available games below:

PlayStation 4:

• Entwined
• MouseCraft
• Rocket League
• Styx: Master of Shadows

PlayStation 3:

• Entwined
• MouseCraft
• Rain

PlayStation Vita:

• Entwined
• Geometry Wars 3
• MouseCraft

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