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POPSRockstar paid $100,000 for the voice of Niko Bellic "Had this been a television program, a film, an album, a radio show or virtually any other sort of traditional recorded performance, Mr. Hollick and the other actors in the game would have made millions by now," writes Schiesel -- and important sentence cut out by Clipmarks. Essentially the theory here is that videogame companies need to offer royalties to all the voice actors in the game. The problem, however, is figuring out where to draw the line once you start paying royalties. Is a voice actor more important than an animator? This is one of the concerns facing EA in the possible acquisition of Take-Two: The Houser brothers receive generous royalties from Take-Two that, if acquired, might cause insurrection within Electronic Arts' other studios.
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POPSGTA IV Sales Top Half A Billion If there's any doubt about the relevance of video games in our society, consider this: Last weekend's number one movie, Iron Man, earned $101 million -- a fifth of what GTA did.
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POPSStill No CEO Whoever the next CEO, he had better bring big ideas to the table. It's going to take more than Vin Diesel's name on the cover to boost sales, especially in the wake of Grand Theft Auto IV.
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POPSGrand Theft Auto IV So it's been a while, that's for sure. But last week we went back to Rockstar once again for our lengthiest look at the game yet - a rear-aching ninety minutes of GTA IV, no less.
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POPSEA Makes Bid For Take-Two Electronic Arts is a titan in the video game industry, but it's been a little lackluster lately, affected by a certain malaise and lack of creative talent. You can only crank out so many sports-franchise sequels, you've got to come up with exciting new stuff... and Take-Two is pretty good at that.
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POPSElectronic Arts' Bid To Spice Up Its Catalog Gets Rejected Take-Two rejected Electronic Arts' takeover bid, saying it "provides insufficient value to their shareholders." ERTs wants to get deal done, in part to keep up with Activision's acquisition of Vivendi's game division. Take-Two thinks it will get a better offer after the release of the latest version of its mega hit Grand Theft Auto, which is scheduled for April.
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POPSThe ten most influential video games ever Although the very first computer games were created in the early 1950s, the video game explosion really began a little over 30 years ago when mysterious bleeping cabinets with the legend ‘Space Invaders’ painted on them began appearing in the nation’s pubs. Since those crude beginnings the game industry has grown into a business to rival Hollywood, and, of course, has its own awards ceremony, the Golden Joysticks, to celebrate excellence in the field.
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