Sony may be acquiring Take-Two InteractiveAccording to the stock market report at Market Watch, Sony may be trying to acquire Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of Rockstar Games and 2K. Take-Two's stock value has seen an increase of around 5 per cent from the rumour itself.MARCH 13
Red Dead Online gets Daily ChallengesRed Dead Online has received its first major update that adds Daily Challenges, the Rare Shotgun, a bunch of cosmetics, emotes included, some balancing changes and what Rockstar claim is a slew of community-requested improvements.FEBRUARY 26
Red Dead Redemption 2 ships 23m unitsTake-Two Interactive and Rockstar Games' Western masterpiece Red Dead Redemption 2 keeps stringing success after success and the latest one is about sales, as the game has shipped 23 million copies since its launch on 26 October 2018.FEBRUARY 6
Real-life Pinkertons are suing RockstarSecurity company Pinkerton have sent a cease and desist notice to Take Two last month alleging that the publisher has no rights to use the term Pinkerton in Red Dead Redemption 2's story. They also requested payment or royalty arrangements.Semir OmerovicJANUARY 15
RDR2 voice actor kept his secret for 5 yearsTo say that Red Dead Redemption 2 development was kept under tight wraps is a severe understatement, but it's even worse for voice actors like Gabriel Sloyer who played Javier Escuella and couldn't tell a living soul about his work.DECEMBER 12
RDR2 update 1.03 kicks off RD Online betaRockstar have rolled out the 1.03 update for Red Dead Redemption 2 and although the patch notes are pretty light on actual in-game additions, it has added support for Red Dead Online beta, which is available to all players as of today.NOVEMBER 30
Red Dead Online public beta five days awayRed Dead Redemption 2's online version should be opening its beta gates any day now, according to a statement previously made by Take-Two Interactive President Karl Slatoff. It was also announced in September on Rockstar's official page.NOVEMBER 26
Red Dead Redemption 2 retains first placeRockstar's new monster Red Dead Redemption 2 has managed to retain first place in the UK's boxed sales chart ahead of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, greatly helped by the uneventful week that had no new releases making it in the top 10.NOVEMBER 12
RDR2 Online open beta coming end of the monthAnswering a question at investors call, Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick has confirmed Rockstar will launch Red Dead Redemption 2 online open beta by the end of the month. Zelnick also declined to go into any detail about monetisation.Semir OmerovicNOVEMBER 9
Killing annoying NPCs was always thereYouTube has recently removed any videos depicting beatings and murder of the suffragette from Red Dead Redemption 2, and critics are coming down on Rockstar for allowing it. Yet, none of this was an issue in TES: Oblivion or in Fallout 3.NOVEMBER 9
Red Dead Redemption 2 outsells RDR in 8 daysThe fact that Red Dead Redemption 2 is making a killing for Rockstar and Take-Two Interactive is no news but the latter's financial report says that by selling 17 million copies, the game outsold its predecessor in just eight days.NOVEMBER 8
Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer #3 announcedRockstar Games have announced that the third trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2 will air on 02 May 2018, This trailer will be available on the official Rockstar Games website and YouTube channel at 4PM GMT and 11AM EST for Europe and NA.SEPTEMBER 24
Take-Two CEO says future is cross-platformTake-Two Interactive's CEO Strauss Zelnick said that the future will erase platform walls and while they're bound to come down eventually, he thinks game streaming should facilitate this. He also thinks Microsoft are already there.SEPTEMBER 19
Analysts predict games to earn $138b in 2018Market research firms are increasingly mindful of the gaming industry, with latest reports by the Wall Street bean counters projecting a 13.3 per cent year over year increase in video game spending, which equates to $16.2 billion.JULY 20
GTA V exceeds 95 million copies soldTake Two and Rockstar's rock star Grand Theft Auto V will soon be turning five years old but you'd never tell looking at the numbers. In fact, it's had its best year in terms of in-game currency so far, which surely warrants a study by now.MAY 17
ESRB will label all games that feature micro transactionsThe United States Entertainment Software Ratings Board has finally updated its stance on games containing loot boxes, whereby instead of clearly labeling such games, they will simply label all games that feature micro transactions.FEBRUARY 28
Grand Theft Auto Online is getting two new trademarksGTA V's multiplayer mode, GTA Online, has proven it is a money making machine for Rockstar Games, retaining a large player base four years after its release. Now it may be looking at another facelift.FEBRUARY 26
GTA V sells 15 million in 2017, 90m in totalGrand Theft Auto V was always going to be huge but now it's just humiliating the competition left and right. The game now broke 90 million copies sold, 15 million of which in 2017, which is pretty impressive for a game that launched in 2013 and even more impressive once you see the kind of titles it left in the dust.FEBRUARY 8
Obsidian's new RPG will be MTX freeFallout: New Vegas developer, Obsidian Entertainment is working on a new RPG. The upcoming game is set to be published by Take Two Interactive's new indie-focused label. Obsidian recently distanced themselves from Take Two's new microtransaction policy.DECEMBER 18
The Bandicoot crashes the chartsN.Sane Trilogy topped the UK sales chart again this week. The list's mainstays such as GTA V and Fifa 17 are still among the top 10. Miitopia dropped down to number eight.AUGUST 7
GTA V scores record quarterly revenueGTA V has been around for about 4 years now and it's currently making more money than ever. It might be a good idea to stop throwing money at the game if we want to see a GTA VI in our lifetime.AUGUST 3
GTA Online: the Chiliad mystery missionLast week a group named The Gurus found some clues to the mystery of the mount Chiliad. The mission was also triggered illegally, by changing a global variable to 20. This week a Reddit post shows you how to do it legally, but it will require some serious grind work.JULY 4
Open IV is shutting downDue to the cease and desist letter Open IV received from Take-Two Interactive on 05 June, the modding tool will no longer be available. The announcement by Open IV said that they decided not to go to court because "spending time just to restore status quo is really unproductive".JUNE 15
Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer: watch it nowJohn Marston - we think - is at the centre of our first glimpse of Rockstar Games' new Red Dead Redemption 2FEBRUARY 9