Rockstar
Games
Announces
Release Date
for Grand
Theft Auto
IV
Next-generation
Console
Debut of the
Grand Theft
Auto
Franchise
Set for
April 29,
2008
New York, NY
- January
24, 2008 -
Rockstar
Games, a
publishing
label of
Take-Two
Interactive
Software,
Inc.
(NASDAQ:
TTWO), is
proud to
announce the
release date
for Grand
Theft Auto
IV, the new
title in the
genre-defining
Grand Theft
Auto
franchise.
Developed by
Rockstar
North, Grand
Theft Auto
IV will be
simultaneously
available
for Xbox
360® video
game and
entertainment
system and
PLAYSTATION®3
computer
entertainment
system and
will be in
stores
worldwide on
April 29,
2008.
"We are so
excited to
be releasing
Grand Theft
Auto IV,"
said Sam
Houser,
Founder and
Executive
Producer of
Rockstar
Games.
"We've
pushed
ourselves
very hard to
make
something
incredible
and hope the
game sets a
new
benchmark
for
interactive
entertainment."
For more
information,
log onto
http://www.rockstargames.com/IV
About
Take-Two
Interactive
Software
Headquartered
in New York
City,
Take-Two
Interactive
Software,
Inc. is a
global
developer,
marketer,
distributor
and
publisher of
interactive
entertainment
software
games for
the PC,
PLAYSTATION®3
and
PlayStation®2
computer
entertainment
systems,
PSP® (PlayStation®Portable)
system, Xbox
360® and
Xbox® video
game and
entertainment
systems from
Microsoft,
Wii™,
Nintendo
GameCube™,
Nintendo DS™
and Game
Boy®
Advance. The
Company
publishes
and develops
products
through its
wholly owned
labels
Rockstar
Games, 2K
Games, 2K
Sports and
2K Play; and
distributes
software,
hardware and
accessories
in North
America
through its
Jack of All
Games
subsidiary.
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common stock
is publicly
traded on
NASDAQ under
the symbol
TTWO. For
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and product
information
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