Earlier today UK tabloid, The Daily Star, ran a story (we won't call it news) that suggested that a GTA game was going to be made of the recent shooting revenge rampage of Raul Moat. Outrage ensued, at least among the Tweeting members of the games industry... Star 'readers' are apparently not allowed to comment.
The suggestion was based on a mock-up of a 'game' called 'GTA Rothbury'.
Following enough outrage to sink a story, the story was pulled. We can only imagine that Rockstar's lawyers bent a few ears over at the Daily Star's head-sewer.
There's a screenshot here for you too to be outraged at. If that's not enough to have you champing at the bit regarding the antics of an notoriously lowest-common-denominator 'newspaper', don't forget the Google cache. Turn to that so you can be even more outraged at how such a 'newspaper' could find it plausible that the video games industry might produce a game in which someone went on a bloody, gun-toting revenge rampage wherein he shot innocent victims.
Outrageous!
The suggestion was based on a mock-up of a 'game' called 'GTA Rothbury'.
Following enough outrage to sink a story, the story was pulled. We can only imagine that Rockstar's lawyers bent a few ears over at the Daily Star's head-sewer.
There's a screenshot here for you too to be outraged at. If that's not enough to have you champing at the bit regarding the antics of an notoriously lowest-common-denominator 'newspaper', don't forget the Google cache. Turn to that so you can be even more outraged at how such a 'newspaper' could find it plausible that the video games industry might produce a game in which someone went on a bloody, gun-toting revenge rampage wherein he shot innocent victims.
Outrageous!
Comments
Master Chef 21 Jul 2010 18:29
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hahaha. the story says "a version of the XBox hit Grand Theft Auto"
wasn't that a Ps1 game? maybe they mean the GTA3 series games which I think were bigger hits on PS2? Or may be they really meant GTA4 on Xbox 360. they can't even fact check that the factual bits of their stories.
wasn't that a Ps1 game? maybe they mean the GTA3 series games which I think were bigger hits on PS2? Or may be they really meant GTA4 on Xbox 360. they can't even fact check that the factual bits of their stories.
deleted 24 Jul 2010 01:59
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This stuff should be made illegal, making bollox up without a single fact, and feeding it back to the great unwashed, id say its the star who has no taste or decency
Daz 24 Jul 2010 14:18
3/3
someone obviously never told them that you can't believe everything you read on the internet, people who work there must thick as s**t, I'm glad that I don't read newspapers (unless I'm on bus in which case I'll glance over metro).