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Analyst Dough Creutz of Cowen Group believes GTA: Chinatown Wars is as much a test for Take-Two as it is for Nintendo. Gamasutra reports on Creutz’s bullish investor note, where he expresses that the title will reveal Take-Two’s “ability to make inroads” on Nintendo’s platforms.

On the flip side, he expresses that Nintendo wants Chinatown Wars to succeed because it appeals to core gamers, whom Creutz apparently thinks Nintendo still gives a Yoshi’s turd about.

Analyst: Chinatown Wars a test for both Take-Two, Nintendo originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Over the years, the games industry has developed the irritating habit of cramming all of its best software into the last three months of the calendar year. The inevitable result of this is the dreaded post-Christmas lull, whereby the first quarter of the following year is severely lacking in noteworthy titles.

Despite this trend, Q1 2008 content on the Wii looks good. Like, really good. And as if No More Heroes, SEGA Superstar Tennis, The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return, Harvest Moon Heroes, SEGA Bass Fishing, and some Nintendo fighting game you may have heard something about weren’t enough to placate the Wiimote-wielding masses, now GameStop has Rockstar’s Bully: Scholarship Edition listed for a U.S. release on March 3rd.

Which is awesome news, if it turns out to be true. Now all we need to do is convince Take-Two that the Wii is worthy of receiving some GTA lovin’.

[Via Go Nintendo]

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The Golden Joystick Awards 2007 were voted on by 10,000’s of gamers and is your opportunity to praise your best of the best that have entertained you the past year. The 18 winners of the 25th Golden Joystick Awards have been announced. Here’s the full list of nominees, with the winners bolded.

Ultimate Game of the Year 2007:
Gears of War
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar
Wii Sports
Final Fantasy XII

UK Developer of the Year 2007:
Codemasters
Rockstar North
Lionhead Studios
Rare
Bizarre Creations

Soundtrack of the Year 2007:
Guitar Hero II
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Gears of War
The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

Retailer of the Year 2007:
Game
Amazon.co.uk
Play.com
EB Games
Gamestation

Publisher of the Year 2007:
Nintendo
Microsoft Game Studios
Codemasters
Ubisoft
Electronic Arts

Family Game of the Year 2007:
Wii Sports
Guitar Hero II
LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
Mario Party 8
Viva Piñata
(more…)

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When Grand Theft Auto 4 was delayed for both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 to February or April of 2008, there was a long silence after the initial disappointment passed. At last week’s PlayStation Holiday Preview Event in Toronto, USA, Rockstar was present and briefly talked about the action game.

A Rockstar representative at the Sony event told GamingExcellence that “they had begun testing the various plots and that the developers were considering the possibility of having an open world completely unlocked from the start of the [GTA4] game. The game’s multiplayer mode, unseen in the GTA franchise since GTA2 in 1999, is aiming for at least 16 simultaneous players, with more than just the usual deathmatch mode.” — Via Gamernode & Digg

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