GTA V: Rapper The Game to reprise role as B Dup

Jayceon Terrell Taylor, better known as rapper The Game, has revealed he recently did "a little bit of work" with Rockstar on Grand Theft Auto V, seemingly confirming that he has reprised his role as GTA: San Andreas character Mark 'B Dup' Wayne.

Asked about a GTA cameo on Wired 96.5, The Game said: "They [Rockstar] called man and we did a little bit of work with them."

He went on to reference his character B Dup, before adding: "Once you in a video game, you struck gold, man."
Skip to 3:49 in the video below for the GTA talk.

GTA V details emerge: Protagonist 'is an East Coast gangster'

'Just as he thought he was out of a life of crime, he got pulled back in'

This week's issue of ShortList magazine carries the first solid information about Grand Theft Auto V's main character.

"The protagonist is an East Coast gangster" who moved to the game's Los Santos setting (Rockstar's take on LA and southern California) for a fresh start, the mag says.

"But, as in The Godfather III - just as he thought he was out, they pulled him back in."
GTA V is set to be revealed in full later today via the latest issue of Game Informer. At 11am Central time (5pm GMT) the magazine will unveil its cover art and offer a breakdown of the issue's 18-page GTA 5 preview.
Last week Rockstar finally confirmed that the GTA V release date will fall in spring 2013 on consoles.

GTA V: Three main protagonists revealed in new art

Players will reportedly use the characters in "groundbreaking" ways

That's according to the December issue of Game Informer, which carries an 18-page cover feature on the game.

The possibility of three main characters was first hinted at in the original GTA V trailer, in which three characters are shown storming a building in pest control uniforms.

The gun-toting pest control workers were shown again wearing gas masks in GTA V art. The character on the far right, who might be an East Coast gangster struggling to escape the life of crime, can be seen pulling out a gas mask.
The as yet unnamed character on the far left was featured in the recently released GTA V quad bike art, and it's been speculated that the character in the middle is the same one seen running from cops in the initial GTA V reveal trailer.
Last week Rockstar announced that the GTA V release date will fall in spring 2013 on consoles. GTA V pre-orders kicked off earlier this week.
The studio will release the much-anticipated second GTA V trailer on November 14 - next Wednesday.

GTA V reveal day: Everything you need to know

Grand Theft Auto V is set to be revealed in full, via the latest issue of Game Informer which goes public today.

 

At 11am Central time (5PM GMT) the US retail mag will unveil its cover art and offer a breakdown of the issue's 18-page GTA preview.

According to editor-in-chief Andy McNamara, the GTA V preview contains "more screens & information than any previous Rockstar reveal we have done."
Later this afternoon (US Central time) the digital edition of the mag will be released on iOS, Android and PC, and you can expect full details on Rockstar's sequel to appear on the internet - and more than likely screens too.

Happy GTA5 news day!

The US Games magazine Game Informer has an exclusive 18 page reveal on GTA5 in their magazine today - the digital release of which comes out 5pm today.

In the meantime Rockstar Games have continued their teasing marketing campaign with releasing ANOTHER screenshot

 

A new screenshot for Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 5 has been revealed.

The image appears in ShortList magazine, and shows what appears to be the new game's protagonist riding a stolen jet ski and firing a submachine gun.

Along with the screenshot, the magazine provided some background details on the new game's lead character, a 'former East Coast gangster who moved to Los Santos for a fresh start'.

In typical Rockstar fashion he is pulled into Los Santos's own criminal underground, riding the stolen jet ski with a deadly weapon.

A major Grand Theft Auto 5 announcement is scheduled for tomorrow (November 8), when Game Informer reveals the cover story of its next issue.

Rockstar will also debut the second Grand Theft Auto 5 trailer worldwide on November 14. The trailer was supposed to arrive this week, but was delayed due to Hurricane Sandy closing Rockstar's New York offices.

New GTA V trailer coming next week!

Rockstar put this out last night - sneaky tactics often by firms as this should be Halo4 day as that is out today, but instead Rockstar ensured that people on social networks are talking about the new trailer announcement - next Wednesday - can't wait woop!

http://www.examiner.com/article/new-grand-theft-auto-v-trailer-coming-nov-14

On Monday afternoon, Rockstar Games announced that on Wednesday, November 14, an all-new trailer for “Grand Theft Auto V” will be released.
The worldwide debut of the 2nd trailer for “Grand Theft Auto V” was originally planned to be released earlier this month – full story can be found here. However, due to Hurricane Sandy, Rockstar’s New York City office was without power and this resulted in a slight delay.
Rockstar shared this official statement this afternoon:

The highly anticipated 2nd trailer for Grand Theft Auto V debuts worldwide next week Wednesday, November 14th. Watch it here at the Rockstar Newswire and at http://www.rockstargames.com/V.

Along with the news that the 2nd trailer will see release next week, Rockstar also shared today that “Grand Theft Auto V” is now available for pre-order at all major retailers. You can find a list of online retailers accepting pre-orders here.
Stay tuned for additional information regarding “Grand Theft Auto V” as the upcoming issue of Game Informer will have plenty of exciting new details to look forward to.

Radio 1 Stories - The story of the Blockbuster game

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/b01nnm0c

Every Monday on 9pm for the next three weeks, Radio 1 are having a 1 hour show on the story of the blockbuster game. Very useful - this week he looks at the production of a game, the history of gaming and Dev discusses cinematic storytelling and total immersion in modern games.
And err find out what JLS's first experiences of videogames were!

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Dev goes behind the scenes of the videogames world as part of Radio 1's Gaming Season, finding out how the games you love are created and how the industry now rivals Hollywood.

Click the pic to take you to the "play now" page or click the following link to go to the page in iPlayer.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01nnm0c/BBC_Radio_1s_Stories_The_Story_of_the_Blockbuster_Game/

It would be great if you wrote notes on this but even if you just sit for an hour of your life and listen to this, I feel it would be very beneficial to our topic.

Mr Howard

Lesson 13 - Big business and the conglomerate

Videogames are big business - which is why some of the largest companies are including game companies in their product porfolios. You need to be aware of the bigger picture - aware of the huge conglomerates that overshadow the games industry.

Task 1:
Create a conglomerate map for Skylanders Giants - think of this as a hierarchy of the company. The output Skylanders game is on the bottom but there is a large multinational conglomerate on top. What companies are in between?
Task 2:
Create a conglomerate map for Grand Theft Auto 4 (or 5)

Homework for Thursday:
1.Ensure task 1 and 2 are completed for next lesson and fill any gaps in your Blogposts.
2. Read up on any GTA5 announcements that have been made in the last week

Further information on conglomerates can be found in the PowerPoint used this lesson - to be found after the cut.

Filling in the blanks!

Click pic to see in full - Fill the gaps asap - Mr Delaney can see this spreadsheet, we need to ensure we are up to date to give us the best chance in the January exam.

Reminder on "Reality is Broken" task - still too many gaps on this one!

There are still a number of you who have not completed the task of watching the 20 minute TED Lecture by game biz favourite Jane McGonigal entitled Reality is Broken and writing a minimum of FIVE statistics from the speech. If you would like to get down more than this that will be better for you - it's your exam after all!

Click HERE to zoom straight to the original post with the TED lecture contained within.