Rockstar Games Announces Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars HD on the App Store
Highest-rated handheld game* available now for the iPad
New York, NY—September 9, 2010 – Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), today announced that Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars HD is now available on the App Store. The critically acclaimed title brings the intense, story-driven action to the iPad with updated, high-definition graphics.
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars HD is the latest game in the ground-breaking Grand Theft Auto series. The handheld title marries the best gameplay elements of the Grand Theft Auto series and offers deep, fast-paced adventures with intuitive touch screen controls to gamers-on-the-go. Featuring more than 50 missions and countless side activities, the title follows the tale of Huang Lee as he navigates the dangerous criminal underground of Liberty City. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars HD also includes Independence FM, an innovative way to customize the soundtrack using music from your iTunes library.
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars garnered rave reviews from top critics, becoming the highest-rated handheld title of this console generation.
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars HD is available for AUD$12.99 or NZD$13.99 from the App Store at http://itunes.com/apps/grandtheftautochinatownwarshd. For more news and information, visit the official Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars website (www.rockstargames.com/chinatownwars); become a friend of Rockstar Games on Facebook (www.facebook.com/rockstargames); or follow Rockstar Games on Twitter (www.twitter.com/rockstargames).
* According to Metacritic.com and GameRankings.com average combined scores on the Nintendo DS™ and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system as of 9/8/10.
About Take-Two Interactive Software
Headquartered in New York City, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a global developer, marketer and publisher of interactive entertainment software games for the PC, PlayStation®3 and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment systems, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Wii™, Nintendo DS™, iPhone®, iPod® touch and iPad™. The Company publishes and develops products through its wholly owned labels Rockstar Games and 2K, which publishes its titles under 2K Games, 2K Sports and 2K Play. The Company’s common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO. For more corporate and product information please visit our website at www.take2games.com.
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