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Chinatown Wars proves that the heart of the sandbox experience can thrive outside of big-budget blockbuster. Read Review
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is an entirely original entry into the critically acclaimed Grand Theft Auto series, and brings a new level of interactivity to its sprawling open environments. With the use of the DS touchscreen, players will navigate their way through the streets as they uncover the truth behind an epic tale of crime and corruption within the Triad crime syndicate, delivering the unprecedented amount of depth that has become a true trademark of the franchise.
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Is the honeymoon (and long-time marriage) between gamers and Grand Theft Auto on the rocks? An article from CNBC seems to believe so. According to the article, Rockstar's most recent GTA titles have underperformed compared to last year's sales juggernaut GTA4. Here are some choice words from the article:
"There was no reason to think momentum would slow, but when Take Two Interactive Software released The Lost and the Damned, a $20 downloadable add-on to GTA IV via Xbox Live in February, things got real quiet." Read More »
Sales numbers often prove that game critics really don't have that much of a say in how a game performs at retail. Gamasutra's confirmed that with NPD stats on the sad initial sales of two critically acclaimed games, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (DS) and MadWorld (Wii). While both received an overall critical score of higher than 80, neither of them managed to sell even 100,000 units in their first month at retail. Read More »
It seems as though initial sales figures for Rockstar's extremely well-received mature Nintendo DS game, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, were not as high as expected.
In a report from Gamasutra, EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich said, "It appears the industry may have been over-zealous with initial expectations on how GTA: Chinatown Wars would perform based upon the news it had received one of the highest quality scores for a Nintendo DS title." Read More »
Can you miniaturize Grand Theft Auto? The question is moot -- it existed in miniature before GTA3 blew up the world with its mainstreaming of sandbox play. A more valid question is, can a GTA game on the DS, with all the attendant limitations and gimmicks, feel "real enough" to people like us today, people who just a few months ago were deep in GTA4? Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars says "yes." Simultaneously constrained and elevated by the limits of its platform, Chinatown Wars proves that the heart of the sandbox experience can thrive outside of a big-budget blockbuster. It also leads you to believe that it could teach its grand sibling a few tricks. Read More »
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Also known as: GTA: Chinatown Wars
Release Region: United States
Release Date: March 17, 2009
Publisher: Rockstar Games
M for Mature Blood and Gore, Drug Reference, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Violence
Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: March 20, 2009
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Release Region: Japan
Release Date: October 29, 2009
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Release Region: Australia
Release Date: March 20, 2009
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Also available on: PlayStation Portable, iPhone, iPad
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