Congrats to All 50 Social Club Winners in the Max Payne 3 Preview Booklet Giveaway

Posted: March 05, 2012 12:08PM | Author: R* Y

Congrats to the lucky 50 Social Club members who each scored a collectible Max Payne 3 Preview Booklet in our recent giveaway:

Enjoy! And stay tuned as we're going to have lots more special giveaways and contests for Social Club members coming up soon... 
 

• Social Club
• Rockstar Games
• Max Payne 3
• Max Payne
• Contest
• Collectibles

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Reminder: Friday 2/24 is the Deadline to Enter the Max Payne 3 Preview Booklet Giveaway at Social Club

Posted: February 23, 2012 4:07PM | Author: R* W

*** UPDATE: The entry period for this giveaway is now closed. Good luck to all who entered - we hope to be announcing winners next week. ***

By popular fan demand, we have set aside fifty Max Payne 3 Preview Booklets exclusively for members of the Rockstar Games Social Club to win. Recently this printed booklet has shown up on Ebay as a hard-to-find collector’s item sought after by Max Payne fans and collectors. With Social Club members from the US to the UK and beyond (special acknowledgements to Fjordson, NYPDMAXPAYNE, and ILikeVideo-Games) trying to hustle one up, we've found 50 of them that we've set aside for a special giveaway for fans.

The Max Payne 3 preview booklet was created to inform fans and retailers about the highly-anticipated return of Max Payne and features fourteen cover stock quality pages that are loaded with original full color artwork and in-game screens, along with technical highlights, story notes, and more.

Visit the contest page at the Social Club to enter for the chance to score one and for Official Rules and details – you’ve only got until Friday, February 24th, 2012 to enter. The prize winners will be chosen at random and announced sometime in early March.

Don’t have a Social Club account? Signing up is easy and free, and you’ll get access to exclusive unlockable game content, multiplayer events, stat tracking, progress checklists and much, much more.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Void in certain countries and where prohibited. Must be 17 year or older in the US and Canada, and 18 years or older elsewhere. Ends Friday, February 24th, 2012. See Official Rules and Privacy Policy for eligibility details.
 

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• Rockstar Games
• Max Payne 3
• Max Payne
• Contest
• Collectibles

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Brand New Rockstar Careers Site Launched

Posted: August 16, 2011 1:27PM | Author: R* W

For videogame and other relevant industry professionals, or those training and studying to be one, you may be interested to know we’ve just relaunched our www.rockstargames.com/jobs site.

If you’re qualified and interested in a career at any of Rockstar Games’ studios and offices worldwide, be sure to check in. We've got positions posted from the West Coast to Canada to NYC to the UK and more.

Visit www.rockstargames.com/jobs. Have a look at our open positions and feel free to apply -- or share positions with friends who may be interested via Facebook, Linkedin, or Twitter.
 

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• Rockstar Lincoln
• Rockstar London
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How Many Rockstar References Can You Spot? Our Esquire UK Cover Art Now in Hi-Res

Posted: May 06, 2011 2:15PM | Author: R* Q

For their 20th anniversary issue last month, Esquire magazine honored us with the opportunity to design a unique cover for the theme of 'Man At His Best.' 

Designed to reflect the decay that exists alongside all things beautiful, today we're releasing that original artwork as a hi-res desktop wallpaper (in both white and black background variations) as well as in mobile and icon and avatar formats. Check it out in detail and see how many allusions to Rockstar releases you can spot in there...

Download at: 
http://www.rockstargames.com/downloads#/?collection=1&series=5401 (wallpapers and backgrounds)
http://www.rockstargames.com/downloads#/?collection=5&series=73 (icons)
http://www.rockstargames.com/downloads#/?collection=6&series=80 (avatars)


Previously:
Rockstar Covers Esquire Magazine's 20th Anniversary 'Man At His Best' Issue

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Announcing an Original Short Fiction Series in Honor of L.A. Noire

Posted: May 03, 2011 10:04AM | Author: R* W

 
Original cover art illustrated specially for the short fiction series. Left: L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories, the full anthology of all eight tales in one eBook compilation which will be available for download June 6th. Right: Read an excerpt from the first story to be released, Megan Abbott's "The Girl", available today for your reading pleasure.

In honor of L.A. Noire, we are proud to announce a special collaboration with Mulholland Books and eight of the thriller genre's best writers, L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories - a brand new anthology of original short fiction inspired by the world of the game itself.

L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories features eight short stories from renowned authors Megan Abbott, Lawrence Block, Joe Lansdale, Joyce Carol Oates, Francine Prose, Jonathan Santlofer, Duane Swierczynski and Andrew Vachss, many of which revisit the characters and cases in the game, providing a new spin to tell the tales of emotionally torn protagonists, depraved schemers and ill-fated victims - with new stories appearing on the L.A. Noire official site leading up to and through the May 17th release of L.A. Noire.  The complete collection will be made available for digital download on June 6th through all major eBook retailers.

Today, you can read an excerpt from our first release, “The Girl” by award-winning writer Megan Abbott - as a downloadable PDF or via our online reader at www.rockstargames.com/lanoire/stories. Enjoy and look for full length stories to be released very soon.
 

• Rockstar Games
• L.A. Noire
• Characters

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Rockstar Covers Esquire Magazine's 20th Anniversary 'Man At His Best' Issue

Posted: March 31, 2011 10:04AM | Author: R* S

For their 20th anniversary, renowned UK men's magazine, Esquire reached out to 20 creators that they felt represented the theme of 'Man At His Best,' and asked them to design a unique version of the Esquire cover for that issue. Rockstar Games had the honor of being selected alongside such esteemed company as comedian and Grand Theft Auto IV alumni Ricky Gervais, drum'n'bass legend Goldie, Saville Row tailor Richard James among others. Our cover art, designed to reflect the decay that exists alongside all things beautiful, definitely warrants close inspection - not only is it a little creepier than it appears at first glance, but you might see a few things you recognize from our games across the years. Check Esquire's write-up on Rockstar Games, alongside the full range of 'Man At His Best' covers on the Esquire UK website here: http://www.esquire.co.uk/category/design-technology/design/20th-anniversary-special/

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"Facing the Future" - Games TM UK Digs into L.A. Noire

Posted: January 05, 2011 11:26AM | Author: R* S

A latest look at L.A. Noire comes from issue 104 of the British magazine Games TM, who traveled to Los Angeles to get a taste of the game, a glimpse of the Depth Analysis studio responsible for the incredible MotionScan technology, and to sit down with members of team behind the game including Team Bondi's Brendan McNamara and Rockstar's Jeronimo Barrera. Here's a bit of what they had to say in the feature on newsstands now throughout the UK:

"...our conversation with the b-movie actress turns to an interrogation, and we lose interest in philosophising altogether. She just will not co-operate. It's obvious she knows more than she's letting on, and not just from the fact her story has more holes than the proverbial swiss cheese. No, it's obvious because we see it in her inability to make eye contact. Or the way she's shifting from side to side or as her mouth curls up in some form of abject hatred as she hints at a feud between her dodgy husband and a local movie producer. We're used to videogame characters becoming angry, but we're not so much used to joining them... At this point we realise two important facts: the first is that Rockstar has clearly realised the power of its MotionScan technology, and the second is that L.A. Noire is drawing us in hook, line and sinker."

Previously:
“Opens Up Whole New Avenues in the Medium” – The Daily Telegraph and Gizmodo Talk L.A. Noire Tech
“Thrillingly Lifelike” - Latest Press Previews for L.A. Noire from Around the World
New Screens of L.A. Noire and Press Previews from GamesRadar, Game Informer, IGN, G4TV and More

• Rockstar Games
• Preview
• PLAYSTATION 3
• L.A. Noire
• Xbox 360

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“Opens Up Whole New Avenues in the Medium” – The Daily Telegraph and Gizmodo Talk L.A. Noire Tech

Posted: December 23, 2010 1:05PM | Author: R* S

The MotionScan technology behind LA Noire’s hyper-realistic faces is as much a marvel of technological process as it is impeccable design. Recently, several journalists worldwide had the opportunity to visit the studio of Depth Analysis, the sister company to Team Bondi and the creators of the MotionScan technology. To compliment the release of last week's video, "The Technology Behind Performance", The Daily Telegraph and Gizmodo wrote about their experiences with the technology, and on the process that brings these characters to life. Here are a few choice excerpts:

“The woman I’m speaking to is lying. I don’t need to listen to what she’s saying; I can tell from her body language that she is unnerved by my questions. Her body is slightly turned away from me, her arms are folded and she is nervously chewing her bottom lip. Most telling, however, is the look in her eyes and the way that she refuses to make eye contact. The woman I’m referring to, however, isn’t real. She’s a computer generated representation of an actress playing a character in an upcoming video game called L A Noire. The technology being used to display her face captures every detail; every line and every facial tick. Not only is it an incredible piece of work, it has an immersive effect on the player. In no time at all, I’ve begun to think of this collection of pixels as a living, breathing person.”

Read more from The Daily Telegraph at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/8204296/L-A-Noire-preview-finally-the-videogame-that-feels-like-a-film.html

“From the moment Rockstar unveiled their trailer for upcoming detective thriller, L.A. Noire from Aussie developers Team Bondi, we’ve known that the bar for motion capture in video games has not only been raised, but sent through the roof. Animators have been flirting with the edge of the uncanny valley for years, but now using some incredibly intelligent and advanced technology, the guys from Team Bondi have created the 21st century version of Pinocchio, turning digital game characters into realistic, animated people.”

Read more from Gizmodo at: http://gizmodo.com/5714436/how-la-noire-conquered-the-uncanny-valley-with-a-tech-called-motionscan

Previously:
Watch the New L.A. Noire Video “The Technology Behind Performance”
"Thrillingly Lifelike" - Latest Press Previews for L.A. Noire from Around the World
New Screens of L.A. Noire and Press Previews from GamesRadar, Game Informer, IGN, G4TV and More

• L.A. Noire
• PLAYSTATION 3
• Rockstar Games
• Xbox 360

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