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GTAIV to use Engine from Table Tennis

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the expressive-thugs dept.

WedgeTalon writes "Joystiq reports that GTAIV will be using the engine that powered Rockstar's Table Tennis — Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (RAGE)." From the article: "I contacted MTV News' Stephen Totilo to see just how definite this was, and he returned, I met with Rockstar publicists and producers for Table Tennis twice prior to the game's release. Both times they volunteered that RAGE would serve as the engine for all next-gen Rockstar games. Including GTA? I asked both times. Including GTA they said both times."

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  1. So...? by Kesch · · Score: 5, Funny

    We beat up hookers with ping-pong paddles now?

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  2. Table tennis by Ramble · · Score: 2, Funny
    Table tennis?

    Won't someone please think of the children!

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  3. This Just In by notBowen · · Score: 5, Funny

    GTAIV supports up to five pedestrians on screen at once.

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    1. Re:This Just In by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      dude, that was san andreas.... we're talking next gen technology here, so up to 10 peds at once... and up to THREE unique car models at once!!!!

  4. Does it bother anyone else...? by MarkusQ · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is it just me, but does anyone else think it's odd that the people who brought us "Hot Coffee" decided to go with an engine specifically designed to model bouncing balls?

    --MarkusQ

  5. It is 100% Certain by Karma+Farmer · · Score: 5, Funny

    This just in... Slashdot.org reports that Joystiq.com reports that Gamespot reports that TotalVideoGames.com reports that MTV reports that a public relations spokesman who was involved in the marketing for one of Rock Star games has claimed that he has full knowledge of future product implementation decisions.

  6. GTAIV?!? by bunions · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bleech. If I get a vote, I vote GTA4. I don't think we need to introduce MORE weird shit into our acronyms.

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    1. Re:GTAIV?!? by bunions · · Score: 5, Funny

      because it's not immediately obvious that they're numbers instead of abbreviations. GTA4 or Grand Theft Auto, Insane Violence edition?

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  7. Re:2d by MrSquirrel · · Score: 3, Funny

    *the aliens show off their advanced computer program*
    Homer: Marge and I played that back when we were first dating.
    *The Simpsons scoff*
    Kang: Anyone from a species that has mastered intergalactic travel
    raise your hand. [raises his tentacle]
    Kodos: [raises his tentacle]
    Bart: [raises his hand]
    Homer: [slaps Bart's hand]
    Kang: All right, then.
    Marge: I'm sorry. Your game is very nice.

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  8. Americano by cno3 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Those are going to be the sweatiest-looking sex avatars ever rendered in a console game.

  9. Re:Hot Coffee by Ray+Radlein · · Score: 2, Funny

    There was this one time when I was in Thailand, you see, and...

  10. Re:Concept by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You're a tool trying to get your name indexed. Nael Sefartsien Nael Sefartsien