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March 5th, 2006 at 10:22 am

Update: Grand Theft Auto suits

Now the shareholder lawyers are piling on: class-actioneers Milberg Weiss and Stull, Stull & Brody would like to represent “people who owned Take-Two shares between Oct. 25, 2004, the launch of ‘Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas,’ and Jan. 27, 2006, the day that Los Angeles’ city attorney sued Take-Two for selling pornographic video games to children.” (”More legal woes for ‘Grand Theft Auto’ maker”, Reuters, Feb. 15). Earlier coverage: Jan. 28, Jul. 27, etc.

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You know what’s funny, Take Two Interactive just announced their next big game.

Ping Pong for the XBox360.

(I’m not kidding)

Xmas on March 8th, 2006

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