Take-Two Interactive Software [Grand Theft Auto guys] has to pay up and pay up big.

And when I say “big” I mean $3 million dollars big so that they can settle a stock dispute with the Securities and Exchange Commission over some dirty stock dealings.
Christopher Conte, an S.E.C. attorney in Washington overseeing the case said, “Take-Two’s seven-year backdating scheme was egregious and pervasive, and caused the company to materially misrepresent its financial condition to investors.”
This came from Wikipedia [the knower of all knows]:
Options backdating is the practice of granting an employee stock option that is dated prior to the date that …read more

Rockstar Games has announced that good ole Max Payne will be returning to a PS3, Xbox 360 or PC near you sometime this winter.
Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games, says, “This is Max as we’ve never seen him before, a few years older, more world-weary and cynical than ever. We experience the downward spiral of his life after the events of Max Payne 2 and witness his last chance for salvation.”
So Max is a little older…maybe a little wiser and pretty much assures great sales for Rockstar.
Though Max Payne might not be the cash cow that Grand Theft Auto is, …read more