When I first heard that Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was going on sale for Xbox Live Gold members for 800 MS Points, I nearly fell down due to the excitement. After my account was restored to former glory and my Microsoft points returned, I purchased it right away and after a quick 10 minute download, I started to go through an overwhelming feeling of nostalgia.
Despite the ghetto-gangster background of the game, it's definitely one of my favourites. It's addictive, hilarious, gripping, and thrilling, and it's one of Rockstar's best publishes. For those who haven't played, the game is about a young man named Carl "CJ" Johnson who returns home after some time away from Los Santos, San Andreas when he learns of his mother's death in a violent gang shooting. Upon his return, Officer Tenpenny and his droogs who have it in for Carl and the Grove Street families (the family gang that Carl used to associate with) arrest him, steal his luggage and money, and drop him off in rival gang territory. Carl reunites with his friends and family and brings his gang back to its former glory in their hometown, and takes on the rest of the state in a quest to find truth and justice behind his mother's murder.
I found myself wandering around through the surrounding area after the first twenty minutes of gameplay - simply to reunite myself with a big piece of my past. I used to spend hours upon hours playing this game when I was a kid and it's great to give it another go, this time with the graphics slightly improved. The locations, the controls, the music, the gameplay, all reminiscent of my past, and I was loving it.
I also found myself cracking up at some of the commentary by pedestrians - so crude, so crass, so hilarious. This purchase was definitely one to be proud of.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
100x better than GTA IV.
Love san andreas, one of the best games ever.
I got it for er... like 40p on steam, winner deal.