Double Sides of Rockstar Games

What do you associate with Rockstar Games, the company which is popular for its Grand Theft Auto games, and to a lesser extent, Manhunt and Midnight Club games? Powerplay takes a look at 3 of the good and urm … … aggressive games that Rockstar Games is developing and has released.

Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis (Xbox 360)

Earlier this year, Rockstar takes a rest from its usual routine of crunching out one aggressive game after another and goes gentle on Xbox 360 owners. The game has no weapons, no blood, no violence, just plain casual fun for everyone. Using the power of the Xbox 360, Rockstar Games is able to capture Table Tennis in the best way possible – with lots of realism. See the perspiration of your characters as you play them. You will have 11 of them to choose from, and with over 15 playable arenas, you can be sure that Table Tennis is going to provide you with some solid enjoyment. Multiplayer supports 8 player tournaments and plus, there are many unlockables waiting for you. Train your reflexes!

Bully (PS2)

Though less violent than Grand Theft Auto, it will still gift you hours of fun – as a virtual troublemaker in school. Instead of the open-world freedom that has been in Grand Theft Auto games, Bully takes the focus of the location to the schoolyard. Stand up against bullies, get picked by teachers, play sadistic pranks on kids whom you dislike. But you can be one good kid too: Just be obedient. Welcome to Bullworth Academy, the fictitious reform school and the setting of the game.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (PSP)

The follow-up to Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, this sequel transports players back to the crime-ridden world of GTA. With more playable vehicles and action, you can never know when the action is going to end.