Taking Stock: The Gibson-Goldstein Index

In an effort to spice up our end-of-week highlights, and also reflect the growing age of the gamer demographic, we've broken down the week's movers and shakers into a concise, financially-inspired format.

It's what we like to call--for now--The Gibson-Goldstein Index.

Valve

Releases new Team Fortress 2 update--on the same day of the largest video game release ever. Valve Time? Valve Timing.

Rockstar

Grand Theft Auto IV finally arrives, and somehow exceeds expectations. See you in Liberty.

Activision, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft

Did not release Grand Theft Auto IV this week.

50 Cent

He fights for your freedom. We fight back laughter, and wish we had been there for the pitch session.

Sony

Adjusts prices on the Canadian PlayStation Store to match the weakening US currency. Et tu, Microsoft, eh?

Dognose

Obsessive Duke Nukem Forver fan passes up chance to see the game in person--in favor of working. Balls of Clay.

Tecmo

Revives the classic Tecmo Bowl franchise for a Nintendo DS game. But will Bo be back?

PC Gaming

Crytek, long-time champion of the platform, abandons PC exclusives. So long, and thanks for all the trees.

Mainstream Media

Went through the motions with its inevitable anti-GTA deluge. MADD being mad? Who would have thought.

"Fuck all this stuff about casual gaming."

Rockstar VP Dan Houser, to New York Magazine on striving to make groundbreaking, narrative-driven games.

"We seem to lead the charts in piracy by a large margin--a chart leading that is not desirable."

Crytek's Cevat Yerli, speaking on why his company will no longer develop games exclusively for the PC.

"There is a void. It is almost depressing. It's like somebody's gone from your life."

Grand Theft Auto IV producer Leslie Benzies, explaining his feelings after shipping Rockstar's 100 million dollar game.

"I mean, I'm not making any announcements, but there's a lot of desire internally to do something for kids, do something on the Wii."

Marketing guru Doug Lombardi on Valve's internal desire to branch out to different genres in the future.

"We are training our kids to be killers, and we are training our sons to treat women like whores."

CNN's Glenn Beck, talking Grand Theft Auto IV before comparing video games to army training in the 1950s.