Papi Chulo's BLOG

Tony Parker Lands Global "NBA Live 09" Cover

The San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker has been chosen to grace the cover of Electronic Arts' NBA Live 09 ...

The NBA superstar will be featured for the first time on the cover of the North American version ... The 26-year-old has appeared five times as the face of the French version ...

Tony Parker: "I have a long history with EA Sports. I've been on the cover in France for five years straight, and I've been playing NBA Live for as long as I've played basketball. It's a real honor for me as a European player to now be represented on the worldwide cover."

The game streets on October 7 in the US ... and October 14 everywhere else ...

~Papi Chulo~

"Grand Theft Auto IV" Makes a Killing!

Last week Grand Theft Auto IV crashed into stores ... and sales exceeded $500 million ...

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. said the game sold more than 6 million copies in its first week out ... In fact it sold 3.6 million PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 units on April 29 alone ... its first day on the shelves ...

Grand Theft Auto IV had the biggest opening week of any entertainment product ... It killed Halo 3's $300 million first-week sales ... as well as Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End's $404 million worldwide in its first six days ...

~Papi Chulo~