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Heaven 17 songwriter tells Rockstar to "go f**k yourself" after "iniquitous" GTA 6 royalties offer


Lead singer and co-songwriter of Heaven 17 Martyn Ware has told Rockstar to "go fuck yourself" after being offered $750…

Lead singer and co-songwriter of Heaven 17 Martyn Ware has told Rockstar to "go fuck yourself" after being offered $7500 - that's around £5700 - to include their 1983 hit, Temptation, in Grand Theft Auto 6. Watch on YouTube"I was recently contacted by my publishers on behalf of Rockstar Games[regarding] the possibility of using [1983 hit] Temptation on the new Grand Theft Auto 6," Ware wrote. Here, the company exec said the team generally decides upon a release window by factoring in measurable elements, using the "number of bugs in a title" as an example.

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