Posts Tagged ‘Grand Theft Auto IV’
By: Jon Christensen on December 1st, 2008 am31 12:00 am
Most likely when the year ends, Grand Theft Auto IV will probably win the most ‘Game of the Year‘ awards. Almost every gaming journalist I’ve spoken to all seem to agree Rockstar’s masterpiece will win the prestige honor.
Amazon is offering a terrific deal for the sandbox game. The site is selling GTA IV for only $37.99 for the Xbox 360 and $39.99 for the PlayStation 3. Considering the game is generally retailed at $60, this is a great time to buy the game. So, if you have yet to purchase the Grand Theft Auto IV — you have no excuse now.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 26th, 2008 am30 3:09 am
Guess what console gamers, the hardcore PC gamers get a better version of the game that will probably win ‘game of the year,’ from most sites. Grand Theft Auto IV for the PC is getting a ‘movie editor’ included in the sandbox, and it looks deep. In the video above, Rockstar shows off the feature in a clip montage.
Sure the PS3 version looks ’slightly’ better than Xbox 360 and the 360 has exclusive DLC. I personally would rather would the video editor and would spend additional countless hours toying with it. Oh well, — looks like I might have to re-buy GTA IV.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 23rd, 2008 pm30 9:43 pm
Here’s a great deal for all you nutty hardcore PC owners. If you pre-purchase Grand Theft Auto IV right now on Steam, which is out out on December 2, you’ll not only save $10 but also receive Grand Theft Auto: Vice City for free.
Not a bad deal considering you would be getting one of the best games of the year for 10 bucks off, plus GTA (Vice City) that could be arguably the best yet. Again, if you only buy PC games because you paid three-grand on your computer and think consoles were the death of gaming, make sure you at least pick up this offer — it’s well worth it!
Below are the system requirements for GTA IV:
OS: Windows Vista - Service Pack 1 / Windows XP - Service Pack 3
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8GHz, AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4GHz
Memory: 1.5GB Vista / 1GB XP
Graphics: 256MB Nvidia 7900 / 256MB ATI X1900
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c Compliant Card
Hard Drive: 16GB of Hard Disc Space
Sound Card: 5.1 Channel Audio Card
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By: Jon Christensen on November 20th, 2008 am30 4:42 am
It’s about freaking time, Rockstar Games has finally announced when and what the downloadable content featured in Grand Theft Auto IV when/will be. First, the DLC as expected will be exclusively for the Xbox 360 — thanks in part to Microsoft paying the publisher a bizillion dollars before the game was released.
The content; which is going to be available on Xbox Live February 17, will be entitled “Lost and Damned,” and feature a new star named Johnny Klebitz. Not much is known about Klebitz, besides his involvement in the biker gang “The Lost,” hence the name of the episode.
Co-founder of Rockstar Games Dan Houser, discussed with USA Today about the newly announced DLC:
“Johnny is a very different character than Niko, with a very different background. I can’t go into too much detail on the story, because we try not to give away too much plot before the game is released. But I can say that the story will show you a different side of Liberty City.”
During the original story of Grand Theft Auto IV, Niko did run into ‘The Lost,’ on several occasions. However, that doesn’t mean Niko will play a big part at all during the new story-line, Houser explained to the national newspaper. Although, he does promise a newer/deeper experience out of the DLC, “We feel like we’ve only scratched the surface in terms of the depth and detail…”
Even though we’re sure many of you are disappointed by not having an entirely new island to explore, we should be at least be happy that we’re finally going to get the DLC — and it’s only a few months away. I also wouldn’t rule out the possibility of having new vehicles included with the download. For some reason I have a hunch we could see a tad more than just a story.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 13th, 2008 pm30 3:54 pm
One of the biggest announcements for Nintendo at their press briefing at this year’s E3 was RockStar developing Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the DS. During the same conference, Nintendo confirmed the game would be released during the holiday season. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like that’s the case anymore.
During a presentation at the BMO Capital Markets Conference, Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick said the ‘open-world’ DS game would be out in stores around the 2009 fiscal year. Sadly that could be anywhere from January 31, 2009 till the end of April.
It was also confirmed at the same keynote speech that the downloadable content for Grand Theft Auto IV is likely to appear in Spring of 2009. Just to put that in perspective — GTA IV will be out for almost a year when the DLC is finally released online.
Source: MTV
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By: Jon Christensen on November 10th, 2008 am30 1:04 am
While speaking with Variety, Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser gave some disappointing news about the downloadable content that Xbox 360 user’s were promised to come out by the end of the year. While its still on track to be released for Microsoft exclusively, he’s just not sure if we’ll see it by the end of the year.
“Me: On another topic, I have to ask you about the “GTA IV” downloadable content you’re doing. Do you still expect that to come out this year?”
“DH: I’m not sure. It’s going well. But we don’t know a date. We hope to be announcing that in the next few weeks. We’re still figuring out a few things. We’re more focused on quality than dates, always have been. But the development is going really good. It’s shaping up to be something we’re very proud of. That was our goal.”
By saying “Not sure,” we’re ‘pretty sure’ that means we won’t be seeing any new content until next year. Considering as we write this article, the date is November 9th — 52 days until the year ends. If they don’t even have a date set and their still developing it, we’re probably not seeing it till 2009.
Here is even more proof. Houser said the content of the downloadable features are still being decided upon. “It’s new territory for everybody. We’re making it up a little bit as we go along,” he said. “That’s always fun, but it makes you nervous.”
Maybe we’re reading to much into it, but doesn’t it sound like their still creating new idea’s for the game? Meaning at this point, they’re not even close to being done. Not only do they have to implement the features into the game, they need to make sure bugs/glitches are not included with the download. Because of that, it could take weeks upon weeks of testing/developing. If that is the case, next year is the earliest we’ll see the DLC.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 6th, 2008 am30 2:36 am
One of the biggest games of the year here in the States is apparently doing very well in Japan. For the week ending on November 2, Grand Theft Auto IV for the PS3 was number one for total copies sold, selling approximately 133,000. GTA IV, which is being published by Capcom in the Land of the Rising Sun, beat out such hits as LittleBigPlanet and Valkyrie for the DS.
The Xbox 360 version didn’t sell horribly either, the game ended up moving about 34,000 copies and came in seventh on the list.
1.) Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3): 133,000
2.) Valkyrie Profile: Toga o Seoumono (DS): 80,000
3.) LittleBigPlanet (PS3): 52,000
4.) Pokémon Platinum (DS): 47,000
5.) Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode (DS): 40,000
6.) Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS): 39,000
7.) Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox 360): 34,000
8.) Personal Trainer: Walking (DS): 26,000
9.) Cid to Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon: Toki Wasure no Meikyuu (DS): 26,000
10.) Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP): 26,000
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By: Jon Christensen on October 27th, 2008 am31 3:19 am
If you were one of the many who bought Grand Theft Auto IV but disappointed it has yet to have any trophy support — then you might be happy. Rockstar has officially released the trophy patch, so now when you explore Liberty City, you’ll receive a small reward when you reck havoc across the city.
However, if you were hoping the patch would recognize everything you’ve done in the past — stop wishing. The patch, when downloaded — will NOT know what you have done previously so, you would in theory have to start all over if you consider yourself a trophy whore.
[Thanks to the people who sent it in]
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By: Jon Christensen on October 18th, 2008 pm31 8:22 pm
The Grand Theft Auto “DJ” and producer Lazlow Jones is a regular guest on the ‘Opie and Anthony Show,’ which is broadcast on XM and FM radio. This past week he joined the ’shock jocks’ and revealed some goodies about the DLC for Grand Theft Auto IV, exclusively for Xbox 360. During the interview he said:
“We’re working on mission packs right now, for Grand Theft Auto IV…. So in episode one that’ll be coming out in the next few months, it’ll be more missions and other content…”
“So we’re going to use the grand theft auto world — of liberty city but have new missions and new characters and stuff like that,” he added.
So there we have it, it has been reconfirmed that there is new content on the way in a “few” months. What does a few mean? It could mean anything really, but we should definitely see it before February.
And what did he mean by new content? Could we translate it by having a brand new island or could it simply mean a new car or weapon? My guess would be the ladder. But we can only hope. Right? Although, I think if we hope too much, we’ll only become disappointed in the end.
Listen to the clip from the show up top.
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By: Jon Christensen on September 5th, 2008 am30 2:19 am
If anyone was wondering why EA has been trying to buy Take-two, this number should tell you: $433.8 Million. That is how much Take-two made in revenue for Grand Theft Auto IV. We knew this game was going to be HUGE, but jeez. From the time is was released on April 29, 2008 up until August 16, GTA IV has sold a staggering 10 Million units.
To give you an idea about how many copies were sold, the PS2 version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas sold 12 million units. However, GTA IV has only been out approximately four months. This is why Electronic Arts have been doing everything in their power to purchase Take-two. Even though rumors have been running around online about EA giving up on the rights to the company, after hearing numbers like this — one has to believe EA will still undoubtedly pursue the publisher and take control of them.
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By: Jon Christensen on September 4th, 2008 pm30 3:04 pm
It seems like Grand Theft Auto DLC will become available for the Xbox 360 beginning no earlier than November 1, 2008, according to Take-Two’s third quarter financial statement for 2008. Towards the end of their report it mentions what titles are expected to be released for the first quarter 2009, which starts on November 1 and ends January 31, 2009. And ‘Grand Theft Auto IV episodic content Xbox 360,‘ is on the list:
“Take-Two’s line up announced to date for fiscal 2009 includes the following titles:
Title Platform ———————————————————————-
BioShock® 2 TBA Borderlands™ Xbox 360, PS3, Games for Windows® Champions Online™ TBA (MMOG) Grand Theft Auto: IV PC Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars DS Grand Theft Auto IV episodic content Xbox 360 Mafia II Multiple platforms Major League Baseball® 2K9 Multiple platforms MLB® Superstars Wii NBA® 2K10 Multiple platforms NHL® 2K10 Multiple platforms”
On top of that, videogaming247 has reported a source from inside Rockstar who said that DLC for GTA IV will “Be in January or February,” and Microsoft was “wrong” about a fall release for the extra content.
It’s looking more and more that we should finally see the exclusive content that we’ve all been waiting for in January if you combine the source and the financial statement. The question remains, how much is it going to cost.
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By: Jon Christensen on August 27th, 2008 am31 3:26 am
Film director Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy), apparently enjoys to play video games. He enjoys them so much he can have an in-depth conversation and give detailed answers about why he likes certain games. He even compares the atmosphere of some games to legendary movie directors such as Roman Polanski (Rosemary’s Baby) and George A. Romero (Dawn of the Dead).
I absolutely loved BioShock. I loved the world, the design, the lighting, the beautiful art direction and cinematography. I’m a fan of Silent Hill, Resident Evil and Devil May Cry. I love them all. The first Silent Hill was so beautiful, almost like a Lynch, Polanski or Romero type of horror experience…
I love the engine of GTA IV. I’m not a big fan of the actual game: I’m not into break-ins or running people over, but the engine is incredibly beautiful, and the sandbox is very complete. The same goes for Medal of Honor Airborne, Call of Duty 4 or Army of Two. There are only two games I consider masterpieces: Ico and Shadow of the Colossus… I have a 12-year-old daughter and we play together, but unfortunately she’s more into Sonic and Kirby.
The more time goes by and games become more mainstream, the more we see respectable Hollywood names come out of the woodwork and admit they play video games. When a ’star’ used to ‘admit’ he/she plays video games, we usually got the “I’m more of a Pac-Man kind of person,” response. You know, the answer we always get when they want to look ‘cool’ for pop-culture.
Not only does del Toro admit he enjoys a next-gen game from time to time, but so does Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson. The growing trend of video games in Hollywood is great news for us gamers. With movies like Max Payne coming out later this year and Bioshock next year, hopefully movies adapted from video games will be the next ‘comic book’ genre for the film industry.
Source: destructoid
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By: Jon Christensen on August 20th, 2008 am31 4:10 am
CVG received the press release detailing Microsoft’s fall lineup for 2008. One of the biggest news in the report was the fact GTA IV’s DLC is still scheduled to come out this autumn. Here is what was said:
“In autumn there will be news from Liberty City; the first episodes of GTA IV will be available for download exclusively on Xbox Live, underlining Xbox 360’s leadership role in the field of digital entertainment,”
It’s not really a surprise for us, one of the main things Microsoft kept on reiterating about GTA IV was how their console was going to have exclusive DLC for fall of 08′. Then when Comic Con had it’s show San Diego, the actor who voiced Niko (Michael Hollick), talked with Gametrailers and said he hasn’t done any voice work with Rockstar regarding any of their new content that would be available for download. Sites concluded that we were not going to see any new content in the near future.
But with this press release, we can safely assume the possibility that Niko might not be included with the download come this autumn.
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By: Jon Christensen on August 13th, 2008 am31 1:34 am
Oh god, more ammunition for the crazy parent advocacy groups. The people at Nielsen Games have released a report about children under the age of 17 who are getting their hands on the most controversial game of all time-Grand Theft Auto IV.
“61% of these younger gamers indicated that they purchased the M-rated game themselves, with 39% of the young gamers responding that someone else bought the game for them”… “Interestingly enough, parents/guardians were pegged as the biggest facilitators for getting the controversial game into the hands of these young respondents, garnering 80% of the response. Friends, siblings and other relatives rounded out the other 20% of the response.”
Nielsen also reported that a large number of today’s youth still have the ability to own a copy of a matured-rated game. Nielsen attributes the findings because of the parents lack the knowledge of the ESRB rating system, or parents simply don’t care about the kids playing M-rated games - I would go with the latter. How many parents these days don’t know how the rating system works? Honestly, its pretty obvious to understand.
Source:Videogaming247/pic:trekearth
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By: Jon Christensen on August 6th, 2008 pm31 12:23 pm
As we reported about GTA IV coming out for the PC because of the ESA screwing up on releasing a mature-rating. It was only a matter of time when Take-Two would finally unveil the date it would be arriving in stores. And today we received some info regarding the games release from Take-Two.
New York, NY – August 6, 2008 – Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), is proud to announce that Grand Theft Auto IV will be arriving on the PC on November 18th and 21st in North America and Europe, respectively.
“We are very excited to be releasing the PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV,” said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. “The whole team is dedicated to bringing an amazing gaming experience to the PC. The game looks and plays beautifully on PC and we can’t wait for people to play it.”
So crazy PC gamers who refuse to buy a console, now is your chance to finally own one of the best games of this year-if not the best. 7 Months after it’s debut on the Xbox 360 and PS3.
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