So cool.

Very cool. I've crashed into the Statue plenty of times but haven't gone inside.

Got to say I like this idea.

That's great. I hope they added enough easter eggs to keep everyone hunting for a while, because these things are fun as hell to find.

Crecente has such a friendly voice. Karma punishes him by making him die lots.

Rofl.

"Booyah!! Oh crap I fell off"

I LOL'ed at Crecente falling to his death with the chopper.

You have a Westinghouse?!?!?

@Kj719: I do have a Westinghouse!

Kewl!

...awesome... awesome to the max!

That's cool and all but is there really any point? It's not like you get anything.

I really hope that means it comes alive later and walks around Liberty City when Jackie Wilson comes on the radio just like in Ghostbusters 2.

One of many secret easter eggs drooped by R* in the newm HD Liberty City, ill bet. Very cool. Twisted, sick, disturbing but cool. ^_^

PS: Shame theres no NES Controller to make it walk into the city, tought.. missed opportunity right there, R*... 3 letters for you: DLC.

Not sure if I like the vid cam...I do like that I can hear the "commentary".

With a capture card you don't get all the witty banter between the two of you.

you shot the heart?!! then felt guilty so had to end the clip with your own demise lol

R* needs to come out with a patch that changes the statue into a Statue of Unhappiness if you shoot the heart.

@exkon: Yeah, the cam is a Sony Cybershot stacked on top of a folding chair, the Limited Edition box sets for WoW and Burning Crusade, and a roll of toilet paper.

I have nothing but respect for anyone who can aim well enough with a rocket launcher to "shoot" someone repeatedly in the head.

Good to see the RS programmers have a sense of humor and are creative.

I love stuff like this in games.

@Mike Fahey: Me too! 37in LCD 1080p....love it!

Probably the only thing that appeals to me about GTA IV is the exploring part. I love running around virtual locations I'll never visit in reality. You know, like New Yo...I mean, Liberty City.

Remember when people used to warn you about spoilers and stuff? That was cool.

Why is it that I can't open a webpage without everyone telling me every Easter Egg and cool thing that's going to happen in the story? It's not like I had to bury into the thread. It would've been awesome to find this myself and be surprised.

It's not just here on kotaku or just this one post. It's everywhere. It's like a "big dick" war to see who can uncover the most or get to the end of the story first. Lame.

How does the heart stand against a Rocket Launcher?

@lionkitten: You do know you can use the tag browsing to view Kotaku sans any GTA posts, right?

Where's the lance of longines when you need it?

I love the first place you goto is can you shoot it hahahah

@lionkitten: If you'd like I could tell you the end of the story. One easter egg in a 50+ hour game is not a spoiler, unless you're the type of person who views the box art for a game as a spoiler.

I was starting to get sick and tired of constant GTA stories, and then this one came along and made me grin.

This is the shit I want to see, guys! No more fanboy flame-bait, but lots more random fucking around and easter egg finds.

@lionkitten: You should definitely call up your internet service provider, press 0 to talk to a customer support rep, and tell them you hate the internetz and that you want off!

Lols This video is awesome :D i need money! to buy Gta4 and a dual shock 3 :/ This game looks freaking amazing ..

@CarbonatedWater: That's the point. That it's cool. That's why it's an easter egg. Can't the reward be in the finding itself? Must it be a gun or an achievement?

I sure hope there are many of these. Few things are more fun than roaming around, messing with everything and suddenly finding something as unquestionably awesome as this.

lionkitten, I completely agree. I had heard about the beating heart, but I was hoping to at least see it in-game before I saw an image of it on the web.

way to spoil that for us people that like to find this stuff on our own. Nice kotaku. dumbasses.

@kcgig101:
Well, dude, if anything, get the game first. The Dual Shock can wait, as its influence on the game is minor at best. The PS3 version has DS3 support, but it shouldn't delay your purchase. :D

@lionkitten:
You could also not venture onto the internet..There's that.

It's up to YOU NEW YORK, NEW YOOOORRRRRK!

This is one of the things I love about GTA games., the hidden stuff. I remember finding the sign in GTA III that said "you aren't suppose to see this" or something like that. And in San Andreas, seeing the sign in San Fierro that described the big bridge, including it's size in bytes and the number of textures. I hope there's more in the game.

@Brian Crecente:
I would actually consider this more of a spoiler than important happenings in the plot. It isn't that big of a deal though...just saying.

@Brian Crecente: No one item is that big to ruin a game. I'm just talking about the fact that every site has that "one Easter Egg" and pretty soon it adds up to a ton.

@xxeyes: Thanks. I felt like I was alone and the villagers were coming with the torches and pitchforks.

@enewtabie:
oh yeah,you can use the tags on the site to hide that stuff.They put it up the other day. :)

@lionkitten: at the end of Titanic, the boat sinks.

The placard is a lie?

@radink360: How is it spoiled for you? Did you read the instructions, or watch the video, both placed after the jump? Or did one blurry photo ruin the entire joy of finding the easter egg for you?

I mean, we did say exactly what we were posting after the link. You didn't have to look, and if the photo somehow ruined the entire experience for you, I'd say you need to find the thing yourself. It's tons better than the photo. It's all about the journey, after all.

Thank you, that was cool!

(Flying "da choppah" is rather tricky at first. But I've gotten pretty good where I can hover, and perform a corkscrew!)

As soon as he went up that ladder I was looping "jump jump jump jump jump" in my head :< Does this make me a bad person?

Also, doesn't the title of the link, the page and everything associated with this entire page say "How to visit the beating heart of liberty city"? To me, that says "click here if you want to see a spoiler of how to find an easter egg".

Thats like seeing a link that says "See how GTAIV ends" and then getting disappointed for seeing the ending.

This are the posts that make Kotaku awesome. Wish I could get there but I have had so little time to play that I only just met Little Jacob last night.

@lionkitten: Yeah, I agree with you. I saw this and warned some of my friends with GTAIV to avoid Kotaku for a while because this is just too cool to not discover yourself.

+ Watch video

Although Crecente sings it better...Here's the scene from GB 2.

@Mike Fahey: Because the headline and first sentence says that there is a beating heart in the statue, and he hasn't been there yet, and having only seen a glimpse of the statue in the distance, he'd have no way of knowing that the cool Easter Egg was inside.

And he feels like that was a spoiler, and that's totally valid, as is your opinion to disagree that it's not.

anyone else notice the statue of Liberty City looks like Hillary Clinton?

@lionkitten: @Bernard McGraw:

kotaku.com/tag/not:gta-iv

LOL arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh splat... Now i will stop recording. nice!

that's flippin awesome

Ahahahah I keep replaying Crecente falling to his death screaming and I'm laughing my ass off. Mike's ragdoll off of the statue has me in tears too.

Too funny!

@liquid_kore: I like to read about GTA IV, though. The only stuff I'd like to avoid is spoilers, even debatable ones.

@Mike Fahey: Because the front page has that title and picture of it. There's no missing it. Thanks.

@Shiryu: It'd still be wrong with the NES Controller. In GB2, it was the NES Advantage.

Were you playing the xbox or ps3 version? I ask because your helicopter looked all wobbly. I was wondering if you were using sixaxis controls for it.

Am I the only one who despises the term "easter egg"?

I should make a shirt that says:

"SPOILER"

the internetz ruined my wonder for life.

But seriously, so people don't complain so much. why not just make all headlines pertaining to a potential spoiler labeled simply "May spoil your fun, no whining" so people would only have themselves to blame.

I don't mind reading about this because I would have never even thought to get inside that statue... hell... I haven't even SEEN the statue yet in the game.