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ps3
Grand Theft IV Auto Goes Discount In Japan
Released in Japan back in last October, the PS3 version of Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV has been announced for Sony's PlayStation The Best budget line. More »
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Comment by Trumpet: Do Capcom publish GTA in Japan? I'm only curious due to the Capcom logo on the cover. 10 Responses | Other threads
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drug wars
Wait, There Was A "Recipe" For Meth In GTAIV?
Proof that in a world as big as Grand Theft Auto IV's you can play it for months and never see all the game has to offer: apparently there's a "recipe" for the production of methamphetamines hidden somewhere in the game. More »
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Comment by nworobes: Unless I'm mistaken, the exact same thing happened when Fight Club was being written. The book describes a couple of... 13 Responses | Other threads
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rumor
Lost & Damned Sells 1 Million Copies
Microsoft have boasted that Grand Theft Auto IV expansion The Lost & Damned has broken Xbox Live revenue records. But what does that mean for unit sales? More »
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Comment by Miksho: I work at HMV. The company is pushing hard on games sales, so they brought me onboard (aspiring games journalist,... 15 Responses | Other threads
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gtaiv
Lost & Damned Sets Xbox Live Record
Being both popular and, for a piece of downloadable content, expensive, would it surprise you to learn that Grand Theft Auto IV expansion Lost & damned has set a new Xbox Live revenue record? More »
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Comment by chickenplucka: I really hope the next piece of DLC will match L&D in size and scope!! And hopefully open up that f'n... 22 Responses | Other threads
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clips
Somebody Got Wayne's World In My Lost & Damned
To those who have GTAIV's expansion pack, Lost & Damned: you seen those cars that look like they're the ones Wayne drives in Wayne's world? Their presence is no coincidence. More » -
gtaiv
Grand Theft Auto IV Censorship Was Accidental, Will Be Fixed
It's OK, Europeans. Yes, your versions of Grand Theft Auto IV have been censored. That's the bad news. The good news? It's all a mistake, and Rockstar are working on a fix. More »
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Comment by aurahack is TRASH PANIC!! AH!! SO AWESOME!!: The politician's wang was so big it overwrote some previous game code. :c Talk about a serious ego-boost. 9 Responses | Other threads
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rumor
Lost & Damned Accidentally Censors Grand Theft Auto IV?
Reports are starting to come in from Europe claiming that the release of Grand Theft Auto IV's expansion pack, The Lost & Damned, has somehow censored previously uncensored versions of the game. More »
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Comment by Callum Harrison: personally, since I have no interest in the GTA games, so I couldn't give a toss. I don't like playing... 4 Responses | Other threads
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gtaiv
Lost & Damned Reverts Australian GTAIV Censorship
In 2008, Grand Theft Auto IV on console was released in Australia in a censored form. No blood pools, no sexy camera angles. In 2009, though? All is forgiven, all censorship, removed. More »
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Comment by spamspaz: I really feel sorry about the Fallout 3 thing, I mean, was Quantum considered a drug? Also, that place... 8 Responses | Other threads
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gtaiv
Xbox Live Goes Free Of Charge For Grand Theft Auto IV Expansion
Displaying the same kind of "throw that money away" attitude that won them exclusivity for the Grand Theft Auto IV expansions, Microsoft have announced that Xbox Live Gold will soon go (sort of) free. More »
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Comment by golguin: Am I the only person who thinks that chick has a man face? 30 Responses | Other threads
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gtaiv
You Seem To Have Got GTAIV In My Google Earth
Reader Sun Scramble was checking out Google Earth the other day and - on a whim, we're sure - punched in 40°42'49.23"N, 73°59'51.44"W. Lo and behold, what did he see? A giant GTAIV ad. More » -
overrated
Sci Fi's Top Ten Overrated Games Of 2008 May Offend
On the Sci Fi channel's gaming blog Fidgit, actor and game journalist Tom Chick delivers a list of 2008's most overrated games that is guaranteed to piss off just about everyone imaginable. More »
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rockstar
Freakish GTAIV Fingers Fixed? Finally!
Back in May, people started to notice something odd: the GTAIV promo art lady had one finger too many. While an extra finger would come in handy while, we dunno, playing the piano, most were baffled. More »
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Comment by Clima-Tact: It's Great For Parties!: Straying a little off-topic, but I thought the six-fingered Red Sucker Lady up there was going to play a huge... 6 Responses | Other threads
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grand theft auto iv
GTAIV DLC Announced: "Lost And Damned", Out In Feb 09
A USA Today report is the setting for the announcement of Grand Theft Auto IV's long-awaited piece of downloadable content. Titled "Lost and Damned", the DLC will be available on February 17, and will leave Niko's story behind (though he will make a few cameo appearances) to follow the exploits of Johnny Klebitz, a member of the Lost biker gang that the game's radio channels liked to talk about so much. Rockstar's Dan Houser: More »
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Comment by Archaotic: So it's just new story missions? Almost a full year of delays for...new story missions? Top notch work,... 13 Responses | Other threads
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grand theft auto iv
Relax, GTA IV Is Coming To Steam
Phew. Remember all that stuff about GTA IV and Games for Windows Live? And how the press release kept dropping words like "exclusive" and "Games for Windows - LIVE" uncomfortably close to each other? It's OK. The game isn't exclusive, either to Microsoft's GFW brand or Games for Windows - LIVE service. It's just appearing there first. A listing for Grand Theft Auto IV has since appeared on Steam, with a release date of December 3. A short delay, yes, but one that's probably all too worth it for those in the pro-Steam, anti-GFW-LIVE camp. More »
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Comment by KamikazeSim: Is there really ANYONE who hasn't played/rented/bought this game on their PS3 or 360? Is there someone really waiting for this... 32 Responses | Other threads
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take-two
32% Of PS3 Owners Have GTA IV (And Other Fun Take-Two Statistics)
In case you missed it, there was a big, business-end-of-town conference, called the BMO Capital Markets Conference, held today in New York. Everyone who was anyone the the business end of the games industry was there. And that includes Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick, who gave a little talk on the state of his company. While it was filled mostly with stuff about sales projections and IP strengthening and blah blah blah, he did whip out a few presentation slides that were of interest. More »
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Comment by Nside: I don't get how GTA: SA has the worst score, but is by far the best in the series... 17 Responses | Other threads
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gtaiv
Rockstar Exec "Not Sure" About Xbox 360 DLC Release Date
That's right, Grand Theft Auto IV was numero uno in Japan with a bullet. The PS3 version of the Rockstar developed title edged out LittleBigPlanet in its debut week. Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser talked to Variety about releasing the game in Japan, pointing out that there is a rabid GTA fan base. More »
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Comment by darkwhitehair: Wh th hll wld ply GT 4 n th PC?? ts jst nt PC gm... wldv plyd t f... 15 Responses | Other threads
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gtaiv
GTA IV Keys To The City Are Surprisingly Fancy
If you got GTAIV on or just after its release, managed to rack up a 100% completion percentage and got one of those "return within seven days" emails, congratulations. You were one of the first people to "complete" the game, and earned yourself a prize. If you took the time to read that email, you'd have noticed that Rockstar warned it could take up to 120 days for your prize - a "key" to Liberty City - to arrive, depending on how many they had to make. Guess they had to make a ton of them, because they're only now, in November, shipping out to the winners. Reader MastaKwaa was one of the lucky ones, and his just turned up in the mail. If you're a fellow winner, yours will be there soon, and will look like this. If you weren't a winner, here's what you could have got yourself if you were a winner, and not a loser. More »
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Comment by gamedismantler: Neato looking... isn't that supposed to actually unlock things in the game? 12 Responses | Other threads
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feature
How Gaming Is Surpassing Uncanny Valley
It's a tech demo that doesn’t look like a tech demo. The clip was just a woman talking. Pedestrian stuff. That is, until the woman’s face changed colors. Literally. Months back a facial animation clip called “Emily” popped up online, showing off the strides that its software maker Image Metrics has made. “Our recent Emily project is something we’re all proud of,” says Image Metrics co-founder Kevin Walker. Damn well they should be. More »
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Comment by Mommar: I never found that Emily clip to be real looking. Something about the motions of her mouth were still... 15 Responses | Other threads
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game design
Challenges Versus 'Learn By Death' Frustrations
A few people have written on the 'softer, kinder' ethic found in games these days — more and more games seem to be offering less challenging/frustrating mechanics so that players can actually complete them. I think a lot of this discussion does center around different play styles — after a long day of banging my head against the walls of the Ivory Tower, I don't want to come home to bang my head against the gaming wall — so I always read these essays with a critical eye. But regardless of what I (or anyone) personally like to play, it does seem like the era of extraordinarily frustrating games has passed, at least for AAA titles: More »
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Comment by ZinkO: high-performance lubrication: I guess this is why so many people avoid roguelikes. I love 'em, myself. There's just so much more challenge... 4 Responses | Other threads
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gtaiv
Rockstar Doesn't Get Hardcore/Casual Division
Rockstar gets lots of things — like how to make and launch hugely successful games. But what's one thing Rockstar does not get? Like at all? Company co-founder Sam Houser explains: More »
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Comment by freespeech2: there is no such thing as casual or hardcore games, I've been saying it for years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! more » | Other threads
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capcom
GTAIV Dated for Japan
While Japanese game shops have been importing GTAIV since its US release, The Land of the Rising Sun should be happy to know that Grand Theft Auto finally has a Japanese release date for the Japan language version. GTAIV for the PS3/Xbox 360 will be released October 30th, and it will be priced at ¥8,390 (US$76). Capcom will be doing the publishing honors. More »
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Comment by NoBullet: @MisterMcThursday: They published every GTA game in Japan more » | Other threads
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grand theft auto iv
GTA IV for PC Briefly — Briefly — Listed on ESRB
Whoops! Well, just as soon as it was discovered, it came back down. But Grand Theft Auto IV briefly had a listing on the ESRB web site that showed Windows PC as a platform. The screenshot, gathered by Game-on-Game is above. If you go there now, it's back to Xbox 360 and PS3 only. So who knows what the hell is going on. Erroneous? Premature? I'm going with the latter. This simply has to come out on PC, and Rockstar hasn't definitively put the kibosh on any speculation yet. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by Gen.Grievous: I haven't bought GTA for the console and I don't plan on buying it for that platform either. So hopefully... more » | Other threads
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gtaiv
Sam Houser Still Hungry
Grand Theft Auto IV was an enormous success. Really, it doesn't get any bigger than that! So, imagine if you (yes, you) were one of the creative forces behind that title. You'd probably pack up and call it a day. Well, good thing you're not and Rockstar's Sam Houser is. The Rockstar honcho says that he (and gaming) are only getting started and that there's still so much left to be done. Says Houser: More »
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Comment by your creepy uncle: While I agree that the mission play could be a little more varied, and a little more open-ended (maybe more... more » | Other threads
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clips
Saints Row 2 Fires A Shot Across GTA IV's Bow With Sewage Hose
Grand Theft Auto IV is a fantastic little game, but we'll admit that it was lacking in one thing—the ability for fire liquid sewage at pedestrians. At least, that's how the marketing team tasked with pitching Saints Row 2 is hoping we're thinking, as the violent, Volition-developed sandbox game is taking on GTA IV feature for feature, with Saints Row 2 definitely coming out on top in the poo-flinging department. We'll admit that barnstorming, cage fighting and smashing faces with guitars looks like it could fill a fun afternoon, but you'll have to judge for yourself.
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Comment by Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Whatever. I'm not interested in neither games. But spraying sewage on people... hmmm, interesting. more » | Other threads
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oddities
GTAIV Makes California Town "Kurazy"!
People of Stockton, California! Do not play Grand Theft Auto IV! Do not!! It's turning local residents batty. According to the Stockton Record: More » -
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Itagaki's Opinion of GTAIV and Rockstar
Tecmo's Tomonobu Itagaki is a serious guy. Dead serious about things like his Ninja Gaiden games and things like anatomical physics. He's not messing around, folks! So when he looks at Grand Theft Auto IV, does he see serious business? Says Itagaki: More » -
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Microsoft On PS3 Getting Grand Theft Auto IV DLC
The Xbox 360 is getting exclusive Grand Theft Auto IV DLC. Sony's been playing coy, and there are rumors that the PS3 will see GTAIV DLC as well. How would that work with that US $50 million deal Microsoft and Rockstar struck? Is that even possible? Says Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg: More »
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Comment by darkpowrjd: Wow, some major issues in this thing: 1. Why are all of you Xbox fanboys so worried if the PS3 gets... more » | Other threads
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clips
This Guy Is GTAIV's Roman, Rent Him
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rumor
Pirated NTSC GTA IV Leaked Online Early
48 hours? You're not giving yourselves enough credit. Less than a day after the PAL copy of the game was leaked, NTSC copies of Grand Theft Auto IV have begun popping up on torrent sites, courtesy of a group calling themselves 101. We're still unable to verify whether this is the real thing or not, but regardless, the files are already pushing 20,000 leechers. Shame. We're still waiting on Rockstar for comment.
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Comment by 73mike: I was going to say pretty much the same thing. Even if The Wreckard construes a personal attack in the way... more » | Other threads
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gta iv
Sam Houser: 360 "Needs To Sort Out" Storage
1UP recently interviewed Rockstar's Sam Houser. You should probably go read the whole thing, as it touches on some interesting stuff, but one thing's probably more interesting than the rest. It's where Houser heavily alludes to something we've been saying for a long time now: the 360 needs to sort out the issue of its non-compulsory HDD usage:One of the problems with the 360, and it affects games like Grand Theft Auto if you think about how much content we put in the actual machine, is the fact that they don't have a significantly larger storage medium than the previous systems. It's a slightly bigger DVD disc.
And with a small disc, stuff's compressed, so it takes longer to load, so to cut down on-oh. You're not done. More »
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Comment by Barf#1: @Maldron: If you have enough money for a 360 and the $60 games i doubt you're livin in a shanty.... more » | Other threads
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grand theft auto iv
Australia Also Gets A PS3/GTA IV Bundle
While still officially unannounced by either Sony or Take-Two, the Grand Theft Auto IV/PS3 hardware bundle that's destined for European shores will also be available in Australia. The news comes courtesy of major nationwide retailer Harvey Norman, who have the bundle priced at AUD$748. Not a bad deal considering a 40GB PS3 and GTAIV purchased separately would set you back AUD$820. More »
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Comment by Arttemis: @Vidril: I don't understand why they're so reluctant to use PS2 hardware in PS3s. Jack Tretton already admitted that... more » | Other threads
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filtering
How To: Block Our GTA IV Content
Yesterday I posted a story about a certain comedian getting featured in GTA IV. And while it was technically public knowledge, a few of you considered it a spoiler. Given that we're probably going to see a lot of these little GTA IV nuggets trickle in until its launch April 29th, it's best that you simply block our GTA IV stories if you don't want to read them. Here's the code for that:kotaku.com/tag/not:gta-iv
That code will give you Kotaku without the GTA IV. And just so you know, you could swap that "gta-iv" in the URL for anything you don't want to read about. That goes for companies, consoles and games. For what it's worth, I sincerely apologize to anyone who felt we spoiled part of the game. And for those who'd prefer not to block our content, we'll still continue to mark things that we deem spoilers as just that.
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By Mark WilsonComment by Sensai-N: Wouldn't it be best to expand the "Help" section of th site and put this information there? Maybe the "Help"... more » | Other threads
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microsoft
To Microsoft, GTA IV's As Big As Halo 3
Anyone remember Halo 3? You may have heard about it last year. There was a commercial or two, aimed at promoting the product and raising the public's general awareness of it. Oh, you did? Capital. Well, you know how much money Microsoft must have spent promoting the thing? That's how much Microsoft Europe are spending on promoting Grand Theft Auto IV. Considering it's a third-party title that's also going to be available in a hardware bundle for their console rival, that's a roll of the financial dice that must have taken some big brass balls to throw down on. Watch the clip above, imagine you're an average GTA fan who's yet to buy into the current generation of consoles, and see if you think it'll be worth it More »
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Comment by monkeysaresilly: @XenonXylophone: The ad was otherwise entirely boring, but something about that song made me nearly wet myself with excitement... more » | Other threads
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rockstar
British Office Star Ricky Gervais Appears In GTA IV
You should know Ricky Gervais from the original Office or the series Extras. If you don't please do some googling and continue the article. No, seriously. We'll wait. Go look the guy up or you're wasting everyone's time. More » -
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Grand Theft Auto IV DLC To Bring Whole Cities?
According to CVG's recent GTA IV Collector's Edition magazine, the Xbox 360's downloadable content could be even bigger than anyone has made it out to be. It could be a whole new city.Of course, to call games as vastly ambitious as Vice City or San Andreas mere 'expansion packs' seems childish, but nevertheless, the downloadable content (DLC) coming for the Xbox 360 version of IV has repositioned those games in just this way. DLC so far has meant the odd new car, jumper of bit of horse armour...
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By Mark WilsonComment by OrenGaloobaloop: well having completed the game, no version of GTA IV is worth playing. sorry to hate - i am NOT... more » | Other threads
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Aus/NZ GTAIV Cut Due To "Weapon Being Inserted Into A Private Area"
Rockstar Australia have, against the wishes of just about everyone who's got the game pre-ordered locally, refused to disclose just what it was that's been cut from the local version of Grand Theft Auto IV. No matter. Publishers Take-Two may have been a little more forthcoming, with a call to the company's Australian customer service line apparently yielding the following response. More »
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Comment by RetroGamer42: jccalhoun- Which message? He mentioned it in this message and the letter to Zelnick's mother. The man has no shame, haven't... more » | Other threads
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Variety: GTAIV Launch Bigger Than Halo 3 (And Then Some)
Variety are reporting that, according to "sources close to publisher Take-Two" (ie most likely the guys in charge of selling the game to retailers), Grand Theft Auto IV is poised to take in around $400 million during its first week on sale. Yowzers. To put that in perspective, Halo 3's launch took in a paltry $300 million. To put it in further perspective, Spiderman 3 and the third Pirates movie hold the record for the two biggest worldwide opening weekends in cinema history, at $380 and $340 million respectively. So, yes, we're talking batshit crazy numbers here. They're also reporting that, based on discussions with retailers, the 360 version is easily outselling the PS3 one, though with both a higher install base and the promise of DLC, that's not the biggest shock in world news today. More »
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Comment by everysystemgamer: of course its gonna sell more its on two systems, and possibly a third if they release it on PC... more » | Other threads
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grand theft auto iv
GTA IV Box O' Swag
I received a big, flat square box in the mail today packed with Grand Theft Auto IV swag. It included some pretty funny stuff: More » -
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The GTA IV Compendium & FAQ
As we approach the launch of Grand Theft Auto IV, we've learned more and more about the game, but the incremental updates have made it tougher and tougher to piece the whole thing together. So we've created a GTA IV compendium to get you up to speed on the game before its release. Because the last thing you want to be caught saying to the cashier is, "Wait, so this game has multiplayer??" More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by freespeech: @Ahsayuni: guess it depends when (and IF) home ever comes out. maybe that is there "some kind of dlc)???? can't wait,... more » | Other threads
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games
Rockstar Flash Fun, Just Like GTAIV, But Not At All
What will we do when GTAIV actually comes out? Play it for 1,000+ hours? How lame. We'd much rather waste our time on zany flash ads that only take 1 minute or 2 a pop. For instance, if you're as cool as us, you'll have an awkward conversation with a representative from Goldberg, Ligner & Shyster...which we're beginning to suspect may be more of an escort service than a law firm, but no harm, no foul. More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by EvoAnubis: Interesting. In the law firm chat game, she mentions "meTV." That sounds like there will not only be... more » | Other threads
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