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It has been confirmed by Microsoft in the Leipzig Games Convention, which is happening right now, that the first of two Xbox LIVE downloadable episodes for Grand Theft Auto IV will be coming and is scheduled for release this Autumn, which ranges from a few weeks to a few months later.
“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.”
IGN has just released info and the first batch of screenshots for GTA IV PC, which can be read here. Some of the new info posted: - There will be support for both gamepad and keyboard/mouse play. - More multiplayer features such as search filters to find your ideal match. - Sharper graphics; the maximum supported screen resolution is 2560x1600. - 30 seconds replays will return for both single and multiplayers. - The game will feature a montage video editor where you can add different filters and transitions. From there you will be able to upload it to the Rockstar Games Social Club so others can view it.
As many of you have noticed that GTA4HQ has been pretty dead lately, we have only posted a few news articles from time to time. Many other GTA sites are also struggling to find news. We will be gearing the site up for the PC release on November 18th. This means that we will be getting our database ready for the flood of files that will ensue after people figure out how to mod the game.
Please be patient with us as we get GTA4HQ geared up for the PC release!
 Right above, you can see the PC box art for GTA IV, which pretty much confirms that it will utilize the Games for Windows -- LIVE service. Rockstar Games have also announced that expanedd multiplayer will be included in the PC version, but what might that be? Stay tuned for more news!
Announced just 2 days ago, Rockstar has released information that they will be releasing GTA4 on November 18! Stay tuned for more info!
With a new update to the Grand Theft Auto Website featuring the Windows Live logo, comes new speculation that the PC release could offer cross platform online play with Xbox 360 users. It also suggests that Xbox 360 users will be able to get new exclusive downloadable content along side PC users. While nothing has been officially confirmed, we will let you know as more information becomes available.
For any of you out there that plays Second Life ( www.SecondLife.com) Then join the MPN Fans group! Which is managed by myself, my SL Name is Omegadon Aeon. The group is Open Enrollment so join today! Later in the future if there is ever a interest we may setup a small MPN HQ for you to hang out in. What is Second Life? Second Life® is a 3-D virtual world created by its Residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by millions of Residents from around the globe. * From the moment you enter the World you'll discover a vast digital continent, teeming with people, entertainment, experiences and opportunity. Once you've explored a bit, perhaps you'll find a perfect parcel of land to build your house or business. * You'll also be surrounded by the Creations of your fellow Residents. Because Residents retain intellectual property rights in their digital creations, they can buy, sell and trade with other Residents. * The Marketplace currently supports millions of US dollars in monthly transactions. This commerce is handled with the inworld unit of trade, the Linden™ dollar, which can be converted to US dollars at several thriving online Linden dollar exchanges. So join today!! www.SecondLife.com
In the business side of gaming, CitiGroup financial has confirmed that it believes EA could take control of Take-Two Interactive, publisher of Grand Theft Auto IV, as early as late August. Take-Two has been involved in a bidding war between EA and Microsoft, both of which would like to purchase the firm. While nothing has been confirmed yet, we will keep you posted as this unfolds. Source: Endsights
More of a rumor than a fact, Grand Theft Auto is now expected to hit the Wii sometime in the fall of 2009. While nothing has been confirmed by Take Two, the news comes from Impact Virtual, a french gaming site. Google did its best to translate the website, and if you can figure out exactly what's going on below, more power to you.
Finally the news that many have waited for, that Grand Theft Auto IV will finally be coming to the PC. Assuming the new cover of PC Gamer Malaysia proves true, which features GTA IV with the words "Now on consoles, soon on PC", the game could be on PC by the end of the year. While nothing has been officially confirmed by Rockstar, the news will still bring quite a few smiles to PC gamers faces. You can check out a shot of the upcoming PC Gamer Malaysia magazine below. 
Rockstar Games have just announced Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the Nintendo DS, following Take-Two Interactive’s Electronic Entertainment Expo 2008 Media and Business Summit conference announcements.
From Rockstar Games' RSS Feed:
"Rockstar Games is proud to announce Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the Nintendo DS™. "This is a game that will deliver a rich, fast-paced and intense 'Grand Theft Auto' experience that will be truly unique to Nintendo's handheld platform," said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. "Rockstar Leeds, along with the team at Rockstar North, has built upon a decade of progressive design on Grand Theft Auto, and has created something fundamentally fresh and immersive."
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is an entirely original entry into the critically acclaimed Grand Theft Auto series, and brings a new level of interactivity to its sprawling open environments. With the use of the DS touch screen, players will navigate their way through the streets as they uncover the truth behind an epic tale of crime and corruption within the Triad crime syndicate, delivering the unprecedented amount of depth that has become a true trademark of the franchise.
Developed by Rockstar Leeds in conjunction with series creators Rockstar North, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will be available on the Nintendo DS™ in North America and Europe this winter."
Chinatown Wars is also said to be an all new GTA game in the GTA IV series that takes place in modern-day Liberty City. Do stay tuned for more news and screenshots when they emerge!
We are looking for your help to keep this site maintained. My extremely busy work schedule doesn't allow me to get on here nearly as much as I would want, so I am looking for a few dedicated fans to help GTA4HQ out! Head over to our forum discussion if you are interested in helping out.
Brotha, the formidable Grand Theft Auto fan known for his productions such as Grand Theft Auto IV trailer re-creations in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, has come out with yet another trailer re-creation for Grand Theft Auto IV. However, it’s a little bit different this time. He has taken on the task of re-filming the whole of Grand Theft Auto IV’s first trailer, this time in Grand Theft Auto IV itself. Although it is filmed with a camera shooting at the TV with no time-lapse effects like the original trailer, it is quite an amazing feat, I shall say. The camera angles, audio, locations and everything else matches up very well with Grand Theft Auto IV’s original first trailer. Such an amazing feat should not be missed, so while you’re sitting on your couch with a controller waiting for something big happening over at this year’s E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo), why not give this video a go? Click here for the rest of this story...
This article was posted over at Joystiq yesterday. Looks like Jack Thompson is finally getting what he deserves. The Game Politics link above has a lot more details, but at this time the link appears to be dead - likely due to being overloaded.
Theres been some speculation among myself and my friends, not to mention a lot of the forums saying, "What do you think GTA V's cities will be?". Well the answer is almost here. We have news suggesting that there are a few possiblities for cities. For a list of them, found at sarcasticgamer. 1) Beijing, China 2) Paris, France 3) Havana, Cuba 4) Cancun, Mexico 5) Venice, Italy There you have it! Those are the top 5 choices for the next GTA's city choices. For further information or to post some comments, visit our forums.
The Playstation 3 patch for GTA4 is now available! It addresses the stuttering and lock ups that were caused by overloaded Gamespy servers.
More details from gameinfowire.com:
I found this nice little article over at ElectronicPig.tv, check it out below!
I have been getting a flood of e-mails asking "why doesn't my multiplayer work?" As soon as I have some information to pass along to everyone I will be sure to let everyone know. I am sure that they are working on a patch or a fix for the issue. But please be patient with R* they are doing all they can!
Found this article over at VideoGamer.com Check it out below:
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I have created a forum for everyone to discuss there first impressions of the game, head on over there and tell us what you think!! Click here to go to forum!
A post recently made at Level2Gaming describes some of the bugs found associated with GTA4 and the respective consoles. "" For many folks, April 29th (today) has been a different day. With the release of GTAIV, many folks have finally been able to get their hands on one of the most anticipated games in a long time. Now that a few hours have passed and most are playing the game, many people are having mixed feelings. For most of the fans out there, their "minds were blown" when they finally got to play the game. Many were overly impressed and could not express the joy they had. However others were slightly disappointed due to a few hitches. Also as a side note, Rockstar's Social Club is now fully functional with their own gamertag giving people a chance to show off their progress etc. Positives * Exceptional Graphics * Excellent Physics Engine * Great Music * Fun Missions * Numerous other features ...too many to mention * No Region Lock for Multiplayer GTA forum boards across the world have been on fire with members posting their progress and questions about the game. However a number of PS3 fans are having a couple of problems. * Freezing Errors - Seems folks with the 60GB PS3 were having many freezing errors when installing the Special Edition of GTAIV...many reports are coming in claiming that this problem is occurring. A few Xbox 360 fans also complained of lock ups but the spot light really focuses on PS3 folks. Rockstar officials have been aware of the 60GB freezing problem and recommended that folks upgrade to the 80GB. WTF? For a few 360 fans are complaining that the game is freezing every hour or so and they have to end up restarting the system (seems a problem with the disc drive is finally showing its flaws). * PS3 Network Connection Problems - Many PS3 fans experienced network connection problems today, getting the this error: We just assume this is a network overload problem. I am not sure if the problem has been fixed now but I will try my best to find out. * Graphical Problems - A few 360 fans are noticing botched and inaccurate shadowing of some images, even on 1080p settings. These are just the initial reports and I would like to hear your views about the game so far. I personally will not be getting it for a while so I'll just be listening in the mean time. Otherwise have fun. "" (For discussion, visit MPN Forum)
 Yep... Grand Theft Auto IV was released, in fact, few hours ago. There's nothing much to say, is there? Head over to your local video games store for it, or look into your mailbox if you pre-ordered it. For those that want a game over at Xbox LIVE, add me at HoT dEv1L 666! Cheers, and enjoy the game!
IGN has just given Grand Theft Auto IV a sparkling score of 10/10! They also have a video review in place, which includes some quality footage (I mean it!), go check it out! Two new trailers have also been released. One of them was about Niko Bellic, the other was a TV commercial that came from GameSpot, which includes old and redone footage from previous trailers and new footage too. Full News Articles: GTA IV GameSpot Trailer, IGN Review+Screenshots+Niko Bellic Trailer!
Yes, Grand Theft Auto IV has been leaked over the internet. Torrent sites are already posting downloads of the Xbox 360 game, and leaked videos of the intro cutscene and gameplay has surfaced. So far, it looks great. The game, as expected, looks better on your Game Console than on trailers or screenhots. The trees don't look as ugly as in screenhots, apparently. The graphics are also superb. I shan't reveal more, though. 34 new screens and many interviews and articles have also emerged, click here for the full stories: 24 New Screens + IGN/1up interviews, Special Edition images + many interviews/reviews + 10 screens. Enjoy!
Aaron Garbut, the Art Director at Rockstar North, has recently been interviewed by IGN and EuroGamer. Plus, Twenty brand new Screenshots of Grand Theft Auto IV, including an artwork of Mallorie, has been released by IGN, 1up and EuroGamer. Also, 20 screenshots and one new artwork was released, click here to view them! This is what he had to say: We never reproduce real world locations. We take interesting or representative elements and create something new from them. It’s about taking inspiration from real places and producing something that captures the essence of it. We’re trying to take our impression of New York and keep it as that, an impression, not a laboured reproduction.”
“I think the level of detail the cut-scene guys have achieved is intense. They have the characters interacting with the world, which is hard enough, but they also have added a lot of feedback onto the world. […] Things like pillows and mattresses bending or bouncing a little under the weight of characters sitting on it, phone cords dangling and following the phones movements, liquid moving around in glasses. It’s pretty amazing.”
“There are no hard limitations on the number of active dynamic lights around the player. The real-time shadows are working across every object and surface in the game with everything self-shadowing and casting onto everything else, there’s ambient occlusion and emissive lighting on top of that. And then your standard next-gen shenanigans - light shafts, bloom, depth of field and motion blur, and of course it goes without saying everything’s rendered with HDR.”EuroGamer Article: http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=133192IGN Article: http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/868/868124p1.html
has recently sat down with Rockstar Games’ Vice President of Creative, Dan Houser. Ben Fritz, the interviewer, has compiled an Interview, which discusses the Grand Theft Auto series, specifically Grand Theft Auto IV. Here's a Summary: -Grand Theft Auto III, Vice City, and San Andreas focused on removing restrictions, while Grand Theft Auto IV focuses ore on implementing things that make sense for the location or for the character. -In GTA IV, Rockstar aims to recreate the feeling of jumping from GTA 2 to GTA III. It’s not just an improvement; it’s something completely different. GTA 2 to GTA III was a graphical revamp; GTA III to GTA IV is a phenomenal increase in detail (in story, character, city and relationships). -The Euphoria physics in GTA IV make the game feel more alive; greatly improved graphics make emotions easier to convey. It’s all about making the game more natural. -The story reflects the gameplay. The more realistic the game looks and feels, the more realistic the story can be. -Rockstar [Games]’s dream with their games is to always make everything a flowing, completely integrated experience. -The development process for GTA IV was professional yet unstructured. The team hasn’t really changed since GTA 3, so the process is largely intuitive. -The original Liberty City (from GTA III) was never meant to imitate New York City; it was just “vaguely East Coast-ish”, as said before in earlier interviews. -As with previous Grand Theft Auto titles, extensive research was done to capture the true essence of New York City. -When coming up with the concept of Niko, Rockstar wanted someone that was tough yet foreign; he’s both battle-hardened and innocent at the same time. -It took approximately six months to come up with a rough design of what represents New York City. Actually building that representation of New York (Liberty City, in this case) took years to complete. -As the city is created, the story begins to develop with Dan bouncing ideas off of Sam and Leslie Benzies. The story begins to be developed, artists start to work on the characters, and the designers begin to break down the story into missions. -Developing the actual Grand Theft Auto experience is a daunting task; although the game isn’t linear, Rockstar sets it up in such a way that any given situation is predetermined. From the article: “We know where you can move around the map. We know when you can unlock everything. So although the thing to you playing game is non-linear because at any point you might have 15 things you can do, we can track on a huge multi-tiered doc, where you can be. So we know at that point can’t see other things. We’re trying to tell a story, design a videogame and take you on a trip around the world all at the same time.“ -While San Andreas and Vice City took much influence from films, GTA IV does not. With the Rockstar team being based in New York City (and much of the team having lived there their entire lives), it makes more sense to base the game off of their own first-hand knowledge and experience of the city. -The main reason that we haven’t seen multiplayer Grand Theft Auto in the past is technical limitations; the hardware just couldn’t handle the strain that a full GTA multiplayer experience would dish out. -For GTA IV, the multiplayer experience isn’t meant to be revolutionary or completely innovative; it’s simply meant to be the best multiplayer GTA experience possible. Multiplayer recreates moments while singleplayer creates narrative; it’s all a very cinematic experience. The storytelling experience in GTA IV is far beyond anything we’ve seen in any Grand Theft Auto title to date. When we look at Niko’s situation in GTA IV, we see him as a serious individual with problems that he most overcome; the world that he’s stuck in, and the issues of those around Niko, are considerably ridiculous by comparison. It’s this tone that defines the game. Here for the interview: LINK
French gaming magazine PSM3 is the latest in an ever-growing list of media outlets that has been invited to (p)review GTA4. The key points from their article are below - be aware that there is a possible spoiler so you may want to be careful when reading these. - The use of L2 & R2 for braking and accelerating is confirmed. - The game supposedly "looks great at 1080p". - You can use the underground metro/subway system to get around the city. - A weapon shop has been confirmed to be in the game. - Packie is Irish. - *Possible Spoiler*: One mission involves robbing a bank. Police and SWAT teams are after you after the heist and you must escape through the underground metro system. - When you purchase clothes, you click on the item and you try it out straight away; there are none of the unbearable loading times from San Andreas. - Pay 'n' Spray's are confirmed but only to change your car paint. They won't affect your star rating. - There are some problems with the aiming system - Niko sometimes feels 'heavy' while moving and the A.I. can be dumb at times, but this is barely noticeable and fairly excusable considering the scale and the complexity of the environment around you. - Best game ever made. Score given: 20/20 Thanks to our partner site GTA4.tv for the article!
Well raindancer2006 has posted the list of Official Radio Stations in GTAIV. Here they are: # WKTT - We Know The Truth (talk Radio) # Radio Broker (alternative rock) # San Juan Sounds (latin) # Integrity 2.0 (speech, hosted by Lazlow) # Tuff Gong Radio (reggae/dub) # LCHC - Liberty City Hardcore (punk/hardcore) # Electro Choc (dance) # Liberty Rock Radio (classic rock) # Massive B Soundsystem 96.9 (dance hall) # The Vibe 96.8 (soul/r'n'b) # IF99 - International Funk (funk) # PLR - Public Liberty Radio (call-in-speech) # The Classics 104.1 (old-skool hip-hop) # The Beat 102.7 (contemporary hip-hop) # Jazz Nation Radio 108.5 (jazz) # K109 The Studio (disco) # Fusion FM # Vladivostok FM (eastern european) # The Journey (ambient/chillout) There is also a note of the Dual Shock 3 controller working with the PS3 version of GTAIV, which is a big plus. For full details, check out the article here.
The opening (pre-registration opening) of Rockstar's Social Club has been pushed to Thursday 17th instead of tomorrow. We are not sure why though. Maybe last minute problems arose but we can't say. Here is the link though. >> http://www.rockstargames.com/socialclub/
Official Xbox Magazine has reviewed the game officially and come up with these points: * Amazingly realistic world. * Stunning action set pieces. * Genuinely engrossing storyline. * Hugely entertaining multiplayer. * Vast in every respect. The game has been rated...*drum roll* ... a 10 out of 10. You can view the magazine's review by clicking these links. (thanks to RAWRferal of GTAGaming for the scans) Page 1Page 2Page 3Page 4Page 5Page 6Page 7Page 8Page 9Smaller screens available in the thread. Click to View
Here is a YouTube video of the controls for GTAIV, available for both console controllers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjQ7XjkHBT4
Jordan of Planet GTA has receive Hidden Package #6 via post. Items included are Liberty Swingers promotional items.
Source: Planet GTA
A few days ago, Rockstar announced they made an edited version to meet the Australian's review board of requirements. They have finally commented on the whats and whys of this move. Source: The Age
English electronic music group, Prodigy, now has has one of their songs in GTAIV. Source: newswire
Well after our little gift yesterday of 12 screens, we now have the links to the official MP review articles - IGN- Team Xbox- CVG- TotalVideoGames- Destructiod- SPOnG- GameTap- Kotaku- GameSpot- GameDaily- GameSpy- GamesRaderMore coming soon
Rockstar Games has released a small artwork image of DJ Karl (Karl Lagerfeld). He host the K109 Studio show. There is a short summary about him at Style.com as well.. He is not a visible character in the game but you will obviously here him on the radio.  Source: GTA4.net
WebHallen.com is now offering a special GTAIV Style bundle consisting of a PS3 (40GB) and a copy of Grand Theft Auto 4.  Source: Planet GTA
GameKult.com has posted 12 new screenshots of the GTAIV Multiplayer feature. Check them out here. Also read the translated commentary here.
It was discovered sometime ago by a leading member of our partner site GTA4.tv that there was an in-game search engine called EyeFind.info. Well WeazelNews (GTAIV site) has posted info about it. You can read about it hereSource: GTA4.tv
More in-game multiplayer details will be posted on major gaming review sites on April 8th at 10:00 a.m. PST. The Multiplayer aspect will be the highlight of the review and will be covered in heavy detail. Source: Planet GTA
Gaming website ComputerAndVideoGames.com has posted info about their experience with GTAIV's Liberty City. Info includes: Source: CVG
Well, after 5-6 intense weeks of exams, reports and assignments...I am finally back for the while to help you all stay up-to-date. I only have 2 final exams, so I have a lot of free time now. A lot has happened in the last few and I will try to catch up. Cheers.
Brad.
The first man to finish Grand Theft Auto IV is actually Rob Taylor, deputy editor of Xbox World 360 magazine. Every Grand Theft Auto fan’s dream, huh? He has, to be kind enough, writen a spoiler-free article on his experience. Click here for the article!
  The first ever Grand Theft Auto IV in-game screenshots were released, this time, courtesy of the latest issue of thee ZOO! magazine. The first one show Niko Bellic on foot, while the second one shows the player in a vehicle. As mentioned before, we can see from these two pictures that the HUD is dynamic, and certain aspects of it will only be displayed when activated, while the health and armor meters represented by semicircles around the perimeter of the radar. Well, many of you wished for in-game screenshots of Grand Theft Auto IV. So, here they are! Savour the pictures (click to enlarge them, don’t forget to save them to your hard drive!) Thanks to GTAGaming for the screenshots, have fun!
Our partner site GTA4.tv has posted 71 screencaps of the new trailer! Be sure and check it out. Check out all the images here!
An ambitious announcement has been made detailing a partnership between Rockstar games and internet giant Amazon. Yahoo has an article explaining what exactly this means. Here is the highlight of the article:
"Advertised throughout Liberty City, the cheekily-named "ZiT" technology is built into the game's mobile phone interface system. As players cruise around the world listening to the in-game radio, they can at any point 'mark' a song by opening their phone and dialing the number ZIT-555-0100. Gamers will then receive a text message with the song and artist names, and if they're registered at the forthcoming Rockstar Games Social Club community site, they'll find an e-mail waiting in their inbox with a direct link to a custom playlist on Amazon.com. All songs tagged "ZiT" will be stored here, available for preview and purchase at Amazon's going rate of $.89-$.99 per track. Best of all, those MP3s are free of the Digital Rights Management (DRM) limitations imposed on files downloaded through Apple's iTunes store and thus can be imported into any computer or digital device with no constraints."
Excellent idea. But if your one of those Limewire or Torrent users your luck has just ran out as Rockstar have stated that None of those tracks, however, are accessible outside the game.
It\'s here! Please follow the links to watch the awesome trailer: * Official site* GameTrailers* YouTube
It seems that "Game 3.0" is really happening. Rockstar have just announced Rockstar Social Club. On April 15th you can sign up with a Playstation Network ID/Xbox Live Gamercard and share your stats and more! Here is the full list of features:
* LCPD Police Blotter - A virtual map and tracker of single-player criminal activity logged in Liberty City from the aggregated data of millions of connected players - showing the most dangerous areas of town, most commonly used weapons and more.
* The Story Gang - This special single-player leaderboard recognizes players who complete Niko Bellic's main story arc of Grand Theft Auto IV - The leaderboard ranks players according to the total amount of playing time it's taken to complete the story, as well as a historical rank by who has completed it first. Members of this club will receive special online widgets and merit badges marking all of their in-game accomplishments.
* The 100% Club - Watch to see who will be the first to complete 100% of the game. The first ten people to be identified on the Social Club as reaching 100% will be sent an ultra-rare commemorative 'key to the city' to mark their accomplishment. In the future, the 100% Club will then carry a historical leaderboard showing rankings of who has completed 100% of a game in the shortest span of playing hours.
* The Hall of Fame -- This area will dynamically recognize those singularly elite players who have reached the top of the hill on various statistical leaderboards, and will also contain a personal awards display of special in-game landmarks and successes in Social Club competitions.
* The Liberty City Marathon -- A ranking of special physical milestones achieved in the game - from the amount of miles walked, driven, or swam - to the number of bullets fired and stunt-jumps jumped. There will be additional special marathon-based competitions in the future from this area as well.
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However, if Take-Two refuses the bid, Thill believes that Electronic Arts “walk as the near-term economics to ERTS of a deal would deteriorate.”
It’s at least more plausible than Microsoft, especially if Electronic Arts were to raise their bid from the $25 it first offered to $28, who knows? We’ll keep you updated."