The OAO Grand Theft Auto IV Thread

[Kaney]

Oh of course, I said ages ago the PS3 is likely to get it's own exclusive DLC, I just think it's funny how 360 fanboys act as though they're getting a game and a half when it really shouldn't matter if they get more content than someone else.

[abundant]

Fanboys suck. 360 fanboys act like their version of GTA is superior due to the DLC, while PS3 fanboys dismiss the DLC and act as if they don't want it, only to then gloat whenever there's news about possible PS3 DLC.

[abundant]

GTA IV map: http://aycu28.webshots.com/image/49227/200...50572519_rs.jpg

subway system: http://www.gtagaming.com/images/gtaiv/leakedmap/map5.jpg

PS3 controls: http://www.gtagaming.com/images/gtaiv/leakedmap/map6.jpg

It's another leak. According to PlanetGTA, the map wasn't supposed to be revealed until you opened up the game on the 29th.

The latest OXM has a multiplayer preview (Xboxworld's MP screenshots were stolen from OXM ) and in it, they mentioned that one of the main reasons for the delay was so they can get the MP balanced, and to get the net code up to snuff in order to handle the entire Liberty City. Hopefully this means little to no lag.

Edited March 26, 2008 by abundant

[abundant]

Just a reminder, the new and final trailer goes up at 6 PM EDT tonight.

[King Ellis]

So, that's what, 10PM GMT?

[alldaws1]

Nevermind. Ellis is right after all.

Edited March 27, 2008 by AD

[abundant]

What time is that in my time zone?

The trailer is supposed to be about one minute and fifteen seconds.

Edited March 27, 2008 by abundant

[Dan]

A month & 2 days!

Looks like I'm gunna get it from ASDA at midnight, it's only a 2 minute walk away & They have it for £37.97.

[abundant]

The following is a press release from Rockstar Games:

On April 29th Rockstar Games will release the most anticipated game of 2008, Grand Theft Auto IV. In addition to the game, the company is launching the Rockstar Social Club, a new website that will extend your experience of Grand Theft Auto IV and all future Rockstar Games titles.

The Rockstar Social Club is more than just a standard gaming site. It features all of the statistical leaderboards that gamers have come to expect, and combines them with performance-based competitions and awards.

Registration for the Rockstar Social Club begins on April 15th and anyone can sign up with their Xbox Gamertag and/or a PlayStation Network ID.

GTA IV, the first game featured on the Rockstar Social Club, has exciting features beyond multiplayer leaderboards, including:

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.

The Rockstar Social Club doesn’t stop there. With special competitions, leaderboards and challenges rolling out regularly in the weeks and months following the game’s release, this is just the beginning of an on-going Liberty City experience and is a small taste of what’s to come from Rockstar Games for GTA IV and beyond…Head over to rockstargames.com/socialclub today!

[abundant]

Sorry! EWB was messing up.

Edited March 27, 2008 by abundant

[abundant]

Sorry! EWB was messing up.

Edited March 27, 2008 by abundant

[abundant]

Sorry! EWB was messing up.

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[abundant]

Sorry! EWB was messing up.

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[Baddar]

I've heard of double, even treble posts...but that just takes the piss.

[abundant]

Hey, the board was freezing up, so I'd refresh and it'd freeze again. Not my fault.

[LL!]

Does it matter? We just got fucking awesome news. This takes online play to a whole nother level. This will be insane and very very wonderful.

[abundant]

Rockstar Games and Amazon.com make sweet music together.

When Elvis Costello penned the lyric "radio is a sound salvation" in his seminal 1978 hit "Radio, Radio," he was actually attacking the airwaves. Thirty years later, though, a video game radio might very well offer salvation to a music industry struggling to make ends meet.

In a partnership bound to shake, rattle and roll both the music biz and interactive entertainment, Rockstar Games and Amazon have teamed up to create an ambitious new model for digital music distribution. Built exclusively for the upcoming video game blockbuster Grand Theft Auto IV, it allows players to buy real-world MP3s of tracks heard over the game's numerous radio stations in a very seamless manner. (Initially, this service will only be available in the U.S.)

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.

Needless to say, record execs are thrilled at the prospect of using GTA IV's radio to reach millions of ears and, in turn, wallets.

"Music has long played an integral part of the game playing experience," said Ronn Werre, EVP, EMI Music's Sales, Licensing and Synchronization unit. "We think giving players the ability to identify and buy their favorite tracks from Grand Theft Auto IV's popular radio stations is a great new music discovery tool for fans and an innovative new revenue stream for artists."

The recent success of downloadable music in other games gives credence to ZiT's ambitious dreams. In a mere three months, owners of EA's hit music game Rock Band have downloaded over 6 million songs. At roughly $2 apiece, that's a hefty source of post-launch revenue.

None of those tracks, however, are accessible outside the game, and that's where GTA IV's model really takes off. Rockstar has boldly proclaimed that GTA IV's soundtrack is "the biggest in the history of entertainment," and with over 200 tracks, we're not prone to argue. In addition to high-profile tunes from popular artists, the developers are aiming for music geeks by handpicking rare, hard-to-find songs such as Electrick Funk's 12-inch treasure "On A Journey" and Elton John's "Street Kids" off his relatively unheralded Rock of the Westies. Some artists have even contributed brand new songs written exclusively for the game, including "Vagabond (Liberty City Mix)" by the Greenskeepers and "War is Necessary" from iconic rapper Nas.

As the April 29th street date approaches, look for more tracks to be revealed. In the meantime, be sure to check out the latest GTA IV trailers right here on Yahoo! Games.

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/grand-t...d-model/1199430

GTA IV will have over 200 tracks, compared to SA 156 and VC 103.

Edited March 28, 2008 by abundant

[Clawson]

Man, I have no money and I thought I can hold off....but it's like dangling a hot naked Mandy Moore in front of somebody eyes and offering somebody to fuck her. There is no way I'm not saying yes on opening day now.

[abundant]

Potential Spoiler Alert! Achievements Possibly Leaked!

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Off the Boat 5G

Complete the first mission.

One Hundred and Eighty 10G

In a darts game score 180 with 3 darts.

Pool Shark 10G

Beat a friend at pool.

King of QUB3D 15G

Beat the High Score in QUB3D

Finish Him 15G

Complete 10 melee counters in 4 minutes

Genetically Superior 25G

Come first in 20 singleplayer street races.

Wheelie Rider 30G

Do a wheelie lasting at least 500 feet on a motorbike.

Gobble Gobble 10G

Score 3 strikes in a row, a turkey, in 10-pin bowling.

Driving Mr. Bellic 10G

Unlock the special ability of taxi.

Rolled Over 30G

Do 5 car rolls in a row from one crash.

Walk Free 50G

Lose a 4 star wanted rating by outrunning the cops.

Courier Service 10G

Complete all 10 package delivery jobs.

Retail Therapy 10G

Unlock the special ability of buying guns from a friend.

Chain Reaction 20G

You must blow up 10 vehicles in 10 seconds.

One Man Army 40G

Survive 5 minutes on 6 star wanted level.

Lowest Point 5G

Complete mission "Roman's Sorrow".

Over Fulfilled 10G

Complete all 10 Exotic Export orders.

Manhunt 15G

Complete the most wanted side missions from the police computer.

Cleaned the Mean Streets 20G

Capture 20 criminals through the police computer.

Fed The Fish 5G

Complete the mission "Uncle Vlad".

It'll Cost Ya 5G

Complete a taxi ride without skipping from one island to another.

Sightseer 5G

Fly on all helicopter tours of Liberty City.

Warm Coffee 5G

Successfully date a girl to be invited into her house.

That's How We Roll! 10G

Unlock the special ability of helicopter.

Half Million 55G

Reach a balance of $500,000.

Impossible Trinity 10G

Complete mission "Museum Piece".

Full Exploration 20G

Unlock all the islands.

You Got The Message 20G

Deliver all 30 cars ordered through text message.

Dare Devil 30G

Complete 100% of the unique stunt jumps.

Assassin's Greed 20G

Complete all 9 assassin missions.

Endangered Species 50G

Collect every hidden package in the game.

Under the Radar 40G

Fly underneath the main bridges in the game that cross water with a helicopter.

Dial B For Bomb 10G

Unlock the special ability of phoning for a bomb to be placed.

Gracefully Taken 10G

Complete mission "I'll Take Her".

Liberty City (5) 20G

After meeting all possible friends, the ones left alive all like you above 90%.

No More Strangers 5G

Meet all random characters.

That Special Someone 10G

Complete mission "That Special Someone".

You Won! 60G

Complete the final mission.

Liberty City Minute 30G

Complete the story missions in less than 30 hours.

Key To The City 100G

Achieve 100% in "Game progress" statistic.

Teamplayer 10G

Kill 5 players who are not in your team, in any ranked multiplayer team game.

Cut Your Teeth 5G

Earn a personal rank promotion in multiplayer

Join The Midnight Club 10G

Win a ranked multiplayer race without damaging your vehicle too much and with damaged enabled.

Fly The Co-op 15G

Beat our time in ranked versions of "Deal Breaker", "Hangman's NOOSE" and "Bomb da Base II".

Take It For The Team 10G

Be on the winning team in all ranked multiplayer team games.

Top Of The Food Chain 10G

Kill 20 players with a pistol in a ranked multiplayer deathmatch.

Top The Midnight Club 20G

Come first in 20 different ranked standard multiplayer races.

Wanted 20G

Achieve the highest personal rank in multiplayer.

Auf Wiedersehen Petrovic 30G

Win all ranked multiplayer variations, all races and "Cops 'n Crooks", as both sides.

Let Sleeping Rockstars Lie 10G

Kill a Rockstar developer in a ranked multiplayer match.

http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/03/29/gt...i-descriptions/

A nice spread between Missions, Mini-Games, Side Missions, Multiplayer, and Random Shit. Hopefully they're true.

[apsham]

I like those, I like it when they're spaced out and you get one for a seemingly random mission or thing that you're doing. Hate ones like killing a Rockstar developer in ranked online, blah. Right time, right place.