While not in any way related to GTA, I figured since news was slow It’d be alright if i posted an amazing COD4 montage a friend of mine created. After just 2-3 days of work, he released the video and it certainly came out amazing. Lets just hope he makes a GTAIV montage.
LINK: YouTube Video
Palm Beach, FL – August 23rd, 2008 – GTAPla.net And Its Owner, Scott Fisher, Would Like To Formally Announce The Official Launch Of GTAPla.net v1.1.
For the first time since our launch, we have completely reworked and updated our back-end and administrative area, creating a better security system and faster load times for the site itself, while also enabling the ability to add new and exciting features. While this update has not effected the appearance of GTAPla.net, it has provided us with a plethora of opportunities to expand upon the site design and content respectively.
The development process of GTAPla.net will continue to move fairly quickly, and from now on, updates will be made on a regular basis, with press announcements coming with each new build. This high churn is part of our development process that aims to produce the greatest possible experience for GTA fans and users alike.
This years Leipzig Game Convention is proving to be a huge hit when it comes to GTA news, with Microsoft announcing this morning that One Episode of Downloadable Content for GTAIV will be available during the Fall of this year!
‘In autumn there will be news from Liberty City; the first episodes of GTA IV will be available for download, exclusively on Xbox LIVE.’
For the first time ever, new GTAIV on PC details have been revealed during a preview session with IGn and Eurogamer, with the following details be announced:
- Much improved visuals, they’ll be “polished well beyond what they were on the 360 and PS3″.
- The number of multiplayer slots may be expanded for the PC version.
- The maximum resolution is 2560×1600.
- The replay feature has been improved. Players can record 30 second clips and they can now add filters and adjust the camera angle using the replay editor. They can also make a montage of clips and upload them to the R* Social Club for others to view.
- Players can finally filter multiplayer games more specifically (e.g. a deathmatches using a particular weapon).
- The Xbox 360 controller is compatible with the PC version.
- It looks like fingerless gloves have finally been added! Much to the delight of pretty much every player of the game! See this shot
Thanks to TheGTAPlace.com for the details!
As most of you may know, Electronic Arts has been trying to take over Take 2 Interactive for quite a while now, extending there deadline time and time again. Finally, according to a late night Press Release by Take2, the deadline has come and gone with no extension brought on by EA, and therefore the aforementioned “deal” is now considered “expired,” at least for now anyways.
LINK: Press Release
Take2 has just announced that the Japanese version of Grand Theft Auto IV will be released on 30th October, 2008 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles.
New York, NY – August 15, 2008 – Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), announced today an October 30, 2008 release date for the localized Japanese version of Grand Theft Auto IV for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system.
Developed by series creator Rockstar North, Grand Theft Auto IV was released in North America and Europe on April 29, 2008, selling 3.6 million units on the first day of release, and 6 million units in the first week. Critics from across the globe have showered the game in unanimous praise for its immersive storytelling; culturally eclectic soundtrack; an unparalleled level of detail in Liberty City; and sixteen player multiplayer with more than a dozen online modes for endless replayability.
Link: Press Release