GTA: Chinatown Wars - Revealed

With Grand Theft Auto IV released, the news has died down but don't think we're going away! Infact, with E3 came news of a brand new GTA game coming out called "Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars".

This new GTA game will be released exclusively for the Nintendo DS and will be available by the end of the year. Chinatown Wars has been confirmed to take place in actual modern-day Libery City (like IV!) and will use some of the DS technology, such as the touch screen and with the WiFi logo on the official site, some online content as well.

The new DS title is being developed by Rockstar Leeds, who made the other portable Grand Theft Auto Games, Liberty and Vice City Stories.

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars - Website

GTA IV Multiplayer patch released

Rockstar Games announced today the release of a patch that will fix issues in the multiplayer aspect of GTA IV, both PS3 and XBOX 360 versions. One of the most common problems was conectivity and freezing, both apparently fixed. Here's the full list of fixes:

100 Little Things We Love About GTA IV

Despite the drop in activity, GTA IV is far from being forgotten and still active. Infact, Gamesradar has posted a good read about "100 Little Things We Love About GTAIV". Be warned there may be spoilers:

"Even though GTA the quatro has only been out a few weeks, you’d think we would’ve seen it all by now. But that kind of thinking is foolish! Like you, we’re discovering astounding new details every day, and we’re not talking major features like the new aiming system or the wacky shit the colorful locals have to say. We’re focusing on all the small touches that go into making Niko and Liberty City feel well-rounded and three dimensional. And while some of these things aren’t “new” per se to gaming, here are a bunch of things you may or may not have noticed during your jaunt through LC. Enjoy."

Link: 100 Little Things We Love About GTA IV - GamesRadar

GTA IV Downloadable content - Delayed

Rockstar has announced that the much-anticipated XBOX 360 exclusive downloadable content will not be available until the first quarter of 2009. Another words, don't expect the content until between November 1st, 2008 and January 31st, 2009.

Despite some let-downs, Grand Theft Auto IV has sold 8.5 million units since release on April 29. Now how about GTA IV: PC? Hopefully we will find that out soon for some good news.

GTA IV Multiplayer leaderboards now live

To say that Rockstar's Social Club website, specifically the GTA IV section, hasn't gone smoothly would be an understatement. However the long-awaited multiplayer leaderboards are now live.

To checkout the leaderboards, go to the Social Club Website and click onto GTA IV after logging in. Then simply click onto the Multiplayer badge, you will then see a heck of a lot of multiplayer info, filtering and sorting options.

New GTA IV Guide

Grand Theft Auto IV has now been out nearly a month and the guides keep coming in. We have two new guides, one is a bit old but has helped me numerous times with a few missions and a new one from GTAGaming.com.

First up is a GameFAQs guide, covering every single mission. Here it is:

GTA IV - GameFAQs Guide

Secondly, a new guide from GTAGaming. This new guide helps find those random people you see in GTA IV, meeting all 14 random people nets you 5 points. Check it out:

GTA IV - GTAGaming Guide

GTA SnapMap

With big game releases there are always many fan sites that pop-up, but we've encountered quite an interesting new GTA website. It's called "GTA Snapmap" and in a nutshell, lets you easily share a specific location in GTA IV with anyone. If you see something interesting in the masiveness of GTA IV, it's hard to share it with others.

With this new website, GTA SnapMap, you click on the map to pinpoint the location you want to share and you get BBCode and a URL to share with anyone.

Check it out! - GTA SnapMap

GTA IV PS3 Patch released

A patch for PS3 users has finally been released, next time you load up GTA IV (while being on PSN), you will get a prompt to download the patch.

Many Playstation 3 users have complained about online issues, related to Gamespy's servers being overloaded. (shocked)

Rockstar Games has released a GTA IV patch for Playstation 3 today that prevents GameSpy’s servers from being overloaded and therefore reduces the impact on those servers that were causing the game to stutter and lock up. We continue to monitor the performance of the game both on and offline and will provide further updates as necessary. We want to assure everyone that, together with our hardware partners, we continue to strive to give our fans the best possible interactive entertainment experiences possible. This update will ensure that everyone will experience Grand Theft Auto IV the way it was intended. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused.

Grand Theft Auto IV - Breaks Launch Records

Here's an excerpt from a Take-Two press release, import details bolded:

New York, NY – May 7, 2008 – Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), said today that Grand Theft Auto IV has surpassed all-time entertainment records for day one and week one sales by dollar value. Released on Tuesday, April 29th, Grand Theft Auto IV, the critically acclaimed video game, has sold through to consumers approximately 6 million units globally with an estimated retail value of more than $500 million in the first week. Grand Theft Auto IV sold approximately 3.6 million units on its opening day with a retail value of approximately $310 million globally.

"We knew Grand Theft Auto IV would break new ground in terms of the player's experience, with its compelling story line, extraordinary gameplay and action that ranges over a broad urban canvas. Now, it has broken sales and rating records as well. Grand Theft Auto IV's first week performance represents the largest launch in the history of interactive entertainment, and we believe these retail sales levels surpass any movie or music launch to date. We congratulate the entire Rockstar team on creating a must-have experience that takes the legendary Grand Theft Auto franchise to a new level," said Strauss Zelnick, Chairman of Take-Two.

Full Press Release [View]

GTA IV - Available in UK, EU, AU

The most anticipated video game of the year is now available, Grand Theft Auto IV, in Europe, United Kingdom and Australia. And in just 3 1/2 hours from the time of this posting, North American gamers will be able to pick this baby up too.

With 19 reviews in already from US gaming websites/mags, GTA IV already has achieved 13 perfect scores and has a 99/100 rating thus far, the lowest score being a 95. *

With the launch of Grand Theft Auto IV, do not think that our coverage is done. This is our first year and we have only been posting for several months now, but have done much better than expectations. We'll be pushing out even more content - screen shots, videos, our own GTA IV Review, guides/faq's and much more!

Be sure to pickup GTA IV and keep tuned to the site. Enjoy and good luck to all North American gamers on getting your copy of Grand Theft Auto IV.