Grand Theft Auto IV Site
Release Date - 29th of April!

Grand Theft Auto IV has been announced by Take Two Interactive on the 9th of may, 2006. The game was to be released on the 16th of October 2007, but the release date has been pushed back to the 29th of April, 2008. The game will be released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 at the same time. There has been no announcement about a possible PC version so far. The PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game will be practically the same, but extra downloadable content has been announced for the Xbox 360 version only. The first download pack, named "Grand Theft Auto IV: Episode One", will be available in August 2008.

There will also be a special edition for both consoles on the day GTA IV is released. This collectors edition will be packed in a metal safe deposit box and contain the game, an artwork book, a music CD, a key chain and a duffel bag.

Update alert on Grand Theft Auto 4 (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360). The latest edition of EGM had a feature on the game, and we're given a lot of new info. This is great news as updates on GTA4 seem to come in bite-sized pieces recently.

* Sam Houser - "Its Official, Im American now...I can now vote but for anyone but Hillary Clinton. I love America." (Note: Sam Houser is the founder and executive producer of Rockstar Games)
* The Sixaxis will be used in GTA4 but in a way thats done Right.
* A possible MMPOG GTA in the future. May be subscription based.
* Beat up cars will eventually stall, leaving you to flee on foot.
* Tired will shred apart when they are shot.
* Ps3 Version will have warmer colors while the 360 version will have more vibrant colors.
* Tap Up on the D-pad brings up the Cell phone. Up a second time brings up the key pad.
* There are several different cell phones you gain through out the game. the basic has contacts, organizer, camera, and multiplayer mode. The MP3 version is obtained later in the game.
* You can kill anyone and everyone, even your contacts.
* Theres a conservative talk station called WKTT (We Know the Truth). This is making fun of Rush limbaugh and will have those red stater rants that was recorded from real fans that called in doing that time period R* was taking calls from fans.
* DJ Lazlow Returns
* Bloggers play some form in the game.
* The old GTA cheat codes we come to love seem to have returned.
* You can drop grenades out of the vehicle while driving. you can also "cook" the grenades.
* R* is really getting into episodic downloads. may see some for the PS3 version.

Hmm...that MP3 part sounds like custom soundtracks to me, hope it means off the PS3 HDD

Trailers
Move Up, ladies Trailer.
Everybodys a Rat Trailer. New!

Reviews
IGN Review! 10/10
Game Trailers Review 9.8/10
Gamespot Review 10/10

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* Sam Houser - "Its Official, Im American now...I can now vote but for anyone but Hillary Clinton. I love America." (Note: Sam Houser is the founder and executive producer of Rockstar Games)
* The Sixaxis will be used in GTA4 but in a way thats done Right.
* A possible MMPOG GTA in the future. May be subscription based.
* Beat up cars will eventually stall, leaving you to flee on foot.
* Tired will shred apart when they are shot.
* Ps3 Version will have warmer colors while the 360 version will have more vibrant colors.
* Tap Up on the D-pad brings up the Cell phone. Up a second time brings up the key pad.
* There are several different cell phones you gain through out the game. the basic has contacts, organizer, camera, and multiplayer mode. The MP3 version is obtained later in the game.
* You can kill anyone and everyone, even your contacts.
* Theres a conservative talk station called WKTT (We Know the Truth). This is making fun of Rush limbaugh and will have those red stater rants that was recorded from real fans that called in doing that time period R* was taking calls from fans.
* DJ Lazlow Returns
* Bloggers play some form in the game.
* The old GTA cheat codes we come to love seem to have returned.
* You can drop grenades out of the vehicle while driving. you can also "cook" the grenades.
* R* is really getting into episodic downloads. may see some for the PS3 version.

Where are all the interesting/cool new features or is this it?

Theirs a lot more of course, those are just the newest ones mentioned.

Where are all the interesting/cool new features or is this it?

No planes. ;(

I'm mostly interested in how they're going to map Liberty City.  They pretty much changed the name to Manhattan and it's now canon, but after playing through an entire STATE in San Andreas it would feel like a cop out to go to a generic city again.

well like the post above you said they are cutting out flying so it wouldnt surprise me if they downsized a lot too

i guess itll be like gta3, eventually more games will be made with the same engine that'll be excellent. but gta4 on it's own? eh, it excites me, but the very fact they cut out flying is a huge downer for me. it's like when they cut levitation out of oblivion to meet with their stupid cell'd cities system.

It's not really downsizing because the city is noticably larger and more lfelike, and there's so many more places to go. There's most likely a larger surface area to go on, but more of it in buildings and whatnot. It is by no means a "generic city" it does look verymuch alive.
The whole game seems a major upgrade to me, especially interms of it's animation physics.
It sucks though that there is no info about a PC release yet, because that's all I'm after.

I'm not a big fan of the series (I thought they were fun but whatever) but this game sounds like it could be really exceptional.  I think that too many people are focusing on the bullet points that are no longer printed on the back of the box (such as no flying and no rural countryside driving etc) and are forgetting that the team is focusing on basic game design to carry the experience this time.  In previous games, you had fun because of the nature of having a large playground with a lot of toys.  From what I understand, GTA4's focus differs in that it gives you a smaller but more detailed playground with fewer, more sophisticated toys. 

Preview impressions report that the game design surrounding the missions makes them much more fun, that the writing is really polished and thoroughly entertaining, and that game mechanics such as fighting, driving, shooting, and just moving around are more refined so that it's simply more fun to push the buttons and make things happen onscreen.

Incidentally my girlfriend is really excited about this game, which is weird because she usually only plays construction/management simulators (things like Sim City).

The one thing that got me interested in this, was something Kotaku posted from Rockstar's Dan Houser. 'They' asked him what his favourite moment was, and he said (dun dun dun):

There are so many defining moments, but a recent one was during a police chase. A song I love came on one of the radio stations while I had two cop cars chasing me through chinatown. I was speeding along when another cop car I hadn't seen rammed me straight on, our cars crunched together, and I was sent flying through the windshield. I ducked into cover and could still hear the song playing from my smashed-up car. Then the cops opened fire, but one of them hit a pedestrian who pulled out his gun and started shooting. The next thing I know, there was a full-scale war going on between a random gang and the cops. Within a few seconds all the cops were dead and the gang members walked away. I got hold of another car and quietly drove out of the search area to lose my wanted level.

If it's anything like that, then I'm sold.

Haha, that's fucken crazy..  that settles it, I am preordering the game RIGHT NOW!!

Haha, sweet. This game is sounding better by the minute.

I think I'll wait until a few weeks after it comes out, but it will definitely be in my library soon enough.

On the main forum page I saw something like "Del" and I thought it was "delayed."

I was about to cry

No planes. ;(

Thank god. The plane missions were the worst in San Andreas. Definitely going to pick this up next month, I had no idea it was so close to being released.

I heard there's going to be helicopters, but not planes. That you can use your cellphone to call the police to a remote location so they're not around while you do a hit. That you can take a cab to any location in the city. That you can get a GPS for your car, input the exact location and it will direct you on the way. That you can't just hit Triangle to steal a car parked in the road; you have to break the window and hot wire the car. ....A whole bunch of crap. It will be a downsize from San Andreas, this we go into it knowing; though it was originally slated to be episodic, so who knows what'll come in expansions along the way!

I'm going to imagine from now on that Don Miguel looks and sounds exactly like Niko

and for some reason I forgot what page I was on and I saw a IV and was hoping it was a topic about Final Fight IV (even though there already was a new Final Fight and it sucked)

I heard there's going to be helicopters, but not planes. That you can use your cellphone to call the police to a remote location so they're not around while you do a hit. That you can take a cab to any location in the city. That you can get a GPS for your car, input the exact location and it will direct you on the way. That you can't just hit Triangle to steal a car parked in the road; you have to break the window and hot wire the car. ....A whole bunch of crap.

Wow. This plus what warpped655 said is insane. They really stepped it up, I was expecting more of the same for the most part.

According to all the previews I just read, this game focuses more on the smaller details than an actual HUGE map like San Andreas.  The game world is basically one giant interactive sand box... which is cool I guess.  I rather interact with shit in a small world than run around a static, big world.

The "internet" in the game is pretty intersting. There's like 100+ websites that you can go on in cyber cafes. You can check your emails, go on dating sites and shit. There is so much in this game that it seems like you can NOT BE BREAKIN' THE LAW and still hav tonnes of stuffs to do.

I read somewhere that Liberty City in-game is going to be about half as big as the entire landscape for GTA:SA, but that might be a misrepresentation (including whole bay area for example).

It'll certainly be far bigger than any one of the cities in SA alone.