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Release Dates:
Worldwide Release for April 29th.


Official Xbox Magazine is the first magazine to review Grand Theft Auto IV. Subscribers in the UK began receiving their issues today.

* Stunning action set pieces.
* Genuinely engrossing storyline.
* Hugely entertaining multiplayer.
* Vast in every respect.

...and the final score given by OXM is 10 out of 10.[/quote]

Thats one 10/10

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LOL at it saying: Welcome to Liberty City: It's not as shitty as the rest of the country.

Official Site Update Page

Videos:
""Good lord, what are you doing?" AKA "Everyone's a rat""
"Move Up Ladies"
"Looking for that Special Someone"
"Things will be different"
Playboy X
Roman Bellic
Packie
Phil Bell
Dylante Hybrid Trailer
LCPD Trailer
Whiz Wireless
Beer Garden
Liberty City Gun Club
Vlad Glebov
Manny Escuela



Setting:

Liberty City


ALGONQUIN - "Self-proclaimed center of everything."

Cultural center of the world, commercial center of the world, financial center of the world. If Algonquin residents could have it their way, the region would also be considered the epicenter of everything in the known universe. A word of warning to the inquisitive traveler: questioning the integrity of Algonquin's self-righteous and artificially-sweetened natives will likely get you shot.
Algonquin = Manhattan

BROKER - "Churches, hipsters and housing projects."

The region of Broker is rich in American history, and equally rich in Eastern European immigrants. As of late, the district has also taken to "sprucing up" its ragged image through the restoration of older, run-down neighbourhoods. Don't let Carney Island fool you, though; Broker is just as rough-and-tumble as any other Liberty City district.
Broker = Brooklyn

DUKES - "Like the suburbs, only worse."

The closest thing to sanity that could possibly be found in Liberty City, complete with overpriced condominiums and unavailable parking. You may even be tempted to refer to the district as "comfortable". Diverse and densely populated, Dukes is home to both the Francis International Airport and Steinway Beer Garden.
Dukes = Queens

BOHAN - "Ripe for re-development."

Neglected and disrespected, Bohan is the closest thing to hell that you can find in the city (and that's saying something). This northernmost district of Liberty has been torn apart by decades of destructive violence. If you find yourself wandering into Bohan, don't just lock your doors -- weld them shut!
Bohan = Bronx

ALDERNEY - "Industrial wasteland meets suburban hell."

If Algonquin is the privileged child of the Liberty City family, then Alderney is most definitely the retarded younger brother -- an endless sea of run-down homes peppered with phallus-like smokestacks thrusting into the sickly clouds above. Simply put? Nobody wants to live in Alderney, and those that are unfortunate enough to live in the district desperately want to get out.
Alderney = New Jersey

Missions:

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The mission structure of Grand Theft Auto IV is considerably different from previous games in the series. Rockstar North are aiming to give players more freedom, more choice, and a greater sense of control over their character's destiny. The game still follows a narrative path, but it's quite different in the sense that the story can be told in a number of different ways, depending on the player's actions.

Mission 1-5 Here


Weapons:

Glock (probably a G17)
Caliber: 9x19mm
Capacity: 17



Micro Uzi
Caliber: 9x19mm
Capacity: 20



AK-47
Caliber: 7.62x39mm
Capacity: 30



RPG-7
Caliber: 40mm
Capacity: 1


Rest of the Weapons

Multiplayer:

Team Modes

TEAM DEATHMATCH

2-8 Teams

Players work as a team to rub out other teams for money - and the crew with the most cash at the end of the round wins. Take the other crew down. Remember to loot the cash dropped by deceased players. That's the way to get ahead.

TEAM MAFIYA WORK

2-8 Teams

You're a member of a crew doing contract work for the mafiya - including such plum gigs as escorting wanted men, picking up MacGuffins and stealing cars. Work as a team to complete contracts before the time period ends and get the rewards. You'll probably want to do your best to scupper the other crew's work as well. Each contract you complete gives your team cash, and the crew with the most cash at the end of the round wins.

TEAM CAR JACK CITY

2-8 Teams

Cars spawn parked around the map and the teams must steal them and take them to a drop off point. The cash teams get for dropping off stolen vehicles depends on their condition - teams get less cash the more damaged they are. The exception to this are special bonus cars, stuffed with drugs, which give a set amount of cash on delivery no matter how damaged they are. Your crew has to get hold of whatever vehicles the boss wants. Whichever crew makes the most money wins. Simple.

COPS N' CROOKS
2 teams only

A team-based mode in which the Crooks must get their Boss to safety, while the Cops have to take him down. The Boss is marked with a cross hair. This mode has two sub-modes: All for One and One for All.


1. In All for One, one team is made up of Crooks and a Boss, and the other team is made up of Cops. The Cops are trying to hunt down and kill the Boss while the Crooks are trying to protect him. The Cops win by killing the Boss and the Crooks win by getting the Boss safely to the getaway vehicle and escaping.

2. One for All is similar but there is no Boss. Here, the Cops win by killing all of the Crooks and the Crooks win by filling up a getaway vehicle with members of their team. Only 4 people can escape in the getaway vehicle. Players cannot respawn in this mode.


TURF WAR

2 teams only


A timed capture-the-base mode. There are a number of bases around the map that you have to take by standing on them for a short period of time. The more players that are on a base, the faster it can be captured. The more bases that your team owns, the faster your team's cash score increases. If the rival gang is on or near a base, you won't be able to take control of it - so do what you can to try and ... displace them. The team with the most cash at the end of the round wins.

Cooperative Modes
HANGMAN's NOOSE

2-4 Players

Single player mission that features co-op play. Mafiya boss Petrovic has illegally flown into Francis International Airport, and someone has tipped off the cops. The objective? Escort Petrovic to safety while being pursued by the Liberty City Police Department's NOOSE (SWAT) division.

BOMB DA BASE
No info on this Gameplay yet

BOMB DA BASE II
No Info on this gameplay yet


Competitive Modes

DEATHMATCH

2-16 Players

It's a complete free for all! Anything goes, and you can use any tactics you like to kill off the competition. Confined to specific areas of Liberty City in order to keep the action intense.

MAFIYA WORK

2-8 Players

Working under the direction of Kenny Petrovic via. your cellphone, you will compete against other players in a series of mini-missions. You might have to pick up recruits for the firm or take out a target, or even find and then dispose of a dozen severed heads.

FREE MODE

1-16 Players

Like single-player, except playing with your friends. Complete free for all. No rules, no objectives, no score. You're free to do whatever you wish.

Race Modes
RACE

1-16 Players
Race

Race to the finish through each checkpoint in order: If you take a wrong turn or mess up in some way, you can respawn your vehicle on the last checkpoint you passed. There is a large selection of races for cars, boats, and helicopters - you can choose laps and vehicle class/type. This mode has two sub-modes: Free Race and Cannonball Run.

1. Free Race are point-to-point races. First one to reach the end point wins.

2.Cannonball Run are races where you have to traverse several checkpoints any way you can.

GTA RACE

1-16 Players

Similar to the orthodox Race, but with the added element of combat. Race and fight your way through the checkpoints in order and then hit the finish, but this time you can also pick up the weapons spawned en route to help take out your opponents. You can also exit the vehicle during the road races.


Limited Edition
* Grand Theft Auto IV on the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system or the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, both with special packaging
* The Grand Theft Auto IV Art Book, featuring never-before-seen production artwork from Grand Theft Auto IV
* Selected soundtrack CD from Grand Theft Auto IV, featuring new material from top artists, only available on this release
* An exclusive Rockstar keychain for the safety deposit box keys
* Completing the collection is a limited edition Rockstar duffel bag

The first reviews of Grand Theft Auto IV are expected to arrive within the next couple of weeks, and today OPM UK announced that their review will begin reaching subscribers of the magazine around April 22nd. Official Xbox Magazine have already announced that their review will go on sale on April 19th. Meanwhile a number of other reviews are also expected from the likes of IGN and GameSpot at around the same time.


I expect A 10/10
10/10 from who? Everyone? I highly doubt that it'll get a 10/10 from IGN. They'll probably give it a 9.8 or something like that.
Dang, that game looks sweet.. Makes me want to get a 360 or PS3
A 10/10 from PSM.

I think at least a 9.8 like you said from IGN. IGN can't give a perfect to anything.
True. They are a bit stubborn about that.

I expect a 10/10 from PSM and the Official Xbox Magazine. As well as all the places that give out ratings up to 5 stars.

This game is looking better and better every time I look at it!
Same.

Kotaku probably won't give it a perfect score, Gamespot wont either.
Xplay probably will give it a 5/5.




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While we have seen many overly positive previews so far, GTA IV certainly can't be perfect -- no game is. Luckily there are still some journalists out there who dare to have a slightly critical look at R*'s latest piece. Two of those are IGN's Patch Kolan and Cam Shea, who review the game's multiplayer component in Good Cop, Bad Cop style.

Amongst the things they aren't too happy about are clumsy camera controls, an imbalanced lock-on system, frame-rate hiccups and most worryingly the graphics:
Bob Ross draws GTA IV


"The depth-of-field blur effect is far too heavily applied to the multiplayer game. Everything that is more than 50 feet down the street from you starts to pixelate and distort strangely, as if filtered through a haze of tiny droplets of vegetable oil."

That is indeed something many people are confused about. In most screenshots we can see blurry, low-detail buildings (not just in the distance), as well as heavy distortion -- especially in areas of water, foliage and shadows -- resembling a quality known only from paintings. According to a recent Kotaku article, those distortion filters are intended to actually improve the game's visuals:

"I suspect there's a filter involved, something that gives the world a touch of artistry. [...] Jeronimo Barrera tells me that Rockstar loves its filters. It helps, he says, fool the eye, masks some of the imperfections that games, no matter how next-gen, will always have."

Whether this is for better or for worse and impacts the gameplay noticably, remains to be something players will have to decide for themselves when the game comes to stores later this month.

i need another pair of shorts.
I would be thoroughly disappointed if IGN gave GTA4 a 10. I'll expect something in the high 8's, low 9's. Highest max probably being 9.5.

As for PSM, who knows. I can only assume it'll be in the 9's.
Why high 8's? Mario Kart gets high 8's. not GTAIV lol.
Cloud, that logic is flawed. That's like me saying "GTA4 shouldn't get 10's, games like Ocarina of Time get 10's"

I just think it'll get high 8's or low 9's. (ie. 8.5-9.5) And regardless of what crappy labels attached, those are strong scores for a game.
The main guy looks a little pansyish to me. :/
I'm thinking 9.5-10's.

At first I wasn't liking the main character, I wanted another Carl Johnson. But Im liking the character more, its only his accent that makes it weird.
Im not really concerned about the score.

but the game seems just jammed packed with contend and multiplay in a free world with 16 players online is just awesome... im just worried about load times and lag
Im worried about the frames per second.

Doesnt it seem a bit slow?
For online I saw some screenshots of it, and EVERYTHING was made low quality - but they won't official so I'm unsure if they're even real - I'll look out for them.

Also I dunno about you fellas/fellettes
BUT OMFG I CANT WAIT
The online mutltiplayer screens were interesting..when that man was running with a briefcase.

View this on YouTube

Spoiler warning

Leaked copy of the game
Spoler warning? More like fake warning. <_<

Tis fake I say.
I put spoiler warning because I thought it was the actual intro before I Saw it.

I dont thihnk its fake..unless someones really really good at making box art and making the intro look realt
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