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USA Today has published an article revealing information on the upcoming GTA IV downloadable content. The content will be released to the Xbox Marketplace on February 17, 2009. The episode, titled “The Lost and Damned” will revolve around Johnny Klebitz, a member of the Liberty City biker gang The Lost, who you meet a couple times in GTA IV’s singleplayer game (Elizabeta has you overlook a drug deal with him, and Ray has him accompany you on the diamond deal).

Houser had this to add about the DLC’s features and story:

The story is not directly impacted by decisions you took in the main game but tons of details and mysteries from the main story get explained, so it will add a lot of color to the main story. We feel like we’ve only scratched the surface in terms of the depth and detail in GTA IV’s mythical Liberty City.

Source: USA Today
Via: GTAGaming.com

The PC version of GTA IV will be sold in stores and through digital distribution via Stream.  The release date for both versions is currently December 2 in North America and December 3 in Europe. The PC version will support XBOX Live compatible achievements. In a attempt to fight piracy, the DVD version will require an internet connection during first installation.

View the GTA IV Steam page for more information and some new screenshots.

This is becoming a habit, first the GTA IV PC version was delayed by a few weeks then the GTA IV 360 downloadable content was delayed by months and now the Nintendo DS game “GTA: Chinatown Wars” has also had its release date extended.

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At a press conference today, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick confirmed GTA IV DLC’s delay rumors stating that it may arrive as late as Spring 2009. Zelnick also stated that Chinatown Wars isn’t scheduled to be released in the first quarter of the 2009 fiscal year (January 2009) as initially expected, but will arrive within Q2 2009, which ends in April.

Source: MTV

Machinima.com director BenBuja presents his fourth installment of the BG&SS series and it’s crazier than ever!

youtube.com - GTA IV - Bloopers, Glitches & Silly Stuff

IGN posted the GTA IV PC system requirements and they also announced that the US release date has been delayed until the 2nd of December.

Minimum System Requirements
OS: Windows Vista - Service Pack 1 / XP - Service Pack 3
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz, AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4Ghz
Memory: 1.5GB, 16GB Free Hard Drive Space
Video Card: 256MB NVIDIA 7900 / 256MB ATI X1900

Recommended System Requirements
OS: Windows Vista - Service Pack 1 / XP - Service Pack 3
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4Ghz, AMD Phenom X3 2.1Ghz
Memory: 2 GB (Windows XP) 2.5 GB (Windows Vista), 18 GB Free Hard Drive Space
Video Card: 512MB NVIDIA 8600 / 512MB ATI 3870

Rockstar won Developer Of The Year, Soundtrack Of The Year and Xbox GOTY for Grand Theft Auto IV.

Source: computerandvideogames.com

The v1.3 update for GTA IV PS3 has been released to support the trophy system, similar to the XBOX 360 achievement system. When you load a save created with a previous version, you will be informed that the trophies are not retroactive, in other words, you have to start a new game to earn trophies.

The full list of trophies/achievements can be viewed on the achievement section of Rockstar’s site.

Microsoft have announced that GTA: San Andreas will be available to purchase on Xbox Live next week for 1200 Points. The disc version of the game is already compatible with Xbox 360 systems but the addition to the Xbox Originals lineup on Xbox Live marks the first time that a Grand Theft Auto title has been distributed digitally on a console.

Americans should mark their calendars for Monday but gamers elsewhere may face a longer wait as Microsoft is yet to confirm plans outside of North America. The game will cost $14.99 in real money.

via: GTAGaming.com
source: xbox.com

Grand Theft Auto’s most famous DJ has begun talking about the series again, this time giving a little detail on what fans can expect from the forthcoming Xbox 360 exclusive downloadable content.

While appearing on the US-based “Opie and Anthony Show”, Lazlow Jones said that the DLC is “more missions and a bunch of other content”. He expands his revelation by claiming that the release will also see the addition of new characters to the Liberty City world.

Xbox Live members will be able to get their hands on the content some time in the next few months, although a precise release date has yet to be pinned down by either Rockstar or Microsoft.

via: GTAGaming.com
source: Opie and Anthony Show

Unwatermarked versions of the trailer are now available for download:

GTAPC_60_720p.wmv - 45MB - WMP High Res
GTAPC_60_360p.wmv - 17MB - WMP Low Res
GTAPC_60_640×360.mov - 23MB - QuickTime Low Res