Month: May 2008

This is where it all began. This is a must watch video for anyone who played GTA1 back in the day.

In May 1996, Rory Cellan-Jones took a tour of the Dundee office where the first version of Grand Theft Auto was being developed.

1996 video tour of DMA Design – news.bbc.co.uk

Fokker over at gtaforums found a concept car that should look familar to any GTA2 fans.

gtaforums.com

Kung Fu Grip – escapistmagazine.com

The Rockstar Games Social Club now displays the GTA IV multiplayer leaderboards that were previously only visible in game.

All the online multiplayer statistics found in the game Stats screen are now accessible via the Social Club. You will also be able to see how your multiplayer cred measures up against everyone else by bringing up side-by-side comparisons.

To view the standings, click the GTA IV in your profile box and then select the multiplayer badge. A table of users will appear with ranks and other information. The data has plenty of filtering and sorting options to keep you busy for a while

Vote for GTA IV at the Golden Joystick Awards.

Nuts All Nighter: Grand Theft Auto IV
One to Watch Award: GTA IV expansion pack
PlayStation Game of the Year: Grand Theft Auto IV
Publisher of The Year: Rockstar Games
BBC 1Xtra Soundtrack of the Year: Grand Theft Auto IV
UK Developer of the Year: Rockstar North
The Ultimate Game of The Year: Grand Theft Auto IV
Xbox Game of The Year: Grand Theft Auto IV

computerandvideogames.com

On some systems (not mine), GTA2 refuses to run at 1024×768 or any resolution higher than 640×480, even if you select a higher resolution in GTA2 Manager. siwuzzz at gmail has created a patch to work around this problem. The patch is for the free (9.6F) GTA2 exe file. You don’t actually see more in higher resolutions since GTA2 just stretches the image. The only reasons I can think of for not using 640×480 is if you were running in a window (needs desktop set to 16bit colour) or using a strange monitor that doesn’t support 640×480.

On my systems, this had a strange side effect of making the menus only use the top left 640×480 of a fullscreen 1024×768 window. I don’t recommend using it if GTA2 already displays fine for you.

Changes a byte at location 0xCB2C9 from 74 to EB.

Download: gta2resolutionpatch.7z

You may have heard how some of the voice actors from GTA IV don’t feel they were compensated well enough for their work, most prominently Michael Hollick, the voice of Niko. Well, the voice of Roman, Jason Zumwalt, feels the same way; but he’s not sitting around doing nothing about it. No, he’s using his new celebrity to rent himself out to fans for some extra cash. And, well, also to pay off some of his debts it seems. “Oh! That is painful in real life!”

news.filefront.com

Michael Hollick, the voice actor who portrayed Niko Bellic in Grand Theft Auto IV, blames his union for not protecting the talent.

According to a New York Times article, Hollick was paid roughly $100,000 USD over 15 months for his voice acting and motion-capture work on GTA IV. He takes issue with the fact that he will not receive royalties or residuals as he would for work on television programs, films, radio shows or albums.

nytimes.com