This important update addresses a variety of high priority gameplay and network issues. Since most of the fixes for these issues took place in the server software, clients that are playing on older servers may still be affected. Therefore, if you’re running any v1.0.x servers, we strongly advise you to upgrade for the benefit of your players.
Download and full changelog: MTASA.com
You can nominate MTA as the best mod of 2009 at MODDB.com.
The Game Connect Asia Pacific conference was finalized with a discussion entitled “What I hate about video games: A critic’s perspective”.
Jason Hill had some harsh words to say about Rockstar Games.
I hate Rockstar for pretending that they are pushing the medium forward. I hate them for courting controversy and hardly ever having the balls to answer the phone when inevitably the shit hits the fan. Do you really want to make art or just money? Defend your art and your decisions.
Via: PlanetGTA.com
Via: gtahood.com
To celebrate the launch of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City, including the all-new episode The Ballad of Gay Tony, we are happy to announce a weekend filled with multiplayer mayhem on Xbox LIVE. From Friday, October 30 through Sunday, November 1 we invite members of the online community to experience multiplayer in Liberty City like never before with special guests from Rockstar North and singer/composer Henry Santos Jeter from the chart-topping megaband, Aventura. The combination of tanks, attack helicopters, parachutes, and the high-powered weapons of The Ballad of Gay Tony create the most unique and thrilling multiplayer experience available anywhere.
To commemorate the launch and ensure every fan can participate in these exclusive events, Xbox LIVE multiplayer will be FREE ALL WEEKEND for people playing Grand Theft Auto IV, The Lost and Damned, and The Ballad of Gay Tony. Check out the weekend’s detailed schedule below, and please feel free to reach out with any questions.
Friday, October 30: 5 – 10 p.m. ET: Game with Developers session featuring members of the Rockstar North team.
Gamertags:
GwRockstar1, GwRockstar2, GwRockstar3, GwRockstar4, GwRockstar5, GwRockstar6, GwRockstar7, GwRockstar8, GwRockstar9, GwRockstar10, GwRockstar11, GwRockstar12, GwRockstar13, GwRockstar14, GwRockstar15 and GwRockstar16.
Saturday, October 31: Xbox LIVE All-nighter – Jump in to Xbox LIVE and play Grand Theft Auto from dusk ‘til dawn with the Xbox LIVE community.
Sunday, November 1: 3 – 5 p.m. ET: Game with Fame session featuring Henry Santos Jeter of Aventura.
Gamertag: GwFHenryHH
About Henry Santos Jeter: Henry Santos Jeter, singer and composer for New York-based Aventura, makes his Liberty City DJing debut on the Latin/Reggaeton station Santiago Sounds. Henry got his start with the band Los Teenagers, a small act he joined with his cousin Anthony that eventually became the international sensation known today as Aventura. Henry’s genial personality and strong business and work ethic has led him to undertake a number of successful side projects, including the bachata group, The Hustlehearts.
Episodes From Liberty City (featuring The Lost and Damned & The Ballad of Gay Tony) is out now on XBOX 360.
Smallville S09E05 Roulette has a cheesy reference to GTA at about 28 minutes in.
Scene description:
Lois tries to track down the GPS tracker in Oliver’s car and finds it parked on a street corner, abandoned. Victoria comes up behind her and claims that it’s her car. She tells Lois to back off and when Lois refuses, she attacks. The two fight until Victoria draws a gun and takes her captive.
Scene transcript:
Victoria: If you’re not lost, then get that way. I don’t like smudge marks on my car.
Lois: Nice try Vice City, go Grand Theft someone elses Auto. I’ve sat in that excuse for a front seat enough to know that this car belongs to Oliver Queen.
Victoria: Oh, well if you know Oliver, you know he likes to give gifts. This is one of them.
Major changes are fixes for a number of occasional crashes and assertions plus some improvements for our race gamemode.
Link: multitheftauto.com