Author: Sektor

GTA2 news

There has been a lot of GTA2 activity in the past few months.

B-$hep is creating a GTA2 map editor in Delphi.

Black Phoenix is reverse engineering GTA2 and creating OpenGBH/OpenGTA2 in C++.

T.M. is working on a map viewer and automated minimap generator in C++ and he might even make a PHP version. It can be used to create some really great images.

Vike the Hube has been patching GTA2.exe using his ASM coding magic.

Sektor and Ben Millard have been working on GTA2 Game Hunter.

None of these projects are really ready for the public yet. I plan to release a public beta of GTA2 Game Hunter v1.5 in the near future.

The petition to release GTA2 source code, now has over 2000 signatures.

GTA2’s 10th anniversary is this year!

Social Club Jams Music Video Contest

The Social Club Jams Contest sponsored by Logitech is now open to all Grand Theft Auto IV PC users.

Use any of the 98 songs available via the Grand Theft Auto IV PC Video Editor to craft your own original music video shot on location in Liberty City. Best Director wins a one-of-a-kind custom Rockstar branded set of Logitech PC peripherals including high end computer speakers, keyboard & much more.

To enter, you’ll need to upload your video anytime between 7/10/09 and 7/31/09 inclusive – and make sure to use the tag “music-video-contest”. Go to the Social Club Jams Contest channel page at Rockstar Social Club TV to watch video entries as they start flowing in, and visit the Social Club Jams Contest events page for official rules.

Link: Social Club Jams Music Video Contest

GTA: Chinatown Wars headed to PSP

From take2games.com press release:

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, will be making its way to the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) handheld entertainment system. Developed by the award-winning studio Rockstar Leeds, in conjunction with series creator Rockstar North, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will be available at retail on UMD® and digitally from the PlayStation®Network in North America and Europe this fall.

“We’re proud to extend this truly unique handheld Grand Theft Auto experience to PSP and offer a downloadable version of Chinatown Wars for PSP®go,” said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. “Rockstar Leeds has shown incredible talent in creating games that raise the bar in terms of depth and innovation on portables, and with Chinatown Wars we have a rich, fast-paced, and incredibly addictive entry into the series.”

From Rockstar Games RSS feed:

One of the highest-rated handheld games of all time, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, will be making its way to the PSP system this fall. Specifically built for the PSP platform with upscaled widescreen graphics, enhanced lighting and animation and including all new story missions, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will be a powerful experience on the PSP and will be available as both a digital download (via PLAYSTATION®Network) and at retail.

rockstargames.com/chinatownwars

GTA IV PC patch 1.0.4.0

Today we released a Maintenance Update for the PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV. This update ensures all copies of the game are properly aligned for the next gold master build pressing. We have also improved the resource management numbers to detect and adjust accordingly to different operating systems.

Like all previous updates, this contains all the fixes from past title updates, so there is no need to re-install previous patches if you have to re-install the game for any reason. A direct link to download Maintenance Update 1.0.4.0 can be found here. For more details and download links for other languages, check out the Grand Theft Auto IV PC support page.

The Ballad of Gay Tony


The second GTA IV episode will be called "GTA: The Ballad of Gay Tony".  I never would have guessed that name.  It’s a bold and amusing move and part of what makes Rockstar Games great.  The main character is Luis Lopez (GTA fans worked this out long ago), a hoodlum who works for Tony Price aka Gay Tony.

It will be downloadable from Xbox LIVE® for 1600 points ($19.99 USD). There will also be an XBOX 360 disc released for $39.99. The disc will be called GTA: Episodes from Liberty City, it will not require GTA IV and it will include "The Lost and Damned" and "The Ballad of Gay Tony".

This episode’s focus on high-end night life contrasts with the biker gangs portrayed in The Lost and Damned, whilst giving us a lot of new gameplay possibilities." Grand Theft Auto IV’s second downloadable episode, The Ballad of Gay Tony injects Liberty City with an overdose of guns, glitz, and grime.

As Luis Lopez, part-time hoodlum and full-time assistant to legendary nightclub impresario Tony Prince (aka "Gay Tony"), players will struggle with the competing loyalties of family and friends, and with the uncertainty about who is real and who is fake in a world in which everyone has a price.

Source: Take-Two Press release

rockstargames.com/theballadofgaytony