Category: GTA IV

Grand Theft Auto IV

Lazlow talk at The Last Hope hacker conference

Grand Theft Lazlow – Hacking the Media by Laughing at Them

A talk by Grand Theft Auto IV cowriter and coproducer Lazlow focusing on that phenomenal project as well as what’s been going on in media in the last decade. Beginning in 1996, corporations began gobbling up every newspaper, billboard, radio and TV station in the United States. Ironically, since then, readership and ratings have plummeted, resulting in entertainment executives and editors programming even more sensationalist and desperate content. Lazlow discusses how parody of the media in video games, on TV, and online can often garner a larger audience reaction than the media establishment itself. He will describe why the mainstream media invents crises, and the reaction by the media and Hollywood establishment to the growing popularity of interactive worlds where players are celebrities rather than smug starlets tittering for TMZ. How can you hack the media? In this interactive talk Lazlow talks about his work in radio, video games, and the future of the media, democracy, and the role of comedy in it.

Hacking_the_Media_by_Laughing_at_Them.mp3 – 25MB

thelasthope.org

Grand Theft Auto IV for the PC

New York, NY – August 6, 2008 – Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), is proud to announce that Grand Theft Auto IV will be arriving on the PC on November 18th in North America and on the 21st in Europe, Australia, New Zealand.

"We are very excited to be releasing the PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV," said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. "The whole team is dedicated to bringing an amazing gaming experience to the PC. The game looks and plays beautifully on PC and we can’t wait for people to play it."

Developed by series creator Rockstar North and set in Liberty City, the latest installment in the enormously successful Grand Theft Auto series features a painstakingly detailed and life-like city for players to explore; a rich, immersive narrative experience; an original soundtrack highlighting the cultural eclecticism of Liberty City; and newly expanded multiplayer just for the PC .

For more information please visit: rockstargames.com/IV

Source: Press release

100% club contest notifications delivered

Rockstar Games has sent out emails to all those who achieved 100% completion in Grand Theft Auto IV within those first 3 weeks of the game’s release and registered on the Social Club website.

To confirm eligibility for your “ultra-limited edition key to the city” prize, you are required to fill out a contest form included in the email, as well as print, sign, and return said form to Rockstar Games using one of the listed methods noted on the form.

Congratulations to all winners of the GTA IV 100% Club Contest!

via: gtagaming.com
source: socialclub.rockstargames.com

GTA IV Millonaires Club

We are pleased to present today’s launch of the all-new Millionaires Club – recognizing and celebrating all of the wealthy seven-figure Grand Theft Auto IV players at the Rockstar Games Social Club. Millionaire status is determined by totaling all of the money you’ve ever earned in single-player-mode from completing missions, winning races, doing vigilante side-jobs, and fortuitously picking up ‘dropped’ money in the street.

Come and see if you are a bona fide Millionaire, as well as where your single-player time to reach a million compares against all the other nouveaux riche ‘business men’ of Liberty City. If you would like to see just how rich your fellow Millionaires are, you can mouse over each for a quick glimpse of their lifetime single-player money earned. With three leaderboards ranked by who’s become a Millionaire first, who’s done it quickest, and who is the richest in the City. Grand Theft Auto IV Social Club registrants, simply enter the Social Club and click on the GTAIV area to browse to the Millionaire’s Club to see if you’ve earned access.

socialclub.rockstargames.com

MVC interview Sam Houser

MVC have posted an interview with Sam Houser, the co-founder and Executive Producer on the GTA games.


Houser says that surviving in an environment in which large numbers of powerful people want to put you out of business for their own political or economic capital has been the biggest challenge of his career.

Full interview: mcvuk.com

GTA IV multiplayer patch for 360 and PS3

Rockstar Games has released patches today for Grand Theft Auto IV for the PlayStation®3 and Xbox 360™. These patches fix some of the issues they have identified for each system, specifically multiplayer connectivity issues including freezes during certain modes, continuation when players leave matches, and bugs within races and race lobbies.

  1. Fixed an issue where players were unable to enter or exit vehicles in GTA Race.
  2. Fixed an issue where scripted vehicles were causing games to unexpectedly crash.
  3. Improved reliability and frequency of PS3™ online leaderboard updates.
  4. Fixed a rare hang some players encountered when moving from a Race or GTA Race lobby into gameplay.
  5. Fixed a hang that would occur when players were switching teams during the countdown in the lobby.
  6. Fixed an issue where players were able to get ridiculously high scores from Cops ‘n Crooks matches.
  7. Changed GTA Race and Race so that the last player remaining always receives a reward of $250.
  8. Fixed an issue where spectating players would prevent the game from finishing.
  9. Fixed an issue where players were unable to spectate in Round 2 of Cops ‘n Crooks games.
  10. Changed countdown timer in lobby so that it no longer resets when new players join a game.
  11. Changed the kick option so that kicked players are no longer brought back to single player.

The patch will be installed automatically (after you confirm) the first time you start GTA IV while signed into Xbox Live or PSN. This is the first patch for XBOX 360 and the 2nd for PS3.

Rockstar Games Social Club patches