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JasonSmithy · #1 05-10-2007, 08:03 PM

you play as Niko Bellic, who's an eastern european immigrant

your cousin is called Roman, he's a nice fella, but a big fat liar

you are not russian, but there will be russian gangs

liberty city is closely modelled to present day NYC

there are no loading screens atall from start to finish

liberty city is roughly the size of san andreas, but far denser

you'll be able to climb telegraph poles, fire escapes and go inside sky scrapers

and throw people off them....

you'll be able to race boats around the waterways

it's four boroughs and jersey, but there's no stanten island

it's based on the RAGE engine that table tennis used

no to planes, but yes to choppers

make your own phone calls to structure your missions

yes to multi player, no to massively multi player

its out this october (17th i think =/ )

btw the 5 areas are as follows;

Broker - brooklyn

algonquin - manhatten

dukes - queens

bohan - bronx

alderney - jersey

(want any more info? in depth info available if you PM me)

MaxTorque21 · #2 05-10-2007, 08:46 PM

where did u get this information from?

Dr. Mitsos · #3 05-10-2007, 08:49 PM

Very nice!!!

Callmege · #4 05-10-2007, 09:03 PM

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and throw people off them....

Right. This game just got a 10/10 rating from me.

I'm glad there are no planes. In SA it was fine, there was lots of open land for you to **** about on but in a city I think choppers will be perfect. They were great in VC so I'm sure they will be here too.

JasonSmithy · #5 05-10-2007, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by MaxTorque21

where did u get this information from?

a little peice of art called a magazine =] £5.99 with a demo full of trailers and playable games (it is infact a 360 mag but the same info goes for the PS3 version obviously)

sprint · #6 05-10-2007, 09:41 PM

nice find - thanks for sharing

Joker · #7 05-10-2007, 10:17 PM

Yea they're all true. If he's not Russian, what is he? I'm Polish and Dominican. GTA VCS the main character is Dominican. I hape this guy is Polish ! He has that Polish accent I guess.

Raindancer · #8 05-10-2007, 11:43 PM

Everything you need to know here

http://www.gta4.net/news/index.php

Or pop into GTAforums.com >> GTA4 board

http://www.gtaforums.com/?showforum=120

LATEST NEWS:

During the demo, Niko was seen approaching a bus stop. When he reached it, an icon appeared on-screen that enabled him to control the bus schedule. Is it possible to use the bus service similar to how you can with trains?
When Niko pulls out a weapon, the camera positions itself above his shoulder, and a view-finder appears at the centre of the screen. It's possible to lock a target and move laterally to avoid incoming shots.
Stealing a car can no longer be done simply by opening the door and driving off. Now it involves Niko approaching the car sneakily, breaking the glass with his elbow, using the injection cables to start the car, and only then can he use it.
Niko can freely climb wherever possible (telephone poles, fire escapes etc.)
Philip Glass, the author of the Grand Theft Auto 4 trailer music, will be involved in the production of GTA IV's soundtrack.
The graphical improvements are clearly evident when walking over a grating on the sidewalk. You can see what is underneath it, and the light trickles realistically around the iron bars.

Raindancer · #9 05-12-2007, 12:52 AM

Further update from the Auz PS mag.

During the demo, when Niko passed an ATM machine a message appeared on the screen indicating a button to press in order to access his funds. Nothing more official is discussed about this, though it would appear that you'll likely be able to deposit and withdraw money from the various ATM machines across the game.

As part of GTA IV's new physics, you'll be able to hear/feel the base of vehicles passing by with their radio turned on.

Rockstar says that the usual GTA driving controls have been tremendously tweaked and enhanced.

When selecting a contact on your mobile phone, a list of several commands are made available to the player, such as "meet me here" etc.

Playing the single player game through co-operative mode is not possible, however there will be a co-op mode in addition to all the other unknown multiplayer modes.

According to Dan Houser, VP of Creative for Rockstar Games, they haven't yet figured out if GTA IV is going to spark off another set of GTA games connected to it, and they're currently just focusing on this single game. He does say he "would have a certain confidence" setting GTA outside the United States, such as England in the future.

When asked about a San Andreas Stories for the PSP, he replies saying that they don't have any plans for that at the moment, suggesting that they likely haven't started at all on another GTA PSP title.

Raindancer · #10 05-15-2007, 09:56 AM

As ever. From gtanet.com

First Digital GTA IV Screenshot

Apart from the five official screenshots released by Rockstar Games, and those captured from the first official trailer, so far we've only come to see screenshots printed in magazine publications, which of course were graciously ported over to the web by way of a revolutionary digital invention, the almighty scanner.

In order for us not to breach the copyright law, in which we no doubt would've gotten cease and desist letters if we had done so, we did not publish scans/screenshots from these publications.

Today, however, we can put up a new screenshot. An article on the New York Times website, and probably published in print, in which the writer consulted Rockstar Games for comment, a digital screenshot, albeit small in size, showed up. No doubt is this from Rockstar Games themselves, and so we've decided to publish for all of those to enjoy.

Well, here's the screenshot, showing a train on the elevated tracks passing over Broker. Click on the image below to see it in its full-size.

JasonSmithy · #11 05-15-2007, 10:14 AM

i've got better shots in my mags =]

and GTA IV WILL NOT be massivly multiplayer or summit.......so in other words on co-op modes are in.....nothing like SR

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