GTA4 - I am moist with excitement!

[Lauren]

Watch some merkin playing the game live:

http://www.justin.tv/swiftor

[Steve-O 2007]

come on FFS GAME, Change my order to "Posted"!!

Watched someone shoot someone through a windscreen, blood went all over the inside and they fell dead on the steering wheel leaning on the horn!!! Cant wait!!

[SamUK]

so when is this actually out? if its not till next friday then why are they processing orders?

[Goto10]

all i can say is this game kicks ass:)

Thanks for the stonking in-depth review.

Just checked play.com... my order is being processed.

My Play.com order now says 'Packing' - wonder if they'll post out Monday for Tuesday delivery? They did that last time I ordered something, arrived on my doormat on the day of release.

[Lauren]

so when is this actually out? if its not till next friday then why are they processing orders?

Its out on the 29th (thought everyone knew that) which is next Tuesday.

[Lauren]

My Play.com order now says 'Packing' - wonder if they'll post out Monday for Tuesday delivery? They did that last time I ordered something, arrived on my doormat on the day of release.

Well I would think so. Mine says 'processing' which means they are debiting my card which is supposed to take 24hrs, then they will pack and ship in the next 24hrs, so yep would expect it to arrive Tuesday (monday if i'm really lucky, but it tends to take a couple of days from Jersey).

[H3RB]

this game is awsome, im now 45% through it, and its great.
getting run over looks fantastica and so does diving out the car at full speed!!
the blood stays all over ur car when u run a person over and if some 1 trys to rip u out the car they will stay hanging on and u drag them down the road.
its so much fun its untrue lol

[SamUK]

weird release date.

games never come out on a tuesday do they?

[Lauren]

weird release date.

games never come out on a tuesday do they?

Well, they do as from next Tuesday!

Its been clearly stated everywhere (including TV ads) that the release date is 29th April, which is most definately a Tuesday.

[SamUK]

i didnt mean to sound like it wasnt coming that day.

its jus that i think tuesday is an american thing and normally we have to wait till friday.


thats kewl tho. bout time we werent left behind.

[Steve_Rutter]

i didnt mean to sound like it wasnt coming that day.

its jus that i think tuesday is an american thing and normally we have to wait till friday.


thats kewl tho. bout time we werent left behind.

I wouldn't get too used to it, they're only releasing it on a Tuesday as it's a worldwide release and they just decided to launch it on the day the Yanks get their games.

[Steve-O 2007]

YES!!! Mine Has been dispatched from GAME!!!!!! Im praying it gets here Tomorrow Morning, Should do if its 1st class and it was posted before 4pm

[thai boxer]

YES!!! Mine Has been dispatched from GAME!!!!!! Im praying it gets here Tomorrow Morning, Should do if its 1st class and it was posted before 4pm

You'll have it Monday mate. GAME always get it too you day before release, they always have with me.

[Lauren]

You'll have it Monday mate. GAME always get it too you day before release, they always have with me.

Just had a look at my play.com account. Posted: 24.04.08.

So might possibly get it tomorrow, most likely monday.

[thai boxer]

Play.com are normally pretty good with postage, the last 10 pre-orders I've had from GAME have arrived the day before release.

[Steve-O 2007]

nice cant wait but Im making my Dad stay in in the morning while Im at work just incase LOL, I would die if I got home and had a card from postie sitting on the floor and knowing its sitting locked in the local post office untill monday!!

[Steve_Rutter]

You should probably all calm down, many phone calls have been made today asking if the games have actually been shipped out, but they're sat there on a pallet waiting until Monday to be picked up. The tracking numbers and so-on are all assigned waiting for the post office to pick them up.

That agreement they signed with Take Two about not sending it until Monday has them all scared. I've been hunting all day trying to find a place that has released it early, but there's only a few places in the UK that have done it and most of that is because of idiot staff at supermarkets not knowing any better.

[H3RB]

the playstation center, old hill westmidlands
01384411815
thats my mates store he has them now on both ps3 and 360 and hes selling them now

[pcp]

there's a few people on my friends list have been playing it today

How good does this sound?

Xbox 360

During Microsoft's 2006 E3 press conference on May 9, 2007, it was announced that Rockstar Games will offer exclusive episodic content via Xbox Live for the Xbox 360 version of the game. Peter Moore, the then head of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business division announced that Rockstar Games is working on two GTA IV downloadable packs exclusively for the Xbox 360, which will be released after the full game.

Moore described downloadable content as "epic episode packs", and not just extra cars or characters. A press release during the conference said that the packs would add "hours of entirely new gameplay" to the game. The official Xbox website states that these episodes will last a minimum of 10 hours. The Episodes are compared to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas in scope, CVG reports "the downloadable content (DLC) coming for the Xbox 360 version of GTA IV has repositioned those games in just this way. DLC so far has meant the odd new car, jumper or bit of horse armour, but GTA IV is set to completely redefine the idea with expansions that are to GTA IV what Vice City or San Andreas were GTA III. Yes, Rockstar is clearly hinting at new downloadable cities"

Jeronimo Barrera, Vice President of Product Development for Rockstar Games, has said that the episodes are an experiment because they are not sure that there are enough users with access to online content on the Xbox 360. Details on the pricing of these downloads have not yet been revealed, though it would almost certainly not be released for free, as Take-Two Interactive's former CEO, Paul Eibeler, has said numerous times that these downloads would provide "additional revenue streams" to the company[citation needed], but Microsoft has said that it will be up to Rockstar on whether or not they will charge for it. Take-Two Interactive's Chief Financial Officer, Lainie Goldstein revealed that Microsoft was paying a total of US $50 million for the two episodes. On 20 February 2008, it was announced that the extra content will be introduced starting August 2008.

PlayStation 3

Downloadable content for the PlayStation 3 was reportedly said to be "likely" by Jeronimo Barrera, in the May edition of PlayStation World Magazine. The form that the content will take was not stated.

[thai boxer]