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Keen to publicise what is still believed to be an exclusive deal, Microsoft has stated that Rockstar’s downloadable content for upcoming title Grand Theft Auto IV will not arrive until the autumn. Grand Theft Auto IV will be released on Xbox 360 and PS3 on April 29th, and could yet …
Read More »PS3 tech contributed to GTAIV delay
With a firm release date now seemingly set in stone by Rockstar, the Grand Theft Auto IV developer has admitted that familiarising themselves with the unique architecture of Sony’s PS3 was a factor in the game’s delayed shipping date. Speaking to MTV, Rockstar’s vice president of product development Jeronimo Barrera …
Read More »New voices back GTAIV April 25th release
Late last year MCV broke the news that Rockstar is planning to release possibly the biggest next-gen game to date, Grand Theft Auto IV, on April 25th – and now further evidence has emerged to back the claims. UK consumer site Spong highlights information on US stock website Tradingmarkets that …
Read More »New Grand Theft Auto IV trailer tonight
A brand new trailer for Rockstar’s massively anticipated Grand Theft Auto IV, entitled ‘Move up, ladies’, is due to hit the virtual airwaves tonight at 8:00pm. The last time the publisher unleashed a GTAIV trailer on the internet the huge web traffic forced the company’s official site to a crushing …
Read More »GTA IV release date up in the air
Speaking at yesterday’s BMO Capital Markets conference, Take Two chairman Strauss Zelnick has stated that it won’t commit to any date or time period for the release of next-gen title Grand Theft Auto IV, Gamesindustry reports. It was announced in August that the title would miss its initial October ’07 …
Read More »GTA IV delayed until ’08
Rockstar Games has announced that its hotly-watched Grand Theft Auto IV has been delayed until 2008. The game, developed by Edinburgh’s Rockstar North, was due to be released this October. Now, "due to additional development time required to complete the title", the game will not appear until February 2008 at …
Read More »360 needed for complete GTA IV experience
Though knowledge of Xbox 360’s exclusive Grand Theft Auto IV content has been widespread for quite a while, whether or not PS3 would receive anything similar remains a matter of debate – though a recent admission from Rockstar indicates that nothing is currently in the works. CVG reports that when …
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