Grand Theft Auto News

It’s been a while since any PC version news has been released, the consoles already have their GTA IV fix so the PC is forgotten a little perhaps but, The Games Machine have found out a few more details as listed below to keep PC gamers drooling in anticipation for their Grand Theft Auto 4 experience:

The replay editor will record the last 30 seconds of gameplay. Once the video has been saved you can use inbuilt software in GTA 4 to add special effects and change camera angles. You will also be able to add audio tracks from the official soundtrack of the game (no word on whether you can use your own MP3′s). Once your video is done it can then be published on Rockstars Social Club site so others can watch it.

The GPS and map have been beefed up, thanks to the mouse it is now just point and click. However Rockstar have added the ability for you to mark locations, make notes and add images. That should make hunting those pesky pigeons a bit easier.

The other important bit of information is that Rockstar have managed to improve the game streaming, thanks to the power of the cpu in modern PC’s. This means less of the “same car syndrome” in which you would see lots of the same car you are driving. The magazine is also claiming that there will be more pedestrians and vehicles visible in the PC version.

The “Millionaires Club” has been launched for Grand Theft Auto 4! To celebrate all GTA IV players that have reached seven figures in their bank account by whatever means, there is now a Millionaire status waiting for you at the Rockstar Games Social Club.

If you have earned seven figures throughout your career in the single player campaign mode – thats over $1 million in total earned from whatever means in the game – then Rockstar are now:

“recognizing and celebrating all of the wealthy seven–figure Grand Theft Auto IV players at the Rockstar Games Social Club.”

So head over to the Social Club and check out the leaderboards and see how rich you are compared to those other millionaires or perhaps just sit in the corner of the bar and drink your beer and dream of being one of them if you aren’t quite as rich as those millionaires yet!

After 5 weeks in a row, Grand Theft Auto 4 has moved down a rank, with the latest Indiana Jones game now moving up to position one for the Best-Selling Game. Indiana Jones is released on various consoles including the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS, no doubt GTA 4 will be back up there one day.

Only 2,676 people have came forward to join the lawsuit against Rockstar Games over their hidden sex scene they added into Grand Theft Auto San Andreas (the one before IV).

Head lawyer Seth R. Lesser. simple said “We can’t guess as to why now, several years later, people care or don’t care.”

The suit basically allowed anyone who found the “Hot Coffee” scene offensive or abusive compensation from anywhere in between $5 to $35.

The lawyers were originally hoping that Rockstar Games would have to pay over $1.3 million dollars in compensation, however according to the news reports it is only going to take around $30,000 to resolve the entire issue.

Stephen Attard a 18 year old teenage was arrested and charged with first-grade robbery after police say that his fellow mates and himself went on a crime spree.

To cut a long story short, when the committed the crimes they basically wanted to emulate or copy Nico Bellic, the main character in Rockstars title Grand Theft Auto IV.

They did street robberies, attacked a man and stole his belongings, as well as creating human roadblocks and things similar.

Moral of the story: Make sure what happens in GTA, stays in GTA.

pixeloo a deviantART user has gained quite a lot of popularity for his rendering skills, if you haven’t seen his work before I highly recommend that you do take a look at his work. He made this Nico Bellic render according to his blog post for Playstation Magazine UK.

Rockstar Games have finally released a multiplayer patch for both the Xbox 360 and PS3. The patch fixes various bugs such as games contiuning when players leave, freezing, race glitches and so on. The list below is a list of exactly everything the patch fixed.

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.

Source: GTA4.net

The guys at VideoGamer.com had Rockstar speak with them with when VG went to visit Rockstar’s London HQ, where they got to ask a spokesperson various questions about GTA 4.

The spokesperson told them this:

"If you’re not in a rush and you answer the phone when it rings it’ll take about 100 hours to complete", we were told. "It’s harder to distinguish between main and side missions – there are loads of both. But there are more main missions than side missions. It’s not as clear cut as it used to be because of the phone."

So what are you waiting for? Go finish the game! & Check out Halo Wars Blog !

Funny picture, looks very familiar to Grand Theft Auto IV =P