Grand Theft Auto News

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

I recently found a GTA4 fan site called GTA-IV.org and the owner of the site has been very busy posting mission guides for all the missions in GTA4, and to make it even better, there videos!

Heres the link: Click Here!

Heres the poll results for the “First impressions of GTA4″ poll that was running in our sidebar all week.

Totally Awesome: 8 votes
Could be better: 0 votes
Don’t like it: 0 votes

So it seems everyone enjoys the game eh?

Psy and the team over at GTA4.tv have created this awesome video displaying some free mode stunting, watch it!

Heres a bunch of random stats and information regarding multi-player on Grand Theft Auto IV =)

• There is a total of 15 different game modes.
• When you kill another player you earn $100.
• When you die, you lose $100.
• Games are in random order, you will either join an already set up match or create your own.
• Your online character is totally customizable you can change basically anything about him/her.
• Each game mode can be configured by the game host to make the match easier/harder.
• Maximum number of players you can have in a match is 16

New York Times have recently interviewed Michael Hollick who if you did not know is the voice of Nico Bellic in Grand Theft Auto IV. The main purpose of the interview was to discuss whether actors in video games should get reward rates, penalties etc.

Hollick according to reports only got paid around $100,000 for the 15 months of work he did and says it was very disappointing to see GTA 4 earn millions in it’s first week and for him not to get a cut of it

Micheal Hollick does not blame Rockstar Games but rather the Screen Actors Guild for not setting up guidelines.

Have you ever tried to describe where something is or how to get there to your friends on Grand Theft Auto 4? Well if you haven’t, it gets really confusing but now theres a solution. A website has launched called “GTA SnapMap” what it does is allows you to set a “blip” on the section of the map you want and then show your friends you map by using the URL’s they provide.

Heres the URL: SnapMap

As most of you aware, it’s no secret that the Australian and New Zealand version of GTA IV is different to the ones that have been sold anywhere else in the world. Cuts have had to be made to ensure that the game could be released in Australia, with the un-cut version not going to be able to get accepted. So in Australia the game is now rated MA 15+ which is the highest a game can rate but just what is missing from Australia’s version of GTA 4?

Heres a quote from PalGN of some of the things that the version has cut out,

“According to Mick, when players pick up a prostitute in the Australian version, there is no way to select a ‘service’ from the prostitute. The sexual intercourse sex animation has also been completely removed, so players will only see the car bounce from a locked rear-view. In the uncut version, after selecting a service from the prostitute, players can rotate the camera to see the prostitute’s actions.”

Aussies are also missing out on enhanced blood effects such as blood pools, bloody footprints and seems to be also missing tyre tracks.