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Also known as: GTA IV, GTA 4, Grand Theft Auto 4

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Aug 6, 2008

GTA IV PC to enable cross platform PC-360 online play?

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PS3 - Grand Theft Auto IV - GTA IV PC to enable cross platform PC-360 online play?

Maxconsole writes: "Rockstar games has updated the Official GTA IV website and it is now carrying a Games for Windows LIVE logo. This has sparked speculation that GTA may soon allow for cross platform play between PC and Xbox 360 and the PC may also be receiving the delayed 'exclusive' Xbox 360 GTA IV DLC..."
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Aug 6, 2008

GameTrailers TV to Give Details on GTA IV DLC

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PS3 - Grand Theft Auto IV - GameTrailers TV to Give Details on GTA IV DLC

GameTrailers TV and Spike TV have announced that they will be interviewing Michael Hollick, the voice of Niko Bellic, in an upcoming episode of GameTrailers TV. During this interview, they will be talking about the upcoming downloadable content for Grand Theft Auto IV.
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Aug 5, 2008

Stats: Taxi Murders Peaked Years Before GTA

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PS3 - Grand Theft Auto IV - Stats: Taxi Murders Peaked Years Before GTA

GamePolitics reports: "Absent speculation that Grand Theft Auto somehow played a role, the murder of a Bangkok cab driver by a 19-year-old-man in some ways appears similar to the typical murder of a cab driver in the United States.

In the U.S., cabbie killings appear to have very little to do with violent video games, given that they peaked in 1990-1993, when crude first-person shooters like Doom were the bloodiest games available and the first Grand Theft Auto was years away."
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Aug 5, 2008

Thai Site Offers Local Perspective on GTA Cabbie Murder

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PS3 - Grand Theft Auto IV - Thai Site Offers Local Perspective on GTA Cabbie Murder

Via GamePolitics: "Frustrated by sketchy and somewhat conflicting English language news accounts of Bangkok's GTA Cabbie murder, GP went looking for local Thai sources and found Asian Sweetheart. The site is mostly pictures of "gorgeous Thai ladies," but the cabbie murder apparently got the owner's attention away from posting glam shots."
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Aug 5, 2008

No Surprise Dept: Jack Thompson Wades into Thai GTA Case

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PS3 - Grand Theft Auto IV - No Surprise Dept: Jack Thompson Wades into Thai GTA Case

Via GamePolitics: "You knew it was only a matter of time.

In the wake of reports that a 19-year-old Thai man murdered a cab driver after playing Grand Theft Auto, embattled Miami attorney Jack Thompson has written a menacing e-mail to the top executives of Take-Two Interactive, publisher of the controversial series.

In the e-mail to T2 chairman Strauss Zelnick and CEO Ben Feder (and copied to dozens of other people, including GamePolitics), Thompson writes:

'I warned you both that copycat killings by teens would occur upon the release of Grand Theft Auto IV. Now my prediction has come true...'"
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Aug 4, 2008

Murder Blamed on GTA, Sales Halted

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PS3 - Grand Theft Auto IV - Murder Blamed on GTA, Sales Halted

In addition to the previous reports of a GTA related murder in Thailand, it appears that the sales of the game will now be halted.

Ripten writes:

"Here we go again. An 18 year old in Thailand confessed to the robbery and murder of a 54 year old taxi cab driver, claiming he was trying to recreate a scene from the Grand Theft Auto video game.

Distributors of the game in Thailand are now being instructed to remove the game from their shelves indefinitely it would seem. Sales and Marketing Director for New Era Interactive Media, Sakchai Chotikachinda, was quoted saying..."
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Aug 4, 2008

GTA copycat murder in Thailand, games pulled from shelves

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PS3 - Grand Theft Auto IV - GTA copycat murder in Thailand, games pulled from shelves

A Thai videogame distributor has pulled copies of Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto games from retailers in Thailand following reports of a GTA copycat crime that ended in the murder of a taxi driver over the weekend.
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Aug 2, 2008

GTA 100 Percenters Have 7 Days to Get Their Key

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PS3 - Grand Theft Auto IV - GTA 100 Percenters Have 7 Days to Get Their Key

Rockstar sent notices out sometime after midnight to players who achieved 100 percent completion in Grand Theft Auto IV during the game's "Key to the City" contest (now closed, so if you're at 98.3 percent, suck it up.) Reader Farnic sent us a screenshot of his (fullsize after the jump). The fine print: "If you do not respond within seven days, you will be made ineligible for the prize." Also, it could take up to 120 days to get your key, depending on how many they have to make.
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Aug 2, 2008

GTA IV 100% Club Contest winners notified

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PS3 - Grand Theft Auto IV - GTA IV 100% Club Contest winners notified

Check your inbox eager gamers, Rockstar has announced that potential winners of the GTA IV 100% Club Contest have been notified.

Have you won?
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Aug 1, 2008

Crime could pay for top video game

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PS3 - Grand Theft Auto IV - Crime could pay for top video game

The game, created by Edinburgh-based company Rockstar North, is the latest in the long-running franchise which sees gamers given the chance to run around lavishly-created virtual cities carrying out all manner of criminal activities.

This latest instalment has earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for the highest revenue generated by an entertainment product in 24 hours. In its first day on release the game sold 3.6 million copies and earned more than £150 million.

At the Edinburgh awards, established to recognise innovation and design in video games, it will be up against the revolutionary Wii Fit, the incredibly popular Rock Band game and best-selling Halo 3.

The winner of the Edge Award will be announced on Monday, August 11.
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Jul 26, 2008

GTA IV confirmed for PC by ESRB

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PS3 - Grand Theft Auto IV - GTA IV confirmed for PC by ESRB

C4D.dk reports: "Rockstar has repeatedly denied plans for a PC version of the ultra-popular Grand Theft Auto IV, which was released on the Xbox 360 and PS3 consoles in April. There have been alot of rumours, latest had a PC dedicated magazine in Malaysia, Niko on the frontpage. But now it should be officially, ESRB has listed GTA IV on the three platforms, in which PC is one of them."
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Jul 24, 2008

GTA IV Revealed for PC! - PC Gamer Malaysia

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PS3 - Grand Theft Auto IV - GTA IV Revealed for PC! - PC Gamer Malaysia

A photo of the cover of the next PC Gamer Malaysia reveals that GTA IV is now coming to the PC!
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Jul 22, 2008

GTA IV Car Named After Game Violence Researcher

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PS3 - Grand Theft Auto IV - GTA IV Car Named After Game Violence Researcher

GamePolitics:

"A hybrid car available for jacking in GTA IV is named after a well-known game violence researcher, Dr. Karen Dill of North Carolina's Lenoir-Rhyne College."

The "Karin Dilettante" is a sporty hybrid sedan that appears in Grand Theft Auto IV, the latest installment in the famously violent and sexualized series of video games. "Chicks love electronic gadgets" is the slogan in fake ads for the car.

Ms. Dill says she couldn't believe that Rockstar Games, the maker of Grand Theft Auto, had taken the trouble to name a car for her: "I was kind of like, whoa, they actually do care about video-game research."
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Jul 22, 2008

GTA: Chinatown Wars at PAX?

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PS3 - Grand Theft Auto IV - GTA: Chinatown Wars at PAX?

In an interview with Nintendo's Cammie Dunaway [who announced GTA: Chinatown Wars for the DS at Nintendo's E3 press conference], she revealed that Nintendo are pushing on Rockstar for some new stuff on Chinatown Wars for the Penny Arcade Expo.

Rockstar Games have been confirmed to be attending so there is a good chance we will see some new Rockstar Games stuff including GTA for the Nintendo DS.
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Jul 19, 2008

GTAIV PC: Prank Results in Half-Assed Confirmation

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PS3 - Grand Theft Auto IV - GTAIV PC: Prank Results in Half-Assed Confirmation

Kotaku:

"Two guys worked up an extremely patient, social engineering prank that had 2K Games support believing, or at least suspicious of the possibility of a hacked Grand Theft Auto IV demo on pirate sites. And in the back-and-forth, it turned up this reply from tech support:

"The PC version of GTA IV has not even been announced for release and is still in development so is not about to be released on a website." "

Full story after the jump!
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Jul 16, 2008

Take Two's Conference Over

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PS3 - Grand Theft Auto IV - Take Two's Conference Over

So Take Two's conference has to come to an end and a few of Rockstar's titles made appearences including a brief montage of GTA IV, Bully and L.A. Noire, a new trailer of Midnight Club: LA and a brief teaser of the new Red Dead Revolver 2 game.
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Jul 15, 2008

GTA muggers sentenced

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PS3 - Grand Theft Auto IV - GTA muggers sentenced

A pair of hooded robbers who ambushed a man for his copy of the controversial video game Grand Theft Auto IV have been jailed for two years each.

Marc Hughes, 21, of Herbert Street, Leyland, and Oliver Aindow, 18, of Kingswood Road, Leyland, stalked their victim as he left a Leyland store after a midnight release of the 18-rated game.
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Jul 11, 2008

INTERVIEW: Sam Houser

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PS3 - Grand Theft Auto IV - INTERVIEW: Sam Houser

MCV: The Rockstar co-founder looks back over his amazingly successful career, discussing his biggest challenges, successes - and what's he's still to achieve.
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