In its financial results conference call, publisher Take Two has confirmed that Grand Theft Auto IV will be shipped simultaneously for the Xbox 360 and PS3 in October.
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Rockstar's previously announced episodic content for Grand Theft Auto IV will begin in 2008, it's stated in a recent Take-Two financial report. Take-Two's report reaffirms that GTA IV is due to release simultaneously on PS3 and Xbox 360 this October. It's recently been speculated that the sequel will use the euphoria engine, technology that lends a dynamic and life-like element to in-game ... » Read More

Rockstar's previously announced episodic content for Grand Theft Auto IV will begin in 2008, it's stated in a recent Take-Two financial report.

Take-Two's report reaffirms that GTA IV is due to release simultaneously on PS3 and Xbox 360 this October.
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Signs are indicating that Grand Theft Auto IV will feature ground-breaking technology used in LucasArts' new Star Wars game, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Rockstar has partnered with NaturalMotion to use the latter company's euphoria engine in "upcoming next generation" ... » Read More

Rockstar Games announced today it has chosen one of technologies used in Star Wars Unleashed for "upcoming next-generation titles." The press release below also says that integration of this technology is "well advanced" and today's announcement follows "several months of close collaboration between the two companies."

For us, that means that they have been playing with NaturalMotion's euphoria technology for a while and we know GTA IV is coming this October. Fingers crossed.
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According to Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey, a financial consultant for Take-Two Interactive Software, around 150 developers are hard at work on Grand Theft Auto IV.
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Rockstar North is busy with Grand Theft Auto IV. the XBox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 title which should be released by the end of 2007. There is no detail exposed at this moment, but of course, there are a few rumours. Like this one; the game should be playing in New York City.
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Newsweek report says Ken Kutaragi's "slowness" allowed Assassin's Creed and GTA IV to go to the Xbox 360.
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New York-based Take-Two today revealed that it currently has 20 games in development for the PlayStation 3, including more than seven titles from Grand Theft Auto house Rockstar Games.

The publisher confirmed that Grand Theft Auto IV will arrive on PS3 on October 16, 2007 in North America (the game is set for simultaneous release on Xbox 360). Rockstar's releases also include the Team Bondi-developed crime thriller L.A. Noire and forthcoming "extensions of blockbuster Rockstar Games franchises."

In addition, over eleven titles are in development from the publisher's 2K and 2K Sports divisions. NBA 2K7 and NHL 2K7 are day one launch titles, while College Hoops 2K7, Major League Baseball 2K7, The Darkness, The BIGS, NBA 2K8 and NHL 2K8 are a few other 2K titles that will be hitting Sony's next-gen platform.
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Microsoft's announcement of two exclusive downloadable episodes for the Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto IV made waves at September's X06 conference - but rumors are circulating that the PS3 will be getting a similar deal. A "source close to [Grand Theft Auto developer] Rockstar North" claims the PS3 will have downloadable episodes of its own, according to gaming site Eurogamer - so Xbox 360's content will remain exclusive, it just won't be the only exclusive snippets of GTA IV out ... » Read More

Microsoft could barely contain its glee at being able to confirm exclusive downloadable content for next year's Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto IV - but PS3 fans need not fear, as it seems the Sony release is also firmly in line to receive its very own dazzling additions.

According to a source close to Rockstar North, the team is working on exclusive supplemental content for both systems, which will be made available for download via Microsoft and Sony's respective online services after the game's release next year.
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More fuel to the fire has been added over the weekend with 1up's Dana Jongewaard
saying in her blog, "For the first year at least, there are very few big titles that are PS3 exclusive. GTA4 and Assassins will be available for the 360 at the same time."
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Monday 14 August 2006 Soft drinks giant Coca-Cola has parodied Rockstar game Grand Theft Auto for its latest advert, which sees a rugged computer game character spreading the love in a Liberty City-type setting once he's purchased a bottle of the fizzy drink. The advert takes place in a computer generated world and begins with a man in a leather jacket - who looks a lot like Fido from GTA III - tearing up the streets in a car and generally causing chaos. This all changes when he stops to buy a ... » Read More

Sony doesn't see the loss of exclusivity on the Grand Theft Auto series as a problem in the forthcoming next-gen battle, according to SCEA Executive Vice President Jack Tretton. In an interview with financial website The Street, Tretton said that the tech giant is confident of success against strong competition from Microsoft and Nintendo due to the strength of its first-party franchises. "There's no question that having the Grand Theft Auto franchise helped us a lot and helped us sell some ... » Read More

Rockstar says that an image circulating around web-forums this afternoon, supposedly showing a TV screen running a debug version of Grand Theft Auto IV, is a hoax.
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There's no denying the Grand Theft Auto series' astonishing stranglehold on the general gaming population. In fact, such is the popularity of GTA, many have attributed a significant part of the PS2's success to Sony's exclusivity deal with Rockstar. Now, in the face of a simultaneous Xbox 360 and PS3 release for GTA4, SCEA's co-chief operating officer Jack Tretton has denied that the loss of exclusivity will be detrimental to Sony's next-gen success.

Speaking to TheStreet.com, Tretton argued, "There's no question that having the Grand Theft Auto franchise helped us a lot and helped us sell some units, but I don't think the battle would be any different with or without Grand Theft Auto." In fact, Tretton went on to confidentally state that, thanks to Sony's "formidable" first-party offerings, the lack of GTA4 exclusivity is unlikely to effect the company at all: "No, I don't think it hurts us. No, I really don't."
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During an interview with Stuff magazine, Xbox UK kingpin Neil Thompson stated that the three biggest advantages the 360 could lord over the PS3 were "proven games experience - including an exclusive online-playable version of Grand Theft Auto next year - the online experience and all the extra multimedia stuff Xbox does." While initially nebulous, a brief word from Microsoft clarified that Thompson was simply reiterating Peter Moore's announcement at this year's E3 that the 360 version of GTA ... » Read More

Halo 3 aside, the undoubted star of Microsoft's conference at this year's E3 was the bombshell GTA IV announcement, in which the Redmond giant boldly proclaimed that the next GTA will not only be on 360 from day one, but that it would feature ongoing episodic content delivered over Xbox Live.

It was not only a great coup, but gave Peter Moore a chance to add to his impressive tattoo collection, but of course such an announcement could only leave us panting for more and the shutters came down swiftly as they'd risen.

Well first solid details have trickled through this morning via an IMDBlisting for the game, with Rockstar President Dan Houser and GTA and Manhunt vet James Worrall being named as the principle writers.

Also rather strangely listed on IMDB as 'crew' are Lazlow Jones, who wrote for GTA III and Vice City and starred as voice talent for Liberty City Stories and San Andreas. The final entry is writer Navid Khonsari who starred as the Porn Host in Max Payne 2 and has voice credits on all the GTA series as well as Manhunt.
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Rockstar has announced that GTA IV will be released for PS3 in Europe on October 19, 2007 - the same day as the Xbox 360 version. The news comes shortly after Microsoft announced at its pre-E3 press conference earlier yesterday that the "fourth installment in the insanely lucrative series would be appearing on its next-gen machine." With no word at the time of the Microsoft bombshell of a PS3 version, the Sony faithful feared that GTA may have moved exclusively into Gates' hood, so its ... » Read More

Publisher Take 2 Interactive has indicated that the almighty GTA series isn't going to appear on next-gen consoles until 2007, although we can expect an all-new PSP outing for the series by the end of this year. Squeezed between several suit-and-tie paragraphs of a financial report, a look ahead to Rockstar's upcoming games for 2006 mentioned only one next-gen title - the recently announced paddle-whacker, Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis. However, it did reveal that it will be releasing ... » Read More