According to info from the lastest issue of PlayStation.RevistaOficial, Grand Theft Auto IV will feature 16-player multiplayer in 15 different game modes. Up until this point, RockStar had confirmed that the game would have multiplayer, but offered no additional details.
The known list of game modes follows:
- Deathmatch
- Team Deathmatch
- Race
- GTA Race
- Mafia Work
- Team Mafia Work
- Turf War
- Cops’N Crooks
- Deal Breaker
- Hangman’s NOOSE
- Car Jack City
- Bomb da Base II
- Free Mode
One can only imagine the mayhem–and glee–present in this game if the multiplayer is done correctly. GTA IV hits April 29 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
Hands-on previews from Grand Theft Auto IV are trickling out now, and the feature list shows more incremental improvements over the last iteration of the game. Here goes:
- No more caring about getting fat or not
- You can take a cab to go anywhere on the map
- Dynamic weather effects
- Auto-saves (thank god!)
- Gears of War-inspired cover system
- Niko’s cellphone will have a vital importance in the game
- Advanced lighting
- Special physics system that makes characters behave naturally and often in distinct ways
From the preview time with the game, MTV Multiplayer’s Stephen Totilo can say that it looks has good has it looks on the trailers, that it has short loading times and a line of sight “that made buildings 10 blocks away viewable.”
Read: MTV Multiplayer, IGN or Joystiq
The forthcoming year looks amazing for gamers, as a myriad of anticipated titles are planned for release throughout this year. I took the time to compile a list of five games, out of hundreds of possible choices, that sparked my interest enough to be noted on my list of must-have purchases of 2008. The following assemblage of games are not listed in any particular order of importance and are a true look into my own personal gaming habits.
Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3 & 360): GTA IV is planned for release within February-April of this year and takes place in a redesigned Liberty City consisting of five boroughs based New York City. The game’s map size is considerably smaller in comparison to Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, but the inclusion of Liberty City will be far more detailed, and larger than any previous individual city in the GTA series. According to the Official PlayStation 2 Magazine (UK edition): “to get from one side of the new and improved Liberty City to the other will take you at least an hour.” Although you no longer have the ability to fly airplanes or changes the main-character’s physique or appearance, the game looks extremely promising. Continued…
