Jason Sanders, Project Manager at GGL, bought Grand Theft Auto IV like everyone else yesterday. However, the clerk at Best Buy neglected to remove the game’s plastic security case while Jason was signing for his credit card.
Find out what happens when you get between a man and his GTA IV below.
Today, more details on Grand Theft Auto IV’s multiplayer were released. Four of the fifteen game modes were detailed. There will be the classic Team Deathmatch, GTA Race, Cops ‘N Crooks (think Counter-Strike) and Hangman’s Noose (co-op escort missions). Other details released are:
- Confirmed 16 player online play.
- The online map is the same as the singleplayer map.
- There will be no co-op for singleplayer missions, however there are many co-op multiplayer modes.
- Ranked online games earn you money for character customization.
- Races can be played with or without guns.
- Voice chat volume depends on how close players are to you.
All in all GTA4 seems to be shaping up quite nicely. It is going to be a hard few weeks as I count down the hours till it’s release day, April 29.Read: Grand Theft Auto IV Multiplayer Hands-On (PS3, Xbox 360).
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.
Alex “djSilent” Wilcox contributed to this report.
Spore will be released Sep. 7, 2008.
That’s right, kiddies, the brilliant-looking game we saw at E3 oh so long ago just got a release date; it’s slightly over 200 days until you get to play God.
Ever since its inception, Will Wright’s Spore has been setting the Internet ablaze with speculation. Most recently this speculation has been in the form of the ever-so- popular “guess the release date” game. Guess the wait is finally over.
The premise for Spore is that you are creating a life form and similar to the Civilization games you go through the different ages in technology–all the way from the primordial soup to space travel.Spore will be coming out on PC, Mac, Nintendo DS, and mobile phones.
Read: Spore finally evolves to retail Sept 7, 2008.
Going along with all the recent news of Grand Theft Auto IV stealing the spotlight in the world of gaming lately, we finally have a confirmation of a release date. Get your pens out and circle this day on your calendars: April 29th, 2008.
Directly from the mouth keyboard of Sam Houser, Founder and Executive Producer of Rockstar Games: “We are so excited to be releasing Grand Theft Auto IV. We’ve pushed ourselves very hard to make something incredible and hope the game sets a new benchmark for interactive entertainment.”
With all the newly released information available about the game, as well some some very nice looking screen shots, this gamer is starting to get very excited for Grand Theft Auto IV.
Of course local media outlets and politicians everywhere are preparing their long, drawn-out stories of how this game will corrupt the worlds youth, and should be banned from stores everywhere.
Another Grand Theft Auto release, another year of mindless entertainment.
For the full press release, hit the jump.
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