Update 9/18/2020
RipTen reports on a fascinating mod that turns GTA's camera inward, making the whole game into a first-person shooter (FPS). While it might sound like sacrilege, there are two reasons that the game might actually be better this way: more of the great city detail is visible, and Niko's sluggish controls and responsiveness isn't as visible or annoying. Worth a look!
Ever wonder what it would be like to terrorize the streets of Liberty City from a first-person perspective? Wonder no longer. Thanks to a mod created for the PC version, you can experience it yourself. From this new perspective Liberty City definitely looks more alive...
More info, and a movie, is available at RipTen.
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Jesse Divnich predicts that next month's E3 Expo in LA will be the venue Rockstar chooses to officially announce their next-gen sequel Grand Theft Auto V. With the game widely rumored to be a return to the beloved San Andreas setting, they could be onto something here.
Update 5/17/2010
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ElectricPig.co.uk, one of the smarter videogame blogs out there, takes the first of the two GTA IV expansions, The Lost and the Damned, out for a spin around town.
Update 5/4/2010
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ElectricPig.co.uk is up-front about what all the reviewers have been saying: The Ballad of Gay Tony, the second expansion to GTA IV and one half of the 'Episodes From' bundle now available for XBox 360, PS3 and PC, is the best part of GTA IV, and brings the big missing piece back into the franchise: FUN. The Pig's review is spot-on, as usual.
Update 5/4/2010
![[ GTA Image ]](./imgs-posts/gta4-lost-shotgun.jpg "No, no, no... I'm a DIFFERENT angsty bald guy, see?")
'Episodes from Liberty City' arrives today. The game is a single-pack pair of GTA IV spinoffs, The Ballad of Gay Tony and The Lost and Damned (previously availabel as DLC only for XBox 360) which come complete with the GTA IV engine and assets: the original GTA IV game is not required, though the games do integrate pretty seamlessly if you happen to have GTA IV already -- and who doesn't?
Update 3/30/2010
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It took the better part of a year, but the expansion add-ons for GTA IV will both be shipping for PC and PS3 players early in the new year, according to a Rockstar announcement today.
Update 12/28/2009
![[ GTA Image ]](./imgs-posts/gta4-024.jpg "Saddle up, it's finally time to party.")
The first (and only?) downloadable expansion for Grand Theft Auto IV is finally out. You can download The Lost and the Damned for XBox360 (only) starting today.
Update 2/17/2009
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From reader harryHandsome, here's a nifty fresh scan of the entire city map, all cleaned up and ideal for printing and markup, just in time for The Lost and the Damned. Thanks, Harry!
Update 1/18/2009
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Rockstar Games announced today first episode of downloadable content has been delayed again, and will now be available in February 2009.
Update 10/19/2008
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First it was summer. Then it was autumn. For a long sad moment it was 'sometime in 2009'. But now, finally, GTA IV's Xbox 360 exclusive extras look like they're in line for a November release.
Update 7/28/2008
GTA Confidential compiles the latest and most useful news, tips, info, rumors and help related to the latest Grand Theft Auto games, including GTA IV and GTA V.
New FPS View of GTA IV: Bigger, Better?
Added 8/31/2010
Grand Theft Auto V Announcement Looming?
Added 5/17/2010
GTA 4: Lost and Damned Review Rolls In, by E-Pig
Added 5/4/2010
GTA 4: Ballad of Gay Tony Review Drops In, by E-Pig
Added 5/4/2010
Gay Tony and 'Lost' Land Today for PC, PS3
Strap It On and Get Ready to Roll With Two New, Different Bad-ass Bald Guys
Added 3/30/2010
GTA IV Expansions Coming for PS3, PC
No Longer 360 Exclusive, Expanded Liberty Coming Soon
Added 12/28/2009
GTA IV: The Lost and The Damned Now Available
XBox-only DLC Locked and Loaded
Added 2/17/2009
High Quality Paper Map v2.0
A hi-res printable map ideal for printing and markup.
Added 1/18/2009
The Lost and the Damned and the Delayed Again: Now DL Content is February
Delayed Again, Will Now 'Ship' in Feb 2009
Added 10/19/2008
GTA Downloadable Expansion Coming in November
Long-Delayed Expansion Now On-Track
Added 7/28/2008
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