Dan Houser talks about Grand Theft Auto IV

The Co-Founder of Rockstar Games, writer and executive producer of nearly every Grand Theft Auto and Rockstar video game released to date - Dan Houser - has revealed one of his favorite experiences from playing Grand Theft Auto IV during its development phase.

There are so many defining moments, but a recent one was during a police chase. A song I love came on one of the radio stations while I had two cop cars chasing me through chinatown. I was speeding along when another cop car I hadn’t seen rammed me straight on, our cars crunched together, and I was sent flying through the windshield. I ducked into cover and could still hear the song playing from my smashed-up car. Then the cops opened fire, but one of them hit a pedestrian who pulled out his gun and started shooting. The next thing I know, there was a full-scale war going on between a random gang and the cops. Within a few seconds all the cops were dead and the gang members walked away. I got hold of another car and quietly drove out of the search area to lose my wanted level.

It is truly amazing to see how realistic the artificial intelligence in Grand Theft Auto IV has become. It is not only better than its predecessors, but also truly pushing the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 consoles to their limits.

Rockstar Games has finally been successful in truly creating a living, breathing world, which is their aim for the Grand Theft Auto series - the people of Liberty City will no longer just be reacting to your actions, but everyone’s else actions.

Plus, Kotaku has finally got their turn to test-drive the Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto IV. In their version of the preview, several new information has been uncovered, including some of the controls. Click here to read the article!

Kotaku: “Other neat tweaks include a cinematic mode which slows time to a crawl on the fly and can be used at anytime in the game, making it easier to do things like slip through rush hour traffic at high speeds, cab rides which can either be enjoyed from beginning to end or, for a small fee, skipped entirely. You can also bribe the cabbie to break traffic laws to get you to your destination faster.”

Also, it seems that Grand Theft Auto V, the next game to follow after Grand Theft Auto IV, is already in the works. While this is nothing more than pure speculation, it seems that Image Metrics Website, the company who does facial animation services for the Grand Theft Auto series has listed Grand Theft Auto V on the website.

New Grand Theft Auto IV hands-on previews will be published by Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) and Kiziko soon, hopefully with new screenshots. Magazine scans on new previews will be posted here as soon as we get it! So, stay tuned for more Grand Theft Auto IV news, right here!

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