Grand Theft Auto IV online multiplayer - PSM Spain

Rockstar Games’ really giving out the goodies nowadays. Day after day we get Grand Theft Auto IV news, and today’s no exception. Here’s some massive online Multiplayer information regarding Grand Theft Auto IV.

PSM Spain has a whopping 20 new images and rather massive multiplayer info, however in Spanish. We were able to get a rather neat translation of the important points mentioned in the article, and you can read them below.

The magazine reporters, however, only played 7 out of 15 of the online multiplayer modes available in Grand Theft Auto IV. Let’s not waste any time, shall we? Savour the screenshots - click here to view and download all the scans of the article!

The online multiplayer modes mentioned in the magazine are namely Hangman’s NOOSE, Car Jack City, Bomb da Base and Bomb da Base II (from Grand Theft Auto III), Mafia Work and Team Mafia Work, Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch, Turf War, Cops N’ Crooks, Race and GTA Race, Deal Breaker, and lastly, Free Roam.

• In Race and GTA Race, you will race illegally till the finish and do anything to get there. For example, throwing a grenade at your rival’s car, perhaps even stealing another car because yours was wrecked.
• In Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch, you blast your friends away in a free-for-all. The staff at PSM Spain tried a match, all of them armed with rocket launchers, and they had great fun.
• In Mafia Work and Team Mafia Work, you play as one of Kenny Petrovic’s mafia henchmen. Complete assassinations (given over phone) before other players in the game to score points.
  
• In the mode Cops ‘n Crooks, one team plays as cops, while the other criminals. As you’d expect, the cops must stop the criminals from escaping. The cops has an added advantage of monitoring the position of the criminals on their GPS’s, the criminals have no such option available.
• The mode Hangmans Noose will be a co-op mode. In the mission, you and your friends are to escort a Mafia gang member, while being ambushed by the SWAT, in a helicopter.
• The 15 online multiplayer modes can be accessed through your cellphone’s multiplayer option.
• You will be able to customize your character before playing the online multiplayer modes, for example, changing his race, sex, skin color, hair and clothing. A total of 16 players can play simultaneously online.
• You can stop a NPC car from coming your way if you point your gun at them.
• The host sets the rules for each game, for example the number of peds and traffic in a multiplayer game. There are some exceptions for some modes too. For Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch, you can also choose whether the police will intervene and types of weapons too. For Race and GTA Race, the host can choose which vehicles are involved and the number of laps to be played.
• Liberty City will be on your feet. Forget the other closed maps; here you have to whole map to play on, laugh and run with your friends.
• The map will be the same as the one in single-player, when you select the multiplayer modes, it will be a smooth transition.
• Some stuff about when the reporters first got there: “We were back to the Rockstar Games offices in London to play the Multiplayer modes. During the four and a half hours we played against a good part of the team with a huge 65″ inch plasma screen TV, headsets on our head and the sensation of experimenting with something revolutionary. The multiplayer was selected from Niko’s phone just like that, one click away. We were allowed to play 7 out of the 15 modes under the watchful eye of a Rockstar Games representative. We started out with Deathmatch (free for all). If players choose to work as a team in Team Deathmatch, up to four can get in a vehicle, from a taxi to a helicopter.”

Plus, the “Updates” section of the Official Grand Theft Auto IV site has been updated. This time, we have some great stuff to look forward to… Coming March 20th 2008, we have a “Music”, “Screenshots” and “Downloads” Section Updates. Coming March 27th, we have a new trailer - “Good Lord, What Are You Doing?” aka “Everyone’s a Rat“, it will be the fourth and final trailer before the game is released.

Credits to nevermikel from GTAForums for the heads up and the magazine scans. Do not forget to check in regularly to -=}{oT~dEv1L 666=-’s HQ for more Grand Theft Auto IV news, media and information! Also, you might want to subscribe to our RSS feed! Until then, ciao, have fun!

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