Grand Theft Auto IV - St. Patrick’s Day Goodies!

Today, and yesterday, saw a couple of bunch of articles (with new information!) and one new screenshot. This sums up to really just three really good news regarding Grand Theft Auto IV. Want to find out more? Read on…

Anyway, Happy St. Patricks Day! First up, we have one exclusive screenshot from Evil Avatar’s hands-on preview of Grand Theft Auto IV. This pretty much confirms the usage of motorcycle helmets in the game, as well as being able to escape from the Liberty City Police via the subway tunnels. You can view the screenshot above, by the way.

Next up, is Next-Gen.biz’s seven-pages long article, “The Making of Grand Theft Auto IV”. It’s an addition to the EDGE magazine article, “The Making of Grand Theft Auto”. If the magazine article is of any interest to you, click here.

Next Generation - “And so the biggest GTA project to date hoves into view. Not the biggest in geographical terms, but certainly in every other respect. Rockstar embarked on it with a mixture of trepidation, determination and, as was to be expected by now, the desire to shake things up a bit.

“When we set out for this game it was, again, ‘Oh my god, following up San Andreas is a nightmare’,” explains Houser. “A good nightmare, but a nightmare. And then with the new hardware it set a new kind of expectation: people are really going to expect something bloody cool and very progressive and very evolved from anything that’s gone before in a big way. So we had a lot of discussions about where to set it, but a more realistic Liberty City very quickly became the favourite option. For a lot of reasons, it just works – it works physically and it also works in terms of vibe. There are a lot of different energies going on here in a small area so you can get away with it – it won’t be weird, or forced, or phoney.

“When we were looking at the lead character we felt that a lot of the Italian American and traditional east coast gangster themes had been a little bit played out – a little bit hammered, actually…”

Houser isn’t referencing any other game by name, but we’re assuming he must have had at least a session or two with Saints Row (probably the most cynically derivative game of modern times, it should be said) in the process of reaching these conclusions, which have resulted in a vibe for GTA IV that, at least from the outset, feels markedly different.”

The third, and last piece, of godly Grand Theft Auto IV news… another Grand Theft Auto IV radio station was announced, Beat 102.7. This piece of news comes straight from the latest issue of German Video Gaming magazine, Maniac. Thanks to GTA-Xtreme.de for the heads up! Also, if you believe in rumors, here’s a photo of a “Grand Theft Auto IV XBOX 360 Box“, which looks mostly fake.

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