Turning Off Friction in GTA VI is a VERY Good Thing!

I have four things to say about this video.

1.) It's GTA IV material, so obviously some of the audio is NSFW.

2.) It's only funny WITH AUDIO.

3.) I am crying I'm laughing so hard.

4.) For more info on how to do this on your game, read Tom Senior's article.

at PC Magazine.

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned

GTA IV: The Lost and Damned Trailer

Alright, the trailer is out for the upcoming DLC for GTA IV, The Lost and Damned.  And as everyone suspected, you do play a member of The Lost biker gang.  I for one am looking forward to this.  Any excuse to play some more GTA.  Now, where is my Saint's Row 2 DLC!!!!

Yahtzee Reviews Grand Theft Auto 4

My guy Yahtzee is on point again with his review of Grand Theft Auto IV. And I have to say that he hits the target with this one.

Oh..... And if you don't know yet, NSFW.

Big Day GTA

Activision's Call of Duty 4 and Microsoft's Halo 3 have been trading the first and second slots on Microsoft's Xbox Live activity chart for the past few months.

But Aaron Greenberg, director of product management for Xbox 360 and Xbox Live, said that GTA IV, which just released on Tuesday, is the new king of the hill on Xbox Live.

"We had roughly 1 million users in the first 24 hours [of GTA IV's release] go online with the game on Xbox Live," said Greenberg.

The online attraction of GTA IV is staggering, considering that until now, GTA has always been focused on the single player, offline experience.

"It's been the number one game on Xbox Live since its launch, so it's knocked off Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4," said Greenberg. "At launch, our data shows that out of all of our members on Live, the majority of them were playing GTA IV.

"With a community of over 10 million members, that's pretty rare."

Microsoft measures the number of unique users per game on Xbox Live. Aside from multiplayer online sessions, single-player sessions are also taken into account in the Live activity rankings if the console is connected to the service.

Greenberg also said that 2 million GTA IV achievements were unlocked in the first 24 hours of the game's release. In addition, over 15 million Gamerscore points were added to users' accounts in the first day.

1.5 million cross-game invites also occurred during that period.

Microsoft has been keen to leverage GTA IV's strong online multiplayer component by including a one-month Xbox Live gold subscription with all GTA IV launch copies. The firm hopes the game will drive Xbox Live adoption. Gold subscriptions cost $50 for a full year.

"Our teams have been doing a lot of work in advance of this game, in fact, months. The operations team has been working on scaling our infrastructure around building and increasing our server capacities," he added.

 

See more about Xbox 360 and initial GTA IV sales for the console here. 

Nelson, I saw you playing COD4 the other night.  Hurry up and get GTA dammit.

GTA IV comparison

Well, here's a comparison from www.Gamevideos.com. It looks like there isn't much difference. The 360 usually seems like it looks crisper in my opinion, but it is pretty close. There was a little aliasing in the water on the PS3 side and a little bit of pop-in on the 360 side, but neither will make the game suck or anything.

It looks like the downloadable content and fanboyism is going to decide which one people buy. But I think if you have either system, you won't buy the other just to get this game.

GTA IV review

Well, we know that someone played through the game a week or so ago, but here's the first review I've seen. And from the sounds of it, I definitely will be at Best Buy at midnight on Tuesday morning (luckily the closest one is doing the midnight thing), and I'll be playing all day on Tuesday.

Microsoft: No 5 Minute Install For GTA4 For Xbox 360, Unlike PS3 Version

When Grand Theft Auto 4 hits the streets soon, there will be pandemonium for most gamers to get their hands on it. The new installment will come out for both Xbox 360 and the PS3, and if you're fortunate to have both systems like myself, you'll have to decide which one to get it for. Rumor has it that the PS3 version will have a 5 minute install (similar to a PC) where is the Xbox 360 is ready right out of the box. While that might be a ding on the PS3, it's said to have considerably shorter load time between cut sceens and levels.

Well Microsoft is going to take advantage of the diffence by sending its mailing list some pretty interesting comments. The one I like is by the time you see the Intro screen on the PS3, you could've jacked a dozen cars on the Xbox 360. I'm a little shocked at Microsoft for the simple fact that they normally don't respond very snarky about anything. While I still haven't decided which game console I will pick for GTA4, I'll give Microsoft credit for letting me know which one they think I should buy.

I wish Microsoft's OS was strong enough to act this way with Apple.

[Crunchgear]