Saturday, May 3, 2008

100% Iggy, The first one with the key to the city.

It's been done, Iggy has become the one of first to complete the game and get the "Key to the city" from Rockstar on XBL.

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Iggy posted the images on the chat himself and it feels great, this is good a first for the channel I think. Way to go Iggy :)

He'll be number one when the XBOX360 Achievements site gets updated :)



Check out the images: OneTwoThree.

GTA IV Great For Not Getting Crabs, According To Late Late Show

Conan O'Brien and The Late Show writers have already weighed in on the release of Grand Theft Auto IV. His competition, Craig Ferguson, takes a different angle, checking in with special correspondent Tim Meadows, who we're glad is getting work.

Check out the whole video here.

Kotaku via Bluesnews thanks nin.

Will GTA IV come to the PC? (When and where)

Jason Ocampo, Steve Butts, Charles Onyett from IGN discuss the future release of GTA IV on the pc. It's totally indepth with details and info on past GTA ports as well.

Check it out here.

Thanks Blues.

GTA IV Comparison Video.

This is seriously going to end the comparison debate once and for all. Check the video out here, NSFW though (Contains Explicit Lyrics).

Thanks Ant and Digg via Blues.

P.S.- I think the Playstation 3 version looks much better :)

Opinion: GTA IV: The Immigrant Issue

In his debut opinion piece, also printed on sister editor blog GameSetWatch, British games journalist and producer Simon Parkin takes a look at protagonist Niko Bellic, arguing that criticism that he unfairly plays up Balkan stereotypes and immigrant plights borders on the ridiculous.

Read this story here.

On Gamasutra via Blues.

Cheat Codes for GTA IV.

They're out, you can find the whole list of cheats on our friends at GTA Head.

GTA IV multiplayer tips from Rockstar.

Rockstar has released the Multiplayer guide for all the console users. You can grab it here.

Adobe Acrobat
is required to view the files. I recommend Fox Reader though, it owns Acrobat.

On GamersHell via Bluesnews.

Microsoft: GTA IV will boost Live subscribers.

Microsoft has said that it expects the success of Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV to boost the number of Xbox Live subscribers.

Released this week, the game has broken sales records in the UK, while Sony of America has claimed the game is helping to sell new PlayStation 3 hardware.

Read the rest of the story here.

Thanks Blues.

GTA IV success vindicates EA share snub - Zelnick

Strauss Zelnick has said that Take-Two's decision to turn down EA's acquisition offer of USD 25.74 per share has now been vindicated following the successful release of Grand Theft Auto IV.

Deny, Deny, Deny :)  The whole story can be read here.

First seen on Blues.

Obama, his 2 cents worth on GTA IV.

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has joined the hoo-haw over GTA IV, saying it'll make "goo-gobs" of money for Rockstar but dumm-kopfs of America's children.

Check the story out here.

I think he is right, there's gotta be a limit on how much kids can play a game each day. You can't have children playing the game for 12 hours a day, its sick.

Thanks Eurogamer, from Blues.

GTA 2 coming for the consoles???

The Internet is awash with speculation Rockstar could be planning to release Grand Theft Auto 2 for Live Arcade and PlayStation Network this month.

It all began after mysterious dates appeared on the official GTA2 website.

This is wonderul, all the insane gameplay thats a part of GTA 2 now on your favourite console, check this out here.

Zank you Blues.

GTA IV's iPhone Parody Cuts to the Heart of Apple's Mystique, Then Stabs it Repeatedly.

Wow, check this hilarious story here.

On Gizmodo, courtesy Bluesnews.

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Map.

It's here finally, the whole of Liberty City for your playing and discovering pleasure.

Check it out here at IGN.

Thanks again Bluesnews.

GTA IV world record attempt continues, dude not dead yet but some suckas, playas, and hos are.

This is insane, check it out here.

From Bluesnews.

The Real-Life Restaurants in New York City from 'Grand Theft Auto IV'

Straight from the description on the site: After much anticipation from millions of gamers, Grand Theft Auto 4 debuted worldwide today. This being Serious Eats, we did some digging around on the game's website for any food- or restaurant-related material inside the game, which takes place in "Liberty City," a metropolis loosely modeled on New York City. Here's what we found.

Check this discovery here.

Thanks Bluesnews.

GTA IV drove PS3 console sales, says SCEA.

Sony Computer Entertainment America has announced that the demand for Grand Theft Auto IV drove sales of the PlayStation 3 entertainment system within the first 24 hours of the game's release.

The company did not release any specific sales figures, however.

Instead, it provided a statement from Bob McKenzie, GameStop's senior VP of merchandising.


Get the rest of the story here.

Thanks Bluesnews.

Grand Theft Auto stabbing disputed.

The storm over a stabbing outside a Croydon games store that was selling Grand Theft Auto may turn out to be a media panic.

Early reports suggested a 23-year-old man was stabbed by a hooded man waiting with 100 others in line outside Gamestation store in Croydon, which began selling the new grand Theft Auto game at midnight.

Read the full story here.

Thanks Bluesnews.

#GTA on Efnet, blog site.

Welcome to the blog of #GTA on efnet. Now that the games released you can find links to the latest news and info on here :)