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Read Full StoryThe Playstation Blog reports that a new Firmware is due to hit your machines soon. The notice reports that this is to bring stability to some PS3 titles. One has to wonder if maybe all the reported problems with GTA IV may not have been fixed by their patch? If this fixes any remaining issues, happy gaming to GTA IV fans!
While having experienced a significant 77% drop in sales, Grand Theft Auto IV still refused to give up on its top spot in the UK All Formats Charts this week.
This pushed the hugely popular and critically acclaimed Rockstar title over the one million mark in the UK, and apparently widened the gap between the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions, in Microsoft’s favour.
Gran Turismo 5: Prologue is still doing nicely as well, claiming the eight spot, closely followed by Mario Kart Wii and Brain Training.
Kotaku has posted a video of some of the funniest glitches of Grand Theft Auto 4 I have seen. Needless to say that if you are currently investing all your free time on the game, you may have come across some of these but enjoy if you haven’t.
Ars Technica reports that a Sony insider has tipped them off to an update for the multiplayer problems that have been plaguing gamers since release. At this time they have confirmed that there is indeed a 18mb download ready.
Take-Two has filed a suit against the Chicago Transit Authority and it’s advertising agency, Titan Outdoor LLC, after a local reporter makes a connection between a rash of local violence to the release of Grand Theft Auto IV. The video feed, found here, notes that during the advertising campaign for San Andreas the Governor spoke out against the display of ads on GTA buses and billboards.
Source: Reuters Online
In Major Nelson’s latest podcast, it was revealed that over two million Grand Theft Auto IV achivements were unlocked in the first 24 hours after its release.
“In the first 24 hours, over 2 million Achievements were unlocked for a total of 15 million gamer score,” he said.
It was also announced earlier this week that more than 1 million had played the blockbuster game on Xbox LIVE in the first 24 hours. Hardly shocking, but still interesting.
Microsoft says that the Xbox 360 version of of Grand Theft Auto IV is outselling the PlayStation 3 version by a significant margin in the US, however Sony now questions these claims.
“What we’ve heard anecdotally from our retail partners is that the Xbox 360 version of the game is outselling the PS3 version by a margin of two-to-one,” said Aaron Greenberg, director of product management for Xbox 360.
Without giving away too many details, a representative from Sony Computer Entertainment America questions this, stating that Microsoft’s 2-1 ratio “doesn’t line up” with what Sony is hearing from retailers.
Play.com’s head of games, Gian Luzio, has stated that Grand Theft Auto IV has become the fastest selling game the online store has ever had.
“GTA IV is the fastest selling game ever on Play.com, and has broken the record previously held by GTA San Andreas,” he said.
He also mentioned that while the GTA IV Xbox 360 and PS3 sales have been “neck and neck” so far, the PS3 hardware bundle apparently sold out within 24 hours.
Grand Theft Auto IV has smashed sales records not only in the US, but also in the UK. According to ChartTrack, the Rockstar title has become the fastest selling game ever in a 24 hour period.
The figures reveal that the game managed to move a staggering 609,000 copies on launch-day. This effectively beats GTA: San Andreas’ previous record of 501,000.
Apparently 335,000 of these were sold on the Xbox 360 (55%), while the PlayStation 3 version moved 274,000 (45%).
Take Two CEO Ben Feder has stated that initial analyst predictions for GTA IV sales don’t do the title’s true retail potential justice.
Feder told Reuters: “Our expectations are very high, higher than analysts give the game credit for. All the analysts had a sales number, give or take, and I think we will be on the upside of that rather than the downside.”
Analysts have been predicting that the game will generate around $400 million in first week sales alone, outclassing last year’s Halo 3 by $100 million.
Via MCVUK
Two great articles address the differences in the “Visual Experience” for Grand Theft Auto IV, the first is a video comparison of in game footage from Joystiq and the other is the resolution and effects used for each system by Kotaku. Now to really understand what is going on, you should read the Kotaku article then watch the video. You will be more prepared on what to look for.
For those of you lucky enough to have either managed to snag a copy or have pre-ordered Grand Theft Auto 4, buyer beware! It appears that the Inquirer is reporting that users on several boards are having issues with their copies of the game. No official word has been released as of the time of this writing concerning the rising number of users who are having problems, stay tuned for more info.
Several readers have emailed the INQ to report that their copies of GTA 4 on PS3 cannot be installed to the hard-drive on their consoles, even after a factory reset and reformat of the device. Other users have reported crashes after successfully installing the game.
Similar tales have popped up on the official Playstation forums, Digital Spy, GTA Forums, AVS Forums, and many more.
UPDATE: In addition to problems with your hardware, there appears to be a network outdate reported for all PS3 users.
Update: It appears that Kotaku did a little investigating into this situation in concern with the PS3 edition, check out their article here.
Microsoft has confirmed that there will be no new Xbox LIVE Arcade releases this week, due to the release of the game you should be playing or dreaming about right now, Grand Theft Auto IV.
Major Nelson commented that “We definitely understand the complaints about the lack of XBLA releases this week.”
“There are certainly people who won’t be playing GTA IV, and would want to see an alternative on the Arcade, but to be fair, any game released this week will not get a fair chance to reach everyone who the publisher might want to reach.”
Update: Kotaku reports that the document is a hoax. This apparently has been confirmed by Rockstar.
Rockstar and Take Two have sent out a note stating that they will allow retailers to sell Grand Theft Auto IV immediately, days before its original release date.
“As you may have heard, Grand Theft Auto IV has been leaked onto the internet yesterday. Right after this, several seperate stores decided to sell copies of the game as well. Our staff has reviewed the situation and has come to the conclusion that it is not realistic to sustain the original release date.”
“In order to control the situation we have decided to all the game to be sold immediately.”
Amazon has released the full tracklist for Grand Theft Auto IV’s official soundtrack. Note that these songs apparently only represent the music included on the game disc, there will be plenty more available in the future.
Some of the highlights are music from The Rapture, Global Communication, Seryoga, Busta Rhymes, Munga, Michael Hunter, and Joe Walsh.
Hit the jump for the rest.
You’ve probably heard it already, pirated copies of Grand Theft Auto IV begun showing up on several BitTorrent websites today. Sized at 6.32 GB, the first one was distributed by a group called iCON.
The interesting with this story is the last part of iCON’s description of the download itself, in which the group states “guys, seriously, go and buy this one! Rockstar deserves it.”
I suggest you do as they say, go purchase it! And we’re not going to include a link to the BitTorrent download by the way.
Via Joystiq
For you lucky readers to live in the San Francisco Bay Area, Live 105 had a Rock Star Game Tester by the name of Lazlo.
Lazlo from grand theft auto 4 will be in studio to answer all your questions about the new game.
More to come once they have updated their page with todays recap and hopefully a podcast of the interview time.
UPDATE: For those of you still interested, despite the release in just hours, here is the link to the blog for the days radio session.
American porn star, Sasha Grey, says she would like to be featured in a Grand Theft Auto game, “strapped with two MP5Ks and a black grey skin-tight outfit.”
“It would be pretty dope to be a Tomb Raider, or Resident Evil type-character”, Grey said to GiantRealm. “F**k it, let’s go all the way: they put Jenna in GTA VC, why not put me in the GTA universe somewhere?”
Well, why not?
Via ActionTrip
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