Interview with the Grand Theft Auto series' art director Aaron Garbut,about GTA IV development, from the initial brainstorming and first programming and planning steps, including the location research, to script refinement and how missions are integrated. In part 2, you can find out how Rockstar approaches game development, what cats and diarrhoea have got to do with the game's enormous number of fake brands, and what GTA IV has in common with GTA III.
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It's been a while since our last look at Grand Theft Auto IV. The last time we had seen the game, it was "on track" for its October 2007 release, but still clearly in need of some polishing. This time out however, a good six months since our last viewing, things were different...
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Another 'X' on the calendar means another day closer to the launch of Grand Theft Auto IV on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this spring. So far, we've been introduced to lead character Niko and his quest for the American dream in Liberty City. Today we take a closer look at Rockstar's free-roaming action game and new features designed to make the game "grittier' and "more realistic" than before.
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I think we all already suspected it but it took the Rocket Scientest Pachter to say it. The 360 GTA fans have lost out because the PS3 is to damn complicated.
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Congratulations, Take-Two. You win second place on the list of 10 worst media deals of 2008. Spurning Electronic Arts' offer to buy you got the attention of some list-making investors, who hailed your decision.
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According to The Sydney Morning Herald, the developer has produced an edited version of the game in order to get a MA15+ rating in the region, with the Office of Film and Literature Classification warning consumers the game contains "strong violence, strong coarse language, drug and sexual references."
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VideoGamer.com writes: "Extended details found in the recently published GTA 4 BBFC classification have revealed new details about the sexual content of Rockstar's anticipated title. This includes sexual references, prostitution, lap dancing and portrayed masturbation."
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OpinionDebug.com looks at the leaked GTA4 achievements and finds some information about the game that most people will miss, and comes up with some neat ideas that Rockstar might have put in.
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Just think how different the last 99 days could have been. Going by the originally planned release date of October 16, 2007, today would be the 99th day of ownership for any gamer who bought Grand Theft Auto IV on its first day of sales. Of course, that would make this preview article look pretty dumb, if it came more than three months after the long-awaited sequel in Rockstar Games’ incredibly popular series was due to ship to stores.
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The game looked as good as it does in its trailers, with advanced lighting, and a special physics system that makes characters walk, fall and leap in natural and often distinct ways. It had short load times; slightly out-of-sync lip-syncing, which is still getting polished; a line of sight that made buildings 10 blocks away viewable; and a bounty of unexpected visual and gameplay details.
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