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By Dave Barlow and Daniel Mitchell

Hello gamers. You may or may not have realised that something rather large is happening in the gaming industry in the next week or so. Something which is likely to define this generation of technology and set the bar for every developer out there. That large thing is called GTA 4 and it’s landing on Xbox 360 and PS3 on 29th April. Did you care to preorder this phenomenon? If not then you are, to put it simply, Screwed!

Don’t worry, If you still want to get it on release then there is still one hope… the Collector’s Edition. Although you have to bear in mind that you’d be shelling out a pretty hefty sum (£69.99) and it’ll probably be in stock within the next week or so (if you seriously think you can wait that long).

Anyway, this feature isn’t about whether you’ve pre-ordered GTA4 or not, it’s aimed at all of you (pre-ordered or not) who are hugely anticipating the game. Those who want to savour every last juicy morsel of information released before it’s monstrous launch. This is a round up of all the essential info released, from launch to present; rumours, reviews, previews and finally our own individual opinions on the upcoming ground-breaking game.

Before we start let us quickly walk you through the premise. In GTA4 you play as Eastern European Niko Bellic, who recently moved to America to start a new life after much coercing by his cousin Roman. His cousin fibbed that he was living ‘The American Dream” and that he was rich, when in fact he’s in pretty serious debt some very powerful people. He wants you to come and work for his taxi company to help him pay off his loans. Niko has committed some heinous crimes in his past but he’s prepared to put all that behind him. After he learns of Roman’s deception he throws all that away and vows to become top dog in the gritty, criminal world of Liberty City. Rockstar put it quite well themselves in the trailer below…

Without further ado, LET THE FEATURE BEGIN!

5 Comments

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  By Dave Barlow, 22 April, 2008 @ 4:51 pm

  I keep thinking the game is released on Friday (I have pre-ordered Wii Fit too) and am constantly disappointed, several times a day.

  Still, at least my local GAME are doing a midnight opening.
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  By Sean Millar, 22 April, 2008 @ 8:29 pm

  Ahhh Grand Theft Auto how i love you so…
  I really hope this lives up to the hype and doesnt end up being alod of tripe..
  The mulitplayer should be fun but is it enough i hope its all included , ready and done
  Enough of the rhyming this is making my head sore and im starting to become a real bore..
  That was my little rhyme about gta 4 i hope you liked it?

  Seriously though i want to be playing this game and nothing else for a long while, It has to have everything that rockstar have promised…

  From what i have heard it is going to be alot more realistic but is this change of formula going to turn out to be a well planned move or stupidly ambitious?

  I may be asking alot of this game but i do know that i will be buying it on release day, Sliding it in to my ps3 and getting ready to be blown away…
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  By Daniel Mitchell, 23 April, 2008 @ 9:32 am

  They seemed to have taken a lot out of The Getaway in this latest iteration (More realistic driving, cars not exploding at the touch of a feather, cover system) and have also added a lot of the Glaswegian Rockstar North magic which makes the GTA games such a joy to play.

  Review Scores So Far…
  Official Xbox Magazine: 10/10
  Official Playstation Magazine: 10/10
  Official Xbox Magazine US: 9.6/10
  Xbox World: 98% (highest they’ve ever given a game)
  Empire Online: 5/5

  THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT GAME.

  If the Review scores continue like this then it could become the highest rated game ever!

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  All-Time Top 20
  The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 97.7%
  Super Mario Galaxy 97.3%
  The Orange Box (PC) 96.3%
  Metroid Prime 96.3%
  The Orange Box (360) 96.3%
  Soul Calibur 96.3%
  Super Mario 64 95.9%
  Tekken 3 95.8%
  Resident Evil 4 (GC) 95.8%
  Resident Evil 4 (Wii) 95.6%
  Halo: Combat Evolved 95.5%
  Half-Life 2 95.5%
  BioShock (X360) 95.3%
  BioShock (PC) 95.2%
  GoldenEye 007 95.2%
  Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 95.2%
  Grand Theft Auto III 94.9%
  The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 94.8%
  Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty 94.8%
  Gran Turismo 94.7%

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