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…
We bring you good tidings from the game side, Play.com have further reduced many items in their Easter sale - many of them are actually good! There are some great 360 games at pocket-money prices at the moment, along with PC savings (unfortunately nothing good for the Wii or PS3 folks). Follow us for our prized picks of the best from the sale…
Xbox 360
Gears of War - £17.99
Project Gotham Racing 4 - £17.99
Colin McRae: DiRT - £17.99
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2008: Dirty Edition - £19.99
Halo 3 - £24.99
Pro Evolution Football 2008 - £24.99
PC
Pro Evolution Football 2008 - £9.99
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars - £9.99
Overlord - £9.99
John Woo presents: Stranglehold - £12.99
Unreal Tournament III - £14.99
Gears of War - £17.99
Lets get down to business, Firstly It will be available on Xbox 360 On may 23rd but gamers hoping to rock out on their PS3’s and Wii’s will have to wait till around summer time…
The initial price will be £130.00 for the instrument bundle which is a little damn pricey as it is but it doesn’t even include the Freaking game, Gamers will have to shell out another £50 quid on top of that just for the game…In my opinion this is bloody ridiculous i mean i could buy an actual guitar and a cheap amp for that price or maybe even an Xbox 360 or a Wii and still have money left over to buy a sandwich…I didn’t know i had to be an actual rock-star to afford this god damn game…
Firstly we have to wait several months for the game to be released over here but then we have to pay a price that is practically double what the Americans have paid, I HATE YOU EA!!!!
Final Say: Import the whole bundle from the US, You will save a lot of money and get it much sooner…
The guys over at Criterion Games have annouced an update to their scorching game Burnout: Paradise, This update will be free and available on both Xbox Live and PSN from the 24th of april…
Here is the list of problems it will fix and what it will add on to the game:
The Top 10 problems reported by you have been fixed, these are:
PS3 game can crash when a player is taken down and the player that has performed the Takedown leaves the game.
The game indefinitely displays “Connecting to Paradise City Servers” if it’s having problems communicating with the rebroadcast server.
Disconnecting the controller before a race begins can mean that race timings can be manipulated with players who didn’t cross the line first being awarded the win.
Repeatedly joining and leaving a game with 8 players can cause the game to hang.
Hammering the A (360) or X (PS3) after unlocking a car can cause the game to hang.
East Crawford and Watt St achievements cannot be achieved if the player goes online and sets road rules before attempting them.
Audio distortion when using 5.1 / DTS and looking back at the car.
Enhanced 360 streaming performance stops instances where the game seems to pause for a second or so.
Total time driven in player stats would stick at 145 hours.
VoIP connection problems with 8 player games. This is now live on the Paradise City servers
The update also adds the following game experience enhancements: Read more »
Daniel plays the role of Sony’s Christmas Ghosts whilst avoiding the savage jaw of Sean Millar
The Playstation 3 has had a pretty rough time. It was released a while after it’s next-gen primary rival, the Xbox 360 and as such, has had a bumpy ride so far. Few of the promised IPs and exclusives have materialised thus far and those which have been released have been disappointments of varying degrees - from the short, but sweet Heavenly Swordto the abomination which goes by the name of Lair.
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We bring you good tidings from the game side, Play.com have further reduced many items in their 
Lets get down to business, Firstly It will be available on Xbox 360 On may 23rd but gamers hoping to rock out on their PS3’s and Wii’s will have to wait till around summer time…
Daniel plays the role of Sony’s Christmas Ghosts whilst avoiding the savage jaw of Sean Millar