Grand Theft Auto IV
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Developers | Rockstar North Rockstar Toronto (PC) |
Publishers | Rockstar Games Capcom (Japan) Cyberfront (Japan PC) |
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Release dates | PS3 29 April 2008 29 April 2008 Xbox 360 PC |
Engine | RAGE |
Protagonist | Niko Bellic |
Location | Liberty City Alderney State |
Year | 2008 |
Grand Theft Auto series
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Grand Theft Auto IV or GTA IV, is the eleventh Grand Theft Auto game in the series, the first of the GTA IV Era. The game was developed by Rockstar North and was published and released by Rockstar Games for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. The Xbox 360 and PS3 versions were released worldwide to widespread hype on April 29th 2008. GTA IV was awarded with the Gaming World Record of the Most Successful Entertainment Launch of All Time. The PC version was released on 2nd and 3rd December 2008, with many technical issues early on. See /Technical Issues for more information.
The stories for Grand Theft Auto IV, The Lost and Damned, and The Ballad of Gay Tony were written by Dan Houser and Rupert Humphries.
Story
- "Life is complicated; I killed people, smuggled people, sold people. Perhaps here, things will be different." -- Niko Bellic
Grand Theft Auto IV is set in 2008 in a redesigned Liberty City, a stylized recreation of New York City. Niko Bellic is an Eastern European (Serbian) that has come to America to find a better life and to look for that "special someone"(Florain cravic). Following the advice of his cousin Roman. When he arrives, he finds that Roman has been lying - he isn't rich, he isn't popular, and he's actually heavily in debt from loan sharks. Niko has been duped to solve Roman's problems, and soon ends up in trouble himself. However, Niko isn't here in Liberty City for the women, luxury condos, here to live a better life but that soon changes when he is forced to kill Mikhail Faustin. Faustin's 2nd in command, Dimitri ends up turning on Niko, Dimitri finds that Ray Bulgarin lives in Liberity City , which makes it even harder for him to get started with his new life.
Episodes
Two episodes have been released for Grand Theft Auto IV for the Xbox 360, and will be released for Playstation 3 and PC in March 2010. The Lost and Damned was released on February 17, 2009, and features biker Johnny Klebitz as the player character. The Ballad of Gay Tony was released on October 29, 2009, with Luis Fernando Lopez as the protagonist. It was simultaneously released with the disc version Episodes from Liberty City, which features both games. These episodes are set in the same city and time as GTA IV, and have many overlapping storylines, characters, and missions. They add new missions, characters, vehicles, weapons, and other gameplay features.
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