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* The game will take place in a redesigned [[Liberty City]]
* The game will take place in a redesigned [[Liberty City]]
* The protagonist has a Russian accent
* The protagonist has a Russian accent
==Debut trailer: "Things Will Be Different" ==
[[Image:Gta_4_man.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A screenshot of the man who presumably talks in the trailer.
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The first trailer for Grand Theft Auto IV was released on March 29, 2007 at 23:00 UTC. At the time the trailer was released, Rockstar's servers for the trailer's official website became almost immediately overloaded. The trailer is about 1:03 in length, and it reveals that the game takes place (at least partially) in Liberty City, a fictionalised New York City, and an immigrant with a heavy Russian accent, who appears to be the main character. The character has a brief monologue: "Life is complicated; I killed people, smuggled people, sold people. Perhaps here, things will be different." Then the trailer ends with the "IV" logo.
The trailer features many familiar New York City landmarks, including a location resembling Times Square and the "GetaLife Building," a parody of the MetLife Building. All of the cars and buildings seem to indicate a present-day setting. The trailer parodies Godfrey Reggio's 1982 documentary film Koyaanisqatsi as it used Philip Glass's original music from the film as well as emulated time-lapsed filming.
Rockstar also revealed that all the trailer's footage is generated real-time via the game's engine RAGE, running on an actual game console, and that it was not pre-rendered. Whether the footage is running on Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 has yet to be specified.


See also: [[GTA4 Wishlist|Grand Theft Auto 4 Wish List]]
See also: [[GTA4 Wishlist|Grand Theft Auto 4 Wish List]]

Revision as of 02:05, 30 March 2007

Grand Theft Auto IV
GTAIV Logo
DeveloperRockstar North
PublisherRockstar Games
Release datesUnited States 16th October 2007
Europe 19th October 2007
PlatformPlaystation 3, Xbox 360
EngineRAGE
ProtagonistUnknown
LocationLiberty City
YearPossibly 2007

Grand Theft Auto IV (refered to as GTA IV) will be the eleventh Grand Theft Auto game in the series. The game is being developed by Rockstar North, will be and published and released by Rockstar Games. Take-Two announced the release dates would be October 16th 2007 in North America, and October 19th 2007 in the United Kingdom and rest of Europe. The trailer was released on March 29th.

Known info

  • The game will take place in a redesigned Liberty City
  • The protagonist has a Russian accent

Debut trailer: "Things Will Be Different"

File:Gta 4 man.jpg
A screenshot of the man who presumably talks in the trailer.

The first trailer for Grand Theft Auto IV was released on March 29, 2007 at 23:00 UTC. At the time the trailer was released, Rockstar's servers for the trailer's official website became almost immediately overloaded. The trailer is about 1:03 in length, and it reveals that the game takes place (at least partially) in Liberty City, a fictionalised New York City, and an immigrant with a heavy Russian accent, who appears to be the main character. The character has a brief monologue: "Life is complicated; I killed people, smuggled people, sold people. Perhaps here, things will be different." Then the trailer ends with the "IV" logo.

The trailer features many familiar New York City landmarks, including a location resembling Times Square and the "GetaLife Building," a parody of the MetLife Building. All of the cars and buildings seem to indicate a present-day setting. The trailer parodies Godfrey Reggio's 1982 documentary film Koyaanisqatsi as it used Philip Glass's original music from the film as well as emulated time-lapsed filming.

Rockstar also revealed that all the trailer's footage is generated real-time via the game's engine RAGE, running on an actual game console, and that it was not pre-rendered. Whether the footage is running on Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 has yet to be specified.

See also: Grand Theft Auto 4 Wish List

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