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* The game will take place in a redesigned [[Liberty City]] - but additional locations are possible | * The game will take place in a redesigned [[Liberty City]] - but additional locations are possible | ||
* The protagonist has a Russian accent | * The protagonist [[Niko Bellic]] has a Russian accent | ||
* Immense new graphics and effects, along with the new RAGE engine, will dwarf all previous GTA games | * Immense new graphics and effects, along with the new RAGE engine, will dwarf all previous GTA games | ||
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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 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. | ||
[[Image:Gta_4_man.jpg|thumb|left|250px|A screenshot of | [[Image:Gta_4_man.jpg|thumb|left|250px|A screenshot of [[Niko Bellic]] in the trailer. | ||
]]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, similar to that used in the [[E3]] trailer for [[Grand Theft Auto III]]. | ]]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, similar to that used in the [[E3]] trailer for [[Grand Theft Auto III]]. | ||
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. | 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. | ||
==Magazine Previews== | |||
The May 2007 GameInformer magazine contains an exclusive preview of GTA IV, including the name of the main character: [[Niko Bellic]]. | |||
See also: [[GTA4 Wishlist|Grand Theft Auto 4 Wish List]] | See also: [[GTA4 Wishlist|Grand Theft Auto 4 Wish List]] | ||