Grand Theft Auto 4 PC Announced, Due Nov. 18; Sports 'Newly Expanded Multiplayer'

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  Fuck that, at least we're getting something. : Mikuya
  • Acting satisfied when you're treated like second class is not helping the PC game industry resolve its cu... : The_Archon
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  Or maybe games can come out on multiple platforms and everyone is happy? : Fred Garvin
  • Not when one platform is treated like shit and the other gets immediate release. Sorry, I won't buy a ga... : The_Archon
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  Judging the history IV was bound for PC all along. Also, since it's the first next-gen GTA, I'm sure all ... : VisitorQ
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    You people are not getting my point. "Was bound" isn't good enough. If, like you say, the textures were... : The_Archon
    • I'm with you on this too, but I don't know what to do about it, most of it is either "boycott or don't". : ElArabDeMagnifico
• they know the pc versions better , like apple tactics release shit one first then wee bit later release p... : alalkoolj
• What can we do though? We'll have to support them just to get a PC version in the first place - I don't k... : ElArabDeMagnifico
• Released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this past April, the Rockstar North-developed title went on to sel : FormerHPB

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  No, but it will sell less than it could because of those damn pirates. Arrrrrrrrr! : xxx2xxx
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    Less than it could? The pirates aren't their customers! Game developers: Stop treating pirates like th : Gary the Llama
    • So, they want to play the game, realize that it costs money and could easily get it for free. Yet if the... : deadhorse
• GTA4 will join my limited purchases over the past two years of Cod4, Crysis, Civ4, Orange Box, and Biosho... : sreyes22
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  Nah, the vast majority of people who want this game will have already purchased it for 360. (I'll buy it ... : Attica Blue
  • I agree, it will suffer the same fate that Devil May Cry 4 did on PC. Hopefully we can misquote them sayi... : X-Nice
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  I always wondered why the piracy numbers for PC games that everyone already bought on a console a few mon... : pixelat3d
  • That'd make sense if the piracy numbers on PC-exclusive or simultaneous-release titles weren't high as we... : nudel
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  I would have purchased it right away, right off the shelf, cash on the barrelhead, if they had released i... : The_Archon
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    AMIGA games put the team behind GTA in the black. What cunts they are for not still focusing on that plat... : nudel
    • AMIGA = PC. You want to quibble with semantics? Most devs released games for AMIGA and the ATARI ST sim... : The_Archon
• Co-op online = buy. : Zolneirz
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  I dont see sales that high for this - everyone who wanted REALLY it already bought it for consoles. : aznboysix
  • I would imagine their are more people like me that are tired of replacing a console every year(3 in a row... : sheepraper
  • Doesn't mean they can't buy it again. I've bought GTA3 & SA twice, on PS2 and PC. I own GTA4, and will de... : pyide
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    I "wanted REALLY it" but don't have a 360/PS3, so I am going to get it for PC. I can imagine there are p... : OmegaRed59
    • yep, I'm one of them. The GTA series have been some of my all time favorite games, yet I've only played ... : cryptical
    • yeap, there are : easeup
    • same here : thewindcriesmary
    • Fourthed. : zooolander
  • I REALLY wanted it but I held off for the PC port. Hopefully there are a few more people like this. Only ... : te[R]ror
  • I have it for PS3, but I'll buy the PC version so I can actually play the game at something higher than 2... : Jimbo Ro
• I always wait for this games to hit PC. : themaestro2657
• Everyone knows the pirates are on vacation this November. : Cashh

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• What? There are plenty of games on the PC that are on the "high quality platform" you mentioned..... : OmegaRed59
• All depends on how dirty the port is. It can't be any worse than a modern PC game. I can play Crysis on... : Freon
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  This is pretty funny. What game that plays on the 360 or PS3 could a PC not run better? Unless it's been ... : boomdeath
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    Well, as long as it's optimized. Assassin's Creed was one of those "works better on consoles" unless ... : carbontree
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      Ai, and as I recall GTA 3 ran like crap even though the hardware was better than the PS2's at the time. ... : guyver-za
      • Yup, this bothers me as well. Let's hope it doesn't run like crap. : fffortune
      • What? GTA3 PC ran way better than the PS2 version, even at triple the resolution. : pyide
      • I don't think I ever played GTA3 on the PC, but Vice City and San Andreas ran nearly flawlessly at a high... : carbontree
      • Maybe it ran crappy on crappy hardware, but I was able to play vice city flawlessly at 1650 with a 6800gs... : oscrogo
      • I worded it badly. It ran better than the PS2 version but it ran really slowly for how bad it looked. A g... : guyver-za
• u must be kidding.. both consoles are really old now..pc hardware specially GPU's have seen two major ... : debamit
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  Most people are spot on in replies here. If the game is made right, it can scale well and will play on m... : korruptedone
  • GH3 is a classic case of "recompile for the PC, ship" - but in their defense, skipping frames is death. I... : Schnapple
• No... a Geforce 9600GT will play it just fine as will any dual core system I think. I've thrown any mode... : Q-ball
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  i bet a Radeon HD 3850 or a G-Force 9600 GT should be able to run this fine. : easeup
  • 2600xt will run any console port fine 1024 30 quid on ebay : alalkoolj
• If your PC can run Mass Effect or Oblivion.....should have no problem with this. And really though...f... : Jimbo Ro
• I like the veiled anti-PC troll attempt lol.. : oscrogo

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• I agree, I've been waiting for this news all year. I'm late to the party here but this is just too won... : Kazomir

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  Usually the main reason that developers don't do this is technical logistics. It makes writing the multip... : Schnapple
  • There's also no foreseeable profit returns from investing in this kind of feature, too. And we all know h... : aldraek
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    It's not technical, it's political. MS and Sony are in direct competition, so neither are particularly... : carbontree
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      really? it's not technical? : Kyne
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        Well sure, there are technical hurdles to jump over, but those pale in comparison to the chances of MS an... : carbontree
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          I can't think of what game but I swear there's been a cross-platform title before. Like, maybe DC vs. PS2... : Schnapple
          • don't forget UNO is cross platform PC/360 :P : OmegaRed59
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            quake 3 had cross play between PC and Dreamcast IIRC... everyone on the DC got annihilated... : dedgecko
            • Yeah and it was this one old version of Quake 3 you had to run it with, like 1.17 or something. By the ti... : Schnapple
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  And the winning team would always be PC users...not very fair. Mouse and KB FTW : freakynipples69
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    WE WILL SAVE PC GAMING, BY HUMILIATING CONSOLE PLAYERS IN CROSS-PLATFORM MULTIPLAYER : _jon
    • YA, everyone would jump ship from the consoles once they got their asses handed to them by pc gamers as l... : samduhman
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    They've made adjustments to the way controllers work versus kb/mouse in these kinds of scenarios before t... : the city
    • auto-aim : _jon
    • auto-aim + wider bullet spread for console titles : dedgecko

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  If Take Two follows their previous trend of steam releases they won't announce it until the very last min... : Jonathan
  • crossing my fingers : flasher 907
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  I LOVE steam but I'm not going to get it on Steam, when I got San Andreas on steam I couldn't mod it! ... : ElArabDeMagnifico
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    Really? Why? Were the packfiles different? :/ I got the previous games through a retail purchase, but ... : zehh
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      he probably didn't look in .\common files or something : Sapiens
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        No I did, but for some reason steams launcher just made GTA unmoddable, I could install the mods but the ... : ElArabDeMagnifico
        • If this is true, this is very very important to know. :( GTA mods are some of the best mods to have.. : xsoulbrothax
        • You have to downgrade the .exe to a pre-Steam version and then install the mod. Google is your friend. : _jon
    • I have no idea really, I got the img editor, everything, but whenever I launched the game after installin... : ElArabDeMagnifico
• Won't be buying it otherwise, and it better be available in Australia on steam, because Rockstar's games ... : Mystery0000

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• I know, sucks right. Damn me with my impulsive personality. Now I have my Xbox and 1 game.. GTA :D (An... : Snipergen

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  It is a hell of a game. Why not pay full retail? : OmegaRed59
  • (as opposed to any other games you pay full retail for) : OmegaRed59
  • I guess It's not GTA thats the problem it's just I hate paying $60 bux for any games lol.. I guess I'm pa... : techx4
• Sure you will,the day it comes out. : Cashh
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  Since it is a pc game and not console you have a great chance of finding it on sale for $39.99 or less du... : samduhman
  • Seriously. You're already excluded from the +$10 MS and Sony tax. Shut up, buy it, and enjoy it, because ... : CoreContingency

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  It saves after every mission unless you turn auto-save off. There's basically no reason to save in the... : nudel
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    perhaps he meant mid-mission checkpoints? : carbontree
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      If that's the case then he's a huge crybaby because GTA IV is not that hard. : the city
      • There are a few slightly maddening missions in the game (SNOWSTORM!), but mostly I agree with you. So... : carbontree
      • In NiGHTS for Wii, if you get to the level's boss and he kills you, you have to re-do the whole mission..... : davidc02

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  Gta4 already has a coop mode : headbone
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    It has multiplayer, but no real co-op missions. : Sirus2400
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      there are 3 coop missions. : pyide
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        I'm assuming they mean co-op that follows the storyline. : Mikuya
        • yeah, i assume that's what the OP meant. but sirus's post made it seem like there was nothing. there ... : pyide

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• Unfortunately...due to the simple fact that they delayed the release until way after the consoles YET AGA... : thundergod79

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  Hell yes :D Looking forward to see what the mod community can come up with, should be pretty exciting : nodebug
  • Yea, it'd be worth buying again just for the community mods alone! Can I get my BTTF Deloreon please? : freakynipples69
• Me too. : quadeh
• Same here. : thejm4n
• hah yeah : feek
• Why? WHYY?! : MrGrindy
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  I guess I should sell my 360 copy! : SockMonkeh
  • Who wants it? : SockMonkeh
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    I wouldn't do that unless it turns out the 360 DLC is going to be released for the PC as well (which coul... : nudel
    • It will be and it doesn't matter anyway because the PC version will be so much better that more content i... : SockMonkeh
• Selling my 360 copy. Can't wait to see how well a newly upgraded rig will run this game. : carbontree
• Not that I don't like my PS3 but if I knew it would be out so soon for PC I probably would have just wait... : tunis5000
• Me too! Gives me a reason to upgrade. : jtthe2nd

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• LOL they best fix the multiplayer altogether as its pretty broken anyway, it wasn't the best MP game eith... : kurumba
• * T E A M F O R T R E S S 2 ' D * lol yeah right. : sevogajre
• the "expanded multi" might simply mean support for more than 16 players, which probably won't happen on t... : pyide

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• I can't even wait. Rockstar! Giev! : CasbahBoy
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  I think I want this on PC so I can listen to GTA3's Flashback FM in GTA4. :D : tomservo
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    No, you want this on PC so that we can run through the co-op campaign together. : Ajax
    • co-op campaign???? : pyide
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  Not PC kids. PC MENZ! :D Seriously looking forward to this one, even though i've never managed to stic... : zeejay
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    This one bar far has the most cohesive and engaging story of the lot. It's fairly long, but so much more ... : carbontree
    • ....bar far by far : carbontree
    • it also has the least mission variation, so it's a bit of a mixed bag. : pyide

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• Yeah awesome. People who were stressing about it not coming were crazy. : aznboysix
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  i didn't expect it this soon either, i'm pretty excited. i've not bought a GTA on PC before but this one ... : yAak
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    I've bought GTA:SA which was a blast (amazing at hi-res), will buy this one too... : deadlycookie
    • i have VC and SA on the PS2, but since i don't have a ps3 or a 360... well, its not a hard decision =) : yAak

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• Not really sure. I don't know what they've done in the past. PC releases for the past three games have... : FlatlineDixay

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• Yes, since when did that crap start coming out? It's with every game that came from a console, like it's... : Demond4231

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• I was. :( But I'm glad I'm wrong. : freshyk
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  This is sooner than I expected, based on past GTAs. Meh, I'll buy it again, still need to finish the cons... : node
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    Isn't it the same as San Andreas? : OmegaRed59
    • I'm pretty sure GTA3 and VC were both ~6 months after the console version releases, down to the dot... I ... : xsoulbrothax
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  Well, three things: 1) Just because a game company does something in the past doesn't mean they'll rep... : Schnapple
  • GTA is far too big of a sales hit to ignore, that wasn't going to happen. : sevogajre
• I wouldn't count on 60fps unless they include the frame limiter option again, though things got really st... : Tech T

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• all other GTA came out for the PC... hell the GTA IP was born in the PC... so why wouldnt think sundenly ... : easeup
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  this is an actual announcement, as seen posted on their own website - http://ir.take2games.com/ReleaseDet... : Maarten Goldstein
  • thanx for the info dude !! this one will make me cool : kanzz

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• Hell yes. : dasampla
• YES!!! You are correct Sir, PC is KING. I have GTA4 on my 360, but any game that is released to PC ... : valcan_s

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• I'm guessing it depends on how "expanded" the multiplayer is. Maybe it'll come in the DLC for 360. : ElArabDeMagnifico
• More than new game modes, I think it just means they'll be following the normal PC route of allowing you ... : zehh

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  YAAAAAAAAAAAAY. I was seriously considering buying a PS3 this holiday season, but maybe i'll hold off ... : sreyes22
  • I hope we can also get a "Blu-Ray" disc version assuming that pigs started flying and this happened. I... : ElArabDeMagnifico
• WOOOOO! I cannot wait myself. push the release forward please..... : sheepraper
• :D : guido anchovy