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Just to let you all know that as of 1.00am GMT the Grand Theft Auto IV trophy patch went live. The update file weighs in at around 20mb so it’s not too much of a big download.

You will however, have to play through the game from the beginning to earn the trophies.

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Just a quick heads up about the Grand Theft Auto IV trophies. The Grand Theft Auto IV trophy patch will be released on the 27th of October 2008 which is like a few days away! If you are on Rockstar’s mailing list you should have been notified about this announcement.

You will have to start the game again to earn the trophies.

What news this is, the full list of trophies for Grand Theft Auto IV! Nows here’s a good reason why you should go back and play through the game.

Click through to see the full list.

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If your thinking of going back to Grand Theft Auto IV, or if your looking for something to do in the game, here’s 69 things to do. Gameplayer.com has thought of the list.

Click through to see, as it’s quite a list.

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Ever wanted to know how much the big games cost to make? Diggingtheweb.com have compared some big name titles such as the Final Fantasy series up to Grand Theft Auto IV.

Surprisingly Killzone 2 isn’t going to cost as much as people are saying, according to diggingtheweb.com the development cost so far is around 20 million USD with a development budget of 40 million USD, and this is probably not including the advertisement.

“These numbers came from various sources, most of the numbers are from the various Famitsu I have collected over the years, these are by no means exact numbers. These numbers are only the development cost not including the advertisement and promotions. For example, the total cost of getting Halo 3 out of the door was close to 60 million USD, but the development cost was only about 30 millions.”

No surpise that GTA IV cost 100 million USD to develop. Looks like Killzone 2 is set to get TWICE as good with a development budget of 40 million USD.

Rockstar today have announced that a new patch is available for Grand Theft Auto IV. Fixes include:

“multiplayer connectivity issues including freezes during certain modes, continuation when players leave matches, and bugs within races and race lobbies.”

Here’s the full list of fixes:

• Fixed an issue where players were unable to enter or exit vehicles in GTA Race.
• Fixed an issue where scripted vehicles were causing games to unexpectedly crash.
• Improved reliability and frequency of PS3™ online leaderboard updates.
• Fixed a rare hang some players encountered when moving from a Race or GTA Race lobby into gameplay.
• Fixed a hang that would occur when players were switching teams during the countdown in the lobby.
• Fixed an issue where players were able to get ridiculously high scores from Cops ‘n Crooks matches.
• Changed GTA Race and Race so that the last player remaining always receives a reward of $250.
• Fixed an issue where spectating players would prevent the game from finishing.
• Fixed an issue where players were unable to spectate in Round 2 of Cops ‘n Crooks games.
• Changed countdown timer in lobby so that it no longer resets when new players join a game.
• Changed the kick option so that kicked players are no longer brought back to single player.

And there we have it. A nice list of fixes.

This is probably the most annoying glitch in Grand Theft Auto IV EVER! So i spend hours and hours trying to find the perfect sports car to put in front of my safe house… still can’t find one and i still can’t find one. Eventually i found the car i was after, started to drive it back to my safe house only to find about 50 parked outside it! After all that time and effort gone to waste.

Why is it that when you try to find a car your after, it never shows up but as soon as you find one and start driving around you run into loads either parked up or driving.

Here’s the glitch/bug in action, i had to show it, screenshots and a video.

And here’s the video. Beware of me controlling Niko, holding a Camera while controlling a game doesnt work.

This wouldn’t bother if there were ‘less’ sports cars but driving around for so long without even seeing one and then you finally find one and see aload of them is slightly offset.

Has something like this ever happened to you? What are your most annoying GTA IV glitches?

Here is a great video of stunts in Grand Theft Auto IV. If your bored or have completed the game why dont you try some of these good looking stunts?

“An amazing compilation of stunts created by Ultra Ben Buja. Some of these are ridiculous!”

I Particularly like the bikes stunts, they are amazing.

GTA IV – Stunt Montage 2

Completed Grand Theft Auto IV and waiting for Metal Gear Solid 4? Well here’s 7 more things you can try out.

1. Use the car cannon
2. Push someone onto the rails
3. Push someone into the water
4. Steal a Turismo
5. Skydive
6. Rob a shop
7. Get to the heart of Liberty City

And here is a video to show you.

See Niko Bellic do some awesome stunts and tricks in this crazy Grand Theft Auto IV video. Part 3 to Gametrailers.com GTA IV Liberty City ‘Obituaries’ series.

See the first here and the second here.

“Evil K-Niko takes to the shattered skies with grace and dignity.”

Grand Theft Auto IV Liberty City Obituaries Vol. III

So did Grand Theft Auto IV help? Looks like it to me. 8.5 million units have been sold through to consumers so far and more is expected to be sold. Net revenue for the second fiscal quarter was $539.8 million, compared to $205.4 million for the same quarter of fiscal 2007. So thats more than double so yes, GTA IV did help!

Read the full document over at Take 2 Games.

In this video Niko Bellic shows you how to make friend in Grand Theft Auto IV. We posted part 1 and here is part 2.

There are some funny moments in this video check it out.

“Niko shows you the wrong way to go about making friends.”

Grand Theft Auto IV Liberty City Obituaries Vol. II

Can Niko Bellic fly? Find out in this rather funny video of Grand Theft Auto IV where the player is pretty much using anything that gets in his way to make Niko fly. There are some things in this video that i’ve not even thought of trying that i might try next time i play the game.

“Niko Bellic dreamed of more than just making it big in America, he believed that one day he would fly.”

Grand Theft Auto IV Liberty City Obituaries

Everyone was thinking what would be cut from the Australian version of Grand Theft Auto IV? Well details have come through that this version is indeed missing some things seen in the un-cut versions. According to this article the following is cut from the Australian version:

• When players pick up a prostitute in the Australian version, there is no way to select a ’service’ from the prostitute.
• The sexual intercourse sex animation has also been completely removed
• Players will only see the car bounce from a locked rear-view (in the un-cut version you can rotate the camera and get a clear view of the action).
• No blood pools will appear beneath a dead person after shooting or stabbing them to death (there are splatters, just no pools).
• When Niko or other NPCs are injured in the uncut version, light blood patches appear on their bodies which basically represent bruises/bullet wounds.

So there you have it. Special thanks to Mick over at palgn.com.au.

Have you been looking for Grand Theft Auto IV Easter Eggs? Well heres one:

Is Hillary Clinton’s Face on Statue of Happiness in GTA IV? Get in a helicopter and fly up close to it and check it out for yourself. I’ve just tried it now and i can honestly say this is a very good find, i’m gonna keep my eyes peeled for any more easter eggs.

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