Dark Drakan
03-30-2008, 08:53 PM
For anyone who missed the new trailer it can be found here:
Gametrailers.com - Grand Theft Auto IV - Everyone's A Rat Trailer (http://www.gametrailers.com/player/32309.html)
10 New Screenshots
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Rockstar reveals online Social Club service
April 29th is a pretty ginormous and fantasmical day for gamers, what with the release of the much anticipated Grand Theft Auto IV (you may have heard of it). But now those waiting can add another metaphorical flower to their bonnet with today's declaration of developer Rockstar's new online project, Rockstar Social Club, which launches on the same day as GTA IV.
What is the Social Club? Well, it works like Bungie.net does for the Halo series. It's a website that offers GTA IV players around the world the chance to check stats from their games and how they compare to others around the world and it's open to anyone with either an Xbox Live Gamertag or a PlayStation Network ID.
Some of the specialties offered are the LCPD Police Blotter, which keeps track of the most commonly used items, the most crime-filled areas in town and so on. For personal achievements, they offer the Story Gang, which keeps an eye on players as they travel through the game's main story, tracks how long they take to complete it and rank who has finished it first (thus letting friends know who has the most free time).
On top of that story-centric list, the Social Club will also feature the 100% Club, which will let the world know who's dedicated enough to finish the game completely. The first 10 people (let's call them "fanatics") to do so will be given a real, commemorative "key to the city" to let the others be aware of their triumph. There will also be a Hall of Fame to illustrate who have gotten more specific feats and who won special Social Club competitions.
A more specific inventory is the Liberty City Marathon, which will track all the player's physical accomplishments, such as bullets fired, miles walked/swam/driven and similar deeds.
Rockstar promises that this is just the beginning, as they plan to use the Social Club to introduce many new competitions and challenges for players for months to come. They also want you to know that the Social Club isn't just for GTA IV, but for more Rockstar games to come.
Players can start registering at this currently empty site on April 15th.
GTA IV music downloads on way too.
However, that isn't the only tidbit of GTAIV news surfacing today. Aside from the mayhem and controversy, one of the most distinguishing characteristics of the GTA series has been the game's finely crafted soundtrack. Playing into that, Rockstar Games and Amazon will be partnering on an in-game music-distribution initiative, in which gamers will be able to purchase for download any of the songs they hear over one of the game's radio stations from real-world artists, reports Yahoo. According to Yahoo, the service will be rolled out first in the US.
Grouped under the label "ZiT," song downloads will reportedly be a part of the in-game mobile-phone mechanic, and players will be able to mark tracks for download by using their in-game communicator to call a special number. These tunes will then be flagged and compiled for the gamer on Amazon's music-distribution site, where the songs can then be previewed and purchased for the online warehouse's standard rate of $.89 to $.99 per song. Once downloaded, the songs can then be transferred to most any PC or MP3-compatible music player.
The report also notes that GTAIV's soundtrack will feature a number of rare tracks, such as Electrick Funk's "On a Journey" and Elton John's "Street Kids," as well as exclusive ballads such as Greenskeepers' "Vagabond (Liberty City Mix)" and Nas' "War is Necessary."
To facilitate gamers finding their songs on Amazon, the service will also link up with Rockstar's recently unveiled Social Club. Promising to be "more than just a standard gaming site," the Rockstar Social Club will play home to standard fare such as leaderboards, and will regularly update with challenges, tournaments, and player milestone recognitions. As it pertains to the ZiT song downloads, gamers who sign up for the Rockstar Social Club will be e-mailed a link to Amazon, where they can purchase their marked songs.
Gametrailers.com - Grand Theft Auto IV - Everyone's A Rat Trailer (http://www.gametrailers.com/player/32309.html)
10 New Screenshots
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Rockstar reveals online Social Club service
April 29th is a pretty ginormous and fantasmical day for gamers, what with the release of the much anticipated Grand Theft Auto IV (you may have heard of it). But now those waiting can add another metaphorical flower to their bonnet with today's declaration of developer Rockstar's new online project, Rockstar Social Club, which launches on the same day as GTA IV.
What is the Social Club? Well, it works like Bungie.net does for the Halo series. It's a website that offers GTA IV players around the world the chance to check stats from their games and how they compare to others around the world and it's open to anyone with either an Xbox Live Gamertag or a PlayStation Network ID.
Some of the specialties offered are the LCPD Police Blotter, which keeps track of the most commonly used items, the most crime-filled areas in town and so on. For personal achievements, they offer the Story Gang, which keeps an eye on players as they travel through the game's main story, tracks how long they take to complete it and rank who has finished it first (thus letting friends know who has the most free time).
On top of that story-centric list, the Social Club will also feature the 100% Club, which will let the world know who's dedicated enough to finish the game completely. The first 10 people (let's call them "fanatics") to do so will be given a real, commemorative "key to the city" to let the others be aware of their triumph. There will also be a Hall of Fame to illustrate who have gotten more specific feats and who won special Social Club competitions.
A more specific inventory is the Liberty City Marathon, which will track all the player's physical accomplishments, such as bullets fired, miles walked/swam/driven and similar deeds.
Rockstar promises that this is just the beginning, as they plan to use the Social Club to introduce many new competitions and challenges for players for months to come. They also want you to know that the Social Club isn't just for GTA IV, but for more Rockstar games to come.
Players can start registering at this currently empty site on April 15th.
GTA IV music downloads on way too.
However, that isn't the only tidbit of GTAIV news surfacing today. Aside from the mayhem and controversy, one of the most distinguishing characteristics of the GTA series has been the game's finely crafted soundtrack. Playing into that, Rockstar Games and Amazon will be partnering on an in-game music-distribution initiative, in which gamers will be able to purchase for download any of the songs they hear over one of the game's radio stations from real-world artists, reports Yahoo. According to Yahoo, the service will be rolled out first in the US.
Grouped under the label "ZiT," song downloads will reportedly be a part of the in-game mobile-phone mechanic, and players will be able to mark tracks for download by using their in-game communicator to call a special number. These tunes will then be flagged and compiled for the gamer on Amazon's music-distribution site, where the songs can then be previewed and purchased for the online warehouse's standard rate of $.89 to $.99 per song. Once downloaded, the songs can then be transferred to most any PC or MP3-compatible music player.
The report also notes that GTAIV's soundtrack will feature a number of rare tracks, such as Electrick Funk's "On a Journey" and Elton John's "Street Kids," as well as exclusive ballads such as Greenskeepers' "Vagabond (Liberty City Mix)" and Nas' "War is Necessary."
To facilitate gamers finding their songs on Amazon, the service will also link up with Rockstar's recently unveiled Social Club. Promising to be "more than just a standard gaming site," the Rockstar Social Club will play home to standard fare such as leaderboards, and will regularly update with challenges, tournaments, and player milestone recognitions. As it pertains to the ZiT song downloads, gamers who sign up for the Rockstar Social Club will be e-mailed a link to Amazon, where they can purchase their marked songs.