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GTA IV is gold and the Social Club is open for registration

GTA IV is gold and the Social Club is open for registration
Written Thursday, April 17, 2008 by Neil Christie

Executives from Take Two Interactive have in the past hour confirmed that Grand Theft Auto IV has gone gold and will be shipping to retailers next week, ready to go on sale on Tuesday April 29th. The announcement was made as part of the company's general meeting of shareholders in New York.

Registration is now also open for Rockstar's community website, Social Club. For now, the most exciting thing you're able to do is select an avatar, but everyone who registers before GTA IV goes on sale is entered into a draw to have a portrait of themselves created in the GTA IV art style.

Planned features for the site include a comprehensive statistics tracking area where you'll be able to check out all sorts of tidbits of information about your time in Liberty City and prizes for those who manage to complete the game fastest. The full website will be open in just under two weeks.



User Comments
Comment #1 by Evarist0 X
Thursday, April 17, 2008 @ 10:28:31 PM

Man I can't wait for the release date xD, I like the idea of a website for the stats.

Comment #2 by KWEY516
Thursday, April 17, 2008 @ 10:28:51 PM

sweeeeeeeeeeeeet gots mine preorder and will be on line at midnight hohooooooooooooooo

Comment #3 by Cheezbrgr
Thursday, April 17, 2008 @ 10:29:14 PM

Looks good

Comment #4 by lostmotiv
Thursday, April 17, 2008 @ 10:39:02 PM

cant wait to pick up my preorder and start playing this game, looks so amazing

Comment #5 by rubberchicken69
Thursday, April 17, 2008 @ 10:44:59 PM

gta is waaaaaaaaaaaaaay overrated.

Comment #6 by Lewi
Thursday, April 17, 2008 @ 10:45:02 PM

enuf sed
everyone with a next gen console will get this game
if they dont they r missing the biggest thing in gaming history so far

Comment #7 by rpgenius420
Thursday, April 17, 2008 @ 10:46:16 PM

That contest kind of sucks because as always this game will most likely be leaked onto the net before it actually goes on sale giving some people a head start on finishing the game first. I could be one of those people muahahaha! That is if I even cared about the stupid beat the game as fast as you can to get a lame prize contest. Game looks to be an awesome experience.


~Peace

Comment #8 by technique420
Thursday, April 17, 2008 @ 10:49:28 PM

cant wait for my preorder

Comment #9 by Deyankees1
Thursday, April 17, 2008 @ 10:50:12 PM

Its so close I can smell it. Cant wait its gonna be the best week ever with GTA and Ironman in theaters yes!!!!!

Comment #10 by Bloody Sky
Thursday, April 17, 2008 @ 10:50:39 PM

Can't wait, just a little over a week now. I hope I will be able to pick up my game at midnight. Got my Redline energy drinks all lined up. Also, the social club is a nice touch. Would always pause my game and look at the stats for an hour. Now... I can show other people!

Comment #11 by Blue Thunder28
Thursday, April 17, 2008 @ 10:53:01 PM

Can't wait! I'm gonna skip the rest of my semester to play this one! Not really but it will consume every moment of my free time until at least UT3 on 360 or Fable2/Fallout3..as well as the other amazing games coming to 360 this year the list is too big to list but that's not the point GTA4 will rock my socks. Heh.

Comment #12 by ArmyOfPie
Thursday, April 17, 2008 @ 10:58:40 PM

My head asplode.

Comment #13 by bronx2bomber
Thursday, April 17, 2008 @ 11:00:02 PM

I'll be playing mine on Monday the 28th......connections!

Comment #14 by easybot
Thursday, April 17, 2008 @ 11:04:30 PM

hmm... the Social Club site doesn't exactly fit the screen in my firefox browser, thus not letting me be able to register

Comment #15 by JesusBread
Thursday, April 17, 2008 @ 11:09:07 PM

Expect it to leak somewhere if they are shipping it one week ahead of time. I'm hoping CC lets it out early ;).

Comment #16 by CAPITAL D1
Thursday, April 17, 2008 @ 11:25:26 PM

Played the original for a couple of hours and was a unique game at the time but never fit the bill for me. Gonna give it a try, hope it lives up to the hype!

Comment #17 by ShinobiSteve81
Thursday, April 17, 2008 @ 11:35:19 PM

Bleh site isn't loading for me when I try to register...prolly too many people on there now. Oh well, gonna hafta try later!

Comment #18 by workbench
Thursday, April 17, 2008 @ 11:42:02 PM

neat. thanx for the heads up

Comment #19 by KenobiJuan
Thursday, April 17, 2008 @ 11:42:53 PM

For those having problems with the site, I recommend trying a different browser. Firefox was loading improperly for me as well, but Safari worked just fine. Hope that helps.

Comment #20 by ShoShoRD
Thursday, April 17, 2008 @ 11:43:49 PM

Nice News

Comment #21 by Lil 73017
Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 12:05:29 AM

good news ill be registering now ^-^

Comment #22 by Bajan Elite
Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 12:09:07 AM

registered

Comment #23 by X VAE VICTUS X
Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 12:09:41 AM

WOWZA!!

Comment #24 by SkeetSkeet
Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 12:12:24 AM

I registered already.

Comment #25 by Marco tulio
Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 12:41:54 AM

im using firefox and i can not register whyyyy

Comment #26 by Thorpe
Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 12:44:37 AM

I used Firefox and registered successfully.

Comment #27 by Helper B0T
Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 12:45:12 AM

rubberchicken69 please kill yourself

Comment #28 by Kotaro-Fuma
Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 12:50:47 AM

Like every other GTA game, it comes out with amazing expectations, people play it, love it then within about 2-3 weeks there gonna start fillign up the pre-owned shelves.

All the other GTA's did it, Assassins Creed did it what gonna stop this one?

Simple fact is GTA gets old.

Comment #29 by Yaeyah
Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 01:02:17 AM

Kotaro-Fuma... the difference between this gta and the others is the multiplayer. i work at an eb games up here in canada and for the amount of call of duty 4 copies sold since its release, we've never had more than 3 used copies on our shelf.

why? cause the multiplayer keeps them coming back for more. i see gta being very similar in that regards and quite possibly challenging cod4's reign at the top of the weekly xbox live charts upon its release.

Comment #30 by Kotaro-Fuma
Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 01:25:32 AM

Yaeyah, consider Halo 3, which was completely over hyped, and on release it sucked, alot of people didn't like it. now, look at how many unwanted copies of Halo 3 there are, wasn't that supposed to keep the player coming back?

GTA 4 has MP... Wow... Unless the MP is unequivacal to every other popular MP game out there then it won't take off.

This is my opinion of what will happen remember, you have yours this is mine, and I say the game will die within a month or two, if it happens dont say I didn't tell you. ^_^

Comment #31 by ROA5T BeeF
Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 01:41:07 AM

I accept your opinion CorpseTumour(funny name btw) but all GTA games since GTA3 have been amazing and have lasted for so long that the wait until the next one was more than bearable and I see it being no different this time. I still know people that randomly pick up San Andreas now and then instead of playing a 360 or ps3 game

Comment #32 by 123kid
Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 01:45:53 AM

gta is not overrated if you want to know whats overrated its halo

Comment #33 by stu375
Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 03:39:15 AM

Cops n crooks on multiplayer, infact any of the multiplayer on this game is gonna kick ass.Shame on those who are'nt understanding why there is so much hype.

Comment #34 by DSign08
Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 03:55:07 AM

I honestly can't wait for this game...i'm getting it as a gift so not sure exactly what date I'm getting it on...

Comment #35 by IM HOT U NoT
Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 04:09:10 AM

sound good but i wanna have dat game on my hand already

Comment #36 by ch33zy
Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 06:35:39 AM

@ #28, GTA may get old, but thats the reason why they are bringing out a shitload of DLC for it, so as to keep it fresh and make you go back for more, the only ones you'll likely see in the pre owned section will be the PS3 versions (still makes me chuckle how the tables have turned on the Pony Gaystation with the GTA exclusivity deal that they had over the original Xbox)

Comment #37 by FlimFlam
Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 07:06:58 AM

Rubberchicken, if GTA is over rated why are you even looking at the article? Fool.

CorpseTumour, a fair point but when you consider the amount GTA sells, surely it isn't surprising that the more casual gamers get bored and trade it in? More copies sold = more pre-owned copies.

Every game gets old after a while, no matter how good. Anyone still playing Bioshock? Resident Evil 4? Mario Kart on the SNES?

Plus, you seem to have skimmed over the online aspect. I'm not sure when I am going to get bored of goofing around with friends in Liberty City.

Just saw the new TV spot. I think there was a little bit of wee.

Comment #38 by Pointless Dan
Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 07:23:31 AM

It hasn't really settled in that is is out in 11 days. I really can't wait to get my hands on in though!

Comment #39 by H3ADHUNTER2K7
Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 09:19:37 AM

rubber chicken 69 shut the fuck up its gna b the best game out on 360 when it comes out

Comment #40 by quidyg
Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 09:26:13 AM

thanks for the infor. i've registered now all i need is the game.

Comment #41 by xTHSx Rascal
Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 11:08:39 AM

Rubberchicken is right it is overrated look at halo3 more hype than gta and that game got boring so fast has anyone played gta4 yet NO ONLY VIDEOS their not going to show the bad bits and those vids arnt even gameplay footage STILL goinbg to buy it xbox games are boring lately only thing keeping me going is rainbowsixvegas2

Comment #42 by xTHSx Rascal
Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 11:12:45 AM

hyped version of saints row with a bit of crackdown dont see those being played all the time

Comment #43 by FlimFlam
Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 04:06:58 PM

Bristol Gangsta... Aren't Saints Row and Crackdown games that came out way after the GTA series, and clearly directly inspired by it?

Lets face it, GTA III rewrote the rule book on 3D gaming. Vice City showed what could be done when the template was applied to an era gamers of the time directly related to, and San Andreas was one of the biggest techinal feats of the last generation.

How, pray tell, can GTA4 possibly be overhyped? Still, you are going to be buying it, so I guess the hype works :)

Comment #44 by Ruthless
Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 05:18:21 PM

Ok signed up what do i do now?

Comment #45 by metz08lm
Sunday, April 20, 2008 @ 03:57:36 PM

gta 4 will kill saints row 1 and 2

Comment #46 by EL1TExWARRIOR
Sunday, April 20, 2008 @ 09:45:00 PM

Can't wait for GTA 4!!!!!!!!!

Comment #47 by BlastTyrant419
Monday, April 28, 2008 @ 11:02:53 PM

I think CorpseTumour is out of his mind.

Comment #48 by Steath Ogama
Friday, May 16, 2008 @ 05:20:33 PM

I got a question for those who have GTA4 how do you do a melee counter?

Comment #49 by SkyChat
Saturday, January 10, 2009 @ 11:55:52 AM

Meh..


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Game Info
Developed By:
Rockstar North

Published By:
Rockstar Games

Genre:
Action

Release Date:

US: April 29, 2008
Europe: April 29, 2008
Japan: October 30, 2008

Resolution: 720p
Sound: Dolby 5.1 Surround
Players: 1
Online Players: 16
ESRB: M

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