You GTA fans out there should be happy.. I’ve never got into the GTA thing myself… but the new games are out:
Rockstar Games Announces Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony Now Available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace and Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City Now Available at Retail Stores Everywhere
Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), is proud to announce that Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony is now available for download exclusively from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace and at retail stores everywhere as part of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. For the first time ever, players are invited to experience The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, two complete games, together on a single disc as Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City. The disc-based offering does not require Internet connectivity or a copy of Grand Theft Auto IV.
There’sbeenplenty of GTA videos to go around as of late, but this is only the 2nd official trailer. After watching, you’ll be sure to start counting down the days to October 29th, when the title releases at both on Marketplace and at retail.
With the release of Episodes from Liberty City coming quickly, Rockstar has been pumping out a lot of video content as of late.
Shown below is a new character clip for Henrique Bardas and Armando Torres, two long-time friends of Luis Lopez, the main protagonist in The Ballad of Gay Tony.
A Weazel News Special Report: Arms Smugglers Bring New Wave of Weaponry to Liberty City In this Weazel news exclusive, Weazel’s crack team of investigative reporters and former lobbyists cut through the filter of the mainstream media to find the paranoia behind the truth to a recent string of attacks in Liberty City, which has forced the LCPD into an escalating arms race. Our Weazel News expert demonstrates these fearsome new weapons including sticky bombs, advanced sniper rifles, automatic shotguns and exploding bullets; while recently discovered footage from a Liberty City tourist appears to show a rocket-equipped military grade helicopter known only as ‘The Buzzard’ wreaking havoc in Liberty City airspace.
As Luis Lopez, experience the over-the-top nature of life at the heart of Liberty City—guns, glitz, and glamour pepper the experience as you climb the social ladder and find that the more money is involved, the more complicated everything becomes. The Ballad of Gay Tony sends off Liberty City in grand fashion, granting you access to the most over-the-top weapons and toys to cause mayhem for those bold enough to stand in your way.
The upcoming DLC for GTA IV by Rockstar, The Ballad of Gay Tony, will be releasing its first trailer this Tuesday. While the actual expansion release isn’t due out till October 29th, we will probably be seeing more screenshots and clips as we near the launch date. Expect the DLC to sell at a perfectly reasonable 1600 MS points ($20).
For all Xbox Live Gold members you can pick up GTA IV: Lost and Damned add on for 1200 points (25% off) on Xbox Live.
Not a whole lot of action on the circulars this week. The best deal out there is Batman Arkham Asylum at Toys-R-Us for $59.99 with a $20 gift card back. And if you are a rewards member you can get a $30 gift card back if you buy it Tuesday the 25th between 10am and 2pm.
Rockstar announced this back in May, but just now have they put a date on it. For those who forgot, this will be a new add on pack for GTA IV. “The Ballad of Gay Tony” joins “The Lost and the Damned” as the second expansion pack for the ever-popular franchise. Also releasing then will be GTA IV: Episodes from Liberty City, a retail pack with both DLCs on it. This retail disk will not require the GTA IV game disk to play. Both will be launching on the 29th of October. The DLC alone will run you 1600 MS Points and the compilation disk will be $39.99 on store shelves nationwide.
Rockstar Games has finally released information on their second DLC for Grand Theft Auto IV, “The Ballad of Gay Tony.” To be released later this fall for 1600 MS Points ($20) as an add-on content pack, this is new content separate from The Lost and the Damned and the original GTA IV story line. See the full press release after the break.