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66% to be more exact.This is normal, but still more than half in 2.5 years? and only 5 months `till the launching day, I expected about 70%...but I think the "hard" work is done and the rest of 34% are just minor things that don`t need too much time to be added I am aware of that. Bear in mind this is a print publication so they have to get all their info weeks before the mag goes on sale. They probably got that figure a couple of weeks ago and so me reporting it as 66% now would be inaccurate. Also, you have to remember that much of the time has been spent researching and doing other things which don't add to the game's completion as such, like testing for example.

The latest issue of the UK publication Official Xbox Magazine is carrying a preview of Grand Theft Auto IV. They seem to have received the same demo that was given to the likes of OPM and GameInformer, however there are some new details revealed. Rockstar are progressing well with the game, which is now over two-thirds of the way to completion. It is implied that the ability to manually aim guns such as a pistol has now been implemented, when Niko pulls out a pistol, the camera will zoom in slightly, and a crosshair fixed to the centre of the screen appears. Hand-to-hand combat has also been worked on a lot OXM confirm that the much loved sexual innuendo famed in the GTA series will of course be seen throughout GTA IV. Niko is able to climb and descend fire escapes, telegraph poles and the like. He'll also be able to enter skyscrapers (and throw people off them). One of the radio stations is said to play Eastern European dance music Rockstar don't want the game to be too "naturalistic" so there will be some "fun" weapons in the game Central Park will have its own recreation in the game, it is not yet known what its name will be. Boats are confirmed and their handling is said to be improved. One of the advantages of recreating New York is that the guys developing the game at R* North can simply call the in-house researchers at R* NYC and ask them about specific things which they have far more knowledge about. Philip Glass, a highly influential composer, is working with Rockstar and involved with production of the game's soundtrack (he composed the music in the first trailer) Another noteworthy point was that there is confirmation (finally) that Niko is not Russian, and this confirmation comes directly from Dan Houser: Thanks to Loose Head for the scans.

Even if I get it all sorted this weekend, doesn't mean I'll get round to approving all your mods.

Yes, download this: http://www.thegtaplace.com/pafiledb.php?ac...file&id=574 I'll upload a config file made by a member of GTAF and modified by me - it maps the controls to almost exactly what they are on the PS2, its pretty useful and I use it all the time

Couldn't you check one of his older posts? o.o Yeah... that IS what I did... he told me he was on a proxy so I knew not to check his current one... lolwtf? Anyway it seems I missed another which I've now deleted. You should be fine now.

I will check your IP. Could that your with an ISP that a spammer once used and you've now got his IP. EDIT: There was an IP very similar to yours on the ban list from 2 years ago. I've removed it now, so try logging in as normal.

Spring Dashboard Update is out today. I just got it, new features are good I guess. The instant messaging for windows live kinda sucks though unless you have the keyboard addon for the controller. So slow otherwise.

A few of us here have this game. I do, and so does Dave. Staff vs. Members anyone?

LOL yeah I remember seeing these SMOSH vids a while ago, and I completely agree with you Spaz, the pokemans and MK ones are definitely the best.

I know those types. They are supposed to jump up approximately 5ft or so... neck height... aimed at decapitating the unfortunate being. They had those in WW2 I believe. I'm not squeamish so it doesn't really bother me, but other people, evidently Jared, are. So probably not the best idea to post them in this particular topic.

Lol. Wheelman, we don't need anymore pics like that ok. Nic vid godfather. How much money did you have there. It's probably only worth like £100 in England or something

Well sort of, it IS an actual error. It's just the way you managed to make it happen is not supposed to work. I've no idea how that managed to happen, so I'm guessing it's some kind of browser error.

Lol. Truth is there are no other easter eggs yet... when I changed the error pages I thought of putting a few more amusing pages around the site but never got round to doing it. I may well add a few /secret pages on the site, and leave a few clues /hidden in my posts or something.

haha. First, congratulations on finding one of the 'easter eggs' on thegtaplace.com, this one being the gta3 reference in one of a number of our error pages. Second, not sure why you got it, you should only ever see it when trying to view directories and getting a list of files in it, such as http://www.thegtaplace.com/images

A number of large gaming websites have been reporting on an interesting quote from Dan Houser, creative Vice President of Rockstar Games, in the latest issue of Official PlayStation magazine. The question posed to Dan regards the limitations of the Xbox 360, with it only being capable of playing games on DVD format, and the fact the "Core" system lacks a hard drive - 6GB of an Xbox 360 hard drive is reserved for system use and game features, such as in-game caching to speed up load times. Dan not only confirmed that the Xbox 360 does limit what they can do with the game, but also suggested that the PS3 also has a few limitations of its own. You can definitely count on Rockstar doing a great job with the game for both platforms, but which version, if any, will end up being a "better" buy? This question is probably only relevant if either you own both consoles, or if you don't own any and are still deciding which one to buy. The Xbox 360 seems to have greater limitations without it having a guaranteed hard drive, and the fact it uses standard DVD's, but then again, it also has exclusive content confirmed for it, while the PS3 version doesn't. It's not clear what the specific limitations are for the PS3 version, but hopefully whatever they are they will be sorted out before October, the same goes for the 360 version. We'll update you when we get further information on the differences between both versions of the game.

Damn. I don't even have access to any computers with IE6 on them, I'm not even sure what the hell is wrong with that.

Nee.

lollig.

I can't believe another South African is here, I thought Adriaan was the only one! He's not really active here anymore though, busy at GTANet. Oh merde, je suis desolé, J'ai oublié comment parler français Oh shit, I am sorry, I've forgotten how to speak French

Because I'm awesome like that. Also for anyone who's interested in LA Noire, I should be redesigning our sister site for that soon too.

Yes you meant treated, you had misspelt it in your original post and put threated (which isn't a word but we assumed you meant threatened).

Thanks for your lovely spam. The info is old and was already posted about on the front page which you would have seen before joining here. Warned.

Just a shameless little plug for one of our sister sites, AlanWake.co.uk, your premier resource for everything about Alan Wake, the upcoming psychological action thriller from Remedy Games. I've been less active on the forums this week, spending time to come up with a much more attractive and suitable design for the website, darker and grungier. And now it is finally complete. Check out my news post about the redesign to read a little more about it, and also leave your comments there. Don't know about Alan Wake? Head over to the site and read the About page, and also treat yourself to some gorgeous screenshots and high definition trailers. Also, we're looking to get the forums more active again, so if the game interests you, be sure to sign up and get posting. There's plenty to talk and speculate about, wishlists to be posted, and such like. Have fun!

Tommy Montana I've merged your topic with an older one, just so you know. I'm not really playing anything at the moment, last game I played was Crackdown though.

Nice topic, I can see this being quite popular so I'm pinning it. You can see my games list on my IGN and Gamespot profiles, but I'll list them all here too, as of 29 April 2007, in alphabetical order sorted by console SNES Jurassic Park Striker Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting Super Mario All-Stars Super Mario Kart Super Mario World Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island PC Battlefield 2 Battlefield Vietnam Redux Call of Duty Call of Duty 2 Call of Duty: United Offensive Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now Carmageddon 3: TDR 2000 Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series F.E.A.R. Grand Theft Auto Grand Theft Auto II Grand Theft Auto III Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Half-Life 1 Anthology Half-Life 2 Half-Life 2: Lost Coast Max Payne Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault Midtown Madness Midtown Madness 2 RollerCoaster Tycoon RollerCoaster Tycoon: Loopy Landscapes TOCA Race Driver 2 TOCA Race Driver 3 PS1 Colin McRae Rally Colin McRae Rally 2.0 Destruction Derby 2 Die Hard Trilogy Driver 2 F1 2000 FIFA Soccer 2002 Gran Turismo Gran Turismo 2 Grand Theft Auto: Collector's Edition Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX Need For Speed 3: Hot Pursuit Need for Speed 4: High Stakes Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage Spyro the Dragon Spyro: Year of the Dragon Street Racer Tekken 2 Tekken 3 TOCA Touring Car Championship TOCA 2 Touring Cars TOCA World Touring Cars Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 Vigilante 8 Vigilante 8: Second Offense PS2 2006 FIFA World Cup Colin McRae Rally 04 EyeToy: Play Formula One 2003 The Getaway GoldenEye: Rogue Agent Gran Turismo 3 A-spec Gran Turismo 4 Grand Theft Auto III Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire James Bond 007: NightFire Manhunt Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Need for Speed Most Wanted: Black Edition Need for Speed Underground Need for Speed Underground 2 Pro Race Driver SSX Tricky Tekken 4 Tekken 5 Tekken Tag Tournament PSP Burnout Legends Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories WipEout Pure Xbox 360 Call of Duty 3 Colin McRae: DiRT Crackdown Dead or Alive 4 Forza Motorsport 2 Gears of War Project Gotham Racing 3 Saints Row Test Drive Unlimited EDIT: Updated 26 June 07