Chris

He got banned for what they thought was 'trolling' at the time? I'm not sure. What also struck me was his use of certain terminology. Where he said "[bellic] is being used as a Mcguffin device" - unless you have a working knowledge of certain media/film concepts, MacGuffin is not a word you'd often use, it's certainly not common. Could be relaying information, or perhaps it's just coincidence that he knows the correct term for these things. A MacGuffin is generally used to drive the plot along while having little relevance to the story, not necessarily to keep a character out of the spotlight. Bellic not being the main character seems a little odd to me. Then again, if we find out Roman's surname is what he says it is (Petronov) then we'll know he's telling the truth. Petronov, Bellic - if they're cousins, you'd think they'd at least be from the same country? The surnames suggest otherwise - see, some of this stuff he is saying doesn't really add up. I'm still sceptical.

Ok, just read through all 8 pages of the GF topic. He seems pretty legit too. Also, they're all saying they remember him from when he tried to tell everyone there was a jetpack and hovercraft in San Andreas. Of course everyone thought he was bullshitting - the we find out they are indeed in the game. Everyone reacts with a "holy shit he was telling the truth!". Good predictions? or genuine knowledge?

Too bad he can't spell, would have been more credible. Rockstar employing uneducated retards isn't something you would think they do, and they don't. If it is true, I don't see what he's getting out of it. Some of it seems common sense, some of it seems logical, perhaps wishful thinking. Obviously he knows a bit about GTA. We'll see what comes of this. Remember, until you hear it from Rockstar directly or indirectly, it's not official.

After the reading over all the information obtained from GameInformer, I have updated a few of the GTA4 pages here at The GTA Place. A few changes have been made to the general information page simply to extend on what we already know, as well as add a few points about multiplayer, the setting, and the characters, with links to the next two pages I have added. The first of those a (currently) small page about the main characters in the game. At the moment, we only know a few things about Niko and Roman, however I'll be adding to the page with each new character we find out about. The second page I added was an overview on GTA4's new rendition of Liberty City, now confirmed to be set in the current year, 2007. We found out quite a bit about the city from GameInformer, and I have collated the most interesting points from the magazine, as well as a few quotes directly from Dan Houser. It details the similarities to real life New York City, as well as what you can expect to see there with regards to the non-playable characters, and some of the more iconic things about the city. I also added an artwork page to house all of the different styles of logo which have been cropping up, this page will be more organised shortly with descriptions of each one. Enjoy!

Excellent, thanks for those. Better late than never eh? Too bad we have all the info now.

Looks like a browser problem. Are you using an alpha or beta build of Firefox? I noticed there's a build number in the title bar.

I would imagine so yeah, it would be kinda weird if the entire city was open to us right from the start.

Hehe, sorry for this really old screenshot. I took it back in October 2005 when the easter egg was introduced I believe... Google win. Practically every one of their apps has some kind of easter egg somewhere.

There's always downloadable content which may or may not add these features. We need more info on this downloadable stuff though, hopefully the next mag preview will have it. Also, I hope OPM don't have the same preview that GI got, otherwise we'll barely get any new info which would be a shame.

No it couldn't. "We don't like the idea of having children or fuzzy animals in Grand Theft Auto"

The photos aren't hosted here anyway, we aren't breaking any rules by linking to them.

I've updated the first post with more details! That's it now.

If we get asked to take them down we will, for now they can stay

They have been posted here. I think there's more than what he's posted though.

That and the fact nothing much happened there, and it took ages to traverse unless you had a Hydra.

Countryside was possibly the worst part of San Andreas. Why do you want it?

Yep. Graphics will only get better

OK all the info is now there. Discuss.

UPDATES now coming in as I type. Keep refreshing the first post!

But also, nothing has been mentioned of helicopters. He only said planes there, not all aircraft. Hmm...

Gerard has been transcribing parts of the magazine which we've heard from this guys soundbite uploaded earlier, haven't heard it myself, but check the Grand Theft Wiki article if you're interested.

Dan Houser has apparently said: "Players won't be able to fly their aeroplanes. There are no planes because it's just a city"

I wonder if it's the entire New York State. Either way, if it is, the size of it probably won't warrant the need for planes. Also, imagine the uproar from politicians after they learn that GTAIV trains terrorists to fly planes into tall buildings...

I believe Dmac has posted some of the stuff in our GTA IV forum. There's these two topics: here and here

That's what I just said though. You even quoted it. my last line, I said Serbian.