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Oh yes I'd certainly expect to see a new trailer before this time. Not sure what marketing will decide to do but I'm sure some cross-promotion wouldn't hurt.

Rockstar Games today announced that Max Payne 3 will be delayed by a couple of months, to ensure it will deliver "the highest quality, groundbreaking entertainment experience" that we expect. Originally slated for a March 2012 release, the new dates for the PS3 and Xbox 360 are 15th May, 2012 in North America and 18th May, 2012 internationally. The PC version will come 2 weeks later on 29th May, 2012 in North America and 1st June, 2012 internationally. Now the question on GTA V fans' minds is will this delay affect the release of GTA V? It's worth pointing out here that GTA V currently has no official release date, so any delay won't really be seen by us in terms of specific dates. Based on Rockstar's recent trend of delivering blockbuster titles in time for the summer period, as well as the "2405 theory", many fans believed a Summer 2012 release was on the cards, in fact, many insist that the game must be released on the 24th May 2012 due to the aforementioned theory. From a sales point of view it would be extremely unwise for a company to release two huge games around the same time, as this pits the two against each other and thus reduces sales of each, since most people for a variety of reasons don't buy multiple games at once, instead opting for one or the other. So with Max Payne 3 taking up this spot, is an October 2012 date looking more likely for GTA V? Personally, I think so. My prediction right from the start was an October 2012 release, and based on this news today I think it's looking even more possible. Especially bearing in mind that we haven't even seen a second (or third etc.) trailer for the game yet. That said, The Scotsman recently reported that Rockstar North were looking for games testers, hinting that the game was nearing completion and ready for the painstakingly laborious testing stage of development. The position has since been removed from Rockstar's Jobs site, however there are a number of others still open for applications. In conclusion, none of us can say with any real certainty when the game will be released, but we think it's safe to say the May 2012 release many of you were hoping for is looking impossible unlikely now. So can we turn our hope to October 2012? Or do you think it will be even later than that, perhaps May 2013? Let us know the comments!

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If we deem any to be necessary then yes, but for now, no.

I doubt it. Only GTA game I've never owned. Played it once and didn't like it.

Dunno about you guys but I'd rather wait and see what R* do with the game before playing 3rd party mods. IV was just the start of things. With the experience and feedback they got from it I'm sure GTA V multiplayer will be a whole shit ton better than IV was.

A couple of weeks before Christmas we posted about a mod in the works that brings Vice City to the world of GTA IV. The Vice City RAGE team are now proud to announce that they have released the first public beta of their mod. Check out the trailer below: Looks awesome! To play this you'll need an unmodded copy of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City. Got that? If so, here's the official torrent of the mod. It's 3.35GB so best leave it running in the background while you do other things. Have you got this installed? Let us know what it's like in the comments.

Your site most likely causes people to have epileptic fits. Most VCM mods are already hosted here so your blog isn't really necessary. Link removed since it's your first and only post...

Yes I did. No. Like I said we don't use this group anymore. It's only purpose is to show who's been around since the start, basically. Sorry I think that's pointless. We need things that will bring more people to the forums and keep them here and make them want to be an active contributor. A newsletter would basically like saying "don't bother coming to the forums, we'll let you know if anything cool happens."

To answer your questions about groups: Yes, everyone starts off the in the standard 'Validating' group when they sign up. When the user confirms his/her email address he/she is moved into the 'Members' group. Users who fail to validate their account in 7 days are removed. Most other groups are either staff or are now unused (such as the Banned group which is no longer used due to the way IPB now handles banning users). GTA Guru is someone who has proven themselves to have excellent knowledge about a particular GTA game, and is a respectable and trusted member of the community. They are given permission to moderate that particular game's forums. Elite Members was a group intended for veterans and other long-standing and decent members of the community. It is not in use at the moment. About the code: The main website is completely my own code, with the exception of some JavaScript libraries (jQuery). The forums are powered by a stock version of IPB (currently version 3.2). The large feature set means we don't have many modifications here. The only one in fact is the awards system. In early 2003, before we had proper hosting, I set up a forum at ProBoards.com (lol). A few months later I got hosting and set up phpBB (I think it was version 2.0 at the time). We used this for several months, maybe a year, I don't remember exactly, before we switched to IPB which at the time was at version 1.2. In early 2004 my hotmail account was hacked and through my emails the hacker managed to find passwords to the website's control panel, and subsequently deleted everything, including database backups, and since I had none saved on my own computer I had to restart the forums, hence why the earliest member join dates here are in February 2004. We've stuck with IPB ever since then and upgraded through each major version. Many code modifications were in place on older versions; we had a store, an arcade, a GTA style text-based RPG system I had coded myself which integrated with the store, and various other minor feature additions. The novelty of those mods wore off and we no longer feel the need to have them here. Notable events? Aside from the original hacking I mentioned before I can't think of too many but it depends what you class as notable, what sort of things are you hoping to hear about? I think there's a screenshot of 100,000 posts with 6,666 members somewhere which I guess was kinda cool if you like numbers. We've had a few weird member incidents: Mgilb, Lisa Juarez, me and kokane ... don't think they're relevant for a newbie guide though.

Well it's in Finnish so hardly anyone here is going to be able to read it. It doesn't even make sense with Google Translate. Removing link and closing topic since it's pretty much just spamming as it doesn't offer any useful input to the community.

I remember your avatar and our old name. Unnamed Noodle. I preferred that actually.

Thanks for your comments. Not sure what you mean by file size. I never did much modding of GTA IV but I was under the impression that this bug was to do with the number of cars you had modded, rather than any sizes. I think some people made patches to load lots of car models into memory on starting the game which would fix it, but sometimes doing this would cause the game to crash. Did you check any GTAForums threads about this? This one for example: http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=464013&st=0

Rockstar have just posted up the second part of the questions you have been asking about GTA III. There's some really interesting things brought up in this one, and a lot of old rumours quashed. Check out the newswire article for questions relating to 9/11, The “Ghost Town”, The Dodo and Other Mysteries. (And look at the size of that script!)

off her bus? What? GTA III game saves are not cross-device compatible, so I don't think you'll be able to convert any PC saves. However you might be able to use someone else's Android save, I'm not currently aware of any online though. Unless someone else here can upload one for you.

Nice to see you around, Mike. And yes SV, he was an admin at one point.

Thanks Evo, fixed all those things now. Yeah the live search doesn't include news stories at the moment. Not sure where to include them in the results. Jimmy, I didn't actually. Did you PM or email? I haven't received anything from you.

Happy new year everyone! If you're reading this on the main site you'll notice things have changed a bit. This updated layout is just one of a number of changes we have planned for The GTA Place in 2012, and we hope you'll like the changes we've made so far. The first new feature I'd like to point out is the new live search at the top right hand corner of every page, this offers quick and easy access to all our content (which we are in the process of making even better), with search results appearing as you type. Perhaps more obvious is the fact we've moved the navigation to the right hand side, and also made it much bigger, while still allowing ample space for content as well as giving us the opportunity to highlight new and interesting content through features which we will be regularly updating. A number of improvements have also been made to the backend code which should mean pages load slightly faster for you. As with all site updates, there may be a few bugs here and there that need to be ironed out. If you see any, do let us know in the comments and we'll get them fixed ASAP. As stated last week, this is just the first of the changes we have planned. Stay tuned for more updates in the coming weeks including the launch of our mobile website and v2.0 of our downloads database!

I've seen this before and I lol'd slightly. Can't tell if he's seriously raging or just making fun of some of the shittier mods here. Either way it's no big deal to me personally. I'm well aware there are some horrendously bad mods uploaded here, the funny thing is I delete a lot of them - so you can only imagine how bad some have been. Huckleberry Pie is also aware that barely anyone appreciates his Strawberry Shortcake mods and he already gets a lot of shit for it. Can understand why since he's probably one of the few people who has an interest in that and GTA as well, so it's weird to most, but still, no reason not to allow his mods. But yeah a lot of his "points" are about the poor graphics of the game and he's just using bad mods as examples of that. It's 4chan, can't take it seriously. Thread was archived for its humour, nothing wrong with that, and to be honest that was probably what was intended, as well as bashing some mod authors

Yep, it's that time of year again! Things are looking a lot more optimistic on the GTA scene this time round. The announcement of GTA V two months ago peaked our collective interest in Grand Theft Auto once more, but as we anticipate the release of another trailer and the first screenshots and previews to come forth, there's not much to do but continue to speculate. We can't be sure when new info will appear, but it's best to keep checking back here as often as possible, you never know when Rockstar might treat us to something special. Since news of GTAV broke, The GTA Place has been undergoing a bit of a revamp behind the scenes, and we've got some exciting changes to show you very soon. We're now ready to announce that on New Year's Day we'll be revealing an updated layout to the main website, with more improvements to come soon after. Some of these improvements include some much-needed changes to our downloads database which will make uploading and managing your mods a whole lot easier, as well as the launch of a dedicated mobile version of the website for a better experience on mobile devices and tablets. We'll have more details on all this and more for you in the new year. Just as an FYI, we'll be offline for about an hour on 1st January while we update the site. The forums will remain online during this time, though, and we'll keep you informed via our social network pages as usual. Thank you all for continuing to visit The GTA Place, and thanks again to those of you who are our fans on Facebook, Twitter and our recently launched Google Plus page. Following us on these websites is a great way to ensure you stay up to date with all the latest news, and your support is always greatly appreciated. We hope you all have a great Christmas and New Year!

Yes, that's the main reason people do it I think.

America is just absolutely fucked if they pass this.

Rockstar have today updated the Android version of Grand Theft Auto III: 10 Year Anniversary Edition to version 1.1 with a number of fixes and added support for the Droid Bionic, Galaxy Nexus and Samsung Galaxy S II devices. This fixes include: A fix so that immediately skipping cutscenes will no longer cause issues The addition of PowerVR GPU support Improved shader error handing and a few additional technical fixes To update your game, just go to the Android Market on your device where you'll be prompted to download the latest version.

Yes they just accumulate. Criminal Rating always goes up, it only goes down when certain cheats are used. Media Attention varies based on how much media attention you are getting. Basically the longer you stay on 6 wanted stars and cause mayhem it will go up. It will gradually decrease if you don't keep this up.