Chris

Pretty obvious is it not? Some of you need to learn what "noise" means. Would you really expect "noise" to be some sort of audio effect in the game? Really? "Noise"? It wouldn't be called that now would it, noise in terms of audio has negative connotations so it wouldn't be used to denote an option in the game, that's what we call "volume". Honestly people. What they really should have done was have a noise level adjuster instead of just on/off. Left 4 Dead I know does this and I'm pretty sure some other games are starting to do it too.

Rockstar just gave us the heads up on an interview that has gone up on IGN, featuring Rockstar Leeds President Gordon Hall. The interview talks about what's gone into the creation of Chinatown Wars, and also includes some cool renders of some of the in-game models. Definitely worth the read, check it out: Rockstar Leeds talks GTA DS

Yep, it's only on the day specified. When they announced this tour (not long before we posted about it) there were already some dates already gone by which is a bit strange.

Sorry for the weeks delays in getting these sorted. I attributed the files you reported to yourself and another member who also reported his files stolen. The guy is banned of course, but there are still 6 files in the database which probably aren't his. Are any of these files yours? Or do you know whose they are? Let me know if you do. P.S. You may want to upload replacement file/screenshot for the mods that were yours since he edited out the readme's. You can do that on the manage files page.

Doesn't California have like a trillion people though, whereas all other states are smaller or some shit? Maybe they did it per population or something. I like how there isn't a single location near any of our members, anyone reckon they'll actually be able to attend one of these? I seriously urge you to go if you are able to, it'll be worth it. You'll probably be able to see everything me and the other webmasters did in our hands-on... maybe even more since you'll obviously be playing a later build.

Shit I didn't notice it was Bear's bday too. Happy Birthday Vicki! Hope you had a good one.

Should be fixed now, SV.

Rockstar Games have announced they'll be going on tour across the US hosting Chinatown Wars hands-on experiences at hundreds of GameStop stores. As well as playing the game you'll also get to take home some rare GTA swag! The tour will last for 6 weeks and take place across 52 US cities, using 3 special Rockstar vans. See the Chinatown Wars tour page for the full details and to see when R* will be at your local store. Still not sure whether you want to get it? If you missed our own hands-on last week, why don't you give that a read, might help sway your decision.

lol ^ Jesus man, your parents must be rich as fuck. Fucking Samsung Plasma TV in your bedroom, shitting hell.

The badges are all done and uploaded and added to your profiles (check your awards tab, or click the medal under your avatar bit). If an award you won isn't showing up then let me know and I'll sort it out, I may have missed it by accident.

Sounds like you had a pretty awesome time while away though! Also, I like how this is your 1337th post, nice Well happy birthday anyway.

Just went through them all and found about 80 more pics that I deleted. Down to 181 now so we'll be getting to IV pics a lot quicker now.

Windows 3.11 for Workgroups FTW! That was the first OS I ever started properly using, thanks to my Dad. Can't believe you still have a machine with it on. Don't ever get rid of it!

Nah I wouldn't have thought so, probably be exactly like this one was, just a completely separate addon. I still haven't got round to making our own maps yet (anyone wanna help do those?) so for now I'll just link you to Psy's: http://www.gta4.tv/Seagulls.php

Lol putting it bluntly there. But yeah, you can't consent to intercourse until you're 16 years old in most countries (apparently it's 18 in a lot of US states though, but that's irrelevant here). So if you do have sex and you either get caught, or she for some reason cries rape then basically you are VERY fucked, especially since you're 18+ so you'd be tried as an adult obviously. Though to be honest the amount of people who you hear of losing their virginity before they're legal you wonder how the fuck people actually get caught in the first place. Age gaps become less of an issue the older you get, there's 12 years between my Mum and Dad, fine now, but that wouldn't work if my Dad was 18, my Mum would only be 6 years old! So yeah, it's not a problem but some people would frown upon it at the moment. Things sound weird when she's still at school and you've finished etc.

A lot of the missions are pretty decent though, lots of action and shooting and stuff.

Today I have uploaded a 100% checklist for The Lost and Damned. An HTML version is viewable on the website for those of you just wanting a quick look to see what you've got left to do, a printable .pdf is also available for those of you who want to print it out and tick off everything you've done so far. We believe the checklist is entirely accurate and will guarantee you 100% completion, additionally, there are no actions that can prevent you from getting 100 percent, even cheating won't mess up your stats. However, if you do think there are any mistakes anywhere, please point them out to us so we can fix them. Hope you find it useful! Links: The Lost and Damned 100% Checklist and printable .pdf version

March 20th is for Australia and pretty much every other country too I believe.

The things happening during the credits are another reason why I love R*, they just think of everything.

Ha I would have done but didn't actually realise it was the last mission. Completed it now and my last manual save was ages ago, can't be bothered to play through it again right now

Yeah, pretty much everyone submits SA pictures because they own SA. Compared to SA, very few people own a copy of IV and so we barely get any submissions. And yes, more than one screen is uploaded everyday, and since we only choose one a day there becomes a backlog of photos. I do delete as many shit and "seen before" photos as possible but it's still not gonna massively speed things up. I'll go through now and see what I can get rid of, the backlog is of around 260 pics right now! EDIT: Updated the page so now you can see how many are in the queue; http://www.thegtaplace.com/potd/

Rockstar just emailed us to give us all a heads up about the final three days of Xbox 360's Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned Xbox LIVE Week.

Niko is Serbian. Huang Lee is Chinese. The trend is leaning towards not using Americans anymore (except Johnny in TLAD), things are pointing toward a Latin American character for Episode 2... so I can't see why you're complaining really when all signs point towards that being the case anyway...

The drug deal with Playboy is the second time you see him, fairly early in the game actually. @tilly: Niko IS Serbian. I can't tell what he actually said but I'm sure if one of our Serbian speakers listens to it they'll be able to confirm.