MarkD1990 Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 (edited) Not sure what to make of this. Bullshit radar says "proof of nothing" because there's no reason for tech support to be looped in on a game in development. That said, two guys worked up an extremely patient, social engineering prank that had 2K Games support believing, or at least suspicious of the possibility of a hacked Grand Theft Auto IV demo on pirate sites. And in the back-and-forth, it turned up this reply from tech support: "The PC version of GTA IV has not even been announced for release and is still in development so is not about to be released on a website." The entire conversation is very long and almost takes on the scope of a 419 baiter thread. But they do provide screenshots (granted, those can be faked too.) Basically, these two guys concoct a detailed tech support problem with a free demo of Grand Theft Auto IV, and see if Take 2 will bite. Of course, they do, but only to a point. After getting that little nugget above which they're convinced was copypasted from some higher-up's response to befuddled tech support they get another tech who is less fun and a little more circumspect about their claims. While the last message does say, "We are unsure when the PC version of the game will be released," that does not mean, "We are sure it will be coming out, just not when." I am likewise unsure of when I'll win the Publisher's Clearing House Sweepstakes. ComputerandVideoGames.net reported rumors back in April that a PC GTA IV was due out in October, citing European retailers. That didn't bring a denial from Rockstar UK, just "no comment." So unless and until Rockstar wants to lay the rumor smash, this remains rumor only. I wouldn't get my hopes up, but you never know. How We Pranked Rockstar [blog, thanks reader Matt] Source: Kotaku PS: Sorry for double posting Edited July 20, 2008 by Mark_D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 You'll notice how old this is, and that NO fansites posted. 1. It's just rumour and whoever the guys are they look like they're just trying to get famous in the community 2. Customer support don't know jack shit about what games are in development and their current status 3. If the emails aren't faked the chances are the support guy was just guessing 4. Most people are already assuming that R* is making the game anyway and just don't care. That seemed to be popular opinion anyway. You all agree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkD1990 Posted July 20, 2008 Author Share Posted July 20, 2008 Sorry I didn't relise how old it was lol, if you want chris you can delete it and delete my double post i did by accident Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortbus Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 yeah I read this the night it came out. i prefer to stay ignorant and hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeAtH Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Hopefully this is true. But yeah it's old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSanityHD Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 I hope R* does bring GTA IV out to the PC. Can't wait to get it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustADummy Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Calm down, guys. Developing a such big game for PC takes time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrLlamaLlama Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 But it's already been developed. I should imagine the way the 360 plays games is very similar to that of a PC, given it's made by MS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustADummy Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 I hope GTA Iv for PC is compatible with a controller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA DOCTOR Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 what will be requirements to run GTA IV please tell me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrLlamaLlama Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 what will be requirements to run GTA IV please tell me Nobody Knows yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitsune Inferno Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 But to take a good guess, if your PC can play Crysis, you can more than likely bet it will play GTAIV. Whenever it's ported, that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detour1 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 maybe they were right cause you know take two just announced its coming out in november Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Topic closed seeing as it's been announced now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts