GTA DS to feature most of IV's map

By Oli Welsh Published 17 November, 2008

More gameplay details trickle out.

A preview of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars in Spanish magazine MarcaPlayer has revealed a few more details on the DS entry in the series.

Most exciting must be the news that the game will range over the whole of Liberty City as it's portrayed in GTA IV - with the exception of the borough of Alderney (known as New Jersey in real life). Dukes, Bohan, Broker and Algonquin are all in there.

According to a translation by Nintendo Everything, Chinatown Wars' drug-dealing mini-game will have "big importance".

You'll have a PDA with a GPS system for keeping track of missions and navigating the streets of Liberty. This will appear on the touchscreen, along with the radio and controls for talking to people and using thrown weapons.

The rest of the action will be shown on the DS' top screen, and although the action is shown top-down, it won't be a fixed perspective. The camera can rotate through a full 360 degrees.

And, with the obligatory not-in-public use of the DS' microphone, you can whistle to call cabs.

Rockstar's owners Take-Two revealed last week that Chinatown Wars, expected in January, has been delayed to the spring of next year.

Picture of Oli.

About Oli Welsh

Oli is Eurogamer's acting deputy editor and reviews editor and likes to take things one word at a time. He is among the best dressed people in South London.

Read more articles from Oli by visiting the Oli Welsh archive page.

You may also like...

Comments (11) Latest comment 2 years ago

Comments threads automatically close after 30 days, but please feel free to continue chatting on the forum!

  • DFawkes #1 3 years ago

    This is sounding better and better. Though I've not played GTAIV to the extent I'd know the map yet, because I wasn't a fan, but I'll certainly have this.

  • Tomo #2 3 years ago

    Erm. I felt completely the opposite when I heard it was set in Liberty City again. I don't personally find going through the same old environments exciting :/

  • Tomo #3 3 years ago

    Just noticed the bit about the delay too :/

    Thought it was due at Chrimble according to the E3 conferences. Did seem somewhat optimistic mind.

  • JahB #4 3 years ago

    "After the massively over rated and disappointing GTAIV, is anyone really interested in this?"

    I didn't think IV to be either of that, i thought it was amazing. but the fact that this DS game has nothing to do with a high-end GTA title, but is more a step 10 years back, makes me ask the same question as you.
    Edited by 1 at 17/11/08 @ 10:23

  • kinky_mong #5 3 years ago

    Most exciting must be the news that the game will range over the whole of Liberty City as it's portrayed in GTA IV - with the exception of the borough of Alderney (known as New Jersey in real life).

    Anyone spot the inconsistency of that sentence. Apparently it's the whole of the map excluding a third of it.

    The pictures I've seen of the game look abysmal IMO, but I'm not one to write off a game based on a few pictures online. However that dealing game sounds suspiciously like another forced gameplay aspect like socialising with friends was in GTA4.

  • The_Inquisitor #6 3 years ago

    And, with the obligatory not-in-public use of the DS' microphone, you can whistle to call cabs.

    That sounds cool.

  • BBIAJ #7 3 years ago

    What about those of us that can't whistle though?

  • Ninja_Tino #8 3 years ago

    Yeah, I cannot whistle at all. It's something i'm tryng to live with but life with whistling seems so much better.

  • Dr.Mott #9 3 years ago

    "Most exciting must be the news that the game will range over the whole of Liberty City as it's portrayed in GTA IV - with the exception of the borough of Alderney (known as New Jersey in real life).

    Anyone spot the inconsistency of that sentence. Apparently it's the whole of the map excluding a third of it. "

    Technically, Alderney isn't a part of Liberty City, it's a separate State, just like New York/New Jersey. But that's just me being picky.

  • Trafford #10 3 years ago

    Top down again GTA sounds cool.

    I 've never really liked the 3d /homeboy versions..

    If you can't whistle?click your fingers of course.

  • christincage #11 2 years ago

    Any game that features Keyboard Cat is good by us. To find out just how complete Chinatown Wars' scale model of GTA IV's model city is, we trucked around to notable points in GTA IV, found the corresponding spots on the map in Chinatown Wars and recorded what we found there.

    jersey hairdressing salon