GTA IV DLC to be released in February News
Xbox 360 News by Ellie Gibson
The first downloadable content for the Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto IV will be released on 17th February.
That's according to USA Today, which says the content will be comprised of a new episode titled The Lost and Damned. It'll star Johnny Klebitz, who belongs to Liberty City biker gang The Lost. GTA IV's main protagonist, Niko, will only have a bit-part in the episode.
"Johnny is a very different character than Niko, with a very different background," said Rockstar bossman Dan Houser.
"I can't go into too much detail on the story, because we try not to give away too much plot before the game is released. But I can say that the story will show you a different side of Liberty City."
Houser added that the actions you took in the main game won't affect how the story plays out in The Lost and Damned. However, he added, "Tons of details and mysteries from the main story get explained, so it will add a lot of colour to the main story."
Rockstar has yet to announce a price for the DLC, or to confirm whether the 17th February date applies globally.
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Jonathan_Fakenham
20/11/08 @ 09:10
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Huh. Didn't think it could be done, but this totally has me more excited than a new town. Looking at Liberty City in a new light, through a different character, yeah, that sounds nice. Perhaps then I'll find that last elusive pigeon, aswell.
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GamesConnoisseur
20/11/08 @ 09:12
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Not bad, I did wonder what the hell they are gonna to do to get GTAIV DLC working as an attractive must-buy extra content. So its just the first one that we know more about, still to find out the second DLC.
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andywilkie35
20/11/08 @ 09:37
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does this mean that you have to drive around on a fucking awful bike that handle so poorly in GTA?
clearly you won't have to because its GTA so you can nick a car but I wanted to slag off the bikes |
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SixFootHalfling
20/11/08 @ 09:44
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Does this mean his story will have some variety, wait no it's GTAIV and that only has two mission types, i.e go somewhere kill everyone come back, or go somewhere, protect someone by killing everyone else, then come back.
They should have just made another San Andreas type game, I played that game for like 70 + hours, IV I played for about 27, by which time I'd finished the story, couldn't be arsed with multiplayer after a game in every mode, and got bored of the city. |
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tomjoadsghost
20/11/08 @ 09:56
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Nice, I've always fancied a badass biker videogame and now we've got this in february and that easyrider pastiche biker game (the title of which i cant remember)coming in the summer.
2009 is gonna be a great year for games.
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Kill_Crazy
20/11/08 @ 10:30
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So it's a toss up between GTAIV DLC vs RE5 vs KZ2 vs SF4 vs Silent Hill at around the same time. It suddenly drops to the bottom of the list even though it should be a lot cheaper.
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frycrayola
20/11/08 @ 11:30
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I was more excited when the rumours were flying around that it would be a zombie apocalypse.
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chessboxer
20/11/08 @ 11:44
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I thought people were expecting a new island and anything less would be a disappointment. At least that's what people have been saying since the DLC was announced.
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Moribundman
20/11/08 @ 12:08
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This sounds good. STFU whingers.
Liberty/Vice City Stories were both neat packages which brought something new to the table while clearly saving the devs on having to build new cities from scratch. My only concern is that if they *don't* introduce different minigames/wardrobe choices/characters/radio stations/areas/websites then it'll essentially just seem like a handful of new levels with a new player skin... It would be nice to play this and replay the main campaign in parallel and see/hear news stories emerging regarding the other character's exploits! If they introduce new bars/hideouts etc I wonder whether Nico will be able to access them too once the DLC is installed... In any case, lets just face it, R* only bothered to start thinking this through well after the game came out, and they're winging it as we speak. Regardless of how good it ends up, it'll probably be released buggy and the 2nd ep won't be out till Summer! |
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questing222
20/11/08 @ 14:15
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GTA ZOMBIE INFESTATION..... YAY!!!
The news that you will play a biker and his gang and that it will focus on showing a "Different side of Liberty City" all but confirms to me the rumours that the downloadable content will see you fighting off hordes of zombies that gradually infect the inhabitants of Liberty city. Last month some hints were found in game, with a lot of zombie related stuff going on... see here.. http://uk.xboxlive.ign.com/articles/923/... I'm very excited. |
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questing222
20/11/08 @ 14:20
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the title says it all really.
The Lost (Biker gang name) and The damned (Being a term used for the undead)!! If this DLC isn't an all out zombie appocolypse then i'll eat my hat. |
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tomjoadsghost
20/11/08 @ 17:01
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@ panstre
yup, thats the one, thanks- it was bugging me not being able to remember. |
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