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Update: Exclusive GTAIV PlayStation 3 Bundle confirmed for Europe

Gaming-Age writes:

" We've been hearing rumors about this for a couple of weeks now, but it appears that we are one step closer to getting an answer. Based on the evidence so far presented, it looks like Europe will be getting an official Grand Theft Auto 4 + PlayStation 3 Bundle."

Update:Gaming-age administrator, Jim, has confirmed the rumor in a forum post on NeoGAF:

"And while I haven't heard from Sony yet, I HAVE heard from some people in the Euro distribution channel who have corroborated that it's a real bundle. No other info yet. So it's of course not "official".

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decapitator5855d ago (Edited 5855d ago )

Guys, its real.....sh!T just got real folks. Massive boost in the UK for Sony.

Shaka2K65855d ago

Just like Japan and Aussie land and NA and USA and Africa and the moon and the rest of the world.

this is a Sony PS franchise, where it belongs.

no price cuts,dlc that only nerds care about or anything is gonna save the x360 now.

Ghoul5855d ago

massiv boost for ps3 no matter what country that bundle will arrive :D

next massive sales spike 12.6 mgs4 bundle :)

sonarus5855d ago (Edited 5855d ago )

Well it takes a little edge off the ps3 price difference and it associates the grand theft auto game with playstation 3 more than 360. However, i still say a 50 dollar price cut would have better sealed the victory. You really cannot underestimate the casual gamer who will be buying an arcade unit simply because that is all he can afford.

@eagle eyes. If they want to catch up to the 360 and sail past the wii, then yes...price drop is really needed

Time Lord5855d ago

Dont expect any price drop any time before august or even X-mas time, Sony have finally started selling decent numbers, in almost every region, and more importantly for them, they are starting to make profits, price drop is not REALLY needed at this time. imo anyways.

Violater5855d ago (Edited 5855d ago )

nevermind

Amanosenpai5855d ago

OMG if this is real start saying goodbye to Europe MS.

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MaximusPrime5855d ago (Edited 5855d ago )

excellent news.

One of my workmate's friend (who got a refund after 3rd dead xbox) is planning to get ps3 "as long it is bundle with GTA4". He will be a very happy man.

btw: i recently lost 2 bubbles. Thank you very much.

edit below: Cheers. Now i just wait for the increase of my bubbles.

wageslave5855d ago

Maybe you lost your bubbles because you bring up fictional stories about heat-failures every chance you get?

Try and stay on-topic. Thanks.

Spinner5855d ago

Pretty big coming from a guy who brings up random crap about "Sony Droids" and how this site is overrun with them.

yanikins1115855d ago

I think your posts aint half bad. Have bubbles.

Why cant people bring up heat failures? Its a problem people. And if ms isnt pressured into fixing it, and i mean really fixing it, they wont. Geezus.

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LightningPS35855d ago

after loosing GTA IV exlcusivity and DLC. This is the least they could F*cken do. I hope they paid Rockstar to get this exclusive bundle.

Now if only they got it for the US also. But maybe it's too much to ask.

deeznuts5855d ago

They didn't "loose" or lose anything. Rockstar themselves said Sony knew about it, and agreed with Rockstar to let them go multiplatform in exchange for future exclusive titles.

wageslave5855d ago

@3.1

Grand Theft Auto has been on a Microsoft Platform since GTAI.

GTA has _ALWAYS_ been multiplatform.

Get a clue.

Spinner5855d ago (Edited 5855d ago )

Oh wow wageslave, now PC games count as multiplatform, but when 360 games are on PC, they're "console exclusive"

Ok.

And I'm tired of PC being called a "Microsoft Platform" - just becasue it's running a MS operating system.

Look at the Dreamcast, it was running a variant of Windows CE ( http://www.microsoft.com/pr... - does that make it a MICROSOFT PLATFORM? Microsoft had no control over the games that came out for it, and they didn't get royalties from game sales either. Thus, the Dreamcast is considered a Sega platform, not a Microsoft platform.

Now replace "Dreamcast" with "PC" and you have essentially the same situation : the PC isn't a Microsoft platform just because you are using a Microsoft OS. No amount of name-calling or sarcasm will change that fact. PC is a FREE GAMING PLATFORM. It doesn't belong to Microsoft anymore than it does Intel or Nvidia.

supahbad5855d ago

actually deeznuts he was correct in saying "lose". "loose"-pronounced (lew-ss) refers to your GF, lol

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Massacre5855d ago

Damn this thing will sell...man.

LightningPS35855d ago (Edited 5855d ago )

and having exclusive DLC. I really wonder how PS3 can stay in the game WITHOUT something like this.

Edit: I'm talking mostly GTA release. Not really the console war are a whole.

MaximusPrime5855d ago (Edited 5855d ago )

PS3 has bluray support. great for bluray movie viewers not just GTA4.

The Wood5855d ago (Edited 5855d ago )

you been 'away' or something like those guys from LOST?

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lol @ below

Drekken5855d ago

momma should made you wear a helmet... one too many drops Im assuming.

sonarus5855d ago

yea he has. Remember i think he sold his ps3 for an Xbox 360 last yr. Poor guy:p

bruiser815855d ago

First off the 360 has always been cheaper, second you are aware that even at its new price the 360 is still being outsold in the UK by the ps3? In any case if you were not you are now

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Mainline Grand Theft Auto trailers ranked from best to worst

As we have all been graced by the release of Grand Theft Auto 6's trailer, we're ranking the best and worst GTA trailers to date.

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purple101135d ago

We be getting these posts All week now lads. Someone noticed a number plate ... Someone noticed a billboard... I can see it now

Just go on YouTube and watch one of the many videos dissecting the whole 1minite 30secs worth.

This site supposed to be for news.

roadkillers135d ago

These updates on N4G are going to ruin whats rest of this site. Unfortunate since I was one of the first members.. The site shows unsecure when i login as well.

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Grand Theft Auto 4 Anniversary: The Beginning of the Age of RAGE

Grand Theft Auto 4 is an important game for Rockstar, not least because it was the first title in the franchise to use the newly created RAGE engine.

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franwex352d ago

Wasn’t the Table Tennis game the first to use RAGE?

isarai352d ago

Was about to say the same, but they do say first "in the franchise" so 🤷

cammers1995352d ago

The fact it hasnt been remastered is insane.

Abear21352d ago

Rage engine made driving on the sidewalk in cinematic slow motion camera a blast

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Fifteen Years On, 'Grand Theft Auto IV' Is Still the Series’ Best

There’s never a bad time to relive its magic, and with rumours of a potential Grand Theft Auto IV remaster making the rounds, why wouldn’t you?

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Machina355d ago

The series' most overhyped and overrated (especially by critics) more like.

Number1TailzFan355d ago

Not sure tbh.. I'd say 3 was the most overrated. It's pretty rough to go back to, it was quite rough even trying it just after Vice City. Lack of humour and vehicles that had the weight of polystyrene with top speeds to match.

VC & the stories games (even LCS) were all fun. I remember there being a lot of praise for GTA 3 on TV and in game mags, saying it was a Dreamcast killer of a game or words to that effect, and honestly after playing it on PC I didn't think it was that special and kind of dull, had the odd moment of fun but hardly anything. I heard they cut online multiplayer at the last moment for PC, shame because it could've made all the difference.

Would've loved to have seen what kind of cartoony GTA style game they could've done on Dreamcast as a competitor, I bet something along the lines of Simpsons Hit & Run would've worked well.

BlackTar187354d ago

@numberz How can the game that defined a generation and was copied by everyone be overrated? Was a asinine comment

seanpitt23354d ago

For me 4 was better than 5 was more realistic and the physics was on another level! 5 was a major let down in that department!

Number1TailzFan354d ago

@blacktar you have your opinion i have mine. I found the game dull, and it is for the most part. It set the foundation for the much superior SA and VC however.

KwietStorm_BLM354d ago

You say GTA III is overrated because it's rough to go back to and rough to play after Vice City. Your entire opinion is in hindsight. Of course it's rough going back to it today. It came out over 20 years ago. That doesn't take away from the fact that it pioneered a lot and was a paradigm shift for a lot of trends in game development today. Vice City in a lot of ways is just a more refined version of III. It was San Andreas that took the big leap forward from a design perspective. If III doesn't release, who knows if the open world genre would be what it is now. How can that be overrated?

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1nsomniac354d ago (Edited 354d ago )

Not at all. My most played game of all time. Truly stunning accomplishment in gaming and with PC graphics mods it just took it to levels beyond anything that came before and possibly even after.

People who moan about it generally tend to be people who played it on under powered consoles and couldn’t handle the more realistic car physics. It was the slightly more realistic approach that made it stand out more. Absolutely love it. In fact I always said Vice city was my favourite of all time. But after going back to the remaster I realised 4 was actually the best.

Profchaos354d ago (Edited 354d ago )

I'm no critic and I consider it the best games in the franchise after recently replaying every entry it's story when paired in conjunction with it's DLC was and still is amazing.

shinoff2183354d ago

Lol. Fun fact. That dlc cost a certain green colored console 50 million for exclusiveness. Un heard of back then. Just to point out the hypocrisy of the 3rd party exclusive agenda going on.

Anyway how the dlc better then the base game by a mile. Lol imo

DigitallyAfflicted353d ago

I've enjoyed gta4 the most from all the others too.

DarXyde354d ago

San Andreas holds a special place in my heart. Honestly, I couldn't get into IV at all. Didn't even finish it. I had some pride in playing it at first because I'm originally a New Yorker, but it just didn't do it for me.

To each their own.

shinoff2183354d ago (Edited 354d ago )

Gta sa for sure. To this day my favorite. My least fav is gta 4 easily. Gta 4 made me feel like the dude in next friday trying to take the cd back talking about i cant get jiggy wit this.

Maybe looking back it would be 3 but 3 did so damn much for gaming in general. . My first gta was of course the top downs so the series has came a long way.

notachance353d ago

Yeah I remembered falling asleep playing the last mission in GTA4.. the most boring protagonist (out of all the voiced protag), and the town is too small.

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-Foxtrot355d ago

Not really

Overrated

Boring

Liberty City despite being a reimagined version for the HD era lacked any variety

Lacked the GTA fun charm overall

Niko was bland compared to past protagonists like Tommy, CJ or Victor

blackblades354d ago (Edited 354d ago )

GTA 2 was the best, lol my only owned GTA game. Vice city was alright when I rented it back then. I cant really say which is the best cause those the only 2 games i played but GTA 2 was fun on PC back in the day. Closes game to it that I enjoyed was SR3 and I dont care what people say. That none serious tone was fun enjoyable.

banger88355d ago

Like hell it is. San Andreas was far better, much more fun and a better game overall.

isarai355d ago

Nah, it's a masterpiece in attention to detail and the amount of immersive systems at play. But it really isn't very fun, ESPECIALLY when compared to the previous games in the series. Like tons of things are just wonky and actively kneecap lots of experimentation, or is just lame. Like why do I take huge damage when falling into water, why can I only stand in very specific large trucks when they are moving but not smaller trucks and vehicles, why is the melee combat such a massive down grade from GTA SA and GTA IV, why is the euphoria nowhere near as reactive, why is being drunk using a rasterized animation of staggering rather than the far more entertaining euphoria GTAIV and RDR used when you were drunk, why do npc vehicles barely react to you popping there tires even at high speed, etc etc.

I've always loved playing around in GTA games world. Like the campaigns are great but the majority of my time was always spent just playing in the open world. Yet GTAV is the only game in the series I never really returned to after beating it, it just lacks that fun factor the others have, I spent more time in GTA SA remastered than GTAV

chicken_in_the_corn354d ago

It's one of my least favourite GTA games. It's clunky, the ai is exploitable, it's far too long and the writing is absolutely awful.

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