GTA 4 add-on: Will The Lost and Damned come for PC and PS3?

According to PCGH the German rating board USK has rated two new trailers of GTA 4: The Lost and Damned for the GamesCom entertainment trade show. This is supposed to be a hint that the GTA 4 add-on will be announced for a new platform besides the consoles.

[ukilnme]

If this is true, how did MS let this happen after paying so much for the additional content?

If this is true, does that mean the content does not suck anymore? I think I know the answer to this one but please humor me. I need some entertainment here at work.

[Blaze929]

http://www.n4g.com/News-291...

They reported that the content would be coming on a disc in March. That was not confirmed until May. So apparently that rumor is true and PSI seems to know what they are talking about. Apparently it was for exclusive DLC...not exclusive expansions on a disc. But as silly as that loophole may be, I'm sure MS was full aware of that.

Also this is a silly article:

"But why should Take Two show a games fair trailer of an already released add-on"

They must not know it's re-releasing on a disc later this year.

[Cold 2000]

I dont think 50 million was for DLC alone.

It was for the game to come out on the 360 on the same day as the PS3 cuz till now GTA has always been exclusive/timed exclusive on PS.

The DLC was just part of the deal.

And of course it would sell like crazy on the PS3...so nope it wont suck anymore.

[StanLee]

I was thinking the same thing. A release of a retail disk with both downloadable episodes will be released on October 30.

[leila01]

EDIT
@darkequitus
Just as I thought, the $50M was just a loan after all.

[Hellsvacancy]

The ONLY time i ever play GtaIv is when me and 5-6 of my friends play Gta Race ALL the other game modes pretty much suck

Edit: Thats assumin it cums out on the Ps Store

[InfectedDK]

Blaze929 - You couldn't be more accurate in my opinion..

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Ofcourse it is coming on a DVD/blu-ray alongside the other DLC..
If you have been following this just a bit you would know..

[Bnet343]

I can see it come out for PC, but not for PS3. I mean, didn't they (Microsoft) pay a chunk of money for it?

[The Wood]

nah. The game doesnt suck but the concept did/does. This DLC was lorded up like it was a full game like a bioshock or a forza. Its still dlc for petes sake. You know you have the cornerstone of a balanced meal.....dlc is the garnish.....i want steak. Notice im not dissin the lost n the damned but stating that i feel its not on par with a full title and im not talking about game length exclusively

[Raf1k1]

You're right I don't like how people list DLC as full games either. I've seen it happen a lot on websites making lists of exclusive games or any other such list which sould only include full games.

[Obama]

I wouldn't get it if it is out for the ps3 as gta4 is a borefest.

[matchgrade]

How does a rerelease mean the content doesn't suck anymore? If(hypothetical "if") it sucked the first time, it'll probably suck the second time, unless they've been working hard to improve it for rerelease, but that would screw over first-time buyers.

Or is it a fanboy reaction? I guess some of us PS3 owners would be willing to change our minds about the DLC if it did end up coming to our console...

[JD_Shadow]

"How does a rerelease mean the content doesn't suck anymore?"

Because they never said that. They said that things were missing from it that were in past GTAs (more or less to make it fit on one disc to keep it under MS's demands). They never once said the game was horrible.

Yet people keep confusing the two. Gee, wonder WHY?

[WenisWagon]

http://www.gta4.net/news/42...
"In a nutshell: All trailers submitted to USK are listed as "PC", regardless of what platform the product is actually released on. If the trailer itself is set for playback on PC, it's marked as PC. Simple as that."

[Lifendz]

in a game where most people didn't do all the missions that came with the original game. Heck, I know a lot of people that stopped playing altogether after a few hours. I beat the game (2x in fact) and felt that Rockstar made yet another gem but I can see why people would be down on DLC that's only more missions.

Now if the DLC were something like Vice City or San Andres, then yeah, I'd be jumping for joy at the thought of it coming to PS3. It's not, and I'm going to pass if it does in fact come to PS3.

Only so much money and there are so many games to play. Plus Gamefly isn't exactly cheap.

[Jinxstar]

I honestly won buy it either way. Too little to late IMO but truthfully the fallout DLC was announced as exclusive from the start. Now it isjust timed. Probably once whatever time limit is up it will come to the PS3 but I could care less before now or later about buying it. And since no one here has seen the contract all u have is speculation but with things like braid coming to PSN and the fallout DLC and other stuff I really don't see it as much of a stretch...

[KRUSSIDULL]

The deal was for microsoft to help rockstar with the devolopment since this game cost 100Million dollar to create so they borrowed money from microsoft in exchange for 2 exclusive DLC's if its timed or not only time will tell.

[Qayin]

http://www.cinemablend.com/...

[Ninji]

GTA4 is garbage as well as the DLC so I wouldn't buy it regardless.

[MGOelite]

same here even if it did come to ps3 i wouldnt buy it, i havent touched gta4 in like 12 months

[Javier19]

No your a f*cking moron

GTA IV happens to be one of the best games if not the best this gen

Awesome Graphics
Unmatched sound, as in voice acting, amount of content in the audio department
Huge variety of fun multiplayer modes
the most realistic and believable city ever created in gaming (go on, i dare you to tell me one better?)
amazing game engine, coupled with the euphoria engine giving the most realistic and authentic looking reaction to bullets and collision
-HUGE- game which will last you 3x as long as almost any other game out there
INCREDIBLE long story, not to mention oodles of side missions

How the HELL can you say this game is garbage?

Your pathetic beyond reason, you call yourself a gamer?

I can guarantee if this game had exclusive DLC on the PS3 you would be singing its praises

[Anon1974]

GTA4 was a remarkable gaming achievement. It's rare that a game delivers such superb voice acting and story matched with lengthy and excellent gameplay. The variety of different gameplay elements in this game were practically unparalleled and it deserves it's spot as the top reviewed game of this generation.
Even if it's not your type of game you can't deny what a remarkable game this is. Personally, I didn't care for Super Mario Galaxy but I wouldn't for a second argue with the high accolades it received. It was a tremendous game, it just wasn't for me.
Don't confuse your own personal tastes with quality gaming.

[Saaking]

Is this you first gen? GTA IV sucked compared to past installments.

[Javier19]

Well said darkride,

And saak no of course it isnt my first gen, I have owned and loved every main GTA game in the series, but stop comparing it to other games, and base it on its own merits and you will see why it is the highest rated game on Metacritic, because it fully deserves to be!

[Saaking]

In that case I agree, but seriously giving GTA's history I expected more; however, if GTA IV is looked at without looking at previous game it is an above average game like you said.

[Etseix]

javier@
yes ur right, on the part of *incredible long story* yes, its a HUGE story, but, i wont call that a *story* first part was good, but after u -SPOILERS- kill Vlad or Vlod dunno wut shis name, and do the -family- missions, there u go, nothing more except be doing missions from point A, to point B then get rid of the police and reuturn to base, there u go. about story, NO it fails, i wont compare SA to GTAIV but u need to be honest too, SA is maybe the best GTA out there ( SA or GTAIII) the story of SA was better,

and about gameplay well yea obviuslyl its goin to be so long :S the lastest missions are made to go from the 3rd island to the 1st then go again to the 3rd, dam thats so long, and yeah it almost looks like the *side missions* are the same missions to complete the game, cuz on a lot of them, they make u do something thats NOT UR PROBLEM! so, in the end of the day, the side missions are side-side missions (or it looks like it)

[Kleptic]

pfft...I hope the PS3 gets the ballad of gay tony instead...har har...

don't care either way...most overrated game of this decade more or less...have no interest in buying additional content for it...

[xztence]

Once again, thanks for betatesting bots :)
and to think the bots have nothing else then DLC to play this year.

[truegamer4life]

Dude your such a dumbass. If you think 360owners were beta testing when they were enjoying the expansion packs. Whatever makes you happy buddy. If I was a PS3 owner, I wouldn't buy any DLC or game then came out at a later date and pay full price for it. Thats just stupid. If its a multi-platform game, it should come out the same day on all consoles. Period! And that goes for DLC, too.

[topdawg122]

Well I hope it's all included on a disc for ps3, I loved GTA4 and im not really sure why anyone hates it. I had a blast with it, and ive played all the other gtas as well.

[fuckoffodion]

eh don't care. Beat it, don't want to play it again. Just bring on the next GTA and make sure it's like SA.

[Kleptic]

yep...make it nuts again...the artsy style of GTAIV was ok at first, but quickly went sour for me when I realized just how boring it made the game...I am not saying it was a 'bad' game, but GTAIV was far from GOTY imo...was a solid 8 overall, mostly because of funny dialogue, decent characters (save packy or whatever his name was), and a great recreation of NY...but gameplay was well south of other gta games...was worth playing...but have no interest in ever playing again...let alone buying additional missions or something...

water under the bridge rockstar...just make a new one now...and make it a better homage to what made the franchise popular to begin with...and you'll have my attention again...

[MetalGearBear]

i not want see naked man!!!!

[darkequitus]

The $50M was a loan to Rockstar. I tried to find the original article. Can't. So maybe M$ is earning their money back from sales.

[Bnet343]

Well go find the article because you're making yourself look like a troll. Not only that but I actually want to see it too.

[Lucreto]

You are right it was a loan. MS paid far too much for it. GTA as we all know is a huge franchise and MS wanted a big slice of that pie. They got the dlc to sell more 360s and get more royalitys but for MS a lot of people didn't like the game,people played it and either put it on a shelf or sold it. That in turn people didn't buy the dlc in huge numbers so they decided on a disk version. Most expansion packs require the original to play but not in this case. This is for people who sold the game but can play the dlc.

[Aloren]

@2-1 Well, go find an article that says (and proves) that MS GAVE 50 million and that it wasn't a loan then. Just cause whiners have been crying for 2 years because of the deal with rockstar doesn't mean MS had 50 million to throw away...

Now MS probably didn't earn that much from that deal, but I'm not sure this was their objective, imo the real objective was to stop the instant association between the Playstation brand and GTA, and they probably succedeed.

[ukilnme]

Hmm. If releasing this content on disc for other platforms is going to happen, maybe MS worked a deal where they would get royalties from those sales too. Just a thought.

[Omega4]

If it does I somehow doubt MS paid for the content, cause im sure no timed DLC cost $50ml

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Agreed. Something doesn't add up, considering $50mil is bigger than most game budgets.

Everyone speaking on the subject really has no clue.

[SkyGamer]

Just because they are putting it on a disc does not mean it is for ps3 or pc for that fact. Maybe it is just because they think they can, (MS), by putting it on a disc and charging like 60 bucks for the game and both dlc. It is to encourage new customers and customers without XBL. Although I could see it coming to pc to help increase "Games for Windows" popularity and/or sales.

If Joker is not ever coming to X360 or PC (which PC users will just mod the game anyway), and I am sure that sony never spent no 50 mil for exclusive Joker content, then how would you explain 50 mil? That is a nice budget game, the WHOLE dev cost!

[villevalorox]

well if it does its not like a lot of people will buy it. Well at least i know i wont......

[Saaking]

MS is stupid they paid 50 million for the DLC and GTA IV sold roughly 50/50 on PS3 and 360. The worst part is they probably paid for time exclusivity only.

[Saaking]

Just like the fallout DLC I think this is timed exclusive. Worst part is MS wasted 50 million on time exclusivity when they could have made a new IP or sequel.

[-Mezzo-]

Let the naked MAN stay on the 360 where it belongs.

[-Mezzo-]

They will eventually come to the PS3 no one is dumb enough to decline that.

[LevDog]

How is this massively over rated game still relevant? Nobody plays that game anymore.. I returned it a week after I got it..

[Bnet343]

I don't agree with that. The game is overrated, but not massively. I also don't agree with people not playing it anymore. It's like #5 on the Top Ten Xbox Live charts.

[LevDog]

I can see that... Especially on 360.. There really isnt anything else to play..

[ThaOutKast]

Halo 3, Gears, Battlefield, Call of Duty

[raztad]

Agree about massively overrated.

GTA4 is not more than a 7.5/10 in my books. Game is gathering dust from months now. I want to finish the story but the gameplay is so boring. Nothing like Vice City or San Andreas, those games were over the top and super fun. GTA4 tried too much to be a "crime simulator". I heard the DLCs are better than the original game, but I dont think I would buy them.

[ActionBastard]

Of course it will :)

[Roper316]

yes GTA IV will still suck the only difference will be that the suck gets extended. GTA IV was and has been the biggest let down to me so far this gen.

[saimcheeda]

like we need to see a naked guy and some gay guys!!!

[Saaking]

The bots love their big macho men in their games. That's why Gears, Halo/anything with big buff guys sells extremely well. I think Gay Tony will be very successful with it's target audience: The bots.

[saimcheeda]

yeah i remember on gamespot one idiot said that he hoped that there would be an option to pick up gay hookers!!!....hahaha

[chewmandinga]

...if Rockstar worked out a patch for the Auf Weidhesen trophy (Spelling?) where you have to complete all the game modes in one sittin as opposed to at your own luxury.

Plus if i wanted to see a virtual penis i'd...erm...well i guess that's the only game with one this generation. Fair play rockstar.

[Dellis]

It is coming but in DISC FORM in 2010

MS made a contract for "DLC" and they got it

R* delivered and one more is coming.

[JonnyBigBoss]

Timed exclusive. It's probably the same with Gay Tony.

[TheTruth89]

Hope to se some Agent footage @GamesCon

[Saaking]

betabots suck.

[KingDragunov]

I doubt it, but I hope I'll be proven wrong. Because I want it xD

[BreakNeckSpeed]

Ohh what a credible source....

/sarcasm

[keysy420]

seriously gta 4 sucked

[spunkee311]

GTA 4 was an excellent game. Definitely deserved game of the year. Some missions were repetitive but I remember having a great time with this game. I even played and beat it again once the Trophy patch came out for it. I hope any or all DLC does come out for the PS3. It would be nice to be able to continue to play.
I just think people wanted to play a Saints Row type of GTA and GTA is nothing like that. Hence the reason why they made Saints row lol.
Game is excellent 10/10 for me.

[yess]

You are....??? I don't know what you are, but you do not know a s*** about gaming.I guess you are very young..."Saints Row type of GTA and GTA is nothing like that"? I almost quote you for being stupid,but i will let you go for this time.On topic i will just say this:R*! Listen to your fans instead of the money.We will put the money in your pocket if you make the game we want...It ain't that hard;-)

[Etseix]

this game was NOT a game of the year, again was a HUGE dissapointment after playing San Andreas, the city was just well *real* but c mon GTAs are for made destruction, DO crime, etc etc, thats the good thing,

again if u say *it deserved to be GOTY u said it urself *i had a good time with it* but if a game is about u having a good tiem with it then beat it!
i shall call Warhawk out for a 2007-08 Game of the year cuz i keep playing it no matter what :/

sequels are overrated because people hype it after had played the original game
like in this case play SA *amazing!- play GTAIV, ... no comments.
or Halo franchise, play Halo 1 - cool, play Halo 2- yeah 2 weapons at same time and more vehicles, then play Halo 3- same game as 2, just add another multiplayer mode :/

[Redempteur]

The game was fine ...
"after san andreas ect ect ect" but that shouldn't matter .. what about those who hated san andreas ? You think everyone loved it ? Think your opinion is the only one that matters ?

If he loved it and beat it twice that's great .. that doesn't change the game one bit BUT keep in mind that many people loved GTA4 because it was less over the top than san andreas ...and it still had plenty to do ..

[pure pwnage24]

the bots can keep there gay Tony where they like it best...

they seem to play and like this game a lot because they like the anal support Gay Tony provides, bottomz up xbots!!!

[Barry32171]

I don't understand how anyone would think MS "loaned" R* $50 million...? Makes no sense. MS doesn't print money like the US Mint, thus they PAID for the DLC, and as Dellis pointed out, that's what they got. Period. I highly doubt MS paid for exclusivity, at the expense of R* making money from the PS3. THAT would cost, likely, far more than $50 million...

[SRuN4]

It was a loan to help front the cost of GTA4, so it didn't look as bad on their financial reports. Then when the game sold they gave them the $50M back. The load landed them the 'exclusive' content.

[galgor]

does the DLC make the bikes any easier to ride?

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Yes, the bikes are nothing like past motorcycles in GTA. They are more forgiving, handle better and are a lot of fun.

[mt]

i am big fan of GTA but this one is big disappointment.

[Barry32171]

SRuN4, where has this been reported? And, since when did R* need a cash infusion of $50 million to make a damn game, during a time when no recession was even thought of...? (Please remember, when GTA4 was being developed, no one thought a recession like this was about to happen.)

MS paid for Timed Exclusive DLC. They couldn't have gotten anything else. R* KNOWS they can make money on the Playstation, it's just that MS offered a lot of money to have them wait.

[SRuN4]

Numerous places. Remember this is when Take-Two was bleeding money and was on the verge of being sold to save themselves. It had nothing to do with the current recession.

[ULTIMATE_REVENGE]

I only play GTA games for blowing stuff up but in GTA4 blowing stuff up didn't feel as fun as doing it in GTA:SA. And GTA having a story? I always thought they were just quick scenes telling you what to do in the next mission because thats what they were basically.

[-Mezzo-]

Agreed Blowing stuff up and making cops chase you all over san andreas was a lot of fun.

[-Mezzo-]

I agree with you as blowing up stuff and making cops chase you all day long was much more fun in San Andreas. other then that Gta 4 was a great game as well.

[josephayal]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS PS3 IS THA BEST!!

[gameman]

over hyped game in the history .

[dktxx2]

Ya some of you people are pulling the loan thing out of your ass. No report even remotely official says loaned, they all say payed. The "loan" has only been mentioned in forums by random people.

[spiky1228]

I think GTA 4 was great. It has a great story and the gameplay was solid. Although a bit repetitive, but the story kept it interesting.

Now LandDamn was PURE GARBAGE. Its the same gameplay but you're on a bike. The story was the same. YOu take the orders and execute the mission.

Just make GTA5 or remake Sand Andreas with a gang theme. Cancel GAY TONY PLEASE.

[Mc187]

1 I hated GTA4
2. I don't buy gay porn regardless of format.

[-Mezzo-]

The second one cracked me up.lol

[Shadow017]

Didn't even get to finish gta4 got so caught up in cod4 online forgot almost all about it, might go finish it off see how it ends.

[jerocarson]

what a waste!

[cygnuszero]

PC maybe, PS3, not a chance. MS didnt just buy exclusive rights for a period of time, they bought these expansions, period. They paid the money to have them developed, they own it.

A little research does wonders. Unless they decide to sell it, its not happening.

[Thoreau]

is the best of the series. most vehicles, most weapons, different locations, hugh map, truly human main character...

[omegaortega]

I would love a PC release. I bought GTA IV twice once on PS3 and then on PC once I bought a new beast of a rig. All it takes is DLC and I will be playing yet again.

[I-SEE-YOU]

I detect this article comes from a Xbox only owner that has no games to play on and is now creating articles to make out as if PS3 owners are missing out on something.

Now I have the 360 version of GTA4 but i did not buy into this gimmick downloadable stuff. I played on my friends GTA4 and he had it downloaded on his 360 and I have to say, the downloadable content was terrible.

So stop with these articles, I dont care and neither does anyone else.

We await exclusive GTA5 on PS3.

[kraze07]

Personally I couldn't care less, but I'm sure there's people out there that want this.

[AngryTypingGuy]

On the Opie and Anthony show, Lazlow said TLAD was developed using money given to them by Microsoft. I can see it coming to Games for Windows, but not PS3.

[Enigma_2099]

... at the moment, there are FIFTY MILLION reasons why The Lost and the Damned will not show up on other consoles.