GTA IV Officially Announced for PC

[Densetsu]

http://www.mjewing.co.uk/mewsings/pix/farnsworth.jpg

"Good news, everyone!"

GTA IV, even though everyone knew it was going to happen eventually, is officially coming to PC.

HIP HIP! HURA!

http://i34.tinypic.com/24ebcs2.jpg

EDIT:

Official PR:

Rockstar Games Announces Grand Theft Auto IV for the PC


New York, NY – August 6, 2008 – Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), is proud to announce that Grand Theft Auto IV will be arriving on the PC on November 18th and 21st in North America and Europe, respectively.

"We are very excited to be releasing the PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV," said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. "The whole team is dedicated to bringing an amazing gaming experience to the PC. The game looks and plays beautifully on PC and we can't wait for people to play it."

Developed by series creator Rockstar North and set in Liberty City, the latest installment in the enormously successful Grand Theft Auto series features a painstakingly detailed and life-like city for players to explore; a rich, immersive narrative experience; an original soundtrack highlighting the cultural eclecticism of Liberty City; and newly expanded multiplayer just for the PC.

For more information please visit: Rockstar Games: Grand Theft Auto IV (http://www.rockstargames.com/IV)

[Hyuga]

Yeh, it was coming anyways :D I prefer consoles still :p

[Noja87]

Nice. Never been a GTA fan. I thought all the GTAs from the past gen were really bad. But this one looks good.

[Cheesus]

Release dates?

[Samor]

cool! keeps me once again from buying another console.
but eh.... when?

[makotech222]

w00t +1 for Pc.

[Samor]

yep, better ports than nothing at all.

[Cheesus]

GTA IV on the PC should be incredible... Let's just hope they left the doors wide open for modders. IMO that's the biggest factor drawing people to the PC over the consoles in GTA's case.

[Thanakil]

Yay! We'll be able to avoid the problems that the game had on consoles and instead have NEW problems specifically related to PCs ;).

I'm happy to see it coming to PC, I hope they do a good job on the port. I'll finally see if all the hype was really worth it for myself.
(I always liked the GTA games. Not a HUGE fan like some people are, but always liked the game nevertheless)

[Cid Highwind]

That's some great news! :D

*Cid gives a loving stare at his new GPU

[snickothemule]

Tremendous news.

I would like to see how it scales with older machines.

[makotech222]

as long as it runs smooth on mine ill be happy. (Which it should with my 260 :P)
i loved gta san andreas on the pc just hated the graphics lol.

[Kaizen]

AWESOME!

it shouldn't be long until ffxiii follows suit

[makotech222]

^^ haha you wish. well, so do I.

[Kaizen]

^^ haha you wish. well, so do I.

lol, ffxiii is already fully playable on pc thanks to the engine they use

all square have to do is release a pc version with no extra work

[Noja87]

FF13 on PC would be so kick ass O-O

[JJXB]

hmmm.... hope this doesn't turn out like GTAIII on pc: buggy and VERY picky on when it ran.

[makotech222]

cool didnt know that. hope they do since they already ported to 360.

[cel123]

Square Enix: Of Course, Final Fantasy XIII Is PC Bound! (http://kotaku.com/5028961/of-course-final-fantasy-xiii-is-pc-bound)

[makotech222]

just need mgs4 for pc and ill be all set for the year :)

[emwearz]

Awesome news, hopefully they port FFXIII (Its on XBOX it could happen haha) and I will have no need at all for a xbox360 or a PS3.

[ViperXtreme]

Awesome news, hopefully they port FFXIII (Its on XBOX it could happen haha) and I will have no need at all for a xbox360 or a PS3.
Square Enix: Of Course, Final Fantasy XIII Is PC Bound! (http://kotaku.com/5028961/of-course-final-fantasy-xiii-is-pc-bound)
N4G.com : FFXIII Goes to PC - Nvidia (http://www.n4g.com/ps3/News-174069.aspx)

hope its true :D

[makotech222]

btw, release date on gta4 and FF?

[Chaos_Blader]

I saw this on another site, and this doesn't mean officially. Officially means release dates. All previous GTAs were released to PC

[Exodus]

All previous GTAs were released to PC

Yeah. That's why this news doesn't surprise me.

[Silenus]

I am more interested in FFXIII coming for pc than GTA IV, that was expected to happen.

That is why I hate/love the xbox, they give a lot of love to the PC. xd

[Samor]

wait, the ffxIII news is NOT some joke?

[psychodude]

wait, the ffxIII news is NOT some joke?
It wasn't a joke, more a misunderstanding of words. Although Square's denial afterward is of course to be taken with a grain of salt, seeing as to how once they said it would be ps3 only. We'll have to wait, see and prey at our best though to see a PC release :).

Glad to see GTA IV come to PC, but it wasn't that much of a surprise. Probably going to be somewhere in the months before x-mas.

[Dennemark]

Finally, the first announcement is here. Now we gotta wait another 3-6 months till it gets released.

[Marcis]

ALL games are developed on PC's (or Mac's ... I guess). I fail to see why FFXIII would be any different than other FF games that were console bound only because we know the name of the development tools.

[maja_ldm]

maybe square wants to reach wider markets, me too I think they got enough of ps3 AND xbox360, but things are moving, if another ff has to come to pc it will problably be XIII because everyone know on next ones there will be more solid exclusives, I think :rolleyes:


(hope there will really be GTA4 mods...)

[snickothemule]

GTA IV Not Coming To The PC (Yet) | Kotaku Australia (http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2008/07/gta_iv_not_coming_to_the_pc_yet-2.html)

Intriguing.

Some of the mods in the comments sound awesome (zombie GTA4 must be made)

[Noja87]

Well that sucks. That means we will have to wait longer for it :(

[Dennemark]

WHAT ???? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS SSSSS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

...........that sucks.

[runawayprisoner]

I saw this on another site, and this doesn't mean officially. Officially means release dates. All previous GTAs were released to PC

Not all of them. Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories never made it outside of the PSP and PS2.

ALL games are developed on PC's (or Mac's ... I guess). I fail to see why FFXIII would be any different than other FF games that were console bound only because we know the name of the development tools.

Not all games are developed on PC's. If anything is true, all games are developed on workstations, which are... not PC's. :p Ever seen a dual-Cell blade workstation with 32GB of XDRAM and all those fancy things? Such computers are not only for servers.

GTA IV Not Coming To The PC (Yet) | Kotaku Australia (http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2008/07/gta_iv_not_coming_to_the_pc_yet-2.html)

Intriguing.

Some of the mods in the comments sound awesome (zombie GTA4 must be made)

Yeah, and I can see yet another "technical difficulties" excuse. :(

Okay... first thing I want to know about any game that is coming to the PC from a console: system requirements.

Had bad experiences with ports lately... apparently.

[tiki]

woops wrong thread

[Samor]

I do trust PC gamer more than Kotaku, so it would seriously mess up my outlook on life if Kotaku were actually right


;)

[ShadowPlayer]

Good news,I don't have PS3 or X360 and I like playing GTA

[duckay]

as long as it runs smooth on mine ill be happy. (Which it should with my 260 :P)
i loved gta san andreas on the pc just hated the graphics lol.

360's are better. 260's are the fail.

[Kaizen]

360's are better. 260's are the fail.

Nice trolling mr 1 post. :smash::spam::offtopic:

It wasn't a joke, more a misunderstanding of words. Although Square's denial afterward is of course to be taken with a grain of salt, seeing as to how once they said it would be ps3 only. We'll have to wait, see and prey at our best though to see a PC release :).

Glad to see GTA IV come to PC, but it wasn't that much of a surprise. Probably going to be somewhere in the months before x-mas.

Well that sucks. That means we will have to wait longer for it :(

both ffxiii and gta4 will come to the pc.
They're denying it will to cut a potential decrease in sales and the reason pc versions are released AFTER the console ones is usually to cut total piracy numbers

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

360's are better. 260's are the fail.

He was referring to his GTX260...a PC graphics card....it was not a console typo...and yes PC graphics are better than a 360's...

[Samor]

true, but since ports are the main dish being served it mainly shows in higher resolutions, higher AA/AF settings and sometimes improved texture detail.

[Cid Highwind]

Most improved texture detail comes from the AF still, I think. You'll still be running around, wondering why most things look so blurry at these full HD resolutions.

[GamjaPotato]

Can't wait to try it out on a GTX280!

[s3kt0r]

sure hope dat ffiii comes out a nice port into the pc, as well as gta iv, but i'm more afraid of the square ports than rockstar's, i must say.
gta iv in the ps3 looks very nice, but sometimes, when big explosions and stuff like that happen, you can notice a little slowdown in fps. i'm confident that the pc version, on capable hardware, will do much better, even without hd-ready screens.

[Densetsu]

GTA IV finally officially announced for PC.

See first post.

[Samor]

I do trust PC gamer more than Kotaku, so it would seriously mess up my outlook on life if Kotaku were actually right


;)

and they weren't.
:p

[Leiw]

Well it was to be expected that GTA 4 would come out on PC because even with piracy Rockstar is still making a lot of cash with the PC versions.
I think for many of us it will be time to upgrade GFX card :) a nice 55nm GTX 260 for under 200 € and I'll be happy. PC versions should also have a lot less bugs and framerate problems than the console counterpart.

[Noja87]

w00000t!!!! Cant wait to try out the multiplayer!

[Jane]

Well it was to be expected that GTA 4 would come out on PC because even with piracy Rockstar is still making a lot of cash with the PC versions.
I think for many of us it will be time to upgrade GFX card :) a nice 55nm GTX 260 for under 200 € and I'll be happy. PC versions should also have a lot less bugs and framerate problems than the console counterpart.

Yeah, me too. I don' think mine will be enough.

[ViperXtreme]

GTA IV PC Target Release Date:
November 18, 2008 (US)
November 21, 2008 (EU)
GTA IV PC Release Date | Gaming News Link (http://www.gamingnewslink.com/2008/08/07/gta-iv-pc-release-date/)

[Bubbafat]

HAHA so everybody in europe i will have beaten it by the time you get it:evil:

[Strike105X]

Well no dont forget there a lot of europeans that import games :P (like me for example)

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

HAHA so everybody in europe i will have beaten it by the time you get it:evil:

care to rethink that one?

[Samor]

I enjoy my games longer than 3 days anyway.

[Leiw]

HAHA so everybody in europe i will have beaten it by the time you get it:evil:


meh, it will be leaked 1 month before release date on the Internet anyway so everybody will be able to play it :rolleyes:


by the way I think this might the first GTA to use DVD9 for storage or maybe 2 DVDs (1 Installation 1 Play ?) watcha think ?

[Kaizen]

HAHA so everybody in europe i will have beaten it by the time you get it:evil:

care to rethink that one?


ROFL

I think he forgot for a minute that the game was released already for the consoles

[raksmey1309]

Yike great news!

[ViperXtreme]

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/54298

The first details on the Grand Theft Auto 4 PC port are drifting in from the Leipzig Games Convention.

A new replay editor will allow players to edit and save the last 30 seconds of gameplay. Filters, cutting, and camera angles will be supported. The separate 30-second clips can then be edited together into a longer work using the "montage editor." The complete work can then be shared on the Rockstar Social Club.

The game will also receive some changes to its multiplayer modes. Though few details have been released on this point, it was hinted that the overall player count--Grand Theft Auto 4 supported 16 player servers--may be increased for the PC edition. Confirmed are a robust set of server filters, which will enable users to find matches with specific settings much easier.

The graphics engine has also been improved, with more realistic lighting and a higher level of character and environment detail, according to Eurogamer. Resolutions up to 2560x1600 will be supported.

Grand Theft Auto 4 is set to hit PC on November 18.

[Dennemark]

:/

are there videocards and monitors capable of 2560X1600 ????????

gonna get it anywayz :D

[Samor]

my monitor doesn't go over 1680x1050 here. I don't really mind it =P

[Cheesus]

Seconded.

Already counting down the days.
*Creams at the potential mods*

[Naix]

Hey August 6 2008 has gone what about the Pc release in New York?

[Densetsu]

Hey August 6 2008 has gone what about the Pc release in New York?

Release date for North America is November 18th.

It's in the first post, jeez.

[Cid Highwind]

:/

are there videocards and monitors capable of 2560X1600 ????????

gonna get it anywayz :D

Of course, I think it's 28" or some very luxurous 26" perhaps. As for videocards, I think the current high end will be up for it (Radeon 4870 or crossfire, and GTX260 or higher, and SLI systems). Let's hope it will be a smooth port that shows that it is possible ;)

[Squall-Leonhart]

its a game for windows title, expect it to not work properly on any computer until intel release the Core I 27 1/2

[redlofredlof]

Will it run on my PC?

[EmuFan23]

We don´t know! The specs have not been revealed yet. It could be higher - Or much lower, then we expect.

[Cid Highwind]

Don't count on it if you don't have a dedicated GPU, if you want to make it a worthy gaming pc the easiest solution would be to get another GF of RAM and a GPU. I just hope you're not stuck on AGP.

[redlofredlof]

Don't count on it if you don't have a dedicated GPU, if you want to make it a worthy gaming pc the easiest solution would be to get another GF of RAM and a GPU. I just hope you're not stuck on AGP.

no my desktop board has pci-e x16 slot
I was planning to buy 8600gt but now I'm stuck with a dilemma between 8600gt or 9500gt since both have 32 stream processors and rest is almost the same

[Silenus]

save more money for a 8800GT or equivalent.
It will be worthy.

[Naix]

I don't think it will be for a pc with such high specs. Not everybody has core2duo or quad. Rockstar can suffer a loss if the requirements of the game are too high.

[refraction]

improved graphics? and who says consoles are more powerful these days :D

[Densetsu]

and who says consoles are more powerful these days :D

People with a severe case of "Hit in the head with a wet sock"?

[redlofredlof]

save more money for a 8800GT or equivalent.
It will be worthy.

Oh no 8800GT is way too expensive for me and the dealer said that I'll have to buy a new power supply for that too.

[refraction]

Oh no 8800GT is way too expensive for me and the dealer said that I'll have to buy a new power supply for that too.

for an 8800GT you could probably get away with a 450watt psu, tho id recommend a 500w+ one.

[ViperXtreme]

my 9600GT got away with a 4 year old 475W PSU :D

[Smooth Criminal]

damn i cant believe i spent all my money for buying a new bike...i was going to buy a new computer :p

I am stuck again with my old p4,256mb ram,intel "extreme" graphics :lol:

[Kaizen]

Will it run on my PC?

hell no :p

upgrade and not to an 8600gt, knowing the trends for pc gaes - the 4850 sounds like an idealistic minimum for higher settings

i'd go with a 4870 just to be safe

[Cid Highwind]

Meh, for PC gaming there is this HUGE gap between the ATi X1950Pro / 8600GT level, and the 3850. If you're on a budget and don't want the latest and greatest I think you still can't go wrong with that one. Of course it's not as fast as a 4870, but it is a helluva lot faster than an 8600GT, and shouldn't be much more expensive. If I were redlofredlof I would at least look into this one, don't be blinded by nVidia's marketing. :)


improved graphics? and who says consoles are more powerful these days :D
Meh, consoles are nice but most games are highly unoptimized anyway, I think there's much more potential. The PS2 looked like arse as well in the beginning, half the resolution of the Dreamcast, jaggies, and the textures looked like PS1 with bilinear filtering applied... Just put it against the marvels that are MGS3 and God of War. Current consoles will see the same evolution, it just takes much more time, and I think all the multiplatform developing won't help at all this time around.

Anyway, it wouldn't surprise me if in this case "improved graphics" means you can play it at a higher resolution. Though I wouldn't mind if they can put in higher resolution textures, because those are usually the most bothering in console conversions.

[redlofredlof]

for an 8800GT you could probably get away with a 450watt psu, tho id recommend a 500w+ one.

my last graphics card was XFX gf6600 vanilla and it did not work with 300W or even 450W. It used to always overheat and finally got burnt here is pic of my old pc without the gfx card [specs p42.4GHz,1GB RAM, 6600vanilla]
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/th.fe1b6f1732.jpg (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/image.php?fe1b6f1732.jpg)
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/th.f70e090223.jpg (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/image.php?f70e090223.jpg)

[Cid Highwind]

Grand Theft Auto IV: Here Are GTA IV PC's Recommended System Requirements (http://kotaku.com/5049326/here-are-gta-iv-pcs-recommended-system-requirements)


Rockstar managed to get some free publicity again, they announced the recommended system requirements. They're pathetic, because it's nothing we didn't know.

CPU: Dual core
RAM: 2GB
GPU: 512 MB Shader model 3
HDD: 18GB

So yeah, they just wanted to remind us that it's coming, rather than informing us, without any models there's nothing that I couldn't have told you a couple of months ago... The HDD space needed is enormous though.

[Cheesus]

18GB!? Christ, that's massive! (Not exactly an issue for me, but I can forsee alot of people not having the disk space for it.)

[Densetsu]

18 GB?????

Sheeeeeeeeeeeet!

Daaaaaaaaaaaamn!

<Picture removed, bypasses swear filter>

[ViperXtreme]

!!!!!!!!!

and i thought Turok that requires ~16GB was too much 0_o

[V1ncent]

18 GB ? None of my laptop's partitions have that much space. :(

I hope they're joking.

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

I hope the space for saves is included in that aswell....

[Naix]

lol i pity u. Just a tip try running disk cleanup to clean out trash. I freed 4-5gb with that thing.

I have 80gb free :evil:

Hey i don't have Dual layer drives so may be i can play by creating images.

[Samor]

18's a lot, what's that needed for? No compression of any sorts needed since it's a pc or something?

What gives, does the game come on 4 or 5 dvd's ?! Will it take a day to install? Oo

[Cid Highwind]

I guess two dual layer DVD's, either that or heavy compression on disk, so they'll need to install everything and the only thing you'll use the disc for is a CD check. With a game relying on streaming that much, I can understand it that they want everything on the harddrive to make performance as good as possible. It's a shame for those who want to install it on their Raptors though :p

[Samor]

oh, I don't mind the full install... just a little surprising it's THAT large, IMO.

[Paratech]

Well I only have a lowly 256 MB video card, so I can't run it, but I really don't play the GTA 3/VC/SA I already own. I won't be missing anything.

Maybe next year I'll get a 360, even then this game isn't high on my list of priorities...

[Vanit]

Well considering the size of the map I guess 18g is hardly suprising.

*pats 1TB HDD*

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

Heh, makes me glad I am getting a 750GB HDD soon...although somehow I always manage to be in the same state as before in no time...guess I simply collect and keep too much junk.

[Samor]

I'm at 600gb... so far didn't come even close to filling it up.

[snickothemule]

Holy smokes 18gb. Must be that large in order for the game to look great at over 2500x1600 or whatever the massive resolution is.

Makes me think that if games such as Monkey Island or Full Throttle were 18gb in size it would take about 2 years to finish the game.

[Cheesus]

Well I only have a lowly 256 MB video card, so I can't run it, but I really don't play the GTA 3/VC/SA I already own. I won't be missing anything.

Maybe next year I'll get a 360, even then this game isn't high on my list of priorities...
That 512Mb is the recommended, not the required.

Wait till reviews and benchmarks are out before you judge... It might end up running decently.

[_mr_m_]

18GB doesnt seem as painful since I recently got Mass Effect..and that ate up around 11GB of my hard drive!

Thankfully, my "lowly" 256MB graphics card supports Shader Model 3 (otherwise, I couldnt play Mass Effect)...so it *MIGHT* be worth a try

[Naix]

For those who played the game on Ps3 and 360 y do u think the size of the game is so much? Is it the level of details or is the city that big.

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

Well GTA has always had one of the largest free roaming environments of any game...add to that what we have come to expect graphics wise...and you get 18GB.

[Shadow Breaker]

Yeah! that's a great news! I need that!

http://forums.ngemu.com/game-console-discussion/111396-nfs-undercover-nov18-2008-rush-stores.html

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

STOP spamming that link everywhere Shadow Breaker...

[gamefreak94]

Well GTA has always had one of the largest free roaming environments of any game...add to that what we have come to expect graphics wise...and you get 18GB.

This is what I absolutely adore about GTA games, nothing else offers so much freedom that you can roam around the city or country-side fooling around with stunt planes, trains and what not. All the other games never give you much of a chance to really fool around freely without the danger of being killed.

[Naix]

And the best part is its easy to kill many people which is difficult to do in real life. :lol:

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

I just play them cuz it's fun blowing **** up....

[gamefreak94]

And the cheats are way too fun! I personally enjoy sky-diving and riding sports cars (and other non-heavy duty cars) up onto Mount Chilliad sometimes.

[Naix]

Ya the Ripazha cheat in SA was so cool. The cars used to fly like a plane.

[gamefreak94]

I hope the driving experience in GTA IV is a little bit better, because I wasn't at all satisfied with the one in SA, sheesh! You couldn't even corner a sports car at high speed without flipping over like 20 times! And I'm not even talking about the 4x4s and monster trucks!

[Shadow Breaker]

STOP spamming that link everywhere Shadow Breaker...

You call this a spam??? Then you are the big spamer! You have an link too on your signature pal! The problem is you have more post, that not the way to abuse low posted people!

http://forums.ngemu.com/game-console-discussion/111396-nfs-undercover-nov18-2008-rush-stores.html

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

It's not part of your signature though...you yourself and putting that link into almost every single post your make...

[Naix]

Ya. That's true. But i saw a trailer of GTA 4, and i think there is less brightness. The city is a little dark.

[Shadow Breaker]

It's not part of your signature though...you yourself and putting that link into almost every single post your make...

Look at your own signature! It's almost 4 times biger than your post! Then what's the problem with me if I post a little link each time???

http://forums.ngemu.com/game-console-discussion/111396-nfs-undercover-nov18-2008-rush-stores.html

[gamefreak94]

Oh Shadow Breaker "you're treading the toes of moderators here" Posting duplicate threads is against forum rules and counts as spam.

Anyways, I'm a little confused about the GTA naming scheme here, why do some people call (or used to call) GTA-VC GTA4 and they would also refer GTA-SA as GTA5 and GTA-LC as GTS6:???:

[Thanakil]

Because these people didn't take into account how all those games were simply "extension" (in a way) to GTA3. While they weren't new games, Rockstar didn't see them as actual sequels (if I can put it that way) and instead as additions.

They are stand-alone games and all, and could be possibly seen as GTA4/GTA5 and all, but they aren't... That's all.

---

Shadow Breaker :
Your link has nothing to do with the thread, and you're just posting it a lot. Posting a link in your post that has nothing to do with the actual content of the post or of the thread is just... Weird, and some people may see it as spam.

Posting it in your signature wouldn't be as bad, since people won't associate the link as possibly being related to the thread.
Right now it just feels like you're trying to lure more people to go to your thread.
People may be tricked into thinking that the link is somewhat relevant to the discussion (even if the name should give it away, but people can be naive, obviously, which is why spam exist) and then go there because of it.

That's pretty much the different between shoving your link in every post you make, or simply putting it in your signature.
At least in your signature, people know that it has nothing to do with the actual thread, and can visit it only if it actually interest them, not by "accident".
I don't know if posting it all the time actually count as spam, but posting it in your signature is the easiest way anyway. Not only will it remove any doubts, but you'll be saving time... (except if you are, in fact, trying to trick people on purpose, in which case... Baaaad poster, baaaaadddd x_x)

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

Exactly

[snickothemule]

It will be interesting to see how load times will affect the PC version. If they can keep them at the same speed as the 360 and PS3 then that will be rather impressive.

[Cross]

I'm actually more interested on how the new euphoria engine plays. i'm sick and tired of pre-determined movements, when I stick a gun to their face i want to see real reactions not a zombie raising his hands up.

[Shadow Breaker]

Your link has....

Ok! I got that! My Bad!

[N1ghtw0lf]

I hope the driving experience in GTA IV is a little bit better, because I wasn't at all satisfied with the one in SA, sheesh! You couldn't even corner a sports car at high speed without flipping over like 20 times! And I'm not even talking about the 4x4s and monster trucks!

GTA IV's driving is... well... different. The cars actually have a lot of weight to them which feels weird at first... but after a while you definitely get a feel for it and its much more satisfying when you do anything driving related...

[Naix]

Well I only have a lowly 256 MB video card, so I can't run it, but I really don't play the GTA 3/VC/SA I already own. I won't be missing anything.

Maybe next year I'll get a 360, even then this game isn't high on my list of priorities...

Ur like the fox who said the grapes were sour when he couldn't get to them. :rolleyes:

Btw why is the game not announced for Pc on rockstargames.com

[Naix]

Any Latest news?

[makotech222]

coming out in novermber and weighs about 20gb.

[Smooth Criminal]

coming out in novermber and weighs about 20gb.

oOoOoOoO20 gboOoOoO would they come in those bluray disks??

[Paratech]

How many PC gamers do you figure have Bluray players on their PC? Some games still even sell on CD! ROTFLMAO ;)

[Bubbafat]

So they make you install 5 dvds to your pc?? they gotta be high.

[ElijahTW]

So they make you install 5 dvds to your pc?? they gotta be high.

Um, a dual layer DVD is 8.5GB, so a little over 2 DL DVDs.

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

why? it's been done before with CDs...

...and since when is 4GB max capacity of DVDs?

[Paratech]

Mass Effect was over 12 gyg and was 1 DVD...

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

Let's not forget that the capacity a game takes up on the HDD is usually larger than it's disk size...quite a lot larger in fact.

[FoxSevent]

Meh i dont mind the size of it even if they relase it on 2 DVD DL
At least downloding it from a torrent will be hard xD
Man 18GB with my net that would take forever xD
I rather buy it than steal it xP

Or try downloding MGS4 it is abaut 50GB so i heard correct me if im wrong xD

Thats a very good way to fight piracy xD xP :D :)

[makotech222]

^^ Agreed very good way.

[Kaizen]

Mass Effect was over 12 gyg and was 1 DVD...

indeed

the 20 Gb may fit on one dvd if rockstar uses heavy compression like many games do for installs

it'll take a long time to install for sure!

[gamefreak94]

oOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoO 20GB on disk!!!!! WTF!!! I only have so much space left on my entire HD!!!!!!!!

[Khameleon]

Now that game will take out a heavy chunk out of my PC. Time for an Upgrade me thinks.

[Noja87]

I haven't read anything about 20gb. Where is the article =o

[Kaizen]

doesn't everyone who has a recent pc have at least 1-4tb spare space?

I thought everyone has that much, hell - I have 2tb in external disks alone

[Cross]

Depends on what your definition of recent is. I consider my PC 'recent' yet i only have 160gb of free space.

[Eiji]

Well atleast it means the PC version uses higher resolution assets,

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

doesn't everyone who has a recent pc have at least 1-4tb spare space?

I thought everyone has that much, hell - I have 2tb in external disks alone

My Q9550 is only going to have 2x500GB...which means I pretty much have the most storage out of anyone I know.

[Smooth Criminal]

i have 40 gb in a hard disk and 50 gb in another harddisk and 30 gb of songs in my music player+another 1 gb of new songs and ringtones on my phone=121 kb and i am going to buy a 250gb hardisk .......there a lot of space left there for porn

[gamefreak94]

hmmm..........I've filled up my 250BG + 80GB drives pretty quickly now, only brought it ~8 months back. Think I'll get a 500GB drive:p

[Naix]

Use disk cleanup. I cleared around 10gb(not joking) in the primary drive.

[coleio]

slightly off topic does anyone know if silent hill 5 will be released on pc later this year?

[lagunareturns]

slightly off topic does anyone know if silent hill 5 will be released on pc later this year?

there is no official word that is was coming to pc lately and there is no official release date either, and it actually seems it may not be released, still it got pretty bad reviews which i agree with, really it is a disappointment heck if the developers fix all the issues in alone in the dark game with a patch they promised to release then alone in the dark is the superior game, but right now they are equal footing

Ya. That's true. But i saw a trailer of GTA 4, and i think there is less brightness. The city is a little dark.

the trailer is the console version not pc, as for the brightness that can be changed so the guy who made the trailer can choose whatever brightness they want

also the game is currently larger than 20 gigs because of the additional content for the pc also consider that the textures is at much higher resolution when compared to the console version so no more console based textures, plus it will have improved multiplayer like more players in a single game, larger maps can be arranged and more multiplayer modes

about the question of loading times, systems with that match the recommended specs will experience pretty much identical loading to the console versions, this of course depending on the detail level, still this loading was experienced on medium detail level which is significantly higher detail level than the consoles

also currently the game runs a little slower than assassins creed, so if you can run that game smoothly then you should be able to run gta iv

if you guys ask where i know this info on the pc one, i know a guy who is currently beta testing it and there is no point to leak it since the beta releases have a strong drm protection and anyways last time i played it (which was a month ago) it was as buggy as assassins creed prerelease (the one that crashes on jerusalem and yes there is a part of gta iv that crashes as well)

[Noja87]

there is no official word that is was coming to pc lately and there is no official release date either, and it actually seems it may not be released, still it got pretty bad reviews which i agree with, really it is a disappointment heck if the developers fix all the issues in alone in the dark game with a patch they promised to release then alone in the dark is the superior game, but right now they are equal footing



8/20/2008 GC 2008: Silent Hill coming home to PC

Silent Hill 5 (PC) Reviews (http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/952497.asp)

Alone in the Dark (X360) - 62.6%

Silent Hill: Homecoming (X360) 76.0%

Seriously :rolleyes:

[Naix]

Any latest news abt Gta? (Just don't want the tried to die).

[Dennemark]

i was about to ask the same thing.

[Naix]

Any news???

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

Why don't you check GameFAQs rather than here?

[Cross]

Minimum System Requirements
OS: Windows Vista - Service Pack 1 / XP - Service Pack 3
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz, AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4Ghz
Memory: 1.5GB, 16GB Free Hard Drive Space
Video Card: 256MB NVIDIA 7900 / 256MB ATI X1900

Recommended System Requirements
OS: Windows Vista - Service Pack 1 / XP - Service Pack 3
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4Ghz, AMD Phenom X3 2.1Ghz
Memory: 2 GB (Windows XP) 2.5 GB (Windows Vista)
18 GB Free Hard Drive Space
Video Card: 512MB NVIDIA 8600 / 512MB ATI 3870

Specs IMO is ridiculously high, my processor didn't even meet the minimum. :(

[gamefreak94]

Crap, my card doesn't even meet minimum requirements! I need an HD2600, now! Gonna screw the UPS upgrade in favor of this:D