Third GTA4 trailer: "Move up, ladies...". Release date: 06 December 2007 Ripped from 640x360 resolution (wmv) SD-Quality Background Music: "Король Ринга" (Korol' Ringa/ eng.: King Ring) by Серёга (Seryoga)- http://www.myspace.com/seryoga Grand Theft Auto IV - Known Details (5th July 2007) ------------------------------------------------------------ ------ The main character's name is Niko Bellic - he is an Eastern European immigrant Bellic arrives in Liberty City as he has been receiving emails from his cousin, Roman Petronov. At the start of the game, he is the only person you know. Roman lies to get Niko to come to Liberty City, by telling him he has women, cars and money...he is actually in huge debt. Niko thinks he will live the "American Dream". The Statue of Liberty is now called the Statue of Happiness, while DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) is known as BOABO (Beneath the Offramp of the Algoquin Bridge Overpass). Liberty City's similarities to New York are as follows, with 4 of the 5 boroughs being recreated: Brooklyn = Broker; Manhattan = Algonquin; Queens = Dukes; Bronx = Bohan; New Jersey = Alderney The scale of Liberty City is slightly smaller than San Andreas, except now there are no wasted parts (countryside for example), it is a lot more detailed. Multiplayer modes in GTA 4 are still to be announced, however, Rockstar have said it won't be a massively multiplayer online game. They are making something interesting, fun and progressive, and which ties in with single player gameplay. Since it's only New York, there will be no planes in the game which you can pilot. Rockstar want the game to seem realistic. You won't be needing planes. Pedestrians are a lot more realistic, and do things such as smoke, sit on benches, read, go shopping, eat, and more... Rockstar have been working very hard on the targeting system - expect it to be a big improvement from previous games. After the initial loading sequence, there will be no more loading screens to sit through, not even when transitioning between interior and exterior environments While making the game, Rockstar consulted crime experts and ex-policemen and found that being a criminal is much more difficult now than it was during previous decades, so they have tried to reflect this in the game. Expect to see people getting arrested as the police are a heavy presence. As Rockstar North are approaching the recruitment of voice actors in a different way. We probably won't hear any recognisable voices in GTA 4 because they are looking for voices that suit the attitude of the characters. This approach is also being carried over to the soundtrack, where R* are looking for music which works well with the modern day Liberty City. You will use a cell phone to call contacts The visual effects of the game will be massively enhanced - the rising and setting sun will reflect off glass and light up details on buildings; the streets will have potholes and rubble. Variations in terrain are reflected in the way people walk over it. A big part of the game is delivering story in new ways and allowing the player to plot their own destiny The protagonist Niko Bellic is in his mid-thirties, and although not customisable, you will be able to don him with new outfits and such. Rockstar said they got Niko's physics just right and found it was difficult to implement character customisation with regards to this. Staten Island, the only area of New York not recreated in Liberty City was left out due to Rockstar deciding it would not be a fun location to play in. There are no "dead spots" or "irrelevant space" in the game. There really are no loading screens once you're in the game, even when moving from exterior to interior, moving between the two will be seamless The mob will be featured in the game, though they won't be lead characters. Additionally, 'hardly any' of the characters from previous games will return. Missions will offer an increased amount of realism, and will be longer and more varied, some will even have multiple possible outcomes. Bridges will possibly keep you from accessing other boroughs at the start of the game, but this hasn't yet been finalised. What comes as a big relief to us is that there's no more pop-ups of buildings and foliage as we've seen in the past thanks to the completely overhauled graphics engine. Dan Houser stated that no one has attempted to recreate a location of this size, and with so much detail, ever before. The Artificial Intelligence of the NPC's has received a huge overhaul, pedestrians do a wide variety of things which were mentioned in the GameInformer article, and they even react to events such as a gun being pulled on them. Shooting is said to be much more precise and fluid than in previous games. Niko can use his mobile phone to do things such as set up deals and ambushes