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Official GTANET IRC Channel Launch

A while ago we received an interesting offer from two regulars on our forums, Smithers2 and TwoZero, who run an IRC server and offered to host a GTANET IRC channel. Earlier this week we accepted their offer, and the chat room was opened up a few days ago. Since then, news has been spreading about it by simple word-of-mouth, and now we have

Selection of New Cheat Codes

Courtesy of IGN, and a bunch of other sites who all seem to claim these codes to be exclusive to them: Beach PartyPedestrians turn into girls wearing swimsuits. Vehicles are also beach style and CJ will be dressed in shorts and sandals:UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, SQUARE, CIRCLE, L1, R1, TRIANGLE, DOWN Get ParachutePuts a parachute on CJ’s back:LEFT, RIGHT, L1, L2,

Take-Two Q4 and Year End Conference Call Details

The fourth quarter and year end conference call for Take 2 Games was held earlier tonight, which revealed the sales numbers and success of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Take Two was very pleased with the performance of San Andreas, and considered the worldwide launch of San Andreas the “the key driver in the fourth quarter.” “We are incredibly proud at

San Andreas PC Date and Xbox Version Announced!

The PC release date of San Andreas will be at the same time as the Xbox release, which was also announced to be in development today in a press release by Take 2 Games. Both titles will be in North America on June 7th and Europe on June 10th. You heard it here first! ROCKSTAR GAMES ANNOUNCES GRAND THEFT AUTO: SAN ANDREAS FOR

Sam Houser Speaks to Game Informer’s January Issue

The January issue of Game Informer magazine contains a lengthy interview with the president of Rockstar Games, Sam Houser. Even though he is notoriously elusive in speaking to gaming publications, Game Informer have managed to sit down with him and ask him about the GTA series, as well as the gaming industry. Here is a sample of the interview: Qestion: Is

Care for a San Andreas Bandana?

All you have to do is buy the January issue of PSM2. Read more in the following notice, courtesy of our partnersite PlanetGrandTheftAuto and Alex Reist. Brisbane, CA (December 14, 2004) PSM: 100% Independent PlayStation 2 Magazine, Future Network USA’s market-leading monthly magazine for PlayStation 2 news, games, hardware and culture, will partner with Rockstar Games to produce a limited-edition black bandana,

SpikeTV Awards – GTA is a Winner!

Last month we reported that San Andreas had been nominated for Game of the Year, Best Performance by a human male (Samuel L. Jackson – Officer Frank Tenpenny), Best Action Game, Best Soundtrack and Designer of the year (Sam Houser and Rockstar North). The results are in and we are glad to announce that San Andreas picked up the following awards: Best

Myriad Islands Beta Installer

For the last year or so, a number of us over at GTAForums have been working on a massive mod for the PC version of Vice City called Myriad Islands. This mod (or total conversion, rather) aims to create a whole new city, cars, characters, weapons and missions for the game. Up until now, the mod has really only been

Sony: DualDisc Doesn’t Meet Technical Requirements

An interesting topic entitled Reports of olders PS2’s having problems with SA has been growing steadily on our forums since the release of San Andreas, and has gathered over 300 replies and 13,000 views to date. The GTA series seems to be plagued with problems with its PS2 port. I even recall people complaining about GTA3’s compatibility with the Playstation 2. Whether

Soundtrack Box Set Released

A recent Rockstar newsletter has announced the release of the San Andreas Official Soundtrack 8 CD Box Set. The set consists of 8 different CDs, all packed with different flavours of 90s music, and Rockstar’s marketing people have called it “the mother load of the San Andreas musical experience.” Read more about the San Andreas soundtrack at the official website, or