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OXM’s GTA IV Preview

The April issue of OXM (Official Xbox Magazine) contains a new preview of Grand Theft Auto IV, along with one new screenshot. The screenshot shows Niko in a black suit, holding a rocket launcher, and standing next to a blown-up car. The only new point mentioned in the preview is that painted yellow lines adjacent to safehouses (in dense areas

New Artwork

A new GTA IV artwork has emerged on the Australian Xbox website: Unfortunately this is the only size we have available at the moment. Discussion (as always) is available on the forums.

Further Previews

FHM (a UK magazine) has a new screenshot of Grand Theft Auto IV in their latest issue. The new screenshot shows a car (at night) going over a ramp, and being tracked by two helicopters. Thanks to Torchwood (from the forums) for the info. The latest issue of PSM also contains new screenshots, which are part of a three-page hands-on exclusive preview.

GTA IV Mural

Taken from Kotaku: “Found at the corner of Spring and Canal in Manhattan today by reader Savage6000. Looks like the GTA hype-machine has gone into overdrive. Let’s hope the game lives up to the building-sized ads and viral marketing campaigns.” The finished product will look like this. Related Link: Forum Thread.

Xbox LIVE GTA IV Sweepstakes

There’s nothing better than free stuff! Microsoft has just recently launched their Xbox LIVE GTA IV Sweepstakes, which includes four gloriously awesome grand prizes and thousands of not-too-shabby runner-up prizes (all related to Xbox LIVE, of course). To enter, all you need to do is fill out this entry form and follow the instructions. Don’t forget to make sure that your Xbox LIVE account

Niko Bellic Illustration found in Brooklyn

You may remember these WANTED posters that started appearing in Brooklyn near the beginning of the year, requesting information on the whereabouts of Niko Bellic, Little Jacob, and Elizabeta. Well one of those characters has now showed up, on North 5th and Bedford Ave, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn: Hmm, could there be more illustrations of other characters, perhaps in different areas of New

EGM Exclusive Preview

US magazine Electronic Gaming Monthly have published a new thirteen-page preview of GTA 4 in their April issue. As we revealed last month, EGM were invited exclusively to Rockstar North’s building in Edinburgh, Scotland, and bagged an exclusive interview with Rockstar Games president Sam Houser. There are also three new screenshots in the article. A few points worth noting: Apparently Niko Bellic was

Another New Screenshot

Yet another screenshot has been added to our ever-growing collection of GTA IV eye candy. This latest addition comes from the GamePro hands-on preview. If you’re under the impression that the city has been lightly dusted with a blanket of snow, sorry to disappoint — GamePro has upped the brightness and contrast of their GTA IV images. Hence the whiteness. Thanks to Chris_GTR1 for bringing

Screenshot Gallery Updated

We have updated our screenshot gallery with two screenshots that were posted over at IGN. The screenshots featured earlier this month in magazines such as Computerbild-Spiele, Games Master and PSM3. We also managed to get our hands on this artwork, which also featured in the same magazines:

Hands-on GTA IV previews are live!

The latest — and eagerly anticipated — previews have finally landed! As we’ve been saying for a few days now, Kikizo, IGN, CVG, GameSpy, 1UP, Team XBox and Gamespot (amongst others) were all treated to yet another exclusive look at Grand Theft Auto IV. Here’s a delightfully quaint little summary of the new stuff: Each site got to play GTA