previews

Gang Recruitment

Game Informer have released some new details in their November issue – the focus being, gangs. They gave a detailed description of how territory can be won by different groups (This is old information, see the P2 summary from last month). They did however, tell us how the gang recruitment system works: Approach pedestrians sporting the OGF colours, and target them with the R1 button.

Recent Previews Rundown

A few new previews have surfaced as of late, here’s a quick run-down. Official Playstation 2 Magazine Netherlands/Belgium has put a San Andreas preview in their latest issue. The highlights.. Farm animals such as pigs and cows can be seen in the countryside. (Can you say Carmageddon?) Countryside residents are far more relaxed, often drunk or even half-naked. You can do

EGM October Claims Camera Action

The October issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly has a short 3-page preview of the countryside demo that has been shown to gaming publications over the course of last month. Beside the old screenshots, mission info we’ve heard of before, and excited murmurs we found a line that might cause some commotion. (While on the topic of countryside landmarks) … CJ’s

PSM2 UK October: San Fierro Madness

The October PSM2 UK features San Andreas as a cover story once again. The 8-page article breaks down the city of San Fierro, tells us about car customisation which we’ve heard of briefly before, and much much more. This is one of the highlight previews of the month, so be sure to read it through when it arrives in stores

FAKE: New Zealand Gamebiz

The New Zealand magazine “Gamebiz” that was released recently had a few interesting things here and there. Most the stuff we already know about, but there’s a few things new to us. Here’s a summarised list of what we heard from the article. Grandparents Forever, the company from vice city that “stuffs your loved ones” will be making another return.

San Fierro follow-up…

Finally. FINALLY. For the past while now, we’ve been immersing ourselves in the seedy underbelly of Los Santos & the surrounding countryside. Screenshots piled on screenshots as we got to see more and more of what is soon to be our new stomping grounds – but what about the other two cities? San Fierro – one of the two cities

San Fierro: First Looks

The new San Fierro information comes from the October issue of the german magazine Play the Playstation. It is being released this Friday. The highlights: There are 150 core missions. Bay Bridge is called the “Gant” bridge. There is a district which is very reminiscent of “Doherty”, a place in San Francisco which got hit by an earthquake in 1989. There

Few Tidbits

We’ve reworked our confirmed information page for San Andreas, it now harbours a more extensive list of what you will find in San Andreas. Through technical difficulties our partnersite PlanetGrandTheftAuto is back up, hopefully here to stay. And on a final note, there is a new print preview in the Official Playstation 2 Magazine UK, September issue (#50) in stores on the 14th of

Robbery & Home Invasion / Compulsive Shopping

IGN and Gamespot have released two new previews, with a selection of brand new screenshots. IGN focused on compulsive shopping, whilst Gamespot featured a guide to robbery and home invasion. CJ can play basketball to keep fit. The better CJ looks, the more positive comments he’ll recieve from passing pedestrians, and the more respect he’ll earn. After gaining a certain