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Rockstar has announced it will be holding a Grand Theft Auto IV multiplayer event tomorrow, December 2, to celebrate the game’s third anniversary of the PC release. Members of the Rockstar Social Club can participate in a three hour PC session of Grand Theft Auto IV along with Episodes from Liberty City from 4-7pm EST via Games for Windows LIVE. Participants will be entered into event sweepstakes featuring Rockstar Prize Packs with which include: original collectible GTA IV foam fingers, lapel pin sets, license plates, t-shirts and large character stickers. Special guest players from the GTA fansite community will also be invited to join in on Cops n’ Crooks, GTA Race, Team Deathmatch, and other modes requested by fans from The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony. Hit up the link for more information. Thanks, Blue.

If you live in North American, you may now run out and purchase the Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition at your local shop.

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Rockstar has revealed that GTA IV: Episodes from Liberty City will be delayed into April.

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Rockstar’s Imran Sarwar has said that GTA IV’s downloadable episodes were “part of the plan from the beginning”, and Niko’s story was designed to “make him feel like a small part of a much larger world.”

“Even at the end of [Niko's] story, he’s not the king of the town by any means, ” the associate producer told CVG. “The idea was to use the episodes to reveal the rest of that world, to show some of the characters and events that were invisible to Niko and yet still had a bearing on events in his life.

“I think if we had [put all on one disc] it would have been impossible to focus on each separate aspect of gameplay properly, the stories and the gameplay are inextricably linked.

“We’ve always maintained that Liberty City is the real star of these games, and what makes it truly amazing is that it’s so full of potential as an environment.”

The last bit of DLC for the game, The Ballad of Gay Tony, is out now.

The reviews for GTA IV’s final bit of DLC, The Ballad of Gay Tony, are starting to pour onto the net.

So far, the reviews are generally positive.

You can get in on the action when the episode is released tomorrow via XBL and on disc at your local retailer.

As more reviews hit, we’ll be sure to update the page, so be sure to keep checking back.

• Eurogamer – 8/10
• Kotaku – N/A
• MTV – N/A
• Videogamesdaily (Kikizo) – 9/10
• 1UP – A-
• NowGamer – 9.3/10
• IGN UK – 9.2/10
• IGN – 9.2/10

Rockstar has sent over the final video for The Ballad of Gay Tony before its launch tomorrow.

It features Luis Lopez, a new protagonist for the second episode and right-hand man to Tony Prince.

The full bio for the character as well as the video are posted below the break.

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To celebrate the launch of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City and The Ballad of Gay Tony, Rockstar has announced a weekend filled with multiplayer mayhem on Xbox Live.

From Friday, October 30 through Sunday, November 1 players can experience multiplayer in Liberty City with special guests from Rockstar North and singer/composer Henry Santos Jeter from the band, Aventura.

Multiplayer for the game will be free all weekend for people playing GTA IV, The Lost and Damned, and The Ballad of Gay Tony.

Those wanting to play with the Rockstar team or Jeter should add the Gamertags posted below the break to their friends list.

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Rockstar’s released yet more screens of the imminent Gay Tony, this time showing the eponymous club owner doing some kind of funky chicken in front of a TV. They’re on Kotaku.

The GTA IV 360 DLC is actually out this week. Buy it. Relive the dream.

The BBFC’s rated GTA IV DLC The Ballad of Gay Tony as an 18, saying the add-on has “quite strong sex” and “hard drug use”. Shocker.

You can read the full description here, but be warned: spoilers abound.

It’s out on October 29. Thanks, EG.

Rockstar has sent over the new video for The Ballad of Gay Tony, which shows the Nightlife in Liberty City.

The video teases an upcoming episode of the celebrity gossip show, Fizz!, where people are exposed doing all sorts of drunken, scandalous, and not-so-glamorous things.

Can’t wait for its release later this month.

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Rockstar has revealed the first look at multiplayer for The Ballad of Gay Tony.

There’s tanks, attack choppers, new weapons, and, of course, parachutes which are making their multiplayer debut alongside new Deathmatch arenas, kill streaks, and assisted kills.

We have pics of it for you below. A new video featuring the multiplayer in action is expected to be released soon. Meanwhile, for more information on the MP, check out the official site.

Gay Tony is out at the end of this month.

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Rockstar has released the second official trailer for Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City, titled “There’s Always a Girl”.

Episodes From Liberty City will contain The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony in one package when released October 29 for 360.

Head on past the break for the video, complete with music from Roxette.

She’s got the look, fellas.

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Rockstar has released a new video for The Ballad of Gay Tony.

It’s basically a comedy sketch of sorts, what with it being a fake news report – which is part of a television bit appearing in the new DLC.

“A Weazel News Special Report: Guns in Liberty City”

In this Weazel news exclusive, Weazel’s crack team of investigative reporters and former lobbyists cut through the filter of the mainstream media to find the paranoia behind the truth to a recent string of attacks in Liberty City, which has forced the LCPD into an escalating arms race. Our Weazel News expert demonstrates these fearsome new weapons including sticky bombs, advanced sniper rifles, automatic shotguns and exploding bullets; while recently discovered footage from a Liberty City tourist appears to show a rocket-equipped military grade helicopter known only as ‘The Buzzard’ wreaking havoc in Liberty City airspace.

Fun stuff there.

CVG has the video. Go watch.

The trailer for The Ballad of Gay Tony has been released and is posted following the break.

This new bit of DLC is out on Xbox Live for GTA IV on October 29.

Loads of dancing in a club is shown. Gotta love disco balls and floors that light up.

Only thing missing is John Travolta circa 1977.

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Rockstar’s confirmed a September 1 date for the first Gay Tony trailer.

Hopefully it’ll feature that woman with the champagne. The MS US po-faces must be having little heart attacks over their exclusive gay bottle-wanking game. Serves them right.

The second piece of 360′s GTA IV DLC is down for an October 29 release.

Rockstar’s released a pair of new wallpapers for The Ballad of Gay Tony: they’re the two rightmost ones here.

The second part of Microsoft’s exclusive GTA IV DLC releases on October 29.

Microsoft has said that it’s still working on ways for gamers to express their sexual orientation without it being taken “overboard”.

While speaking with Kotaku, VP of Xbox Live, John Schappert, told the site that while GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony was okay to use in its sexual context, gay gamer tags are still an issue being sorted.

“I think the two are very separate issues,” said Schappert. “That said, [Xbox Live head of standards enforcement] Stephen [Toulouse] continues to work with our team and we continue to look for ways for people to personally express themselves and you can look for more features coming to Xbox Live, but nothing to announce right now. They’re working on some of that stuff and the community has been very involved.

“We try to walk the fine line where we do the right thing to allow people to express themselves but not have it be taken overboard.

“I can say that we are working on that issue.”

More through the link.