Sure, it's not April 1st yet, but that hasn't
stopped some guileful folks from getting a jump start on their annual trickery. Take, for example, the suspiciously
timed appearance of a website ostensibly promoting Rockstar's latest and greatest: no, not Table
Tennis, but Grand Theft Auto: Chicago of course!Why does this GTA: Chicago thing smell fishier than a two week old tuna sandwich left in your high school locker? Let us count the ways:
- The previous GTA games have eschewed real cities, opting instead for fictional cities closely inspired by
actual ones. Liberty City ~ New York City; Vice City ~ Miami; San Andreas ~ Los Angeles. Chicago doesn't sound right.
Suspicion triggered.
- It doesn't look right either. That font is seriously dubious.
Rising.
- Why announce a game on (or a day before) April 1st? Why announce a huge title like GTA just several weeks before E3 and a week after GDC? Why take the focus off the other title you're busy promoting, Table Tennis? Suspicion reaching the boiling point.
- The site was registered through GoDaddy.com,
who in turn report the registrar as an anonymous service called Domains by Proxy, Inc.. Suspicion nearing dangerous
levels.
- All of Rockstar's other GTA domains have been registered through Network Solutions to Rockstar directly. Check
LibertyCityStories.com, ViceCity.com, and GTASanAndreas.com. Suspicion core overload. Evacuate Zebes.
[Thanks, Buttonbasher]
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You guys really didnt need to go through that much BS and trouble to prove this farse. /rolleyes
ZOMG:
Domain servers in listed order:
APRIL.GTACHICAGO.COM
FOOLS.GTACHICAGO.COM
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"Oh April Fool's Day pranksters, you'll have to do better than that."
Trying to point out Joystiq's stupidity only makes you look stupid yourself, because you clearly don't even know how to read.
Anyway, yeah, this is not even a good April fool's day prank. When did people start forgetting that they actually need to make April fool's jokes, you know, seem like a real thing? Otherwise they're not really jokes on anybody.
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That was my point. They went though all this fact counting (cause they probably need to explain it to the clueless fanboys on here), when they could have just said "we know this is a joke" in the first place.
And seen the "who is" record with those 2 domains would have made it all the easier.
But your right, that one sentence, zomg, lost t3h credibilitiez, theyz fooled on m3h! O.o
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Here is a hint:
"Its called sarcasm"
But dont tell yourself that. Dont want to spoil your fun of, "zomg jokez on m3h"!
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London, 1969 was an awesome game though!
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(Now the more important question is this: Was my post serious or yet another April Fools related one? What a conundrum. Let the infinite loop of insanity and sarcasm continue!)
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Or the Revolution, GTA: Sesame Street :-p Muahhaha!
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Gotta steal 'em all! POK?AR!
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"yoo get und F."
what's the point of AFD anymore, most of the info on the net is BS the other 364 days of the year, why would today be different?
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afterall read:::
Wow! Amazing news! A few weeks ago I found the domains www.gtachicago.com and www.grandtheftautochicago.com had been registered and were parked at Register.com (see screenshot) which as you know is where Rockstar have also parked gta4.com. After contacting Rockstar they told me to keep quiet so I reluctantly did...
But now today, Rockstar Games have announced just one of the cities for the next installment of the series, GTA4. Chicago, the windy city. Unlike previous GTA games where cities have been based upon real life one, GTA4 will take place in real life cities. The storyline from Rockstar sounds intriguing, the game will apparently span across three different eras.
Chicago, 1933. Since January 16, 1920, alcohol has been illegal to consume, gangs rule the streets, and homicide rates are soaring. Johnny Roselli has just escaped a lifetime prison sentence after being falsely accused of murdering his own family. He's now returned to lead his Mafia gang back with a vengance to bring an end to the prohibition, and by any means necessary, even if it means wiping out rival gangs.
The next two eras have been kept kind of secret by Rockstar, although we hear they are 1970 and 2010, also, Rockstar have currently left the titles of these cities un-announced, probably to let all this hype circulate. We'll be bringing you more news on these exciting revelations as soon as we have it though, so stay tuned!
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It's called Gran Turismo.
Gotta buy em all!
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It's called Gran Turismo.
Gotta buy em all!
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Crap. Now I have the escape music from metroid stuck in my head!
Doo dooo dooooo. Doo dooo doooo....
But anyway, revealing a game on april fools day is the dumbest thing any company could do. Even if it's real, no one would believe them!
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You say: "Oh April Fool's Day pranksters, you'll have to do better than that." But that's not the point of April Fools. April Fools gags aren't designed to honestly fool knowledgeable people - they're designed to catch out the 1% of gullible uninformed people. Of *course* you, with your knowledge of web domains and your general intelligence, didn't get fooled - you weren't supposed to!
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