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Rumor: GTA IV packing multiplayer for up to 16


Here's an interesting factoid for you: today was supposed to mark the release of the hugely anticipated (and obviously delayed) Grand Theft Auto IV for both Xbox 360 and PS3. Instead, we got a new Tony Hawk game ...

Now for a rather pedestrian rumor: GamingExcellence managed to snag some time with a Rockstar rep at a recent Sony press event in Toronto where they supposedly revealed that GTA IV will pack a multiplayer mode "aiming for at least 16 simultaneous players, with more than just the usual deathmatch mode." Though we knew that GTA IV would come with multiplayer functionality – something that the PSP versions have but the console versions do not – we're anxious to hear more details on precisely what that functionality is.

Funny, such a trifle of a rumor on what – perhaps in some other dimension where software hit its projected street date – would have been one of the biggest video game events of the year (all time?) ... oh, hey, did you realize Wild Petz: Dolphinz came out this week?


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