Watch GTA IV's Liberty City tourism ad

by Justin McElroy { Apr 4th 2008 at 8:30AM }

We're sure many of you have already seen this Grand Theft Auto IV ad, as it's floating around the internet for "a fair piece," in the parlance of the hills. But we like it and we wanted to make sure you put your eyeballs on it as well, because we care about you. Also, we had to make sure you saw the part where the guy was drunk. How cool does that look? Man, we're going to be drunk all the time while we play. ... In the game, of course.

By the way, you should know that this ad's from GameStop, which is probably just trying to trick you (and us) into pre-ordering the game. The bad news is that it totally worked.

Tags: ads, gtaiv, liberty-city, rockstar

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

j.howlett @ Apr 4th 2008 8:46AM

the wait is startin to get to me

BananaBoat @ Apr 4th 2008 8:54AM

The wait on all games is starting to get to me. Little Big Planet, Home, MGS4, GTAIV, Ninja Gaiden II, Spore, etc etc

Things shouldn't start their hype machines 2 years in advance. Makes us sleepy, not more motivated to buy your game (which we were going to do, whether you announced it 2 years ago, or 1 month ago)

How sweet would it be if you were drunk, and then you got pulled over, and there was a sobriety mini-game you had to pass, or else you got sent to the pokey.

j. howlett @ Apr 4th 2008 9:20AM

i wish there was a more diverse and nuanced ways of dealing with cops but its gotten better.

Shmil (Brawl Code 2621-2310-1994) @ Apr 4th 2008 9:30AM

i do somewhat enjoy these gamestop commercials... until it get to the little stupid logo at the end, "power to the players" irks me in ways that it probably shouldn't

Hashbrown_Hunter @ Apr 4th 2008 10:07AM

...then it what way should you be irked?

:X

jynxycat @ Apr 4th 2008 10:53AM

Do want.

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Apr 4th 2008 12:44PM

Your avatar or samfish's FTW? I'm confused!

gcountach @ Apr 4th 2008 12:05PM

As if I needed the commercial to be convinced to pre-order...

theturtle363 @ Apr 4th 2008 1:21PM

i paid off the 90 dollar limited edition a month ago.
I dont even need a duffle bag but they get me every time

Ahab88 @ Apr 4th 2008 12:50PM

Power to their pocketbooks is more like it

Kwincy @ Apr 4th 2008 5:24PM

The jazz song playing in the background is called Move, by Miles Davis for anyone who's interested.

refinedsugar @ Apr 4th 2008 10:19PM

I'LL CRY FOR YOU WHEN I'M DONE KILLING!

Capgun @ Apr 5th 2008 1:25PM

That was pretty good, comin out of gamestop. I still remember chatting with one of the employees(About GTA4 ironically), and one of those gamestop "Power to the players" commercials came on(this was when the campaign just started) And the guy just sighed at the sheer stupidity.

Anyway, I was gonna preorder GTA4 this weekend..But My 360's in texas right now. I'd rather wait till my 360 is back, then sit staring at the case hopelessly.