Chinatown Wars in Feb-April; GTA IV DLC end of Jan, tentatively

by James Ransom-Wiley { Nov 13th 2008 at 1:13PM }

Speaking at the BMO Capital Market conference today, Take-Two fitness guru Strauss Zelnick posed some new release dates for the next entries in Rockstar's sprawling crime epic, Grand Theft Auto. All signs point to peace in the streets as we approach Chinatown War's previously marked release in late January. Strauss has pushed the downtown conflict into Take-Two's second fiscal quarter, which runs from February through April.

Possibly joining the isometric pocket pusher in Q2 will be the overdue GTA IV DLC for Xbox 360. Strauss still has his heart set on January, though, as the total package is "close to completed."

Tags: breakingnews, chinatown-wars, grand-theft-auto, grand-theft-auto-iv, gta, gta-chinatown-wars, gta-iv, gta-iv-dlc, gtaiv, rockstar, strauss-zelnick, take-two

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

hhhenryhhh @ Nov 13th 2008 1:18PM

wow, stereotyping much?

Shmil @ Nov 13th 2008 3:06PM

When has Rockstar not stereotyped in GTA?

Sora @ Nov 13th 2008 7:46PM

Accusing GTA of stereotyping is like accusing Ivy from Soul Calibur of having huge breasts.

The_Punisher @ Nov 13th 2008 10:14PM

Funniest quote EVER

Sackolantern PSN ID: johnnynumber5 @ Nov 13th 2008 1:27PM

Is that GTA Chinatown Wars or Auto Modellista? I can't tell.

As for the DLC - To little to late for most people to give a shit about. If the DLC drops and is good & fairly priced I will pick up a 360 copy of GTA IV. Target has those brand new limited editions here in my hometown for $40.00. The one with the lockbox or whatever it is.

Blank-Mage @ Nov 13th 2008 1:30PM

That would appear to be an in-depth carjacking tutorial. My wit escapes me. I'm left to stare in wonder at the degradation of society. Moving on.

baby sea tuna @ Nov 13th 2008 1:40PM

January would be a good time for this DLC (well, ideally, August/September would have been a good time) when we've all finally made it through this month's backlog. The question is: How many people still have their copies of GTAIV?

offday @ Nov 13th 2008 1:55PM

I did until today. Just traded it in. Got sick of waiting for this crap.

KapsLocked @ Nov 13th 2008 1:53PM

I'm wondering if there will be any voiceovers in this one, and if they'll have horrible accents. Because all Asians in the U.S. have "Asian" accents. ;)

Haggard @ Nov 13th 2008 3:30PM

You think you've got it bad? I've never played a game in which Brits are not either badly-written cockneys or some kind of upper-class duke bastard.

Titanium_Orchid @ Nov 13th 2008 6:42PM

you mean the Ali-G movie wasn't a documentary?

offday @ Nov 13th 2008 1:55PM

Does anyone even give a crap about the GTAIV DLC anymore? Personally, I was pumped for it, but it's taking so long that it just died. I just traded my copy in today towards WotLK.

SoCoolCurt (PSN: KillaKornbread - XBL: SoCoolCurt) @ Nov 13th 2008 2:00PM

im still curious about it. i have GTAIV on PS3 (before i got a 360) but now im wondering if the DLC may be worth trading in my copy and buying it on 360. so basically it depends on what it is. i stopped playing it almost as soon as i beat it but it was still a fun and well made game, i could go for some more if the DLC is big enough.

Chin-Poh @ Nov 13th 2008 2:12PM

We had solid concrete details of GTA4 months before its release, and this DLC will HOPEFULLY come out in a couple of months and yet absolutely no details of the DLC, what it will be.

All we know is that it will be large, episodic DLC...

Vcize @ Nov 13th 2008 2:14PM

So when the heck are they going to tell us what the DLC actually is, rather than just throwing about a bunch of release dates that they keep moving around?

Ethan @ Nov 13th 2008 2:24PM

If I were Microsoft I'd still want to be mentioning 'exclusive GTA levels' or something similarly almost-misleading in any Christmas marketing.

Thomas @ Nov 13th 2008 2:55PM

That player 2 dude looks like a Chinese Will Smith.

Daniel @ Nov 13th 2008 3:22PM

Wow, Calling All Cars looks pretty good on the DS....er...wait..

j.howlett @ Nov 13th 2008 4:01PM

as a long time rockstar/gta fan i'm mostly curious about the mini games

Gortyo @ Nov 13th 2008 4:40PM

Is that Will Smith in the top right picture? I didn't know he was in this GTA...

zlickrick @ Nov 13th 2008 4:44PM

This game looks like shit.

Foetoid @ Nov 13th 2008 6:04PM

Don't buy it?

Personally i've never enjoyed any of the 3D iterations of GTA. They were all snoozefests of the highest order, tho i thoroughly enjoy both Saints Row games. I'm old enough to remember and love GTA1 and GTA2, and this brings back fond memories. It's gonna be great.