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GTA:SA suits settling, GTAIV trailer coming 3/29

Take-Two to resolve "Hot Coffee" San Andreas suit out of court; first glimpse of the series' next chapter in four weeks.

It was a mixed week for fans of the Grand Theft Auto series. It began with word that Take-Two Interactive, parent of GTA publisher Rockstar Games, is settling a consumer lawsuit brought against it in the wake of the "Hot Coffee" scandal. According to the Reuters news service, a New York City federal court judge stayed action on the suit after a Take-Two lawyer said both plaintiff and defendant "agreed to engage in settlement discussions with the hope of amicably resolving this matter."

In 2005, several Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas purchasers sued the publisher after sex minigames were discovered in the Mature-rated title. Among them was an octogenarian grandmother who bought the game, which was rerated AO for Adults Only before being edited, for her 14-year-old grandson.

Mark your calendars...

Mark your calendars...

Within hours of addressing the GTA series' past, Take-Two looked to its future. This afternoon, Rockstar sent out an e-mail blast centering on a black, monolithic Roman numeral "IV." It announced that the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto IV will unspool in exactly four weeks on March 29. Since all GTA games from Grand Theft Auto III on have used the in-game engine for cinematics, it is likely that the trailer will contain the first glimpse of the game in action. GTAIV will use the RAGE (Rockstar Advanced Game Engine) previously seen in Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis.

Also today, the official GTA IV Web site launched, sporting a countdown clock that will end at 3 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. That is, if it accounts for the early implementation of daylight-saving time on March 11; if not, it will end at 2 p.m. PDT.

As announced at the 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo, Grand Theft Auto IV will be released domestically for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on October 16. Europe will get the game three days later. It will presumably have an M rating and $59.99 price point.

577 Comments

  • fsxfanatics

    Posted Apr 1, 2008 11:04 pm GMT

    San Andreas is one of my favourite PC game. Is GTA IV also available on PC or just on XBox and PS3? i hope that there is also a PC version!

  • djadds

    Posted Mar 23, 2008 6:27 am GMT

    this has to be the best GTA game ever

  • fablesdarkmage

    Posted May 12, 2007 10:20 am GMT

    the graphics for that game trailor is amazing it's a definate buy for gta fans when it comes out

  • Tony_Caesar

    Posted Apr 11, 2007 8:03 am GMT

    the trailer is up on the xbox live marketplace, so if you have a 360 you can watch it on your t.v. also, i dont think that guy is middle-eastern. he sounded more russian to me.

  • karan7

    Posted Mar 31, 2007 6:10 am GMT

    will there be snow in the game?

  • Oh_No_I_Lost

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 5:25 pm GMT

    This is lame, my Xbox 360 just died.

  • Oh_No_I_Lost

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 4:15 pm GMT

    Yay now I only have to wait 5 1/2 months to buy it.

  • Stickyfgz

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:58 pm GMT

    Go to http://www.giigler.com for the trailer

  • buck_choi

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:49 pm GMT

    yea go to xbox site.. mint!

  • aniksz

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:42 pm GMT

    NO need to download , go to xbox site and you can watch the video there.

  • Sparky2002

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:30 pm GMT

    my downloading at 11kb

    & i got broadband to

  • buck_choi

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:28 pm GMT

    haha this is the sloooowweeesssst download ever.. 32mb... one and a half hours.. sheesh! this is what you get on broadband in new zealand

  • kaiperrat

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:26 pm GMT

    it flashes places like the empire state building and shows him walking on the brooklyn bridge

  • Sparky2002

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:23 pm GMT

    GUYS GAMESPOT ALREADY GOT TRAILER STOP WORRYING ABOUT ACTUAL GTA SITE ITS HERE TO THE RIGHT & UP Grand Theft Auto IV Official Trailer 1
    You don't want to miss out on the highly anticipated first teaser trailer for Grand Theft Auto IV, the first game in the franchise in development for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Download Posted Mar 29, 2007

  • kaiperrat

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:21 pm GMT

    well it flashes about 20 different shots of an (obviously) but very realistic New York City...not Liberty City. Then this middle eastern man pops up, says some stuff, and up pops GTA IV...end

  • Sparky2002

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:20 pm GMT

    DOWNLOAD IT scroll up & look to the right Gamespots already got triler

  • arsy130

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:20 pm GMT

    i cant get the damn black page, it says there was an error.....crapp all this wating for nothing !

  • buck_choi

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:19 pm GMT

    if anyones seen it can you PLEASE give us some hard facts? kaiperrat are you sure? i dont think even R* would do something as silly as terrorism

  • Sparky2002

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:19 pm GMT

    WOOT DOWNLAODING IT NOW 32mins

  • colt24

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:17 pm GMT

    download it from gamespot

    its up and running

  • Oh_No_I_Lost

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:17 pm GMT

    You guys look at this page it's under related videos.

  • fma314

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:17 pm GMT

    They made another note saying the game takes place in liberty city guys!!!

  • Veneratedx

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:17 pm GMT

    it takes a while but theres a video panel with nothing on it

  • kaiperrat

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:16 pm GMT

    well i set my computers clock forward about 10 mins early and got to see it early...theres so many questions...btw it looks perfectly like nyc. is the main protagonist a terrorist? sure looks like it. and that would be a VERY risky move for r* to make right now.

  • Sparky2002

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:15 pm GMT

    Anyone pass the blank black screen yet drop us some info

  • astewardson

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:15 pm GMT

    the trailer is available from the related videos section on this page above and to the right :-D

  • MmMaAaDdDaAaSsS

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:14 pm GMT

    can anyone spell 'anti-climax'?

  • Veneratedx

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:14 pm GMT

    its working now!

  • Psyco_X

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:14 pm GMT

    WHYYYYYYYY ='[

  • Koude_Wolf

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:13 pm GMT

    Conspiracy Theory: They wanted a server crash so that they could make a PR coup with "Massive Interest causes servers to crash!"

  • colt24

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:13 pm GMT

    WHATS ALL THIS CRAP ABOUT APRIL 29th???

  • fma314

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:12 pm GMT

    Im going back to my GOW II. This isnt to much fun

  • Sparky2002

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:12 pm GMT

    Loading loading loading loading Come on already

    it is back up but ant doin didly

  • arsy130

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:11 pm GMT

    i cant even get to rockstar.com..... this sucks.... hopefully it gets back on soon

  • arsy130

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:09 pm GMT

    not cool they should have prepared for this type of things.. i guess they dont know they are such an important company after all....

  • Sparky2002

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:09 pm GMT

    Woot i got a black screen loading not crash woot still not moving thou

  • bobmcguire

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:09 pm GMT

    so that was was actually a site crashing count down, i see

  • fma314

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:08 pm GMT

    On the GTA news site they said they have "Officially crashed." Man i think they did this on purpose so they can have more publicity on the trailer.

  • Sinars

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:07 pm GMT

    You'd think they would've prepared for this - its GTA 4 for Pete sake! They knew very well every guy and his dog in the world would be hitting refresh at the same time!

  • arsy130

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:07 pm GMT

    is it me or the website hasnt been working all day today ?

  • astewardson

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:07 pm GMT

    i've got a screen where you put your date of birth in to access the site...

  • trickazzmark

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:06 pm GMT

    go to YOUTUBE PPL!!!!!

  • moxyz1

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:06 pm GMT

    same with me,wot a p*ss take

  • colt24

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:06 pm GMT

    oh well..

    I'm pretty sure we all saw it coming ha,

  • lovered0003

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:05 pm GMT

    ive put in my date of birth to view the web site and now its just doing nothing, OH well patients I guess

  • Sparky2002

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:05 pm GMT

    The intire http://www.rockstargames.com/ has gone down

  • bobmcguire

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:05 pm GMT

    DAAAAAAAAAAMMMNN YOOOOUUUUU GGTTTAAAA IV SIITTE

  • Superdude475

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:04 pm GMT

    NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

  • Stickyfgz

    Posted Mar 29, 2007 3:03 pm GMT

    They can't handled the bandwidth lawl

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