GTA IV PC dated for Europe

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Rockstar has today confirmed what the gaming world has long suspected - Grand Theft Auto IV will indeed be coming to the good old PC, and it will be happening in November.

North America will be the first to receive the port on the 18th, with Europe following shortly after on the 21st. There's been no word of an Australian release date as of yet, but you can be sure it won't be too far behind.

We reviewed Grand Theft Auto IV on the PlayStation 3 when the game was released a few months back, and we thought it was rather good, to say the least.

The game has since gone on to sell lots and lots and lots of copies, and was removed from sale in Thailand earlier this week.

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15 Comments

Karai Pantsu

3 years ago

Rock the Hell out - the best version of the game is imminent, and I am looking forward to it!

Skiller

3 years ago

Karai Pantsu wrote

Rock the Hell out - the best version of the game is imminent, and I am looking forward to it!

Me too, GTA IV in > HD (1920x1200 on PC vs 1280x720 at best on console) will be awesome

, it'll probably have alot better texures and stuff too

doofus

3 years ago

So I (gladly) order my new video card early November then!

journo12

3 years ago

PALGN wrote

There's been no word of an Australian release date as of yet

GTA 4 for the PC will be released on November 21 in Australia.

djrussell

3 years ago

GTA IV really is a great game.. i finished it on the PS3 and it took a loooong time. I know a lot of people are now over the hype, but if you havent already played it; get it.

Aftershock

3 years ago

It's probrably going to be on steam too. Hopefully it will be american priced. Nice and cheap.

Matt Bassos

3 years ago

Sounds good to me. I have never played a GTA game on PC. For those who have is it worth getting a controller, or is the keyboard + mouse setup usually been pretty good for the past titles?

Annihilation

3 years ago

journo12 wrote

PALGN wrote

There's been no word of an Australian release date as of yet

GTA 4 for the PC will be released on November 21 in Australia.

Last day of uni exams

G3ck0

3 years ago

So much for it being a console exclusive. I might get it if Crossover emulates it, and if some good mods are released.

Gtpod

3 years ago

^ It was never going to be a console exclusive, all GTA games have been on PC; in fact, GTA1 was released on PC first.

Certainly looking forward to modding the crap out of this though, had so much fun with SA online. Hopefully they'll make user-created online multiplayer faster using the mechanics already in the game.

Jaws

3 years ago

Beepos wrote

Sounds good to me. I have never played a GTA game on PC. For those who have is it worth getting a controller, or is the keyboard + mouse setup usually been pretty good for the past titles?

I would certainly pick up a controller if not primarily to help you with the aiming system which just didnt cut it for me on the keyboard and mouse. ou can get tons of USB gaming pads out there emulating the console ones, or simply grab a 360 wired controller which will also do the trick.

Karai Pantsu

3 years ago

Seriously? I could never get into the previous GTA titles on the consoles because I found the lock-on system used to overcome the comparatively poor speed and accuracy of aiming with a controller to be frustratingly bad. Playing on the PC, with the freedom of a keyboard and mouse combo, was an absolutely breeze. In fact, sometimes too much so! It really showed that the game had been tailored to the consoles when just freeing up the input like that made the combat so much easier.

The flying though? Hands down better on a controller - sucked hard with keyboard and mouse.

Eitherway, I find the new lock on sytem to be vastly improved and rather intuitive, so being able to play with the keys + mouse will only be a nice bonus. What I'm really looking forward to is being able to tweak the graphics (increased draw distance? Hells yes!), and all the mods that'll come out for it.

Passa

3 years ago

Aftershock wrote

It's probrably going to be on steam too. Hopefully it will be american priced. Nice and cheap.

Yeah probably. And will probably also not be available in Australia through Steam like the other GTA titles on the service already.

What's the **** point of digital distribution if you're still going to discriminate based on location?

Sin Ogaris

3 years ago

^ Completely unrelated but that's actually a regular stack... at least where I work.