GTA Episodes head to the PS3 and PC

PS3 News | You should've known it was coming.

Ever since they were announced for the Xbox 360 as a timed exclusive, speculation has been rife that the PlayStation 3 and PC would eventually recieve the two downloadable episodes for Grand Theft Auto IV. Today, Rockstar has officially announced that Grand Theft Auto Episodes from Liberty City will be released on the PlayStation 3 and PC. Both episodes will be available either on disc format, or individually as digital downloads.

For those unaware, the two episodes are The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, which tell the stories of Johnny Klebitz, a biker from The Lost gang and Luis Lopez, the right hand man to the most powerful nightclub owner in Liberty City. Together, they show how elaborately interwoven the GTAIV story was and provide contrasting experiences to Niko's story in the original game.

"It's been a long time coming, but we are proud to finally deliver Episodes From Liberty City for the PC and PlayStation 3," said Sam Houser. "We appreciate the patience of our PlayStation 3 and PC fans worldwide, and we look forward to putting the games in your hands this March."

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City will be available on the stand alone disc from 30 March 2010 globally, and just like the Xbox 360 version, will not require the original game to be played. The digital download copies of The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony will also be globally available on 30 March 2010, on both the PlayStation Network and Games for Windows - LIVE, and will require a copy of Grand Theft Auto IV to be accessed and played.

There is no pricing information available yet, but it is not expected to be much different to the Xbox 360 versions. While you wait for this, why not check out our review of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City?

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26 Comments

Shnryu

1 month ago

I should have waited lol. Why couldnt they just tell us it was timed exclusive. I think i would have prefered playing these on ps3 since i like the controller more.

Dutch Rootsman

1 month ago

YYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

grim-one

1 month ago

Damn, I might have to re-buy GTA4 now. Although that's probably easier to do so anyway since I previously had the US version anyway =)

trixSTAR

1 month ago

Nice, finally!!! But wrong time to bring it out, the next three months are busy enough as it is!!!

Spanca

1 month ago

How is this reconciled with Microsoft's exclusivity payment?

Or did some lawyer just get fired from Microsoft for ****ing up the contract?

Gamesta

1 month ago

Don't really give a damn (no pun intended) about this news.Doubt I will buy GTAIV again for these.

Charlie_Miso

1 month ago

You won't need the original if you buy the disc.

EatChildren

1 month ago

No interest. I regret buying GTA4 for PC so I wont be buying these.

Qbert

1 month ago

$50 million for a timed exclusive. Wow. GG Microsoft.

inigel

1 month ago

About time. I was sick of the PC version being broken without the armoured cars and shotgun with exploding buck.

Augmentation

1 month ago

I wonder whether the choice to actually release this DLC to the other markets was because it wasn't selling well on the 360. I mean, Rockstar Games could have kept this exclusive to the 360 even after the exclusivity deal ran out but since the packs weren't selling spectacularly on the 360 they had an added incentive to release these to the other platforms.

Either way, a lot of people are either extremely happy or extremely angry about this, from both sides of the camp too.

GoldenEyeRa

1 month ago

Not too much reason here for anyone to be angry - 360 owners got the game(s) first, now they're also going to PS3, everyone ultimately wins from this in the end.

Seems like a fair trade in the end - Episodes fr/ Liberty City goes to PS3 and PC, LA Noire (supposedly) will be going to at least 360 as well.

Now can we all just get along?

Gamesta

1 month ago

Charlie_Miso wrote

You won't need the original if you buy the disc.

Yeah I read the article too quickly and read it wrong.

Still with my one PS3 game a fortnight limit and all the other games I want I doubt I will bother getting this.

x7h3CUREx

1 month ago

awesome. does anyone know what the deal is with blood pooling. will the disk version be changed for australian release the same way GTAIV was.
i'm wondering if i buy the disk version will that have no blood pooling and if i buy the digital version will that have blood pooling. i'll probably go digital anyway.

mikezilla2

1 month ago

x7h3CUREx wrote

http://palgn.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=41672

Capoeira

1 month ago

To double dip or not to double dip, that is the question...

XtremeXfactor

1 month ago

Oh i'll be double dipping

, have been doing it a lot over the last month (my recent ps3 purchases have been games i've purchased over the last 6 months on the 360).

I havn't even played the 360 version of the Episodes disc due to being swamped with other games at present.

mikezilla2

1 month ago

Capoeira wrote

To double dip or not to double dip, that is the question...

you wont be alone

RXWAG

1 month ago

This is good news....Now I dont really have to get another 360 but knowing me and my friends nickname for me "Buy and Sell" it's going to happen....

Sambo110

1 month ago

x7h3CUREx wrote

With TLATD on the 360, they accidentally censored the Europe version. So when they released a patch to un-censor it, they also applied it to the Australian version. So I'm not sure if the PS3 will get un-censored, but I don't see why they couldn't, considering the PC version is also un-censored.

elliotw

1 month ago

My girlfriend bought me a 360 for XMAS, only because I was a huge GTA4 fan and was bummed that couldn't get the extra chapters on my PS3.

Reckon they sold a lot of consoles this way?
$50mil is a lot for not being exclusive for very long.

brad_sickness

1 month ago

Exclusive long enough to get a lot of people to buy 360 version of the game and maybe even a console while they're at it.

LeonJ

1 month ago

^ Yep, that's it. Basically if you knew the 360 was the only platform to get DLC, you would have went the 360 version (if you cared about the DLC).

Unless you are a 1st party dev, there is no such thing as exclusive now. The installer base of both platforms are way to big for companies to ignore.

elliotw

1 month ago

We still see a level of exclusivity that can't really be ignored though.

Microsoft in particular seem to have some pretty hot console exclusives (Halo, Mass Effect, Forza, Gears of War) that really seem to define the system. Although Sony seem to get some good exclusives (MGS, Infamous, Resistance, God of War) it's not so much to crow about and Microsoft seem to win hands down in that department.

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Australian Release Date:
  29/10/2009 (Confirmed)
Standard Retail Price:
  $69.95 AU
Publisher:
  Rockstar Games
Genre:
  Action
Year Made:
  2009
Players:
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