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GTA IV DLC Announced

Posted by Soulskill on from the does-it-let-me-jack-the-space-shuttle dept.

Rockstar Games recently announced upcoming downloadable content for Grand Theft Auto IV, entitled The Lost and Damned. It's due out on February 17th, and it focuses on a member of a Liberty City biker gang, rather than Niko Bellic. Joystiq has some early screenshots. "In the original game, Niko crossed paths with The Lost several times. This time, Niko has only a bit part, [Rockstar's Dan Houser] says. 'The story is not directly impacted by decisions you took in the main game,' he says. But 'tons of details and mysteries from the main story get explained, so it will add a lot of color to the main story.'"

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  1. Aww just downloadable content... by GoldMace · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Was all psyched up for a new game in a new city...kind of like Vice City...but set in Washington DC...

  2. 360 only :( by Trracer · · Score: 4, Informative

    Too bad it's Xbox 360 only. :(

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  3. Re:I don't care.... by Goldberg's+Pants · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pathedic?

    Your spelling is derrible.

  4. This is going to backfire on MS and Rock* by AbRASiON · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Microsoft paid 50$ million for the exclusive rights to two large DLC packs for GTA, which is fine.
    The thing is, I think a lot of people don't realise that for all the open ended gameplay for GTA the series has evolved over the years to being great single player storyline focused games.
    Saints Row 1 and 2 are following the old GTA style of crazy gameplay with a loose story, whereas GTA4 was a fairly good story with brilliant presentation and a wonderful world.

    I'm a complete and utter GTA fanboy, I loved GTA:SA and GTA4 and I purchased multiple copies (multiple systems) but I have absoloutely no desire for this DLC.
    I personally find DLC just cheapens most games and makes them feel like a product rather than an experience, like a book or movie.
    Would you pay for an extra 5 minutes of Star Wars (Lucas tried to offer it to us, again most of us hated it)

    DLC has it's place but the only DLC for GTA I'd be interested in would be a full, complete expansion pack - ideally a new island and at least 20 or 30 SP missions plus some characters.
    Frankyly I'd rather the dev time be spent on a GTA4 - II or a GTA 5 game.

  5. Re:I don't care.... by Babbster · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What's worse is that we knew the game was fixed over 2 years ago. Rockstar announced that Xbox 360 had "dibs" on downloadable content for GTA4 around the time that the PS3 was released. So, anyone who bought a PS3 wanting GTA4 with the extras was pretty far out of a loop that included, well, most gamers who were interested in GTA4.