Time once again to strut your stuff and become the king of Liberty City! Join Rockstar Games tomorrow, January 26th, from 5 to 8 PM Eastern Time US on Xbox LIVE when they play Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition! Plus you can enter to win prizes! More details below...


There are 20 prize packs to give away. To enter the sweepstakes, head over to the multiplayer events page and scroll down to 'Sweepstakes Entry'. Submit your details and you're all set. Winners will be randomly selected and contacted the next day. Prize packs include a shirt, foam hand, pin set, license plate, Grand Theft Auto IV stickers and Rockstar stickers.

Rockstar will begin the event in Grand Theft Auto IV and later switch over to The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, with about an hour for each. Keep up with the modes they're playing in the chat while watching the live video stream. You'll be able to play with them no matter what version of the game or episodes you use!

OFFICIAL ROCKSTAR GAMERTAGS
Participating Xbox LIVE Rockstar Games Gamertags for the event will be:

• GwRockstar3
• GwRockstar4
• GwRockstar5
• GwRockstar6

HOW TO FIND ROCKSTAR
Again, Rockstar will begin the event in original Grand Theft Auto IV multiplayer. To join, start the in-game Party Mode using the cellphone. Make sure that your in-game Party Mode team size is at least two people. Once ready, head to the chat to find out the mode they're beginning with, and type your Gamertag into the chat. Another way is just to send over a friend request to the Gamertags above. Rockstar will do their best to get you in for a few rounds. More info on using Party Mode is listed below. Hit up the chatbox during the event if you need a partner!

ABOUT PARTY MODE
Grand Theft Auto IV's in-game Party Mode is an easy way to get your group together and find matches. Here are the three quick and easy steps to get you up and running:

1. Save your current game. To get started, fire up the in-game mobile phone by pressing "Up" on the D-pad. Select Multiplayer > Party Mode > Yes.
2. From here, open up your phone again and select the Friends option to invite your friends (you need at least one friend to play with Rockstar).
3. Once your team is ready to roll, open up the in-game phone again and select Ranked > Team Deathmatch for this event (or whichever event is discussed in the chat).

SPECTATE AND CHAT
Can't jump in and play? As stated above you can still follow the event at the multiplayer events page. Rockstar will have a live streaming video broadcast of the in-game matches plus a chat box so you can discuss the stream with others. Look above for specific directions you can follow to get online, grab a partner, and jump into the fray!

Sounds like a plan! We can't wait for the GTA V events in the future!

The Android version of Grand Theft Auto III: 10 Year Anniversary Edition has been updated today to version 1.3 with a few fixes and new support for the Asus Transformer Prime and Medion LifeTab tablet devices.

This update includes the following:

• The addition of Integrated with Immersion Haptic Vibration Feedback
• The ability to tailor your visual experience with new video display settings
• The ability to install the game to an SD memory card
• Improved controls for Xperia Play and supported gamepads plus full support for the GameStop Wireless Game Controller
• Additional technical fixes

To update your game go to the Android Market where you will be prompted to download the latest version. An update for the iOS version is also in the works.

If you're experiencing any technical issues with your game, don't hesitate to contact Rockstar Support. If you have questions about missions or objectives, submit a FAQ or ask in the comments below!

Also be sure to check out GTA V at iGTA5.com!

Check out the newest official artwork for Max Payne 3 titled "Downpour". See Max dual-wield a twin pair of DE .50s as he pursues the enemy on the outskirts of São Paulo's docks...


Grab it now from Rockstar Downloads in a range of desktop and mobile backgrounds as well as avatar and buddy icon versions - including, for the first time, sizes created for Facebook Timeline covers (850x315) - you can also grab Timeline Cover sizes for the previously released Max artwork as well.

Can't wait for the awesome artworks of Grand Theft Auto V to be revealed! Join us at the GTA 5 forums!

With the 10 Year Anniversary Edition of Grand Theft Auto III on mobile devices getting an HD facelift, many wondered if a newer version of the game would be coming to current consoles (PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360). Well now the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) has just recently rated GTA III and GTA Vice City for the PlayStation 3 system:


See recent ratings here or GTA III page and Vice City page.

As with Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition showing up on BBFC before its announcement, it looks very good for a PlayStation 3 release of these PS2 classics. Hopefully Xbox 360 will be showing up soon too. Stay tuned and join us at the Grand Theft Auto V forums!

Thanks to DuPz0r for giving us the heads up!

Welcome to our news roundup for the week commencing January 16 2012. This is an automatic news post listing everything that's been going on with iGrandTheftAuto.com in the past week. If you want to stay up to date with the latest news or check out our newest content, browse the links below.

News Articles

We added 3 news articles:

• New Max Payne 3 Design & Tech Video: Weapons on Wednesday
• [Delayed] Max Payne 3 Coming May 15th/18th on Tuesday
• Website Round Up January 09 2012 on Monday

That's all for this week. If you've got any images, guides or downloads why not get registered and submit them? Don't forget to check out our forums for the latest Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption gameplay tips and tricks!

Check out a brand new video for Max Payne 3 in the Design and Technology series: Targeting and Weapons. The second installment in the series showcases how Rockstar has set out to reimagine the gunplay mechanics of the third person action shooter...


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With a precision targeting system that's reflective of a first person game and lifelike weapon animation design, Max Payne 3 creates an unparalleled level of immersion and cinematic realism. See for yourself now by watching the clip above, which is also available in high-definition at the official Max Payne 3 site and the Rockstar Games site Videos section.

What's going on with Grand Theft Auto V? Find out at the GTA V forums!

Finally, a release date for Max Payne 3 has been announced BUT it will not be releasing this March as previously stated. The game will release in mid-May with a slightly longer wait for the PC.


The highly-anticipated dark and gritty action experience that continues the tale of former New York City detective Max Payne, will be available for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation3 on May 15, 2012 in North America and May 18, 2012 in Europe, with the PC version launching on May 29th, 2012 in North America and June 1st, 2012 in Europe.

"For Max, the tragedies that took his loved ones years ago are wounds that refuse to heal. No longer a cop, close to washed up and addicted to pain killers, he takes a job in São Paulo, Brazil, protecting the family of wealthy real estate mogul Rodrigo Branco, in an effort to finally escape his troubled past. But as events spiral out of his control, Max Payne finds himself alone on the streets of an unfamiliar city, desperately searching for the truth and fighting for a way out."

Featuring cutting edge shooting mechanics for precision gunplay, advanced new Bullet Time® and Shootdodge™ effects, full integration of Natural Motion’s Euphoria Character Behavior system for lifelike movement and a dark and twisted story, Max Payne 3 is a seamless, highly detailed, cinematic experience.

In addition to an expansive single-player campaign, Max Payne 3’s multiplayer offering brings the game’s cinematic feel, fluid gunplay and kinetic sense of movement into the realm of online multiplayer. Building on the fiction and signature gameplay elements of the Max Payne universe, Max Payne 3 features a wide range of new and traditional multiplayer modes that play on the themes of paranoia, betrayal and heroism, all delivered with the same epic visual style of the single-player game.

Sounds amazing! Look for much much more from Max Payne 3 in the weeks and months ahead, including the next video in the Design & Technology Series plus the official site launch!

Join us at the Grand Theft Auto V forums!

UPDATE: The deadline for pre-ordering the Special Edition has also been extended until April 2nd.

Welcome to our news roundup for the week commencing January 09 2012. This is an automatic news post listing everything that's been going on with iGrandTheftAuto.com in the past week. If you want to stay up to date with the latest news or check out our newest content, browse the links below.

News Articles

We added 3 news articles:

• GTA: Vice City Rage Beta on Saturday
• Max Payne 3 Research: Gangsters & Police Commandos on Monday
• Website Round Up January 02 2012 on Monday

That's all for this week. If you've got any images, guides or downloads why not get registered and submit them? Don't forget to check out our forums for the latest Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption gameplay tips and tricks!

Similar to the IV:SA mod, GTA: Vice City Rage aims to recreate Vice City by using the RAGE engine of Episodes from Liberty City. The people behind it have been hard at work for over a year and have finally released the first beta.

The team's blog has some images and videos for you to enjoy - but enjoy it more by downloading it here.

"We are proudly presents our global modification to the whole world!
This is the first beta of our project. We have long way to go to finish our project and to show you the complete Vice City as good as it possible on Rockstar Advanced Game Engine."

Looking good and we can't wait to see the final product! Join the discussion at the GTA V forums!

For those who are new to the Rockstar Games realm, rest assured that they put plenty of research into their games. They pack in every realistic detail possible. Take a look at some of the research going into their next release, Max Payne 3:

"Escaping the traumatic events of Max Payne 2 and all of the corruption, betrayal, peril and pain of his existence as an NYPD detective, Max Payne breaks south – way south, to São Paulo, Brazil where he takes up a new gig working private security for a wealthy local family in Max Payne 3. As one might imagine, amidst the volatile disparity of towering wealth and profound, desperate poverty in São Paulo, this new job turns out to be not quite as cushy as hoped..."

In addition to all of the intense technical development and meticulous game design being poured into Max Payne 3 to create an advanced and cutting-edge action-shooter gameplay experience - as always, painstaking effort has also been made by the development teams and internal Rockstar Research department to ensure that the vibe and presentation of São Paulo - touchstones like Paulistano culture, police, weaponry and other elements that will not only contribute to the game’s single-player narrative, but also the single and multiplayer environments and characters - are as authentic as possible.

Over the coming weeks and months, Rockstar will be offering a glimpse into just some of the behind-the-scenes research and production design done over the course of Max Payne 3's development, from information and asset-gathering trips down to São Paulo, to local casting for pedestrian types in all the game's levels, to extensive study of municipal law-enforcement wings, weaponry and much more.


Fighting against the criminals, thugs and kidnappers in Max Payne 3’s São Paulo are the Unidade de Forças Especiais (UFE), a fictional special forces police unit much like similar counterparts featured in the documentaries Favela Rising and Bus 174, and feature films like Carandiru, Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite) and its wildly successful sequel Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (Tropa de Elite 2). Real-life Brazilian teams include the GATE (Grupo de Ações Táticas Especiais, or Special Actions and Tactics), GARRA (Grupo Armado de Repressão a Roubos e Assaltos, or Robbery and Assault Repression) and GOE (Grupamento de Operações Especiais, or Special Operations Group) teams in São Paulo, and the feared BOPE (Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais) squad of Rio de Janeiro. Great care was taken to obtain research on the uniforms, equipment and weaponry favored by these Brazilian police—including domestically-manufactured assault rifles and a wide array of exotic firepower imported from the US, Germany, Italy and other gun-manufacturing countries.

Facing off against the city's elite police squads are well-armed and highly organized gangs who rule São Paulo's favelas. Even though Brazil has very strict laws on civilian gun ownership, the gangs benefit from a stream of illegal weapons traffic flowing across the country's massive, almost unpoliceable shared borders with ten other South American countries. With access facilitated to some of the most powerful assault rifles dirty money can buy, the favela gangs boast intimidating firepower to wage war against rival drug gangs, special police forces, or anyone else brave or foolhardy enough to provoke them.


Gathering assets to help accurately inform and create faithful game level environments set in São Paulo, Rockstar game developers and designers took several trips to the area to extensively document everything from the glamour and exclusivity of posh spots like Avenida Morumbi, Avenida Paulista and the Jardins district, to harsh high-crime locales like Favela Japiaçu (Favela do Nove) and the infamous Edificio São Vito (aka Treme Treme or the Vertical Favela). Thousands of pictures were taken for mood and texture, local fashions and outfits were scanned for reference, and a diverse array of Paulistanos from all walks of life — from bossa nova singers to jujitsu champions to favela gang members — were consulted and interviewed to provide thorough background on the dazzling and dangerous world in which the game is set.

Look for this continuing series on the research behind Max Payne 3 in the weeks and months leading up to the game’s release including a look at the casting of São Paulo's residents, what inspired some of the unique levels you'll find yourself shooting your way out of, and much more!

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