“When the streets are clear and the cops have died down, we’ll be back on the streets…” and that too with mouse-look, it seems. Rockstar and Take-Two Interactive have finally confirmed the hopes (and subsequently greater suspicions) that their multi-million selling next-gen crime epic, Grand Theft Auto IV would be coming to the PC on the 18th and 21st of November in North America and Europe respectively. Sam Houser, founder of Rockstar Games stated,
“We are very excited to be releasing the PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV. The whole team is dedicated to bringing an amazing gaming experience to the PC. The game looks and plays beautifully on PC and we can’t wait for people to play it.”
Interestingly, as cited by Gamecyte, the PC edition sports the Games for Windows Live logo, Microsoft’s official multiplayer service for PC Live users; the same service that allows Xbox Live users to compete with PC Live user in titles like Halo 2. With the announcement also stating a “newly expanded multiplayer just for the PC,” a cross platform multiplayer experience is very likely.
Grand Theft Auto IV, touted as one of the best games ever made with perfect scores from all major game publications and websites, sold 3.6 million units on the day of its release and about 6 million units in its first week, enough to make even Iron Man gargle like his cardiac power source had been removed. The sales of GTAIV in that week equaled nearly $540 million with profits for Take-Two standing at $98.2 million. Still no word yet on the Indian release but with the releases of several big-name titles like Metal Gear Solid 4 and Ninja Gaiden 2 virtually coinciding with their American counterparts, you can bet we’ll be pimping alongside the rest of the world very soon.
Source: Blue’s News, Gamasutra
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