Rockstar Game has announced that Grand Theft Auto IV is to be released on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in October, 2007.
Developed at Rockstar North, Grand Theft Auto IV marks the first occasion that the series has been released simultaneously on an Xbox and PlayStation platforms. Previous games in the series (since it went 3D) have always debuted on a PlayStation console, with the Xbox eventually getting a port of the game.
"Few franchises have had the profound impact on our industry as 'Grand Theft Auto,'" said Peter Moore, corporate vice president of the Interactive Entertainment Business in the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft. "Gamers can't wait to play "Grand Theft Auto IV" in high definition on Xbox 360, and we couldn't be more excited to have the title on our platform from day one."
To tie in with this announcement, Microsoft has announced a strategic alliance with Rockstar Games to provide episodic content for Xbox Live.
"Through Xbox Live, we have a unique opportunity to reach out to our audience in new ways," said Sam Houser, executive producer and founder of Rockstar Games. "This strategic alliance allows us to craft experiences that fully leverage the on-demand distribution power and sheer size of Xbox Live."
The official press release for Grand Theft Auto IV is scheduled for simultaneous release on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on October 16, 2007 in North America, with the European releases a few days later on October 19.


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Rockstar can't do nothing about it.
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I'm a 360 man myself and i'll prolly get a ps3 but not on launch but i wanna play GTA but you'd expect me and alot of other joe bloggs out there to be shelling out 600 quid to play one game ?
Do you have xbox LIVE ? by the sounds of it i'd say not and GTA being an awesome series and the fact that they could be doing something with a possible LIVE part of the game is very appealing to me
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Actually, not many people know this, but GTA1 was also in development for the sega saturn... until it became apparent that the saturn was taking a nosedive that is. Anyway the original plans were that GTA would be multi-platform. It only became a PSX exclusive because Sony threw a load of money at the company (DMA design at the time), now Microsoft are doing the same only with even *more* money...
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blue ray sucks 1/4 slower than hd-dvd and worse picture (more storage for blue ray but thats it im affraid haha)
and hd-dvd is selling 10x the amount as blur ray.
the future is now the future is xbox 360 and wii
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