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Rumor: A New City Coming to GTA IV as DLC

The Xbox 360 downloadable content might be for GTA IV what San Andreas was for GTA III

Apr 18, 2008 08:31 GMT  ·  By
"Give me a new city already!"
   "Give me a new city already!"

With Grand Theft Auto's release date getting closer and closer and for real this time, since we've just heard that GTA IV has reached gold status and it is already packed in trucks, heading towards the retail stores, new information regarding the future projects start to hit the web. Rumors, to be more specific, stuff that is a bit hard to believe but is not totally out of question.

According to the CVG GTA IV special edition magazine quoted by PlayThree blog, the downloadable contend for the Xbox 360 version (the same that Microsoft is rumored to have payed for around $50 million) will redefine the concept, bringing a brand new city in the game. As much as we'd like this to be true, we should take this bit of information with a grain of salt, since we really doubt Rockstar would go through so much trouble for $50 million, having in mind that the estimated revenue for the first week's sales of the game is $400 million. But one can never know until it happens.

Here is the full CVG quote, "Of course, to call games as vastly ambitious as Vice City or San Andreas mere 'expansion packs' seems childish, but nevertheless, the downloadable content (DLC) coming for the Xbox 360 version of IV has repositioned those games in just this way. DLC so far has meant the odd new car, jumper of bit of horse armour, but GTA IV is set to completely redefine the idea with expansions that are to GTA IV what Vice City or San Andreas were GTA III. Yes, Rockstar is clearly hinting at new downloadable cities; and the chances of them being London, Vice City or SA again are slim to none. So that's new as in brand new. GTA IV's Liberty City is the beginning. Think about that and be excited."

Be excited, but don't take it for granted. The DLC is planned for a fall release and we'd really doubt any developers could create, basically, a new game so fast. You decide if this rumor should be believed or not. Consider PlayThree's opinion, too: "There are advertisements for the Xbox 360 edition of GTA IV (with DLC) as well as other 360 games including Ninja Gaiden II and Lost Odyssey. In this context the comments by CVG sound suspiciously like advertorial - e.g. paid for editorial."