Update: Rockstar has confirmed PS3 and PC versions of Episodes From Liberty City are indeed coming.
This just in:
New York, NY - January 29, 2010 - Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), is pleased to announce the much anticipated release of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City for the PlayStation3 computer entertainment system and Games for Windows - LIVE on March 30, 2010. For the first time, PS3 and Games for Windows - LIVE players will have the opportunity to experience the last two thrilling chapters of the Grand Theft Auto IV saga.
The two action packed episodes will also be available for download on the PlayStationNetwork and Games for Windows - LIVE on March 30, 2010. Each episode takes place in the same detailed and immersive world that made Grand Theft Auto IV one of the most critically acclaimed games of all time. Games for Windows - LIVE players can enjoy 32-player multiplayer matches and an advanced video editor, and all fans will experience new songs on the updated soundtrack as featured across Liberty City's 13 diverse radio stations, alongside in-game television and Liberty City's own internet.
"It's been a long time coming, but we are proud to finally deliver Episodes From Liberty City for the PC and PlayStation 3," said Sam Houser. "We appreciate the patience of our PlayStation 3 and PC fans worldwide, and we look forward to putting the games in your hands this March."
The Lost and Damned is a dark trip through Liberty City's seedy underbelly as outlaw biker, Johnny Klebitz, fights to keep his gang together as a rift in the gang's leadership threatens to tear the brotherhood apart.In The Ballad of Gay Tony, players explore Liberty City's high-end nightlife as Luis Lopez, struggling to balance the temptations of money and vice against loyalties to family and friends.Both episodes feature a slew of new vehicles and weapons, and each episode adds new activities including cage fighting, gang wars and BASE jumping.
Episodes from Liberty City - Available March 30, 2010 globally (The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony together on one disc) Does not require a copy of Grand Theft Auto IV
PlayStation 3 Games for Windows - LIVE
The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony - Available March 30, 2010 globally (Individual episodes for digital download) Requires a copy of Grand Theft Auto IV
PlayStation Network Games for Windows - LIVE
Original story below:
PS3 GTA fans have been waiting for Episodes From Liberty City for a pretty long time - watching 360-owning gamers hog the title as a platform exclusive.
That's no longer the case according to retailer SimplyGames.com. The firm confirmed today that a PS3 version is coming this year.
Simply put out a statement today that read: 'We can confirm that the details on our website are correct and that this title will be released on the Playstation 3 in the near future.
'We have had to remove this title from sale for a short period. As soon as this title is available to pre-order we will email you with all the details so you can get your order placed as soon as possible.'
Episodes From Liberty City brings together former GTA IV DLC packs The Lost & Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony. The title runs as a standalone game and does not require GTA IV.
Any of you PS3 owners feeling a little gleeful right now, readers?
If this does turn out to be true, then M$hite will have practically blown $50 million. I gather they knew about it at the start, but its not like having them has shifted any favour to their side with the GTA series. They've not sold that much more due to having these episodes..
Typical attitude of the company that tries to buy success all the time
If this does turn out to be true, then M$hite will have practically blown $50 million. I gather they knew about it at the start, but its not like having them has shifted any favour to their side with the GTA series. They've not sold that much more due to having these episodes..
Typical attitude of the company that tries to buy success all the time
exactly, but i have heard that 50 million was just a loan too rockstar
If this does turn out to be true, then M$hite will have practically blown $50 million. I gather they knew about it at the start, but its not like having them has shifted any favour to their side with the GTA series. They've not sold that much more due to having these episodes..
Typical attitude of the company that tries to buy success all the time
exactly, but i have heard that 50 million was just a loan too rockstar
Kind of makes you wonder though,if it was a loan, exactly what did Rockstar get out of it? Surely they would have made more money had they released it on both formats at the same time instead of getting 50 mil to make it exclusive to one and then have to give the 50 mil back.
on a another news site this is reported as bulls**t so that this virtually unknown games seller gets some traffic on there site BULLs**t and a A BIG EPIC FAIL
I totally disagree. I think you just need more practice. You might be pleased to hear that Rockstar have listened to this type of plea though, and made the bike handling easier in The Lost and Damned.
If this does turn out to be true, then M$hite will have practically blown $50 million. I gather they knew about it at the start, but its not like having them has shifted any favour to their side with the GTA series. They've not sold that much more due to having these episodes.
You haven't considered all the possibilties. But I would expect that from somebody who uses "M$hite" in a sentence. GTA IV sold about twice as many copies on 360 than on PS3. Perhaps a lot more people bought it on the 360 precisely because the episodes were coming 'exclusively' to 360. The fact that the episodes didn't sell as well as expected, may be simply due to people getting bored of GTA after 9 months. Buying the game on it's release was in no way a commitment to buy the episodes.
Typical attitude of the company that tries to buy success all the time
Well, that's massively hypocritical. Sony BUYS development studios. Gran Turismo is PS exclusive? Sony OWNS Polyphony Digital. Uncharted? Sony OWNS Naughty Dog. Shadow of the Colossus? Sony OWNS Team Ico. It's the exact same with Wipeout, God of War, Warhawk, SOCOM, Motorstorm, Killzone etc. Sony did not create these studios, it BOUGHT them. How exactly, is that NOT buying success. Take the accusations you direct at Microsoft, and focus them on Sony, because Sony are far more guilty of the things you accuse Microsoft of. So, please take your pathetic uninformed fanboy opinion elsewhere, you complete moron. You have no credibilty here.
Yeah, thats slightly true although a lot of the games you mentioned were developed after Sony bought the studios. Sony funded the development of the games so technically they might not have existed had Sony not bought the studios.
on a another news site this is reported as bulls**t so that this virtually unknown games seller gets some traffic on there site BULLs**t and a A BIG EPIC FAIL
GTA IV sold about twice as many copies on 360 than on PS3. Perhaps a lot more people bought it on the 360 precisely because the episodes were coming 'exclusively' to 360.
Totally wrong. GTA IV sales were 50/50 between the PS3 and the 360. Thats straight from Take Two.
As someone has already said, it took too long releasing it on the 360 never mind the PS3.
Too soon after GOW for me.(It'll take a while to Platinum ) If I get it,it'll be during the summer drought. Still, good to see it's FINALLY arrived on PS3 only 2 years after the main game!
As a true GTA fan (and PS3 owner only) I will of course get this. Late or not, I don't care. This is just sweet!! (Who gives a rats ass about MS, millions of $ and the 360 versions now...? I sure as hell don't.)
There was an article some time ago that LC Episodes didn't sell well on 360. Few days ago Rockstar promises to be better for ps3 owners. They realised their mistake, after all, they had best years siding with playstation.
Too soon after GOW for me.(It'll take a while to Platinum ) If I get it,it'll be during the summer drought. Still, good to see it's FINALLY arrived on PS3 only 2 years after the main game!
There won't be summer draught this year, trust me.
GTA IV sold about twice as many copies on 360 than on PS3. Perhaps a lot more people bought it on the 360 precisely because the episodes were coming 'exclusively' to 360.
Totally wrong. GTA IV sales were 50/50 between the PS3 and the 360. Thats straight from Take Two.
As someone has already said, it took too long releasing it on the 360 never mind the PS3.
It's definitely not 2:1 in MS's favour, but it still sold 1.5 million more on the 360. If Microsoft's goal was to stop the perception that GTA was a PS franchise, they succeeded in that regard. The sales of the episodes were still good though, 1.2 million and that's without counting downloads.
Anyway, this is a great package and one that provided me with more entertainment than a lot of last years supposedly fully fledged titles. Definitely worth getting.
It's definitely not 2:1 in MS's favour, but it still sold 1.5 million more on the 360. If Microsoft's goal was to stop the perception that GTA was a PS franchise, they succeeded in that regard. The sales of the episodes were still good though, 1.2 million and that's without counting downloads.
Anyway, this is a great package and one that provided me with more entertainment than a lot of last years supposedly fully fledged titles. Definitely worth getting.
That's a ratio of 1:0.8, hardly much of a success when you account for the 360's market share at the time. No wonder Greenburg went quiet. Microsoft spent $50 million on this and didn't lock down the exclusivity clause.
It's coming out for the Atari Jaguar?!? I better hurry and finish Tempest 2000 in time! Shame Clive Sinclair couldn't afford to stump up a few quid to get it on the Speccy +
Hurrah for PS3 owners, they’re both very good episodes, I would heartily recommend them. As for the bikes thing, they tweaked the mechanics of the motorbikes for TLAD so they’re better to drive, and it’s harder to fall off as well…
GTA IV sold about twice as many copies on 360 than on PS3. Perhaps a lot more people bought it on the 360 precisely because the episodes were coming 'exclusively' to 360.
...or perhaps another reason is that there were more 360 owners than PS3 owners. The PS3 was still pretty expensive when GTA4 dropped and the 360 install base was much higher.
Well, that's massively hypocritical. Sony BUYS development studios. Gran Turismo is PS exclusive? Sony OWNS Polyphony Digital. Uncharted? Sony OWNS Naughty Dog. Shadow of the Colossus? Sony OWNS Team Ico. It's the exact same with Wipeout, God of War, Warhawk, SOCOM, Motorstorm, Killzone etc. Sony did not create these studios, it BOUGHT them. How exactly, is that NOT buying success. Take the accusations you direct at Microsoft, and focus them on Sony, because Sony are far more guilty of the things you accuse Microsoft of.
Wrong. What you just described there is strategic business practice... buy the best development studios to create the best content for your consoles. Its no different to the way Apple purchase PA Semi to own the chips that are used in the iPhone/iPad etc
It's good business investment.
What MS did was a knee jerk reaction to make people believe they are 'securing' exclusives. They did the same thing with the MW expansion pack and that 'exclusivity' is only for 30 days... it's NOT the same as investing in the development studios which can actually make real exclusive content for you console.
I'm not trying to argue with you. Just providing a more considered approach
JUST HAD AN EMAIL FORM ROCKSTAR TELLING ME IT WAS COMING TO PS3 SO I CONFORMINED HAVE IT FOR 360 LOVE THE BALLAD OF GAY TONY GOES TO THE OLD GTA WHERE YOU JUST HAVE A LAUGH DOING STUPID MISSIONS AND BLOWING UP EVERYTHING
I had long since finished with GTA4 by the time these even arrived for Xbox. I certainly won't be playing the same old game 2 years after it came out. What do they think I am, a PC gamer?
Cool, already got them for the 360 and a good thing too. If i only had a PS3 i don't think i'd have tome for them in march what with Final Fantasy XIII, Heavy Rain, God Of War 3, Biosshock 2 and Dantes Inferno to keep me busy.
It's coming out for the Atari Jaguar?!? I better hurry and finish Tempest 2000 in time! Shame Clive Sinclair couldn't afford to stump up a few quid to get it on the Speccy +
Good for PS3 only owners, the expansions are pretty good. I loved TLaD, but couldn't get into TBoGT, probably beacuse it put the focus back on silly stuff rather than the narrative. If I want to mess about in a tank I'll buy Saints Row 2 (which I really don't want to do).
There's still plaenty of reasons to own a 360. Halo, Gears, Fable, the better version of Bayonetta, Alan Wake,splinter cell conviction, mass effect, metro 2033, better pad, better online, from my experience better customer service.
There's still plaenty of reasons to own a 360. Halo, Gears, Fable, the better version of Bayonetta, Alan Wake,splinter cell conviction, mass effect, metro 2033, better pad, better online, from my experience better customer service.
For me, it's all about the control-pad. I've never been able to get on with the PS pad - it's just too small for my stupidly big hands. If I bought a PS3 (which I'm sure I will, at some point), I'd have to investigate ways to use a different pad with it.
I've found that I just get more and more respect for the 360 controller as I use it - even when I don't think it'll be any good for the game I'm playing, it tends to surprise me.
There's still plaenty of reasons to own a 360. Halo, Gears, Fable, the better version of Bayonetta, Alan Wake,splinter cell conviction, mass effect, metro 2033, better pad, better online, from my experience better customer service.
The best customer service is the one you don't have to use every 6 months.
And why do people always feel the need to justify a consoles existence?
I just hope rockstar dont have a change of heart and decide at the last minute Agent is gonna go multiplatform. This is further proof that as the years go by the amount of exclusives will be declining for all systems. The word exclusive really means timed exclusive now.
Well KesMonkey, looks like people with sense have responded to you with well thought out responses. Saves me trying to shoot down your stupid argument. And just because I don't like M$, what makes you think I'm a Sony one?
There's still plaenty of reasons to own a 360. Halo, Gears, Fable, the better version of Bayonetta, Alan Wake,splinter cell conviction, mass effect, metro 2033, better pad, better online, from my experience better customer service.
Stop making lists!
Why does everything have to degenerate into sodding list making, it is one of the most childish things to do. I like this because of this, and this, and this, and this, and this, and you don’t have this, or this, or this, or this.
Who gives a f**k! Play games, enjoy them, don’t worship brands! I’m going to listen to some music, now where’s my iPod…
Everyone who likes GTA should play these, that’s all that matters, the platform does not.
I just hope rockstar dont have a change of heart and decide at the last minute Agent is gonna go multiplatform. This is further proof that as the years go by the amount of exclusives will be declining for all systems. The word exclusive really means timed exclusive now.
The first game won't for sure, the sequels most likely will.
There's still plaenty of reasons to own a 360. Halo, Gears, Fable, the better version of Bayonetta, Alan Wake,splinter cell conviction, mass effect, metro 2033, better pad, better online, from my experience better customer service.
For me, it's all about the control-pad. I've never been able to get on with the PS pad - it's just too small for my stupidly big hands. If I bought a PS3 (which I'm sure I will, at some point), I'd have to investigate ways to use a different pad with it.
I've found that I just get more and more respect for the 360 controller as I use it - even when I don't think it'll be any good for the game I'm playing, it tends to surprise me.
Same here. The PS3 pad can be a little awkward for my hamsized fists. triggers can be quite uncomfortable too. other than that its basically identical to a ps2 pad.
As i said on another thread the PS3 itself is a pretty impressive bit of kit. some good games too.
Not as reliable as some people would have you believe though. Often misreads the HDD on start up and i'm on my 2nd blu ray drive.
Brilliant for playing media, recent infux of exclusives are consistantly brilliant. Definately worth considering now.
This is why its important for the big three to make their own games. Nintendo have done for years as we know. Sony's first and second party stuff is getting better all the time. M$'s games don't interest me one bit
I bought GTA IV for both consoles (got PS3 version as a Platinum title for about 12 quid last year) because I wanted the exclusives for 360 and the trophies on ps3 tbh.
Funny thing is, I never got round to buying any of the episodes because I barely touch my 360 so this news is good for me. I shall get them for PS3 in the summer!
Wrong. What you just described there is strategic business practice... buy the best development studios to create the best content for your consoles. Its no different to the way Apple purchase PA Semi to own the chips that are used in the iPhone/iPad etc
It's good business investment.
What MS did was a knee jerk reaction to make people believe they are 'securing' exclusives. They did the same thing with the MW expansion pack and that 'exclusivity' is only for 30 days... it's NOT the same as investing in the development studios which can actually make real exclusive content for you console.
I'm not trying to argue with you. Just providing a more considered approach
Wrong? What do you mean wrong? What I said there was true. I didn't say it wasn't good business practice. I wasn't attacking Sony. I wasn't defending Microsoft. I was simply pointing out that Sony have 'bought' their success more than MS have 'bought' theirs. Sony bought much of their success by buying studios that are responsible for many of the great games on the system, and in doing so, ensuring that these games will never ever appear on competitors machines. MS simply bought time.
GTA IV sold about twice as many copies on 360 than on PS3.
Instead of pulling figures out of your backside try this website:
www.vgchartz.com
I have saved you the time here; 360 GTA IV sold 7.62 Million PS3 GTA IV sold 6.19 Million
$50 million well spendt Microsoft
I didn't pull figures out of my ass, as you so eloquently put it. MS announced last year that GTA IV on 360 was outselling PS3 2 to 1. Perhaps they were wrong, but I can assure you that that was the source of my info, not my ass.
360 pad is better for FPS games as the sticks are in a better position + there is far less dead zone on the 360 pad.
Dual Shock 3 is better for Beat 'em up games. I hated Super Street Fighter 2 HD on the 360 becuase it didn't work with the pad. On the PS3 it worked like a dream. Also Virtua Fighter 5 works better on the PS3 because your talking about split second reactions mean the difference between blocking and connecting. When you map button combos to the triggers, it takes less time to activate a move on a PS3 trigger than the 360 trigger. TBH the difference is almost nothing, you are probably talking about 0.1 seconds, but in Virtua Fighter 5 this can mean the difference between winning and losing.
Well KesMonkey, looks like people with sense have responded to you with well thought out responses.
Yes, I've had a couple of replies, which I've responded to. Well thought out responses? Yes, one of them was. It doesn't for one second change that fact that your use of "M$hite" is juvenile, and marks you as an obvious Sony fanboy. It also doesn't change the fact that Sony are more 'guilty' of the things you accuse Microsoft of. And it really doesn't change the fact that you came in here shouting your mouth of by sharing your pathetic uninformed fanboy opinion.
Saves me trying to shoot down your stupid argument.
Don't you mean "I couldn't possibly construct a well thought out argument against the facts you stated, so I won't?" Nice try.
this is good as ps3 owners will get to expienrence the brillance of these 2 storys lol i wonder how long it will be till agent goes multiplatform its not impossible but will need multiple discs lol
Well, I dunno just how much it costs to port/create the same DLC for the PS3(though if they knew it was timed I guiess they will have had this ready for quite a while or , at the very least, started it alongside 360 development to aid parity issues)but as most of my 360 only mtates passed on this for being too long after the game I cannot imagine there's that many sales to be had from PS3 gamers after the eternity this has taken to emerge.
Makes you wonder if indeed it was a loan from MSD(the 50million dollars) or actually a sweetenr for the possibly predicted sales they'd lose delaying the PS3 DLC to a time where it would harm them. I really don't see R* having ANY trouble getting development cash for DLC for one of the most successful game series ever so why take it off MS under the proviso that they get timed exclusivity? What exactly did R* get out of such a set up? Seeems more likely to me that the 3game exclusive deal R* signed with Sony to free up the rights for GTA4 to go multiplat spurred MS into action in ce,menting the series on their consoles with this timed exclusivity as I don't think GTA will be part of the Sony deal.My take on it anyway.
I'll be getting it anyway as I bought the original game for PS3 and when TLAD launched IIRC, you needed the GTA4 disc to D/L the DLC and by Gay Tony time I'd sarted to think it was coming for PS3 anyway(and I prefer playing all my multis on PS because of controller preference. Also I preferred GTA4 to SA by a country mile as I felt the last PS2 GTA was too gonzo and looking back feels a bit too much lke SR does now to me! Sadly, I feel that I could well be one of a bare few buying it as so many have just given up interest or hated GTA4 and traded it without even finishing the game!
Whatever, it's also landing at about the worst possible time for competition on the PS3 EVER with HR, Yakuza3 and GOW3 landing exclusively in close proximity with a host of multis including Bioshock2, FF13 and R*'s own RDR landing just either side as well-oh, and WKC exclusively too! Just how many sales do they expect for it off the bat or is it just to be a slow burner for them?
I haven't seen the UK prices but , so far, it seems the sam e cost as it was for 360 owners and given the wait I don't think that is either fair or will work(and I certainly don't see why the discs aren't more expensive than a download that I can resell! stoopid!)and would imagine it will hurt their sales even more if it IS as dear as ever and doesn't have extra content of some kind.As it stands, though I will pick it up at some point I really couldn't reccommend it to anyone unless the price falls and the content increases-otherwise what is there to make up for the extra waiting? People don't like paying full for OLD games no matter how great they are(witness Bioshock on PS3)and for glorified DLC it will be even worse unless, as I say, R* make a few consessions to sanity to sell this bundle of overlate fun.Sorry for the wall 'o' text but I had so many points!
There's still plaenty of reasons to own a 360. Halo, Gears, Fable, the better version of Bayonetta, Alan Wake,splinter cell conviction, mass effect, metro 2033, better pad, better online, from my experience better customer service.
There is only gears for me from your list that I keep my xbox for epic own gears of war not ms if gears ever comes to ps3 I can then get rid of my xbox.
Just cos I choose to call them M$hite doesn't make me juvenile in the slightest. You not heard some of the crap they spout? Oh that's right, you use their words as 'info'. I call them so as they are a s**tty, arrogant company who boast about their stuff when its junk. Not just games either. My £530 laptop broke down because sadly I have to use their junk OS and it can't do anything properly. And they've wasted much of my time and patience in the past due to their terrible service. So yes, $hite..
And it as more along the lines of "why waste my time retyping the same thing that others have already said?" Just because you think if I don't respond with my 'argument' that obviously I don't know anything. I don't have that much time for morons like yourself who get all worked up over such things. You're obviously not smart enough to figure out what we all mean and I wouldn't be surprised if no one else bothered responding to you as I have just so stupidly done...
I like how you say I have "uninformed" opinion yet you're spouting phoney facts such as selling twice as many copies (something I don't give a crap about) and somehow deducting I am a Sony fanboy.
this is good as ps3 owners will get to expienrence the brillance of these 2 storys lol i wonder how long it will be till agent goes multiplatform its not impossible but will need multiple discs lol
About dam time! I thought GTA had such a better feel on the pc, being able to quickly turn around in a car chase and pop the heads of the drivers or the wheels was classic!
I think its great that ps3 is getting these. I like the idea of smaller episodes because I can see rockstar doing Episodes from Vice City etc which are great little placeholders for the next big series
its coming so late i'm wondering why? I believe it will sell, i stil have GTA4 and loved it, not sure why so many have turned on it, Nico was a far better protagonist than the San Andreas one. Its gonna be a solid £20 for each episode i'm thinking, shame.
It wont be £20 an episode. It was 1600MS points to download, which is £13 or so depending on where you get your points from.
I'm thinking £30 for the pair on disc. And it's worth that easily. Gay Tony was the best one for me, still have a tiny bit to do on TLaD.
Definitely a wise move making it so you dont need GTAIV for the disc version as so many people will have sold them on, they'd lose sales. But yeah, the 360 version was released too late (as MS and R* have said too), so this is definitely too late. But still 100% worth picking up if you liked GTAIV.
I totally disagree. I think you just need more practice. You might be pleased to hear that Rockstar have listened to this type of plea though, and made the bike handling easier in The Lost and Damned.
well then they were terrible if rockstar fixed them.... and i agree they where cack!
wheres that parma... still waiting for something thats not going to come?
theres that egg on face i promised.
GTA comes home. microsoft look like fools.
Yes, yes, yes - I'll hold my hands up and admit that I was wrong with this one. Fair enough - you were right.
Anyways, I don't actually think this is a bad thing - they are great and it's good that others will get a chance to play them.
Trust me - The Lost and the Damned is utterly fantastic, especially if you enjoy the bikes in GTA. Great story too. I get the feeling you're going to really enjoy these - they add an extra dimension to GTA4, they force you to play the game in a slightly different way (the predominant use of bikes in L&TD, for example).
I've not got around to starting on Ballad of Gay Tony yet, though.
Oh, GTA started on PC originally - it's no more 'at home' on Playstation than Tomb Raider is (which started on Saturn).
Copyright 2006 - 2009 Future Publishing Limited, Beauford Court, 30 Monmouth Street, Bath, UK BA1 2BW England and Wales company registration number 2008885
http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/2010/01/29/2861/grand_theft_auto_episodes_from_liberty_city_coming_to_playstation_3_and_pc
) If I get it,it'll be during the summer drought. Still, good to see it's FINALLY arrived on PS3 only 2 years after the main game!
(Who gives a rats ass about MS, millions of $ and the 360 versions now...? I sure as hell don't.)
