Nice one bluntblaze, here is some more info from the magazines, nothing spectacular and as blunt blaze said probably some speculation here:


Magazine: Playstation 3 Unlimited Magazine
Issue: June 2007

This was the tenth preview for GTA IV in a magazine

Below is a summary of new information from the 6 page preview article.

* New Camera Angles (About four altogether)
* In-car camera puts you in a sort of first-person mode, looking across the bonet
* You can use the right analogue stick to move 360 degrees around the vehicle
* Day and night weather effects aren't merely for show
* Weather effects will affect the game beyond mere visual gloss
* During the day you'll find more pedestrians miling around, and with more traffic on the streets
* At night, there'll be fewer cars and fewer people around too.
* It may or may not affect the missions, depending on what time of day you accomplish them.
Magazine: Official Playstation 2 UK Magazine
Issue: June 2007

This was the eleventh preview for GTA IV in a magazine

Below is a summary of new information from the 4 page preview article.

* Bollards poke out from the earth at wonky angles
* There's rubbish everywhere
* To get from one end of Liberty City to the other will take you at least an hour.
* Vehicles Confirmed
o Trains
o Buses
o Underground Subway System
* Mobile Phone can now make calls and receive them for the first time.
* Niko is aged somewhere between 35-40 years old.
* Getting arrested will have far greater consequences than before, bearing in mind Niko's criminal past and illegal immigrant status.
Also, form an xboxmagazine:

Boots are openable!!

Like boots for cars, you can put stuff in your boot!! (like bodies, big guns, luggage, shopping :rastasmoke: )

and some roof jumping action is promised which sounds quite cool

Magazine quote:

"We also noted how, when Niko approached a parked sedan from behind in preparation to carjack it, an interface prompt approached in the upper-left corner of the screen: "Press LB to open boot." Boot, of course, is the British term for "trunk," leading us to wonder just what we might be able to stash in the backs of our cars-weapons, bombs, kidnapped people? Or even more interestingly, what we might discover in other people's boo-er trunks? For the moment Rockstar isn't saying."



"Outside of the car, the aforementioned physics upgrade also enables Niko to stride more realistically, lean as he changes direction, and even climb telephone poles. Frankly, we are not for sure why Rockstar showed us this option, and they were coy about its gameplay possibilities, but they did mention that you could also clamber up fire escapes and jump from building to building-- bringing to mind potential movie-esque chases and shootouts that take advantage of the aforementioned verticality"




Getting arrested will have far greater consequences than before, bearing in mind Niko's criminal past and illegal immigrant status.
Personally i find the increased consequences by being arrested an interesting idea, (hoping the illegal immigrnt bit is speculation though, as if that affected the game then it would suck a littte maybe) but the mroe i listen to it the less it starts to sound like gta :P

dont get me wrong i am not complaining, i have always dreamed of gta being ultra-realistic but it seems like they should have called this game CRIME SIM lol

But no complaint from me (i want to make sure you understand that i am lovign the info so far) :thumbsup:
ZeldaG. Reviewed by ZeldaG. on . GTA info here !!! not much actually but the official site has been updated the first time since the announcment and its like amazing the IV (4) is really evil-sinister looking :D sort of aiming at a mafia theme i believe but i am only guessing like with only a black IV to support my guesses so dont listen to me see for your self: GRAND THEFT AUTO IV okay i guess not many of you got interested in the black IV okay but the real kicker of the update is a countdown to the release of the trailer :D :D Rating: 5