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Barefootsies · 08-03-2007, 09:01 AM

'Grand Theft Auto IV' Delayed Until Next Year Due To 'Technological Issues'

'Having been mistaken once, we don't want to be mistaken twice,' Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick says, guaranteeing no further delays.

Update the gaming calendar for October 2007. Publisher Take-Two Interactive announced Thursday (August 2) that "Grand Theft Auto IV" is being delayed until early next year, due to "technological issues."

The company is targeting its second quarter of next fiscal year, allowing for a release sometime between February 1 and April 30. In a conference call with investors, a Take-Two executive narrowed that down, saying, "Putting 'GTA IV' out in the Easter season isn't the worst thing in the world."

Rockstar Games, developer of the "GTA" series, has been proudly promoting the previously announced October 16 release date on Xbox 360 and PS3 for months, with no hint of a pending delay (see " 'GTA IV' Revealed: Game Returning To City That Made It Famous"). Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said those plans changed a day ago after Take-Two executives reviewed the latest build of the game. The decision to delay was made within 24 hours.

"We determined today that a delay in the launch was essential to ensure the quality of 'Grand Theft Auto IV,' " Zelnick said in the conference call late Monday.

"The reason it is being delayed is almost strictly technological problems ? not problems, but challenges," Zelnick said. He said it was a challenge to create an ambitious game for two very different platforms but declined to say what the hitches actually were. "The technology that we're developing for 'Grand Theft Auto IV' is pretty complex. It's a big game. There are technical challenges across the board on both PS3 and 360. Our intention is to create a game that is the same experience on both 360 and PS3. I know that there have been rumors in the market about frame-rate and some other issues. We don't think it's helpful or beneficial to go into what the technological issues are. We are pushing the envelope on both platforms."

Zelnick declined to say how the delay would affect the "GTA IV" downloadable bonus content previously announced as exclusive to Xbox 360 and slated for early 2008.

Previous major "GTA" console games were released like clockwork in the in October 2001, 2002 and 2004. This marks the series' first major delay.

Zelnick guaranteed that the game won't be delayed again. "Having been mistaken once, we don't want to be mistaken twice."

Take-Two also announced Thursday that "Manhunt 2," currently suspended from release because it has run afoul of ratings boards in the U.S. and U.K. (see "Rockstar Games' 'Manhunt 2' Slapped With 'Adults Only' Rating"), would not be released any time in its current fiscal year, which ends on Halloween.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/156...802/id_0.jhtml

Sosa · 08-03-2007, 09:04 AM

Some people are going to be pissed off.

EdgeXXX · 08-03-2007, 09:05 AM

SHIT...

TampaToker · 08-03-2007, 09:05 AM

now that really blows i was looking forward to this game too.

Barefootsies · 08-03-2007, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Sosa

Some people are going to be pissed off.

Indeed.

Lycanthrope · 08-03-2007, 09:06 AM

Gouranga

EdgeXXX · 08-03-2007, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Lycanthrope

Gouranga

Uh, gesundheit...

Sen · 08-03-2007, 09:14 AM

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO what must i do now ?

JayDeeZee · 08-03-2007, 09:25 AM

I'm glad I didn't drop the $20 to pre-order.

I almost did

Brother Bilo · 08-03-2007, 09:32 AM

Honestly, the whole Grand Theft Auto series doesn't do it for me anymore. I played the first one to death and then after that, it just got old. I stopped playing the missions and just drove around shooting people, trying to get the Army to come after me. Not wasting my money on this, so delay away.

geeknik · 08-03-2007, 09:35 AM

Oh well, Call of Duty 4 is still coming out this year!!!

flashfire · 08-03-2007, 09:54 AM

Halo 3 will hold us over

candyflip · 08-03-2007, 10:26 AM

They're having trouble converting it to run on the PS3, so this is where the delay stems from.

germ · 08-03-2007, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by candyflip

They're having trouble converting it to run on the PS3, so this is where the delay stems from.

That's exactly what I was thinking.

KILL_FRENZY · 08-03-2007, 02:30 PM

damn I was waiting for that game

. I play GTA from the firs version

jonesonyou · 08-03-2007, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by flashfire

Halo 3 will hold us over

I am excited.

Clark Miller · 08-03-2007, 02:34 PM

I stopped at Vice City... with mods.

Andy Servers4Less · 08-03-2007, 02:56 PM

They pushed back Manhunt 2 also (old news). Anyone else looking forward to Manhunt 2?

Barefootsies · 08-03-2007, 04:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by candyflip

They're having trouble converting it to run on the PS3, so this is where the delay stems from.

Then release the PC version FIRST for a change.

GatorB · 08-03-2007, 04:48 PM

I guess nerds have to wait until Easter to beat the shit out of whores.

VexXxed · 08-03-2007, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Andy Servers4Less

They pushed back Manhunt 2 also (old news). Anyone else looking forward to Manhunt 2?

Hell yeah.. Manhunt was pretty ill in it's day, so I'm definitely looking forward to part 2, it's just too bad they are only porting it to ps2.

J. Falcon · 08-03-2007, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Brother Bilo

Honestly, the whole Grand Theft Auto series doesn't do it for me anymore. I played the first one to death and then after that, it just got old. I stopped playing the missions and just drove around shooting people, trying to get the Army to come after me. Not wasting my money on this, so delay away.

I agree. These games are not that fun IMO.

Kristian · 08-03-2007, 05:54 PM

Oh balls, i was looking forward to that...

Casa Nova · 08-03-2007, 06:26 PM

What was on the list of new changes in this version anyways, anything special?

starpimps · 08-03-2007, 06:49 PM

bastards...and then i have to wait like another year for a good (PC) version to come out

ps3 is junk

Jace · 08-03-2007, 06:50 PM

so, stop playing games and get more work done

Dagwolf · 08-03-2007, 06:56 PM

It's disturbing how I play GTA. It taught me things about myself I might have been better off not knowing.

allofzen · 08-03-2007, 07:04 PM

Games are like crack

Doug E · 08-03-2007, 08:08 PM

Quote:

It's disturbing how I play GTA. It taught me things about myself I might have been better off not knowing.

Like when you pick up a hooker in a stolen hearse, screw her in a police parking lot then drive the explosives laden car off a pier and remotely detonate it just before it hits the water with her still inside? Then you crack up in maniacal laughter when you realize you never paid her? Yea, GTA's a real personal exploration of character.

Matt_WildCash · 08-03-2007, 08:13 PM

Saints row will probably still be better than GTA4. They took the GTA idea to a new level. And GTA wont' have any special actors voice overs at all I read somewhere. They'll bring it out probably just in time to compete with Saints row 2

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