As expected, the next GTA IV episode is now. The downloadable version of Grand Theft Auto: "The Ballad of Gay Tony" is live on Xbox LIVE Marketplace.
Weighing in at a modest 2 GB and priced at 1,600 Microsoft Banana Bucks, the latest episode brings new vehicles, new weapons, new game modes and, more importantly, a fresh narrative starring Luis Lopez, a protector of sorts for the nightclubs owned “impresario” Tony Prince.
As Major Nelson points out in his post, this episode is available on as a stand-alone retail disc, coupled with its predecessor downloadable “The Lost and the Damned.” This disc, dubbed Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City, is listed by the GameStop database as “shipping” this morning, so it may or may not be on shelves quite yet.
We’re playing this thing. Are you digging it?
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1:00 PM on 10.29.2009
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It's standalone. No need to own the original to play.
If you get the Episodes From Liberty City disc, is it still a download or can you run the game directly from the disc?
Platform exclusies really annoy me, especially when the platforms are so seperate like the PC and Xbox. And yes, that goes the other way too, you guys deserve to play Crysis and The Witcher.
I really enjoyed Lost and Damned. It put a lot more emphasis on the story than Gay Tony appears to (just judging by what I've read), but it's got some great new characters and some fun new weapons. The story kinda fizzles out toward the end, but it was definitely worth the $20 to me.
Just installing my GTA4 disc for this new DLC. then I'm playing BoGT the whole way through so I don't know much more than anyone else. Heard it's good though. :-)