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Right on the money, both Rockstar and Gameloft have released their respective games to the mobile market. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour are now available for purchasing and downloading in the iTunes App Store. While Modern Combat 4 is planned to be released on Android “shortly after” today, Vice City was actually planned to have a simultaneous launch. However, the Android version seems to be MIA for the time being.

Modern Combat 4 costs $6.99, which may seem like a steep price, but you can’t really go wrong with one of the best first-person shooters on any mobile platform. Plus, it works on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad. Also if you didn’t already know, the game comes with multiplayer, complete with leaderboards and over 20,000 weapon arrangements.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City will cost you $4.99, the same price as Grand Theft Auto III when it launched not too long ago. As aforementioned, the Android version seems to be MIA. The Google Play store link shows up in Google search results, but clicking on it will lead to a 404. It’ll probably only be a matter of time before it’s fixed, so we’ll update you once it goes live in the Google Play store.

UPDATE: Rockstar has issued a statement on the missing Android version of the game:

“We’re aware that some users have attempted to download Vice City: 10th Anniversary Edition from the Google Play Store and have experienced validation errors. Just to be clear: the game is not available for Android devices just yet, and if you’re seeing it listed on the Store then this is an error, and you shouldn’t attempt to download it. We’ll keep you up to date and let you know as soon as the game is live and available to purchase.”

While Rockstar originally said that the game would be released on iOS and Android at the same time, it looks like that’s no longer the case.

If you’ve played GTA: Vice City before, the mobile version will be very familiar to you, since it’s essentially a port of the console and PC version, but with a few few enhancements implemented, including updated character models and lighting effects, as well as more precise firing and targeting options with weapons.

Download Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City for iOS now.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour now available [UPDATE] is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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The Grand Theft Auto series has been around for more than a decade now, and it’s still as popular as ever. With Grand Theft Auto V releasing this coming spring, fans of the series are as about as excited as they could possibly get, thanks to a bunch of teasers in the form of trailers and screenshots. Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick says that the reason why the GTA series is still popular and “special” is that the game doesn’t see annual releases.

Zelnick obviously brought up the elephant in the room, the popular Call of Duty series, which has seen a yearly release for the past eight years, dating back to the launch of Call of Duty 2 in 2005. Zelnick says that Activision “obviously views the world differently.” However, Take-Two’s view is that “if you want intellectual properties to be permanent, then you run the risk in that circumstance of having consumers fall out of love with that franchise.”

The success of the GTA series is a result of Take-Two’s avoidance of yearly releases, which Zelnick says keeps the series “special.” While franchises like Call of Duty get rebooted each year (and see greater success each time), Zelnick noted the danger of this type of business model, and says that Take-Two is not willing to take those kinds of risks with the GTA series.

The Grand Theft Auto series has shipped 125 million copies since its initial launch in 1997, and this is up 11 million copies since September 2011 when Take-Two announced 114 million copies. According to one of the publisher’s representatives, Grand Theft Auto IV shipped 25 million copies, representing 20% of all GTA copies shipped.

[via Gamespot]

Grand Theft Auto series still “special” because of infrequent releases is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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After Rockstar officially announced availability for Grand Theft Auto V on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, many PC gamers were dumbstruck as to why Rockstar didn’t mention a PC version. After all, the series has been alive and well on the PC ever since Grand Theft Auto III back in 2001. Now, PC gamers have taken matter into their own hands and started a petition that begs Rockstar to release a PC port of the upcoming open-world game.

Currently at the time of this writing, the petition has almost 57,000 signatures, and 100,000 signatures is the target goal. However, there’s no guarantee that the petition will even work. It wasn’t even Rockstar’s idea to start the petition, so even if 100,000 signatures are obtained, Rockstar could easily ignore it and pass on the idea of releasing GTA V for PC.

However, while the GTA series has seen PC versions for all major releases in the past, Rockstar might be headed in a different direction this time around. For what it’s worth, the studio didn’t release Red Dead Redemption to the PC platform, so it’s possible they could be having the same thoughts with GTA V.

Rockstar has said that GTA V won’t target next-generation consoles, which is why they’re sticking with the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, while skipping the Wii U (although that’s being discussed as a possibility, along with a PC version). Rockstar usually releases PC ports a few months after the console launch, so it’s still possible that we could see a PC version of the game hit sometime during the summer, but don’t hold your breath just yet.

[via Joystiq]

Grand Theft Auto V petition begs Rockstar to release PC port is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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If you spent your fair share playing all of the Grand Theft Auto titles in your spare time, you undoubtedly know all about the different radio stations that played while you were driving around town in your Banshee. All that radio goodness is now available in the Google Play store in the form of an Android app.

Android users can now duplicate their Grand Theft Auto experience in their own cars using the GTA Radio app. Of course, we mean listening to the different radio stations, not causing mayhem while driving down your local main street. The best part is, the app can work in the background while you use other apps so that you’re always listening to GTA Radio while you browse Facebook and Twitter.

GTA Radio consists of most of the stations in all of the Grand Theft Auto titles as early as Grand Theft Auto III. This includes GTA III, GTA Vice City, GTA Liberty City Stories, GTA Vice City Stories, GTA San Andreas, and GTA IV. A few stations are missing from GTA IV, but the team is working on adding all the stations eventually in future updates.

The only caveat is that the app is only available on Android, and there’s no word on whether or not it will come to iOS anytime soon. Our guess is that it’s a licensing issue that Rockstar is dealing with, but we’re not sure if they’ll be able to get past it or not. All we can do is cross our fingers and hope for an iOS version at some point. In the meantime, you can download the Android version for free and start enjoying some classic GTA radio.

Grand Theft Auto Radio app comes to Android is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 – 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved.

For gamers who have enjoyed the mobile Grand Theft Auto (GTA) experience on their mobile devices with GTA 3, Rockstar has announced that GTA: Vice City 10^th Anniversary Edition will be launching on both iOS and Android devices come 6^th of December and it will be priced at a modest $4.99 for either platform. The 10^th Anniversary Edition of Vice City will introduce native high-resolution graphics with several enhancements designed for iOS and Android in mind. This includes updated character models and lighting effects and given that this is a ten year old game after all, we guess these enhancements would be something to look forward to. A new trailer is expected to be launched in the weeks ahead but for now, you can mark the 6^th of December down on your calendars. As far as compatibility is concerned, according to Rockstar’s blog: (more…)

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