Hasta La Gadget!

Need something to pass the time tonight while waiting for Grand Theft Auto 5? Developer Rockstar Games has you covered with a pair of free companion apps for its latest crime sim. The iFruit mobile app features two distinct portions with direct ties to your virtual criminal career, allowing you to customize your ride and train protagonist Franklin’s rottweiler. Los Santos Customs lets you get crazy under the hood and in the body shop, tinkering with your ride until it’s just right for either GTA5 or GTA: Online. Treat Franklin’s dog Chop well enough in the pet trainer Chop the Dog, and he’ll find hidden in-game loot for you. The iFruit app is iOS-only for now, but flavors for Android, Windows Phone and even PlayStation Vita are en route.

There’s also an e-version of the game’s manual, because Rockstar apparently couldn’t squeeze the full 100 page-plus tome into print for the retail box. What’s more, it features an interactive map, and is available now on the App Store and as a desktop app — an Android version is “coming soon.” Midnight doesn’t seem so far away now, does it?

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Via: Joystiq

Source: Rockstar Newswire, iTunes (1), (2), Rockstar Games (direct download)

Earlier today we picked up leaked info of the GTA 5 companion app for iPhone and iPad. Rockstar has now officially released the app. Its called iFruit, basically it provides users with another way of experiencing GTA 5 even when they’re not playing the game on a console. The app can be used to tend to Franklin’s canine sidekick, Chop, as well as to customize vehicles that users drive in the actual game. iFruit will also provide users with the latest GTA 5 related news, keep them connected to parody social network LifeInvader and other Rockstar Games apps, and will also allow them to log into Rockstar Games Social Club.

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Grand Theft Auto iFruit Companion App For iOS Released original content from Ubergizmo.

Two things are happening this week in the world of Grand Theft Auto 5: one includes Amazon UK sending out copies of the game early, the other includes console banning for users playing and sharing spoilers from the game. Users inside the UK have been seeing their copies of the game for Xbox 360 arrive […]

Over the past couple of days we have heard how Rockstar’s upcoming Grand Theft Auto 5 has had its map leaked, giving gamers an idea of how massive the area of Los Santos truly is, and apparently the game’s street date has also been broken over in the Middle East where the breaking of street dates is apparently a common occurrence. In any case thanks to a series of Vine videos uploaded by Jsticks11, the gameplay footage of GTA 5 has made its way online, giving gamers a glimpse the game ahead of its 17^th of September release.

In one of the videos it shows that Jsticks11 has been banned from Xbox Live, presumably because he acquired the game illegally, but we guess it did not slow him down as his Vine account is chock full of GTA 5 gameplay videos. We’re also guessing that his choice to upload to Vine is because YouTube is generally pretty fast at removing copyrighted material, and we assume Vine will get on his case pretty soon so if you want to check it out, you best move quick! For those who want to avoid any spoilers of any kind, you might want to pass on the videos, but for those who aren’t too fussed, head on over to Jsticks11’s Vine page and check them out!

GTA 5 Gameplay Footage Leaked original content from Ubergizmo.

It seems that over in the Middle East, games have a tendency to be released ahead of their intended schedule, and for one lucky gamer, he seems to have managed to get his hands on Rockstar’s upcoming Grand Theft Auto 5 almost a week ahead of its release. The game has been pegged for a release on the 17^th of September for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 but this guy claims to have bought the game ahead of time. He did not specify which retailer he bought it from, but based on the photos that he has posted, some are claiming that it is a legit purchase.

The video above basically shows us some of the goodies the guy got together with his game, and goes on to give examples of how some games such as the Call of Duty franchise and Metal Gear Solid 4 have been released before their street dates, so for some retailers to start offering up GTA 5 before the official date is not a complete surprise. In any case obviously Rockstar will not be too pleased about this, and hopefully some gamers who did get their hands on the game earlier than everyone else will have the decency not to post spoilers.

GTA 5 Street Date Reportedly Broken In The Middle East original content from Ubergizmo.