Short awnser; Probally, not. As ideas and opinions aren't actual bases. And I'm already busy enough...
Long awnser; If all developers were bought off by Microsoft, or for once decided to work together. And, they decided to make the perfect Grand Theft Auto Rip off. Would it score more than a 9.5?

Unoriginality will slash the score the score to pieces. Of course. But on all other grounds; Technically, Graphically, Story, Sound, Value and Replayability. Will it score up to make a decent 9.5+?

Who would be on the "Must Invite List"? Well....

- Rockstar Games.
- Empire Interactive.
- 2K Boston
- Bugbear Entertainment.
- Microsoft Game Studios
- Electronic Arts
- Electronic Arts Los Angeles
- Ubisoft
- Ubisoft Montreal
- Rockstar North
- Rockstar Leeds
- Steel Monkeys
- Irrational Games
- Bethesda Softworks
- Microsoft Game Studios
- Bizarre Creations
- Real Time Worlds
- EA Black Box
- Volition Inc.
- Vivendi Games
- THQ Games
- Activision
- Turn 10
- Luxoflux
- Atari
- Reflections Interactive
- Unreal Technology Entertainment
- CryTEC

Quite a list. And, yes... It'll never happen. But, letthe damn fiction have it's chance, get the heck outta here with predictions and facts! Another weird thing would be the original creator, the sister companiesand the rivals work together with a bunch of amateurs. Yes, I am keeping Sony out of this. Why? Because Sony has one thing in mind: Grab n' Leave. They have the strategy to take as many developers under their watch, and be hostile if they skip grounds. Sony passed the Three Strikes about Six Innings ago. However, their precious little BluRay disks are OURS!

Now, let's just say it'll all work out fine and every single companywould appear at the Rockstar HQ in downtown New York. What would they need?

- Unreal Engine 3.0
- CryTEC 3
- Microsoft XNA C++
- DirectX 9.0
- PowerHouse Audio Effects Software
- BluRay Technology
- AutoDesk 3D Studio Max
- Adobe PhotoShop CS III
- Adobe FlashPlayer CS2
- SpeedTree RT
- Bethesda's Radiant AI
- Bethesda's Game Constuction Set
- EA Black Box's Smoke Technology
- Rockstar Games RAGE Engine
- Steel Monkey's Graphic Software
- Bugbear Entertainment 3D MDS(Model Displacement Software)

If all of these software programs are used. That will finally mean that the optimal products can deliver optimal graphics, superb animations and outstanding level design. If all developers bring their own software, that'll mean they're saving approx. 2,5 million dollar on Developer Copyrights.

Let's just say they can reach an level of agreement, so that will mean every single piece of software is going to be used. Again, something that in reality never would happen. But, like I said: Give your goddamn fictional side of life some damn light to live! Financial crap doesn't play a role in this theater tonight.

So, now we have the developers, their tools and the place to work. What's next? Fillings. How about something everyone can live with; Los Angeles, combined with New York City. A touch of a few states here and there. And give Chicago, Baltimore, Dallas and New Orleans a chance to become pixliated. Make up several smaller towns.Place those randomly on a 40x40 Sq. MI map.Give it some fictional names and tada. There you have a place to fill. Use SpeedTree RT to make the grass and trees look realistic. Use Unreal 3 to create lighting effects and use CryTec for destructable objects like average city objects(Lampposts, Mailboxes, etc.) and bigger structures like barns, massive trees and such.

Now we've got a world to play in. Onto the story; Give Rockstar Games, Bethesda and EA a pencil and let 'em do their thing. In the meanwhile; Steel Monkeys, Bugbear and Reflections go work on the vehicle models. Any make from any place on earth. About 200 different road vehicles, 20 bikes, 30 aircraft and 15 boats would do. Let Empire Interactive in a small room, push Bugbear inthere along with them. Let them work on the damage models. Atari, Turn 10and Reflections will do the realistic physics models.

In the meanwhile, Microsoft Game Studios will set on the road with a big ass budget to afford those rights for Gunplay. H&K, Smith & Wesson, and them will get a new additional '0' to their bank accounts, while MSG hobbit's back to the NYC R* Studios, with a bunch of legal rights to use about, 90 different real life guns.

The additional developing companies work on all projects, to lend a few hands. Hire FOX Media, ComedyCentral and sir Tom Clancy himself for additional work on the storylines realism. Bribe Dodge to use some real life models and advertisements. And Microsoft will lend a few hands on the online play.

While all main developer companies have their thing to do. Unreal, CryTec and Microsoft will do the technical background. Done by proffesionals, will assure a steady and most likely stable ground to have the game programmed on.

Sony will in the time feel left out, and refuse to give rights for the 50gB Double-Layered BluRay disks. Wrong, Sir Bill Gates will send a few dead-white-dudes-on-green-paper to Sony and let them feel comfortable to give those rights. Wham, enough space for everything.

Speaking of technical backgrounds, how about the option to have FPS animations that work superb. And amazingly good 3rdPS animations. That'll assure that the gamer has enough freedom to pick what he can play best with. Set Real Time Worlds at the sound department together with their buddies MSG, Turn 10 and we'll hire MTV, and Universial Studios to make sure it'll become the best of the best. Soundtrack and Effects.

CryTec and Unreal have the most important already covered; Animations, Physics and such. Now, give this five years. We'll see what Jeff Gerstmann, Alex Navarro, Tim Tracy, Brian Ekberg, Brad Shoemaker and ex-GS editor Greg Kasavin who happens to be employed at EA LA(included with development ideas). I wanna see what they would give this unnamed game.

The point of this project would be that the companies do that what they're best at. Like I stated before, Rockstar is handy with ideas, while BugBear definatly has the damage models in hand. Bethesda has the best programmers, while Atari knows the Gaming Industries best and will disprove and approve ideas. EA's damned when it comes to sequels, therefor I decide let Atari boss them around to prevent them from making stupid mistakes. And so on and so on. Eventually, all aspects where some sucked, will be filled up by those who are good. Making a flawless game.

Would this recieve a 9.5 or higheron the most important aspects of a game: Technical Background, Replayability, Value, Graphics, Story and Sound? I hope so. Otherwise the faith in gaming developers would shrink to the size of a molecule.

Pretty neat, dudes.

I am more evil than you! Eat that Hell, MI!

Yup.

100. French Vehicle Makes. I'll be honest, I don't need an NCAP-perfect car for racing. I'll take a brute German instead.
99. Unfamous Overrated Bands for music. I know you, EA. Bring something better.
98. Harry Potter. What in the hell. Books, great. Movies, okay. Games, you're going too far.
97. Burger King. Advertisements, the mishaped head, and the whole "2$ XXL Whopper Deal". GTFO.
96. Amsterdam. What's good about that city? Legal pot,gay marriageand drinking at 16? Thats all.
95. World War II. What happened to the old Vietnam? Okay, we lost but ain't it a good story? Five WWII game franchises is enough.
94. Jack Thompson. That hippie.
93. France. Arc de Triomphe, my ass. It's a dodgems track in real life. The place to crash your little Citroën.
92. Germans. They're also people, not target practice.
91. Saleen. This American car manufactuer, originally responsile for the S281, the awesome Mustang improvement. Tough, the S7 Twin Turbo is overused, and becomes abused in the racer games.
90. Cult Clas.sic Movies. These are the finest of the finest movies. The best on film. I get more sick everytime a video game developer screws it over.
89. Compton, Los Angeles. "Represting Compton". In person, or just that Columbus suburb you're from?
88. Las Vegas. Gambling ain't a hobby, it's an addiction.
87. The Desperate Housewifes. Just when you're away from that show, there's some screaming chick in your game. Got guns. Don't wait.
86. Anime. Games are NOT drawing boards, neither they're comic books.
85. Manga. See option 86.
84. Al Bundy. He's an icon. Not an exploitable object. Go back to the greedy-caverns EA!
83. Windows Vista. Unlike the whacky "Windows 2020" from Perfect Dark Zero. I perfer originality than number swaps. And, I like stuff that works.
82. Mexicans. For some reason, they're always the cab drivers in games. Weird.
81. The United Kingdom. Cricket Games, Tennis, Vauxhall. That's all, the country itself is as intersting as South Dakota.
80. Dodge Advertisements. Okay, I have an Dodge myself. But that's not enough to like those annoying "The All New Dodge Caliber!" ads ingame.
79. Rednecks. What the hell, johnboy!?
78. Richard Hammond. He had his teeth whitened. And, he ain't racing materal. Captn' Slow anybody?
77. George W. Bush. If the game "Most Hated Person of the World" gets released soon, I'll take Richard Nixon and his shady tales.
76. LG. Life ain't good if you guys start to advertise those whacky tools with whacky names. Keep it with fridges, damnit!
75. NYPD. Being a pisspole is a huge understatement.
74. Greenscreening the Cutscenes. Cheesy. Cheesy. Cheesy. Nu-uh.
73. The Mob. Italians, for some reason. There ain't a single game where the Italian isn't connected to the Mafia. Maybe he makes Pizza, or he happens to drive Ferrari's?
72. War of Popular Culture. That means, Terrorism. They don't always blow landmarks up! The Hoover Dam, The frickin' Seers Tower nor the Warner Bro's studios are actual targets. Maybe, check those local bars in the middle east...
71. The Simpsons. Yay?
70. Rappers. Go acting, dudes... That'll save you some backlashing. 50 Cent, you've proven yourself.
69. David Spade. Chris Farley, was the best voice actor I could imagine. Now, bring on Will Ferrel. SNL!
68. The Number 69. Rockstar Games' humor about sex positions turns old.
67. Wannabes. Best way to slam your Game Rating down by the critics.
66. Elvis Presley. Don't mess with the King. Don't mess with the King.
65. Meat Loaf Music. He's a power-ballad artist, not a "Damnit, we're out of music options".
64.Tom Cochrane. "Life Is a Highway", now the point is... There aren't any Roadie games. Christ.
63. Religion. Suicide bomb your TV set? What an interesting way to dispose your old TV's.
62. Glory. Glory is something you've got to achieve, and it's something that isn't rewarded by digits. "This ain't a game... These are real bullets...Holy ****, I've killed the entire Vietcong army, where's my GamerPoints!!1". Yup...
61. Bruce Willis. Don't mess with The Last Boyscout.
60. Puzzles. 24: The Game: Ultimate Frustration Caused By Pointless Minigames.
59. Borat Sagdiev. "Sue This Game. Or I will be execute."
58. Money. C'mon guys, there's coke, there's cars, there's enough to fight for. Not just cash....
57. Ol' and most of the time boring comedy."This game is NOT made by ComedyCentral whatsoever".
56. Global Warming. Taking realism to another level includes climates. Please, no.
55. North Korea. Team America crossed the lines already, there goes originality.
54. Charlie Sheen. ACCESS DENIED! Love that Spin City quote.
53. Clint Eastwood. Dirty Harry's goodness can be crushed in a second by EA, and if you say no to them they'll just say "Go ahead, make my day."
52. Childeren. We might aswell shut down the ERSB and ban games ourselfs, huh?
51. Xbox Livecam Enabled Games. Not those Arcade games, I'm talking about Retails. You wanna see an asscrack all day? That's not what I call "Happy Times".
50. Hoodthugs. Saints Row already influenced the nine-year-olds' mind. One game filled with those wannabe gangsta's is enough.

The other fifty, tomorrow.

I found my old Grand Theft Auto III box, somewhere under a pile of loundry I havn't washed infour years. I was actually searching for a lead pipe, to bash that b*tch's car with. Speaking of which, since my last blog didn't made much sense, if not at all. I'll explain what happened.

Since that Yellow Cab driver hit my car, I refuse to park it on 10th Ave, while there's a big car park on the terrain of the apartments. I just took an empty spot. Well, seems like no biggie. A guy who lives afloor higher, already was jealous of me getting a empty apartment for extra storage space. He became pissed off when I yelled "Jackpot!" extremely loud. He went insane when I took "his parking spot".

Now, I'll be honest. If somebody wants a fight.Even while the other wants to keep it with insulting, I usually trow the first punch. If someone insults me, I will go deep. And I mean REALLY deep 'till I find the S.O.B and beat the living hell outta him. A guy on Xbox Live insulted me, turns out he happens to live on Riverside. Half a mile away from me. Same age, same maturity. Same ignorant ass(...) as I am. He really crossed a line with insulting me for half a' hour straight. Riverside Drive only has a few apartments, so I decided to pay the pr*ck a visit. While I had no actual ideas of beating the **** out of him.Just a cruise to vent frustration. I recognized his face.He was walking down the street, going towarths Washington Heights.(LiveCam® BUSTEDDD!!!!). I pulled over, and asked him if he happened to have insulted a guy with the name of BraindeadRacr. He gave this look, like a robber gives when he's unarmed and weilding 60.000.000 dollar in his arms while facing the entire NYPD.

One word: BUSTED! BUSTED! BUSTED! Okay, three....

That look was more than enough, and who's dumb enough to fight on a busy street at 1PM?... He'll never wants to meet me again. Thank god he was stupid enough to say that he lives on Riverside, while having his LiveCam on. The irony almost gave him a heartattack.

Anyway, back to the SOB that gave me a black eye. He's a 40 year old Mexican who divorced his wife a short while ago. Explains the short anger-fuse. He's been arrested by the NYPD, and kept in a jailcell for a few nights. Explains the pissed off behavior. He's a general a-hole, either way. Explains the reason of why he decided to kick a hole in my door. He' was a street fighter during his younger years. Explains why I went at him with a wooden stick, instead of my hands. Actually, it was a broom stick,the broom part,I hammered off to use it as a ass-kicking-bat.

He punched me in the right eye, and give me a knee in the stumach. 'Nuff reason to slam a broom to hell, and whack the crazy Hombré with. I actually went this crazy, that I didn't notice the cops were already called and pulled up the parkway. At that point I also broke the last part of the broom stick on the ****head's back.

I made a run for it, but for some reason the cops pulled their weapons and threathned to shoot if I didn't stop fleeing. All of the sudden, I was the madman. Okay, I beat the living hell out of a somewhat old man with a broom stick, and made a run for it. That's lets see...

- Domestic Dispute
- Intentionally Hurting a Man using a weapon
- Fleeing
- Resisting Arrest

Quite a list. Not to mention, that this morning I broke his car windows. I wonder if he found out already, havn't seen him today. Yet. His crapshack Lincoln Contental will face some hurting, I said. And I barely, well actually sometimes break a promise. Ah well, when a brick flies through my kitchen window, I'll know it.

What the hell, I've had my revenge. And, I found GTAIII and played it again. Last save was "10 Febuary 2004, 5:16PM - The Exchange". I always loved to use those Inf. Health/Armor, putting on those "Peds have Weapons" and "Peds Riot" cheatcodes. It's Liberty City during wartime. Had a helluva time.

Yay for pointless blogs. Sorry guys, I just beat the **** out a dude and well, took some beating aswell.

After completing Just Cause, it just came up to me. The thought of why do all games have a extremely bad feature, and with "feature" I'm trying to say, main things like shooting, driving, map layout and such. But, in return they have one of the best features, which in Just Cause's case is the large map. Lotta exploring.

Grand Theft Auto never had ragdoll, but had one of the most entertaining storylines.
Saints Row had the uninteresting storyline, but had the best gunplay.
The Getaway had the most gray and dulled out overall feel, but had real-life vehicle makes.
True Crime had the most glitches and wacky physics, but had the best feel of a city.
Just Cause had the most idiotic gunplay, but had a massive island to screw around on.
Crackdown lacked next-gen graphics, aswell as a story, but had the best overall sounds ingame.
Driver never had a actual playing purpose, but always had the best physics. Far ahead of any other.

It's always something.

Well, my favorite genre is the action thing with the free-as-a-bird purpose tied to it.I do know it's the same story with FPS' and other genres. There never been a perfect game. How the hell Tony Hawks' game managed to get a 10 by GameSpot, I think a bribe but still. There never has been a single perfect game.

Developers of this day only think of one thing while creating their game. Income. Therefor, bug checks get rushed. The most ideas developers had get trown in the bin, while a select and overall the most entertaining will stay alive and get in the game. Why? Cause money doesn't wait. They don't give a damn, unless their sales drop, they couldn't care any less.

They don't pay attention to critics, unlike film producers like Stone, Tarrentino and Spielburg. They pay attention to the income. Hell even if the game gets a 4.6, the only thing they will pay attention to is the United States Dollar(USD) sign. That thing is God. and Satan in one. Cause it makes dreams, and breaks reality.

That's the reason why only a select, and I do mean SELECT group of games get a rating of 9.3 or higher. If "Replayability" was a reason to adjust the score. If "Replayability" was a "judge" aswell, games would have gotten a 7.0 maximum. Barely any games have any replayability, online or no online. You'd say, that no freedom cuts a big slice away from the slider. True, but let's give another reason a chance:

"Marketing Strategies."

This is one of the oldest tricks in the book. If you're rich, and buy a big Mercedes Benz. A big 500 SEC. Those things don't last forever, and if you wanna make it equal to a game; You'll have to drive thatcar five hours a day, on predetermined routes. After a week, when I tie you up and connect you to a lie detector, I will ask "Do you still enjoy the car as much as you did on the first and second day?". Your awnser will be "Yes". That's your mind speaking for you, cause you've wasted a ****load of money, and do not wanna appear dissapointed.

The lie detector will inmediatly scratch major lines, meaning your actual awnser was "No."

How can you fix this little disapointment? Buy a new Mercedes, a huge 500SL convertible. And the whole thing restarts from the point when you bought the 500SEC.

What I am trying to say with this little story is, when you buy a game like Need For Speed: Most Wanted. Racers, just like FPS' have already a short replayability. After a few weeks, you've completed the whole game, and feel extremely bored. You buy Need For Speed: Carbon. Why? Cause you like the genre, and want something new. Quick-money for the developers, a quick-sniff-o'-game for the player.

The point is: This, and the "Hurry-the-effin'-hell-up" boss-around of the developers creates the world without the perfect game. We'll just have to do with what's currently the best, and on my favorite genre's turf that's currently Grand Theft Auto. Which is great, but not perfect either.

What if the developers would say "Screw that time limit. If we wanna make a little goldmine of perfectness, we'll have to take our time.". That's when a good game comes out. But, from what I see with those games we're getting from those amateurs, that'll never happen.

Goddamnit.

Oh yes. Altough, I'll have to admit it was Flatout Ultimate Carnage that inspired me in the first place, but nontheless, it's not Naruto, or a RedBull sponsored race car vinyl coat. It's a Mitsubishi Lancer VIII MR... In a state, you never wanna have it:

Hell yeah! Used fender, used bumper, and dirt! Eat that Anime-fans!
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It's not all too hard to make, comparing it to anime. Its just as hard as creating a ordinary race car set up. However, look more closely now. Rust after the front wheel, a piece of plastic is missing on the rear door, my name is on the driverside door, a Gamespot.com advertisement, a little American flagand a (E) sign on the gascap.

Thorpe89, what you did to me in the Nissan Skyline. Revenge, buddy ;).
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Usually, players use the "Copy all from left/right side" to get work done faster. I created a whole new design on the right side. A used yellow sideskirt, a gray door, scratches here and there, the backdoor covered by a piece of sheetmetal to fill up a major ditch and several dirt spots. Not that I'm the only one who creates a new side, rather than copying, it's still something worth pointing out.

D E S T R O Y - Don't Eagerly Stagger The Rear of Yerself. Translated, "Hit me, expect it back. Hard"
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The backside is a whole different story. The trunk has never been cleaned, pointing out that I'm from New York. And, well the cheesy DESTROY thing. "Dont Eagerly Stagger The Rear Of Yerself". That's what I'm gonna say when someone hits me, I'm gonna say that with a scottish accent and say "Talley-Ho!" once I took my revenge.

Advertising in game! OMG! WTF!
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Advertisement. 'Nuff said.

This car has been created for damage. The nasty ditch on the side was caused by an Audi. The nasty bump on the front is the Audi.
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An big hell yeah for originality, alright!?

Grand Theft Auto IV. Add a little delay to it. What do you get? A handfull of pissed of gamers, as the majority will understand that a delay of a week, or two will only result on the game being better.

Now, let's change the moment, and replace "a little" with "a six month long". What's the result to that? Havoc. Every single GTA fan is now bashing it's head against the wall, screaming the dramatic "Noooo....!", shaking his friends around saying "Don't you understand, it's been delayed! Naw-wah-wah....", and running through the streets, yelling "Nooooooooo!".

And to top that pile of ****, add the analyst who notified the world on: The PS3 caused the six month delay.

Seems like the perfect combo for war. Right? Not exactly, I just forgot to mention that TakeTwo's stocks plumited SEVENTEEN percent in a few hours time. As result of the delay.

So, a sum-up of it all: Six Month Delay + PS3 caused it + T2 Nasdaq stocks goes downhill -/- Riot.

It's pretty sad overall that the game's getting delayed in the first place. But who in ****s name expected it to be a delay that's actually six months? Ofcourse,it's a riot at every major Grand Theft Auto website. And ofcourse, there's them idiots that try to reason the bunch with the ignorant comments:

It's only a game!Ignorant Idiot

If he was standing infront of me, overhere, right now. I would slap him on the cheek, saying:
"Dont you understand! It's Grand Theft Auto!"

No, actually I would kick him in the balls, slap him around and say "Smartasses get their asses kicked. See if you're smartass enough to figure your way out of a beating."

The usual responses to this story are like these:
- You've got to be ****in' kidding me...
- Godamn that PS3!
- I knew that piece of **** would screw us over someday
- Just when you thought the Xbox360 caused some develop problems....

The other usual responses are these:
- The StarWars "Luke I'm delaying GTA" - "Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"
- **** happens
- Yay for Halo.
- Microsoft and Sony are killing eachother.
- I don't care for NYSE....

The more interesting responses were these:

Yep. The fierce war between the fanboys has started. And just when you think the fanboys are about to kick the living hell out of eachother, a Sony PR drops a few lines.

Dave Karraker speaks on GTA IV delay
Posted Aug 03, 2007 at 01:17PM by Enrico S.

Listed in: PlayStation 3
Tags: Sony, SCEA, Dave Karakker

A lot of people were disappointed by the announcement of Take Two that GTA IV will be delayed. However, SCEA PR boss Dave Karakker seems rather unfazed by this turn of events saying that "No single game makes or breaks any PlayStation platform."

He gave word that it's only natural that hardware manufacturers would want to see Grand Theft Auto IV on the shelves as soon as possible. However, this is considered an important franchise by Sony, and the company had expressed its support for Take-Two to take as much time as it needs to make a great game.

He further stressed the point that no single game makes or breaks any PS platform, and that they don't rely on one hit game. He said that "We Sony prefer to offer consumers a wide choice in software, appealing to a broader audience beyond just the hardcore gamer."

Karraker made some good points that can be said about most consoles today. Players who have been waiting to get their hands on GTA IV may have to wait a little bit more, but it'll be worth it if Take Two releases a well polished game.QJ

"No single game makes or breaks the Playstation platform". You hippie! Grand Theft Auto III made the damn PS2, Vice City and San Andreas only boosted sales for about 12%, and dont you think the 80GB would sell a little bit better if Grand Theft Auto IV was available? PR isn't Public Relations, it's Panicked Retard Grand Theft Auto was Sony's pride. Sony's secret weapon. Untill the Hot Coffee scandal, then you guys backed off and came with the "We can't care any less, sir" comments.

"...but it'll be worth it if Take Two releases a well polished game." Hold on, the difficult developing technology Sony delivered caused the delay, not a substancial crash in development tools you jackass.

I've got one thing to say to Sony's Game Studio's staff:

The **** is wrong with you guys?

First, you guys discontinue the PS3's 60GB console, to boost sales of the upcoming PS3 80GB, now you guys seem to be careless against this game that once was your game? Oh, I get it... Microsoft bought you guys out. This isn't a matter of "making or breaking", it's all a matter of money. It seems that Sony finds it difficult to understand the fact that their oh-so-damn-advanced developing tools caused this delay.

While the Xbox 360 zealots are jumping the Playstation 3 babysitters, the stocks of T2 continue to plummit, Sony continues to be a b*tch, and the true caring fans who are watching it all happen like a match of baseball, are the ones who eventually will feel the slap.

The real cause, like I said is Sony's difficult developing tools. According to a high-ranked Analyst:

Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter believes that Rockstar has delayed the release of Grand Theft Auto IV because it is struggling with development on the PlayStation 3. And since it's likely that Rockstar had an agreement with Sony not to favour one console over the other, it means they can't release one version and delay the other.

"We think it is likely that the Rockstar team had difficulty in building an exceptionally complicated game for the PS3, and failed to recognise how far away from completion the game truly was until recently.

"We think it is also likely that Take-Two had a contractual commitment to Sony that it would not favour competitor Microsoft by launching the Xbox 360 version of GTA IV prior to launching the PS3 version, and believe that any delay of the PS3 version necessitated a delay of the Xbox 360 version."

The game has been delayed until February, March or April of 2008, though hopefully we'll have a more specific date soon.Adam MCS from GTAforums

Now, to finish this pool of shame: The responses of every cause.

- Microsoft Game Studios: "No Comment"
- Sony Game Studios: "We ain't to blame..."
- Rockstar Games CEO S. Houser: "Sorry guys. We're just catching the crossfire."
- Michael Patcher: "Sony's to blame."
- Nasdaq T2 Stocks: "Down 18%. Damn"
- The GTA Fans: "Nooooooooooo!"

This is a ****ing outrage.

Yes.... Finally, there's some damn DLC to that game. That game became pretty boring already, and since I've basicly used every car by now it was about time for some DLC. A pack that's supposed to promote's Nissan new 2007 models, I believe. And a premium back, a Peugeot LeMans Race car.

The Nissan'07 Models pack is free, but the french mister-lady costs 80 Microsoft Points. First things first, yes it is in matter of fact; A Rant! Why? Cause actually, they should have done a better job... C'mon now, two cla.ss D cars, a single C cla.ss and a R1 Peugeot that goes extremely fast but has the worst handling in return. Aside from the Peugeot being the only usefull car of all four; I demand to know how much Nissan paid Turn10 Interactive for this.

The 2007 Nissan Sentra... Hybrid? Nope.

The 2007 Nissan 350Z... Any different than the '04 model? Nope.

The 2007 Nissan Altima... Usefull? Nope.

The Number 8 Peugeot 88-something LeMans... Worth it? Nope.

And, looking at those pictures... Exiting DLC huh? Three just-as-average Nissans and a totally unknown Peugeot. Kindaa shame, I expected the Italian's, Americans and Japanese to be given a chance. Not just a single Japanese, and those French automobile manufacturers, they have to stay out of video games.

Oh, almost forgot this; Take a look at the following picture:

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Now, if you can say that car is infact the fourth DLC car packaged with the Nissan set, which I didn't told about. Or, is it a fake. If you get the correct awnser.... I'm gonna reward you. And if all of you got it right, you'll have to split the reward....

PRIMA Guides, the overall sucky, ****ty online game guide producer.And usually makes extremely sucky-****ty game guides. But for once, and I do mean once cause they've created over 400 different guides and all gotten a 4.5 or less by buyer reviews. And somehow, their The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Official Game Guide does seem to be good.

I bought it after reading nummerous positive feedbacks, and indeed it was for once good. Thing is, unlike BradyGames guides, these things cost 25 to 30 dollar a piece. Kinda a rip off thinking of PRIMA's past. But 450 pages of actual help, it's finally worth it.

BradyGames, they were too late for a deal with BethSoft. PRIMA already bought the rights, and scored off deep behind-the-scenes information such as Precentages, all secrets and a extremely detailed walkthrough the game. I do have to make one statement about PRIMA's writers... They really like to use "Damn" in various sentaces. Unlike the "Crap"-spree BradyGames used to have, PRIMA likes to open the vocabulary of "Catchy-Words" a little bit further. Yay for no-censorship-policies!

Anyway, BradyGames who usually gets the Copyrights trown at them for popular games such as Grand Theft Auto, Halo and other best sellers. But, BradyGames isn't what you can call "indepth" with their guides and reallyuses the lets-get-over-with-it sty.le...

But since I know you couldn't care less, and by this moment you're already slapping your face while saying "Goddamnit man! Get over with it, moron!". I made a little deal with a Printing Shop somewhere in Newark, I dont know where the **** he's located exactly as I spoke to him by phone... Either way, a few copies of the "Uofficial The Elder Scrolls Oblivion Game Guide" for less than 50 bucks. I just didn't told him that the book will become 800 pages plus big...

That's full color, on 0.03cm thick paper. Still, I know you couldn't give a damn about it. But what the hey, I felt like blogging and talking about some guy becoming deaf while we were playing a map called "The Giant Toiletbowl" isn't interesting enough. Well, it is, but that's somethin' for tomorrow you know, acause that dude is the worlds' biggest mother****er. In a good way!

Oh, and he sliced his leg open while playing Far Cry. We we''re playin' and all of the sudden I heard "God ****ing damnit! *glass cracks* ****!!!". For so far I know, he litterally crushed a glass with his bare hands. That'll probally mean no more f-word fests, cause for all I know his hands are filled with tiny bits of glass...

Anyway, since around 7 complete books only will cost me 50 bucks. I will just offer 6 copies free on eBay, cause I just know some idiots are willing to pay.

And, if I made your day even more boring - Mission Succesfull. Beat that mother****er, TOUCHÉ! It'll be somewhat more entertaining tomorrow... Sheesh, it's a blog, not Saturday Night Live. :P

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I'm back from my usual preorder spree... Only this time; It's different. "I BestBuy'd. I ordered online. I eBay'd. Perhaps at Import USA, things will be different." In a few words, I will simply keep on hatingIMPUSA with my whole soul, but then again... They're somewhat cheaper. Maybe it's the ****ty service that caused the small price drop... But with a PAL console, it has to be done...

"You're lookin' for some games..." - "We're all looking for those special games."

'Nuff Bellic quotes... Anyway, I preordered;

• Grand Theft Auto: IV
• Halo 3
• Splinter Cell Conviction
• Mass Effect
• Bioshock
• Burnout Paradise
• Need For Speed ProStreet
• Assasins Creed
• Beowulf
• Crysis
• Far Cry 2
• Army of Two
• Mercenaries 2: World In Flames
• - Total Checkout: 849$ over a period of 7 months. 65-69 bucks per game including import taxes.

That's a whole lotta money? Not really... It's somewhere around 140 dollar per month. Small investment when you think of it being used for months to come. I'm not rich, but usually I spend more bucks on gasoline money...

Oh yeah, on a side note, I passed the 8K gamerscore last week. Didn't got the time to blog about it earlier... So what the hell:

So long.