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Next Grand Theft Auto - Beat Up NYC
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Published Mar 30, 2007
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Well, it looks like those faithful to Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto franchise will be able to steal cars in New York City in Grand Theft Auto IV. The newest GTA, which won't be released until mid-October is actually a sequel to GTA III, which took place in a "quasi-NYC". It wasn't enough to have Activision's game True Crime, where you could be a rogue street cop (maybe not so far from the truth), but now you can steal cars and beat people up. It's almost like an updated version of Rockstar's own video game version of The Warriors.
The trailer features several prominent NYC landmarks and it even has a graffiti covered subway. The Cyclone is now the Screamer and the MetLife building is the GetaLife building. Is that really a secret message from Rockstar to their audience?
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