GTA IV for PC (official)

[Unimatrix Xero]

i might be a little out the loop here, but PC games dont normally come out on a Wednesday, is this a special release?

EDIT: GTA for me is $39.99, total price with VAT is $43 something

[Sethos]

i might be a little out the loop here, but PC games dont normally come out on a Wednesday, is this a special release?

We're talking GTA 4, of course it's special :p

[Unimatrix Xero]

We're talking GTA 4, of course it's special :p

ahh well thats cool, Friday is our release day in the UK but i like Wednesday

[Sethos]

What bothers me is they don't offer pre-load on such a big game, i can picture downloading a 14GB at 50 kb/s on Wednesday due to the servers getting hammered :/

[Elliot B.]

What bothers me is they don't offer pre-load on such a big game, i can picture downloading a 14GB at 50 kb/s on Wednesday due to the servers getting hammered :/

Does seem daft.

[Unimatrix Xero]

YAY my Credit card just got charged!! GTA on wednesday for me

in regards to steam and preloading, surprisingly its not down to valve to offer preloading its down to the games company itself, in this case 'Rockstar'. i know this doesnt reall help but hey lol

[Sethos]

YAY my Credit card just got charged!! GTA on wednesday for me

in regards to steam and preloading, surprisingly its not down to valve to offer preloading its down to the games company itself, in this case 'Rockstar'. i know this doesnt reall help but hey lol

No one blamed Valve either. No matter who's to blame it's still a stupid decision.

[Unimatrix Xero]

yea totally i have to agree with you Seth esp for a big game like that :(

[Elliot B.]

Any idea how much this costs in Game (retail store, not online) or GameStation?

[Unimatrix Xero]

Game retail is normal RRP (with 15%VAT) as the VAT has dropped today

RRP: ?34.25 http://www.game.co.uk/PC/Action/Shooter/~r...-Auto-IV/?s=gta

Gamestation is the same price.

heres some interesting news for you.... Game now own Gamestation, not sure if you knew but game in Wolves are making a big deal over this

[Unimatrix Xero]

yay.. GTA just got dispatched... will have it for Wednesday as i doubt 2nd class will get to me for tomorrow moring

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

Looks like I'm going to have to buy the game boxed. I already exceeded my monthly bandwidth limit and I can't even imagine downloading ~15GB of data. My ISP will smite me into oblivion if I do, haha. I can't wait to play online. It'll be crazy!

[null.]

Still unsure about getting this. Already got it on PS3 (and got my key to the city from R* ;)), but the PC will look nicer, and I'd probably play it online more with a mouse and keyboard.

However, I think I'll be getting LBP (eventually!) first. Unless R* have another 100% competition. :p

[Unimatrix Xero]

i thought it would be cool to get a collection of gamertags for people who are getting GTA for the PC.

If your interested in blasting round the city then send me a friends request 'Unimatrix Xero' if sending a FR place a little note saying your from Neowin.. thanks

[StealMySoda]

Got my copy of GTA 4 this morn, yay for GAME.

[Elliot B.]

Got my copy of GTA 4 this morn, yay for GAME.

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Lucky lucky :)

[Pupik]

Lucky guy. I still got almost a whole day to wait... and then jump to a shop to pick up a copy after the work.

[Unimatrix Xero]

ohh did you preorder? as i did, you have me all excited now, come on postie!!!!

[StealMySoda]

It was so funny when I saw it came a day early.

I got it delivered to my girlfriends place to safety so I went to check when we woke up this morning, I promptly returned to her room to tell her I had to leave and she wouldn't be seeing me till at least tomorrow.

See totally understood xD

ohh did you preorder? as i did, you have me all excited now, come on postie!!!!

Yeah I pre ordered on Play.com, but then switched it to GAME because they said they sent it time for it to be delivered on release day.

It's taking FOREVER to install, damn my 5400rpm hard drive.

[Unimatrix Xero]

ohh stands a chance that i might have mine early as well then, damm postman doesnt get his arse to mine till late :(

i got my dispatch notice at about 4pm last night

[Sethos]

Can't play it until release anyway, SecuROM has the game locked until the release date.

[Pupik]

Can't play it until release anyway, SecuROM has the game locked until the release date.

I guess he's from the US, where the release day for the game is today.

well his profile clearly states Nottingham UK

Just noticed :laugh:

[Unimatrix Xero]

well i still want it early lol i knew about that lock

well his profile clearly states Nottingham UK

[Sethos]

I guess he's from the US, where the release day for the game is today.

Location clearly states "UK" and you can still install the game, though when trying to launch, SecuROM checks the date.

So perhaps at midnight there's a chance :)

[StealMySoda]

At this rate it wont be installed until midnight anyway :(