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Rockstar Announces GTA:IV DLC#2: The Ballad of Gay Tony

May 26, 2009 in News comments 13

The Lost and the Damned has been out for awhile now and there have been recent rumours regarding the second 360 exclusive GTA:IV DLC, but did anyone really see this coming?

Rockstar Games Announces Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony for Download on Xbox LIVE® and Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City Available on Disc for Xbox 360® this Fall

Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), is proud to announce the fall release of both the second episode of Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony - exclusively for download on Xbox LIVE® online entertainment network, and Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City, which will include both episode one The Lost and Damned, and episode two The Ballad of Gay Tony together on a single disc exclusively for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.

"Liberty City is the most vibrant game world we've created yet. The episodic structure has allowed us to interweave stories, gameplay and atmosphere in a whole new way," said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. "The team at Rockstar North have yet again surpassed themselves, and made something that is both epic and very innovative. This episode's focus on high-end night life contrasts with the biker gangs portrayed in The Lost and Damned, whilst giving us a lot of new gameplay possibilities."

Grand Theft Auto IV's second downloadable episode, The Ballad of Gay Tony injects Liberty City with an overdose of guns, glitz, and grime. As Luis Lopez, part-time hoodlum and full-time assistant to legendary nightclub impresario Tony Prince (aka "Gay Tony"), players will struggle with the competing loyalties of family and friends, and with the uncertainty about who is real and who is fake in a world in which everyone has a price.

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City delivers two games on one disc - the all-new episode The Ballad of Gay Tony and the first episode, The Lost and Damned - together on disc for the first time - for Xbox 360 for $39.99 and will not require a copy of the original Grand Theft Auto IV to play.

The Ballad of Gay Tony will release on Xbox LIVE this fall for $19.99 or 1600 MS points and requires players to have Grand Theft Auto IV for Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE membership to download.
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  • 0
    kik36 May 26, 09
    LMFAO say what?! It's an interesting title I suppose.
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    Sabre May 26, 09
    I haven't really heard much from the lost and the damned, but putting the 2 DLC's on A retail disk that doesn't require the GTA IV disk to play is a good move I think. It opens the game to the minority who missed out on GTA IV.
    • 0
      Cruxis Mana May 26, 09
      I got GTA:IV for PS3 before I got my 360 so that deal is tempting.
  • 0
    iLLmatic May 26, 09
    I thought this was a stupid joke after reading it all over the net, until I saw it on Rockstar's own website. I don't even know what to make of it. I want to laugh, but it's just like..."what?" I'm glad I got the game on PS3. Free online, and I sure as hell didn't miss on 2 questionable DLC packs.
    • 3
      Cruxis Mana May 26, 09
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      I sure as hell didn't miss on 2 questionable DLC packs.
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      Last I check, The Lost and the Damned got great reviews and this has classic Rockstar written all over it.
      • 2
        iLLmatic May 26, 09
        quote Cruxis Mana
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        I sure as hell didn't miss on 2 questionable DLC packs.
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        • 5
          Cruxis Mana May 27, 09
          Well that was certainly... insightful.
  • 0
    Tiger of Wu May 26, 09
    See, I never gave a flying shite about L&D but this one makes me jealous because by the sounds of it it's going to be taking GTA back into what it used to be. That said I can't currently afford to spend money on games anyway so it's not much of a loss
  • 0
    kspiess May 27, 09
    Ballad of Gay Tony? Hehe ah Rockstar.
  • 1
    GTA_Fanatic May 27, 09
    I hate missing out on Grand Theft Auto DLC.
  • 1
    Jak66 May 27, 09
    Wow. I figured all along that you would play Luis in DLC#2. I never thought I would be correct though!

    They better make him better, cause he's a complete homo in the scenes of the game he's in, and he looks like a homo too
  • 1
    Bale Fire May 27, 09
    And Rockstar isn't trying to stir up controversy up at all
  • 0
    xegaldis May 28, 09
    Give them to PS3 owners.

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