I've added a few new pages and updates to the GTA4 section of the site and am also currently working on plenty more which should be rolled out by next week:

100% - Not exactly a checklist, but an outline of what is required for 100% completion including weighted percentage
Radio Stations - Has been updated with the complete 207-song soundtrack including DJ's and genres of each radio station.
Tw@ Internet Cafe - List of all the in-game internet sites that you can visit in the Tw@ Internet Cafes

Updates coming very soon will include:
:: Vehicle list (as complete as possible) organized by manufacturer and paired with real-life replicas
:: Weapon list
:: Updated multiplayer page
:: Updated Liberty City page with comparisons of in-game buildings and real-life NYC landmarks
And more

Take-Two announced today that retail sales of GTAIV topped $500 Million in its first week.


Take-Two Chairman Strauss Zelnick congratulated the Rockstar team on their achievement:


Source: Take-Two press release.

Just taking a quick break from what is destined to be an all-day gaming session to let everyone know that the Social Club as well as the official GTA4 site have been updated. A .pdf file tutorial has been added to the multplayer section to provide tips on the different modes, and the recent TV commercial has been added in various formats to the video section.

I also posted a series of photos unboxing the GTA4 Special Edition Xbox360 version for those who only got the standard edition and are interested in seeing exactly what comes in the box. I hope everyone is enjoying GTA4 and has enough caffeine at their disposal.

As sort of an addition to last night's post about the cheat codes, an article on GamesRadar reports that if you visit a tw@ internet café and go to www.whattheydonotwantyoutoknow.com, you'll be greeting with a "message board" with "topics" that contain maps to the locations of the pigeons (hidden packages), stunt jumps, health and armor pickups, hidden weapons, and more.

I've put together a page with all 50 of GTA4's Xbox LIVE achievements as well as the cheat codes that found their way onto the internet today. As expected, using cheats will disable the achievements so do not save your game with cheats enabled; they can't be turned off either.

Just a few more hours until GTA4 is released in North America. Stay tuned to GTA Warehouse as we bring you as much information as possible in the coming days. We'll have plenty of in-depth information pages with the same level of detail and thoroughness as you've come to expect after using our vast array of San Andreas pages.

Several webmasters who attended the recent Premier Fansite Event, myself included, will be participating in a live webcast via TalkShoe.com at 8:00pm EST. You can call in and ask us questions about GTA4 or about our trip, or you can just listen in.

Update: The webcast ended at around 10:00pm EST. Thank you to all who emailed Jordan with questions; it was fun answering them and also getting back together with everyone less than a week after the trip to NYC.

Kotaku has published its review of Grand Theft Auto IV, detailing the many things they loved, and the few things they hated.


There are also a bunch of new gameplay videos available on IGN.

Additionally, we've added a list of Xbox360 Achievements to the site.

A new video posted on GameSpot, erroneously labeled as the fifth official GTAIV trailer, is actually a US television commercial advertising the game's release. It shows some scenes that we've seen in previous videos - some from different angles - as well as some new ones, ending with the trademark dramatic voiceover announcing the game's title and rating. We are still unsure as to why this is listed as an official trailer, since, despite it being an obvious TV spot, it has not been put on the official GTAIV website. It is still interesting to watch nonetheless (as if you needed any more advertising to convince you to buy this game).

During the last week of March I received a phone call from Mike Torok of Rockstar Games. While this in itself was a surprise, what he was calling about was even better. Rockstar was inviting the webmasters from the major GTA fansites to New York City to experience Grand Theft Auto IV first-hand, a week before its release. Over the next few weeks our transportation was sorted out, and we were basically left in the dark on all other details besides the fact that we were going and when. I didn't plan on publishing this article until after GTAIV was released, but pretty much all of the other sites posted theirs already so this article may seem a bit rushed. I wasn't as much of a shutterbug as the other webmasters, however; living close to New York City myself I visit there quite a few times a year.

You can read my full article detailing our trip here. The other webmasters that were invited were:

• Adam, Andy, illspirit, & Jevon - GTA4.net
• Chris - The GTA Place
• Jordan - PlanetGTA
• Kodo & Zidane - GTAGaming
• Psy - GTA4.tv

IGN has put up its seven-page review of GTA4, giving it an unheard of perfect score of 10 out of 10.

10	Presentation The story is Oscar quality. The use of the phone as a gaming portal is genius. There's really nothing more that could be asked for from GTA IV.
10	Graphics The level of detail is astounding. Liberty City feels alive and lived in. While there are some technical issues, the artistic merits push the score to the max. A true marvel.
10	Sound The dialogue makes the story. Without the excellent writing and the stellar voice acting, the story would fail. And the soundtrack kills -- more than 200 songs and almost all are great choices.
10	Gameplay The cover and targeting system work great. Blind firing with an RPG is a thing of beauty. Everything works in harmony and not a single one of the missions is bad. The most fun I've had in years.
10	Lasting Appeal The story will take anywhere from 25-45 hours to complete, depending on your skill level and attention span. There's plenty more to do once you finish the story, such as excellent multiplayer
10	OVERALL Masterful (out of 10 / not an average)