In a press release today, Rockstar Games announced that Chinatown Wars will be coming to the Sony PSP in America and Europe this fall.

"We're proud to extend this truly unique handheld Grand Theft Auto experience to PSP and offer a downloadable version of Chinatown Wars for PSP," said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. "Rockstar Leeds has shown incredible talent in creating games that raise the bar in terms of depth and innovation on portables, and with Chinatown Wars we have a rich, fast-paced, and incredibly addictive entry into the series."

"Rockstar's work with the GTA series has been an enormous part of the success of PlayStation platforms," said Jack Tretton, President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America. "We're excited to welcome the critically acclaimed Chinatown Wars to the outstanding line-up of great games headed to the PSP platform this fall."

Rockstar has announced the second downloadable add-on for Grand Theft Auto IV, this one subtitled The Ballad of Gay Tony. Like the last episode, The Ballad of Gay Tony will be exclusive to Xbox 360 and will have a price of 1600 Microsoft points or $19.99.

The Ballad of Gay Tony follows Luis Lopez, the assistant to the nightclub manager Tony "Gay Tony" Prince. In it, 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."

Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games offered this statement:


Rockstar has also announced Grand Theft Auto IV: Episodes from Liberty City, a disc-based release that will include both The Lost and the Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony. This disc will hit retail this fall, exclusively for Xbox 360. It will have a price of $39.99 and will not require a copy of GTA IV to run.

And no, we're not making this up.

Hopefully everyone is enjoying GTA Chinatown Wars to the extent that I am. Meanwhile I've managed to conjure up some basic pages of information for the Chinatown Wars section of GTA Warehouse, including a list of weapons, complete soundtrack, cheat codes, information on gangs, multiplayer, and more. Check out the links below:

:: Characters - Who do we know in Liberty City?
:: Cheats & Unlockables - Cheating disables the autosave feature
:: Features - What can you do with the DS's touch screen?
:: Gangs - Who is where and what do they want?
:: Mini-Games - Fun, addictive, and an easy way to get extra cash
:: Multiplayer - Head-to-head or co-op locally over wi-fi
:: Radio Stations - All 48 songs
:: Videos - Official trailers and video releases
:: Weapons - 24 weapons of mass destruction

The fourth feature clip from GTA Chinatown Wars is now live and viewable below. The popular Rampage mode has returned to Grand Theft Auto and is just as fun now as it ever has been.


You can see all of the released Chinatown Wars videos on our videos page.

Reviews of Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars have hit the internet, praising the team at Rockstar for the triumph that is the next installment in the GTA series. Chinatown Wars offers everything you love about your favorite GTA games, perfectly proportioned for on-the-go gaming. It's difficult to verbalize our opinions without repeating everything that's already been said in the reviews, so tomorrow (or Friday if you live in Europe) just go out and buy this game and see for yourself how Chinatown Wars is the pinnacle of Grand Theft Auto in handheld form.

IGN Review, 1Up Review, Eurogamer Review

Ghostface Killah & Doom "Chinatown Wars" Radio World Premiere

In yesterday's report of their first quarter financial results for the fiscal year of 2009, Take-Two Interactive released a list of games in their pipeline for the remainder of FY 2009, among them the second episodic content for Grand Theft Auto IV:


Take-Two's fiscal year ends on October 31, 2009.

Rockstar Games has launched the official Chinatown Wars website along with the first official trailer. Also new are various screenshots that you may have seen in previous news coverage, as well as some high-res wallpapers and a screensaver for both PC and Mac. I've recently added a Chinatown Wars section to GTA Warehouse in anticipation of the official site launch, so expect that to be updated soon as well. View the trailer below. Visit the videos page for another quick video demonstrating one of the various ways to hotwire a car using the stylus. Of course both videos are also available in full HD:

Hopefully you've all read about my recent trip to New York to check out The Lost and Damned courtesy of Rockstar. Since the trip, myself and the other webmasters were unable to report on the happenings of February 11, until now.


This is a shortened 'homepage' version. You can read everything from start to finish on our Fansite Event page. Thanks again to Rockstar for everything they've done for us, and if you're still doubting whether or not Chinatown Wars is worth getting, just get it. Srsly.

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned is now available for download exclusively on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 1600 Microsoft Points. The download is a little over 1.7 gigs, so depending on your connection this may be a good time to start doing your tax return.

If you recall from a few news posts ago, myself and 7 other GTA webmasters were recently in New York City checking out GTAIV: The Lost and Damned, on an all-expenses-paid trip courtesy of Rockstar Games. We held off releasing the details of our trip until after getting the latest Lost and Damned information posted up, and since that has had 24 hours to sink in, on we go to more important stuff.

Below is just a tiny preview, so be sure to read the full account of our trip on our GTAIV Premier Fansite Event page, which still has the details from last April's trip as well.



An exponentially huge thanks to Rockstar for being so generous as always and allowing us to come back and visit again.