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Grand Theft Auto IV

Grand Theft Auto IV is an action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the eleventh title in the Grand Theft Auto series, and the first main entry since 2004's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The game is played from a third-person perspective and its world is navigated on-foot or by vehicle. Throughout the single-player mode, players play as Niko Bellic. An online multiplayer mode is included with the game, allowing up to 32 players to engage in both co-operative and competitive gameplay in a recreation of the single-player setting. Two expansion packs were later released for the game, The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, which both feature new plots that are interconnected with the main Grand Theft Auto IV storyline, and follow new protagonists.

Released: 29 April 2008
Developer: Rockstar North
Publisher: Take-Two Interactive
Engine: RAGE
Perspective: Third person
Age rating: PEGI 18 · ESRB M
Metacritic: 90/100
Steam recommendations: 178,960
Platforms: PlayStation 3 · PC (Microsoft Windows) · Xbox 360
Genres: Shooter · Racing · Adventure
Also known as: GTA 4 · GTA IV · Grand Theft Auto 4 · TBoGT · TLAD · The Ballad of Gay Tony
Estimated owners: 5,000,000–10,000,000 (est.)

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Player rating: 88
Critic rating: 1,885
Ratings counted: 83.3%
Steam reviews: 55
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Grand Theft Auto IV

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System requirements 1.5GB Download size 22.0 GB Steam Deck Playable Player counts 7,787

Grand Theft Auto IV

The story

Grand Theft Auto IV follows the story of Niko Bellic, a veteran of an unnamed war in Eastern Europe, who is haunted by the betrayal of his 15 man army unit. Ten years later, after a smuggling run goes bad due to a betrayal from a partner, Niko leaves Eastern Europe to escape the anger of his employer, Ray Bulgarin. After six months in the merchant navy (serving aboard the cargo ship the Platypus), and believing the stories of his cousin Roman, Niko comes to Liberty City to pursue the American Dream as well as searching for the traitor of his unit. After his arrival, however, Niko quickly learns that Roman's tales of riches and luxury were lies concealing struggles with gambling debts and loansharks, and that Roman lives in a dirty apartment rather than a mansion.

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