Rumour: New handheld GTA... on iPhone

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famousringo on 02 July 2009

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/07/02/gtaiv_iphone/

The appearance of mysterious video has got the gaming world convinced that Grand Theft Auto IV is coming to... the iPhone.

The video hints that GTA IV's coming to the iPhone

On a website called comingoniphone.com, you're shown a horizontally placed iPhone underneath the banner heading: "You have no idea what’s coming on iPhone."

Click on the iPhone’s screen and you’re treated to a 40-second video clip of something that looks a lot like GTA IV down to the very last detail.

For example, two gun-wielding men drive a blacked-out four-by-four that’s being chased by several police cars. Even the buildings look almost identical to those seen in New York Liberty City.

Is that Niko Bellic's reflection?

One shot also shows a man who looks suspiciously like GTA IV protagonist the blood-thirsty gangster Niko Bellic.

It’s important to note that the footage hasn’t actually been taken directly from GTA IV and is obviously a out-of-game rendering – as many videogame adverts are.

Rockstar has denied all knowladge

The game - whatever it is - is set to be released this summer, according to the website.

Rockstar's UK wouldn't confirm or deny that an iPhone version of GTA is on the way.

UPDATE:

Rockstar denies any work on a GTA for iPhone. Looks like this is somebody else's crime sim.

http://www.n4g.com/dev/News-354515.aspx

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famousringo on 02 July 2009

Here's the link they're talking about. Lazy bastards missed the dashes.

http://www.coming-on-iphone.com/

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SaviorX on 02 July 2009

Looks more like Driver to me. The police car doesn't have the traditional GTA vehicle design.

If this is true, why is GTA everywhere except the Wii? Damn.

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badgenome on 02 July 2009

Niko wasn't black!

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famousringo on 02 July 2009

axumblade said:
skin is a little dark for niko bellic...but could be him. at the same time, you never get that view in GTA IV so I'm not sure if it would be the same type of game. I could see chinatown wars going to the iphone easily though.

Yeah, the top-down camera at the start of the getaway scene makes it look like this game will have more in common with Chinatown Wars than any of the console GTAs. I'm not convinced that it's a GTA game at all, since there's no shortage of imitators out there.

Whoever is making it, they're willing to shell out the cash for a pretty decent CGI scene, so it looks like a pretty serious production to me.

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MAFKKA on 02 July 2009

ROCKSTAR says NO!

http://www.n4g.com/dev/News-354515.aspx

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famousringo on 02 July 2009

MAFKKA said:
ROCKSTAR says NO!

http://www.n4g.com/dev/News-354515.aspx

Thanks. I've updated the OP.

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