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Lastgengamer on 29 January 2010
http://palgn.com.au/playstation-3/15933/gta-episodes-head-to-the-ps3-and-pc/
PS3 News | You should've known it was coming.
Ever since they were announced for the Xbox 360 as a timed exclusive, speculation has been rife that the PlayStation 3 and PC would eventually recieve the two downloadable episodes for Grand Theft Auto IV. Today, Rockstar has officially announced that Grand Theft Auto Episodes from Liberty City will be released on the PlayStation 3 and PC. Both episodes will be available either on disc format, or individually as digital downloads.

For those unaware, the two episodes are The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, which tell the stories of Johnny Klebitz, a biker from The Lost gang and Luis Lopez, the right hand man to the most powerful nightclub owner in Liberty City. Together, they show how elaborately interwoven the GTAIV story was and provide contrasting experiences to Niko's story in the original game.

"It's been a long time coming, but we are proud to finally deliver Episodes From Liberty City for the PC and PlayStation 3," said Sam Houser. "We appreciate the patience of our PlayStation 3 and PC fans worldwide, and we look forward to putting the games in your hands this March."

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City will be available on the stand alone disc from 30 March 2010 globally, and just like the Xbox 360 version, will not require the original game to be played. The digital download copies of The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony will also be globally available on 30 March 2010, on both the PlayStation Network and Games for Windows - LIVE, and will require a copy of Grand Theft Auto IV to be accessed and played.

There is no pricing information available yet, but it is not expected to be much different to the Xbox 360 versions. While you wait for this, why not check out our review of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City?



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sully1311 on 29 January 2010

gr8 news!! not sure whether im gonna gt it yet though. still havnt finished the main game



andremop on 29 January 2010

Tell us something about the "loyalty" of The Agent.
And about "loyalty" of all third party studios.
Tell us such thing doesn't exist.

Sony is fine in this scenario. Microsoft needs a little bit more second/first party studios.



sully1311 on 29 January 2010

The question is now. Will Agent stay PS3 exclusive?



andremop on 29 January 2010
sully1311 said:
The question is now. Will Agent stay PS3 exclusive?

Yes, but only for 12 months.

I mean, every single game rockstar made last  gen ended on Xbox consoles.

And that was in a scenario where PS2 ruled high above all.

Imagine then this situation in this much more competitive scenario we have nowadays.

So of course, not, it's not going to stay exclusive. It's a given to me.



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Porcupine_I on 29 January 2010
sully1311 said:
The question is now. Will Agent stay PS3 exclusive?

i would say that does not only depend on loyalty but also on the size of Agent.

 

if you have a sandbox game that constantly required disc change if you walk from one half of a city to the other and back it would not make much sense in porting.

just as example



“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”

- George Orwell, ‘1984’