For the next week, Xbox LIVE Gold members will be able to purchase the Grand Theft Auto IV expansion, The Ballad of Gay Tony, for the reduced price of 1200 MS Points (as opposed to the normal 1600 MS Points).

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Good news for GTA fans is that Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City has finally arrived on the PS3, after almost six month’s exclusivity on the Xbox 360 but better late than never.

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GTA: Episodes from Liberty City is a standalone expansion for Grand Theft Auto IV, which was until the release of Modern Warfare 2 the highest grossing entertainment title in history. Both episodes are available as individual DLC for GTA IV, but are also available as a bundle on store shelves, and do not require the original game to play, however, it certainly helps to have played the original.

What do the following have in common: William Wallace, Niko Bellic, South Africans since 1994? That was an easy one, the answer is freedom! And that is exactly what you get in the Grand Theft Auto games. Although true freedom is quite a stretch when it comes to games, as you quickly find out in this particular series. It does create quite the illusion though. Liberty City is, as the name implies, again the venue for this adventure that takes place during the same time as Niko Bellic’s time there. You get to go where you want and do what you want, but not without consequence. The police will act harshly on those who transgress.

Continue reading El33tonline’s review of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City.

Microsoft has taken the wraps off a new limited edition Grand Theft Auto Xbox 360 bundle.

The bundle includes an Xbox 360 Elite console as well as Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City and Grand Theft Auto IV. It will be available in South African stores from the 13th of November for R3499 but only for a limited time.

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For a princely sum of 1600 MS Points, you’ll be able to gain access to Liberty City’s world of “guns, glitz and grime,” in a new Grand Theft Auto IV episode, The Ballad of Gay Tony, now available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace.

“As Luis Lopez, part-time hoodlum and full-time assistant to legendary nightclub impresario Tony Prince (a.k.a. “Gay Tony”), 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.”

Be sure to take a look at all of El33tonline’s previous coverage of GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony, as well as the compilation disc, GTA: Episodes From Liberty City, to flip through a wealth of screenshots, trailers and extra information.

A batch of new GTA: The Ballad of Gay Tony screenshots have found their way out into the public, accompanied by a crazy, crazy trailer for GTA: Episodes From Liberty City, which comprises GTA: The Lost and Damned as well as the upcoming Ballad of Gay Tony into one, standalone retail package.

As can always be expected from Rockstar, the trailer is of the highest quality (with sharp humour squeezed in for kicks), while the screenshots continue to impress:

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