GTAIV trailer is (not) live!

by Richard Mitchell { Mar 29th 2007 at 6:30PM }

Awaited by hooligans, carjackers, and murder simulation fiends everywhere, the day has finally arrived. That's right, the first official trailer for Grand Theft Auto IV has officially won the internets. At least, that's what we would be saying, if the official website hadn't instantaneously crashed the second the timer reached zero. With the positively massive hype around GTAIV, you'd think Rockstar (and Take-Two for that matter) would have the most ironclad servers on the planet. As of right now though, all attempts to load the trailer page have failed. Not to worry 360 Fanboys, we have our crack team of Xbox 360 Fanmonkeys (not to be confused with our team of Xbox 360 Fanmonkeys on crack) constantly hitting "refresh" at a furious pace. We've promised an entire bunch of bananas to the first one to successfully load the trailer. When it goes live, you'll be the first to know.

But what caused this crash? Sure, it could have been the monumental traffic aimed squarely at Rockstar. Either that, or Jack Thompson snuck his way into Take-Two's obsidian fortress with a pair of pliers and a blowtorch.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

AlfPog @ Mar 29th 2007 6:35PM

It's in Liberty City again. You are a Russian. Looks ok. The video is pretty short, only a minute long.

Infallible @ Mar 29th 2007 6:36PM

Decent mirror: http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/10347/Grand+Theft+Auto+IV+Trailer+#1

omar @ Mar 29th 2007 6:38PM

Btw, the trailer is available on xbox.com.

blamecanada @ Mar 29th 2007 6:42PM

http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=18205&type=mov&pl=game

http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3650518/Grand_Theft_Auto_4_First_HD_Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlF6fbIFiCM

codyvasy @ Mar 29th 2007 6:42PM

Game Trailers has it as well as gta4.net link to a torrent of it.

ChewyDogg @ Mar 29th 2007 6:43PM

Last time I checked, the Statue of Liberty, Times Square, and the Empire State Building were in New York, not Liberty City...

AoE @ Mar 29th 2007 6:45PM

Direct link to HD trailer from gametrailers:

http://download.gametrailers.com/gt_vault/t_gta4_trailer1_720p.wmv

Looks great :)

Mikeawesome @ Mar 29th 2007 6:49PM

It's definitely NYC and I'm definitely pumped.

I hope I get to shoot Hillary Clinton! :D

Juarez are they serious? @ Mar 29th 2007 6:49PM

#6, apparently you never played previous GTA games. Last I checked they had landmarks from real life in a fictional city.

Fragland @ Mar 29th 2007 6:51PM

Fragland mirror:
HD version:
http://www.fragland.net/downloads.php?id=15686
Standard version:
http://www.fragland.net/downloads.php?id=15687

Ithilis @ Mar 29th 2007 6:51PM

It looks pretty good, I gotta say. I wonder what console that was running on..

Johnny @ Mar 29th 2007 6:54PM

So the next gta is Batman Begins?

Nate @ Mar 29th 2007 6:55PM

yuck, not impressed

codyvasy @ Mar 29th 2007 6:57PM

liberty ferry terminal! Sounds like liberty city to me.

John @ Mar 29th 2007 6:59PM

It's definately NYC. The statue of Liberty, the Chrysler building, and at the end he's standing on the brooklyn bridge.

I think the game is going to take place in the '80s too tho, not the present. In the beginning the subway cars had graffiti on them. NYC had big problems with that in the '80s. I'm just guessing though, could be way off.

killersniperoo7 @ Mar 29th 2007 6:59PM

Neat!

Darko @ Mar 29th 2007 7:06PM

HAHAH New York.... God Hillary Is gonna be all over this. I love you Rockstar!

Chuckels @ Mar 29th 2007 7:08PM

Sort of dissapointed with this trailer. I really don't like Russians that much to play one and well we've done the city only theme with all the GTA's in liberty settings. Why not do something huge like San Andreas

Mike @ Mar 29th 2007 7:09PM

If I may speculate wildly for a minute - "perhaps here things will be different"

Could this imply an ethics system has been implemented? If the protagonist ponders a different lifestyle, perhaps you have ethical choices to make in the game?

Troy @ Mar 29th 2007 7:09PM

Very good looking video. I hope the game looks this good. I like the extra details, like the leaves on the trees, birds flying, etc.

I have high hopes that the game plays well.

Daveoc64 @ Mar 29th 2007 7:18PM

It's Liberty City.

Look at the ship when he's talking about smuggling.

It says "Liberty City" on it.

It's unlikely they'd have NYC and Liberty City existing.

Sure it has landmarks from NYC, but so have all of the previous games.

Clinton @ Mar 29th 2007 7:34PM

bomb diggity

Tony @ Mar 29th 2007 7:40PM

Again, it's not NYC as much as its Liberty City. You'll see multiple shots in the video of things named Liberty___. I'd kind of rather it was a fictional place, myself.

joemc72 @ Mar 29th 2007 8:01PM

At about :30 into the trailer, there's a sign in the lower left hand corner that pretty clearly says "Welcome to Liberty City".

Don Wilson @ Mar 29th 2007 8:15PM

Xbox.com: http://www.xbox.com/NR/rdonlyres/4775DDFE-086B-418F-822C-454A6A152087/0/vidgrandtheftautoivcomingHi.asx

Sircolby45 @ Mar 29th 2007 8:20PM

It can be found at gametrailers.com Also this link works ---> http://media.rockstargames.com/flies/1280x720.wmv
I watched it and I wasn't very impressed though...Doesn't really show much.

Ephraim @ Mar 29th 2007 9:01PM

Mike
I didn't really think about that at first but now that you mention it I think that would be a really cool idea that would add some freshness. I hope they do something to that effect.

ChewyDogg @ Mar 29th 2007 9:20PM

Refresh my memory #9, I've played them all since GTA 3. Name some real life landmarks used in these games.

IV is in Liberty City all right, says so on the boat under "Platypus". I was just saying...

CJ @ Mar 29th 2007 11:51PM

Lame trailer.

THA1icarus @ Mar 30th 2007 3:57AM

It's a teaser... And it's cool...

http://img8.imagepile.net/img8b/40349libertycity.jpg
and it's Liberty City.......
Or else they would get the mayor of NY on them claiming it's bad for the city, and maybe even a NY jack Thompson that will crusad against this game.....