Live GTAIV Demo Dominates Take Two E3 Event

The Take Two event was dominated by a live demonstration of Grand Theft Auto IV . Though little more than jacking a car and a bit of driving was shown, it seemed to make an impression on journalists at the event. Other titles shown at the conference include Civilization Revolutions, Bioshock, and All-Pro Football 2K8. From Joystiq's take on the GTA demo: "Two Rockstar devs take the stage. The music is a placeholder, so they ask that we not mention it. They've never shown a game to an audience this large before it's release. They remind us that it's a work in progress, so we'll be nice. Something tells us it will impress regardless. The titles shares all key players from earlier GTA games. This consistency should ensure that the title meets expectations. With GTAIV, they're looking to "create the defining next generation action adventure." They show Niko starting in Star Juntion (Times Square). This is not a rags to riches story, 'it's a rags to slightly better rags story.'"

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but Blu-Ray discs access slower than DVD's

I've been seeing this comment all over /. lately. While that may be the case, developers know that they can cache to the hard drive which more than makes up for any lack of read speed, which isn't always the case on other consoles...

This is also why many PS3 games require multi-gig installs. Personally, I'm not a fan of that approach.