by Dave De Gasperi As discussed close to the end of 2008 in our “GTA IV – First impressions – Games For Windows Live” hands on preview, GTA IV for PC immediately presented a whole array of problems for PC gamers straight off the bat whilst simply attempting to get the game to run. Those who braved the daunting task …

Everytime a new sandbox game comes out, someone always loves to shout “GTA killer” and most of the time it’s just a lot of crap. Mafia 2 could be different. You see, what a lot of people don’t realise is that in many ways, the first Mafia did many of the things that GTA4 is being praised for now and …

by Dave De Gasperi Meet Niko Bellic, an ex-military man who just moved to Liberty City from somewhere in region of Eastern Europe. He decided to make the move to visit his cousin Roman in the US, who told has told him tall tales of big luxury apartments, sports cars, and beautiful women tripping over their own feet to get …

So we have finally received n ews on the GTA IV DLC that is on it's way and it looks like Rockstar have taken quite an interesting approach to how they have chosen to handle it. This is mainly because in the DLC you will no longer play as Niko Bellic, the usual hero of GTA IV. Nope, this time around you will thrown into the life of Johnny Klebitz, a member of the Lost biker gang that Niko runs into a couple of times in the original storyline. The question I want to raise is... what about the new cities or locations that everyone was harping on about a while ago? The new DLC will still take place in Liberty City and while I find the idea of jumping into a whole different character and story within the game, a lot of people have possibly already grown tired of seeing the sights and are ready for some new ones. It may be possible that DLC that includes extra locations may still come in future but for now, whether you are Johnny or Niko, you are going to be sharing the same turf for a while to come at the very least. The new DLC titles "Lost and Damned" will be available on February 17. No pricing had been given just yet.

Joystiq reports that product pages from GameStop and Amazon seem to now be displaying the release date of GTAIV for PC as December 2. Now, if you can't remember, the original release date for the game was November 18, meaning that the game is possibly looking at a two week delay. With many PC gamers dying to find out what all the fuss was about, as well as the fact that a lot of Christmas shopping will be done in November, the delay may hurt sales as well as test some PC gamer's patience. While the port does promise enhancements over the console version, you really have to wonder what could have possibly caused the delay. We reckon that there is the possibility that it could have something to do with the dreaded DRM. With so many PC sales being lost out to piracy these days, Rockstar could full well be taking some extra time to layer on a stronger copy-protection system for their game. It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest. The worst part of it all is that there is probably going to be a pirated version available on the net by November 18 anyway, which is not only sickening but also makes you wonder how much a two week delay could hurt sales.