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Grand Theft Auto IV (also known as GTA IV and GTA 4) is an upcoming sandbox-style action-adventure video gmaes developed by Rockstar North. It will be the ninth title in the Grand Theft Auto series and the first in its fourth generation. Grand Theft Auto IV will be released worldwide on 29 April 2008 for both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Exclusive Xbox 360 episodic packs are due for release in August via Xbox Live.

The games will be set in a re-imagined GTA universe, with little-to-no continuity with previous games. The setting is a redesigned Liberty City, based heavily on New York City, as well as New Jersey. The games will follow Niko Bellic, an Eastern European who comes to the United States in search of the "American Dream," only to find his cousin has lied to him about the wealth that would be waiting for him.

The story of Grand Theft Auto IV was written by Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser. The games will be the first in the series to use the new RAGE games engine, which also powered Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis.

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According to Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey, a financial consultant for Take-Two Interactive Software, around 150 games developers worked on Grand Theft Auto IV. He also remarked that Rockstar games is "fully capable of ushering in an entertainment experience categorically superior to the prior cycle's GTA product."

Rockstar games initially appeared to be committed to the original 16 October 2007 release date. However, Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter suggested that Take-Two may choose to delay the release of the games in order to boost its financial results for 2008 and to avoid competing with the release of other highly anticipated titles. Rockstar responded by saying that Grand Theft Auto IV was still on track for release in "late October". On 2 August 2007, Take-Two announced that Grand Theft Auto IV would miss its original release date of 16 October 2007 contrary to their previous statements, and would be delayed to their second fiscal quarter (February–April) of 2008. Their stated reason for the date change was "due to additional development time required to complete the title." In a later conference call with investors, Take-Two's Strauss Zelnick attributed the delay to "almost strictly technological problems... not problems, but challenges." It was revealed that technical difficulties with the PlayStation 3 version of the game contributed to the delay. On 24 January 2008, Take-Two announced that Grand Theft Auto IV would be released on 29 April 2008.

The games uses Rockstar's own RAGE games engine in combination with the Euphoria games animation engine. Instead of pre-written animations, Euphoria controls the way the player moves, enabling character movements to be more realistic. The Euphoria engine also enables NPCs to react in a realistic way to the player's actions. In one preview, a player knocked an NPC out a window and the character grabbed onto a ledge to stop himself from falling. The game also uses middleware from Image Metrics to facilitate intricate facial expressions and ease the process of incorporating lip-synching. On 18 April, GTA IV has been announced "gone gold".

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