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1. GRAND THEFT AUTO IV COMPLETE INSTALL
2. GRAND THEFT AUTO IV COMPLETE UPDATE
3. GRAND THEFT AUTO IV COMPLETE PC

This standalone retail title spans three distinct stories, interwoven to create one of the most unique and engaging single-player experiences of this generation.

GRAND THEFT AUTO IV COMPLETE UPDATE

Grand Theft Auto IV owners will download content from Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City and their game will update to GTAIV: Complete Edition. The Complete Edition includes Grand Theft Auto IV and the Episodes The Lost and Damned & The Ballad of Gay Tony. Update file size is expected to be approximately 22GB Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City will be removed and replaced with GTAIV: Complete Edition in the launcher library.

GRAND THEFT AUTO IV COMPLETE INSTALL

Players who have previously installed and played Grand Theft Auto IV or Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City will be able to update their copy to Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition through the following means:ĭepending on the game, players on Steam will need to install or update their current game: Here are the instructions, straight from Rockstar: People who have purchased Grand Theft Auto 4 or Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City previously will be able to update their games wherever needed. Rockstar said it’s “no longer possible to generate the additional keys needed to continue selling the current version of the game.” Moving to Grand Theft Auto 4: Complete Edition seemingly fixes that problem, though with some compromises. Microsoft no longer supports the platform services were disconnected in 2014.

GRAND THEFT AUTO IV COMPLETE PC

Grand Theft Auto 4 was released in 2008 for Windows PC through the Games for Windows Live platform, PlayStation 3, and Xbox One. Some radio stations in-game - including Vice City FM and RamJam FM - will be temporarily unavailable, Rockstar said. The problem? Multiple features will be removed: Games for Windows Live, multiplayer functionality, and GTA 4 leaderboards. Players’ save files will remain compatible with Grand Theft Auto 4: Complete Edition. On March 19, Rockstar Games will replace Grand Theft Auto 4 and Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City with the Grand Theft Auto 4: Complete Edition “wherever it is currently digitally available,” including Steam and the Rockstar Games. The 2008 title was pulled due to technical issues with the PC version of the game tied to use of Microsoft’s Games for Windows Live platform. Sometimes, though, ripping out a few obsolete features is the best way to keep an older game playable.Grand Theft Auto 4 will return to Steam on March 19 after it was pulled from sale in January. The release of Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition on Steam is hardly an elegant solution. One of the big challenges that developers face is finding a way to preserve older titles in the age of digital distribution. As such, many games outlive the architecture that they’re built around, and this makes maintenance difficult. Developers certainly didn’t expect that game downloads could keep a game relevant for over a decade. Nobody really expected online digital distribution systems to last as long as they have. This is a common problem with aging games. We are looking at other options for distributing GTAIV for PC and will share more information as soon as we can. With Microsoft no longer supporting Games For Windows Live, it is no longer possible to generate the additional keys needed to continue selling the current version of the game. Bringing Grand Theft Auto IV back to SteamĪccording to Rockstar, the older version of GTAIV was pulled because Windows has stopped supporting the older version of the game. While the new version has already rolled out to existing owners, the game’s Steam page still lists it as “temporarily unavailable” for purchase. Entering the fourth episode of the legendary Grand Theft Auto saga, in which Niko is taking over Liberty City, in his desperate attempt to reach power and fame. Thus far, the Complete Edition isn’t available for purchase on its own. The Complete Edition includes Grand Theft Auto IV and the Episodes The Lost and Damned & The Ballad of Gay Tony.

This is a shame, but it’s understandable that Rockstar didn’t want to call this the Mostly Complete Edition. The RamJam FM, Self-Actualization FM, and Vice City FM are also now gone. Unfortunately, Grand Theft Auto IV‘s multiplayer mode and leaderboard are missing.

The singleplayer content is all there, as it was in the defunct Windows Live version of the game. It’s a bundle containing both the base game and its various DLC packages, The Ballad of Gay Tony and The Lost and Damned. The Complete Edition almost lives up to its name. Those who already own GTAIV, or who own the standalone Episodes From Liberty City DLC, will find that they now have the new Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition. Now, as promised, it’s back, but with a special bonus for existing customers. In January, Rockstar pulled Grand Theft Auto IV from Steam without warning.