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GTA Episodes from Liberty City for PC and PS3 Delayed for 2 Weeks

by VGChartz Staff, posted on 19 March 2010 / 1,529 Views

The content being changed is "very minor," only in the PS3 version, and only in Europe.  However, the delay will be affecting both the PS3 and PC versions, both in Europe and North America.  Rockstar wants to make sure that Europe and North America get the game at the same time so they're all on the same page with regard to the leaderboards, and nobody will get a two week headstart before the online multiplayer events begin.  The first in-game events for these episodes have been delayed from April 2nd and 3rd to April 16th and 17th.

It is interesting to note that this is not due to a request from the BBFC, who already approved the game as-is when it released on the XBox 360 last year.  We're not sure what in particular Sony Europe needs changed or why, or why they waited this close to the game's release to make the request, but I guess we'll be discovering the differences in April.

The new release date for both the DLC episodes and the 2-in-1 disc is April 13th for North America and April 16th for Europe.

Source: Rockstar News Wire


11 Comments

gamefreak4ever (on 20 March 2010)

That sucks...well it gives me time to finish up gOw3 & just cause 2...


Severance (on 19 March 2010)

Only In Europe? censoring?


Staude (on 19 March 2010)

wat ? They better not censor it just because some countries may get offended !


Silver-Tiger (on 19 March 2010)

OMGWTFBBQ, they added ingame-music!!!1! jk


papflesje (on 19 March 2010)

no head start for a region, but then release it three days in advance anyway... sigh


Solid_Snake4RD (on 19 March 2010)

They just want it to release in the next financial year sso that they can sell consoles in next FY,too much loss for this FY


gustave154 (on 19 March 2010)

GTA is stale


Ajescent (on 19 March 2010)

ps3 can't handle le peen!!1!


SPliNT (on 19 March 2010)

Yeah, same here. So tired of GTA..


Wilky (on 19 March 2010)

Can't wait for this, Grand Theft Auto is awesome.


toMsonsLLC (on 19 March 2010)

Won't buy it, bored of everything is GTA already. They took their sweet time, and became stale.