The buzz this week is about the next Grand Theft Auto IV episode: The Ballad of Gay Tony. The story for this one is that you play as Luis Lopez, a lieutenant for nightclub head Tony Prince. Most of the talk stems from the apparent hypocrisy over releasing what will not doubt be a expansion chock full of over-the-top gay stereotypes (in a game already packed full of racial and ethnic stereotypes) on a console platform that limits how gay gamers express themselves. Microsoft seems to be hiding the news - despite a giant Rockstar logo on the dashboard, there's no mention of the $20 content pack due this fall (where prior expansion news had prominent placement). Possibly bigger news is that both The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony will be bundled for retail for the DRM shy as a $40 standalone game called Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City that doesn't require GTA IV to play...
The Buzz - GTA IV expansion The Ballad of Gay Tony
The buzz this week is about the next Grand Theft Auto IV episode: The Ballad of Gay Tony. The story for this one is that you play as Luis Lopez, a lieutenant for nightclub head Tony Prince. Most of the talk stems from the apparent hypocrisy over releasing what will not doubt be a expansion chock full of over-the-top gay stereotypes (in a game already packed full of racial and ethnic stereotypes) on a console platform that limits how gay gamers express themselves. Microsoft seems to be hiding the news - despite a giant Rockstar logo on the dashboard, there's no mention of the $20 content pack due this fall (where prior expansion news had prominent placement). Possibly bigger news is that both The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony will be bundled for retail for the DRM shy as a $40 standalone game called Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City that doesn't require GTA IV to play...
glad to see that last bit of news on there as my GTAIV game was in the list of games i had stolen from me. I had 100% on the game so i didnt bother rebuying it but i have had to skip on the expansions until this one hopefully launches