Grand Theft Auto IV PC Release Full of Bugs
Welcome to the latest installment of Disappointment Theater — starring Your Life. Today’s guest star: Grand Theft Auto IV! Wrecking one of the year’s best games definitely seems like an impossible task, so read on and be astonished.
According to Steam’s fuming masses, as well as gaming site Shacknews, GTA IV’s creepy crawlies are all over the place. Topping players’ lists of things not to be thankful for, however, are missing textures (apparently caused by corrupt graphics drivers) and the ever-popular crashing bug, which can potentially keep you from even loading the game at all.
Fortunately, one intrepid Steam user has tossed together a forum thread outlining all known issues and possible fixes, so as a (highly prestigious) reward we’re putting his name on the site. Thanks, Ramzy!
Additionally, while it’s not exactly a bug, the majority of wannabe-crime lords are being forced to run their game of choice at low graphical settings — a complaint to which Rockstar has issued a response:
"Higher settings are provided for future generations of PCs with higher specifications than are currently widely available," claimed the developer.
Rockstar also released a statement promising that it’ll unscrew this pooch as quickly as possible.
So, unless you want to pay $50 for a glorified beta test, wait a couple weeks before taking the plunge.
Grand Theft Auto IV PC Release Full of Bugs
Welcome to the latest installment of Disappointment Theater — starring Your Life. Today’s guest star: Grand Theft Auto IV! Wrecking one of the year’s best games definitely seems like an impossible task, so read on and be astonished.
According to Steam’s fuming masses, as well as gaming site Shacknews, GTA IV’s creepy crawlies are all over the place. Topping players’ lists of things not to be thankful for, however, are missing textures (apparently caused by corrupt graphics drivers) and the ever-popular crashing bug, which can potentially keep you from even loading the game at all.
Fortunately, one intrepid Steam user has tossed together a forum thread outlining all known issues and possible fixes, so as a (highly prestigious) reward we’re putting his name on the site. Thanks, Ramzy!
Additionally, while it’s not exactly a bug, the majority of wannabe-crime lords are being forced to run their game of choice at low graphical settings — a complaint to which Rockstar has issued a response:
"Higher settings are provided for future generations of PCs with higher specifications than are currently widely available," claimed the developer.
Rockstar also released a statement promising that it’ll unscrew this pooch as quickly as possible.
So, unless you want to pay $50 for a glorified beta test, wait a couple weeks before taking the plunge.
Electronic Arts Extend Takeover Deadline
Back in February, games giant Electronic Arts launched a $2 billion takeover bid of Take-Two Interactive, the publisher of the Grand Theft Auto series. After being thwarted in the initial bid, Electronic Arts then offered to buy all outstanding Take-Two Interactive stock for around $26 dollars per share. The price for TTI shares closed at only a dollar less than EA's valuation on the day before the original offer was made.
This offer too was subsequently vetoed by the board as being inadequate, especially considering at the time, the imminent release of the hugely anticipated Grand Theft Auto IV. GTA IV went on to amass over $500 million dollars in its first week of release, subsequently greatly improving the value of TTI, whose shares currently trade around dollar above EA's valuation.
EA, however, not to be put off by the latest rebuttal have extended the offer deadline, which now expires on June 16th. However, it is believed that EA have not increased their offer further and have claimed that while they are interested in taking over TTI, they are not 'desperate'.
The US Federal Trade Commission has requested to study details of the proposal, which may allude to the reason why EA have extended the offer deadline, but its likely that unless EA considerably up their offer, then TTI will not bend and will continue to thwart EA's efforts, however TTI have not yet irrefutably ruled out any sale and are actively holding formal talks with regards to sell it's assets. However, it's patently clear that the firm are holding out for a fair price.
Given the value injected into Take Two after the release of Grand Theft Auto IV, they are in a strong position. Electronic Arts, in contrast, have been struggling for some time now and only recently reported a fourth quarter loss of $94 million, as well as issuing warnings that revenue estimates for the first half of 2009 will likely not be met.
