Grand Theft Auto IV brings an online multiplayer element to the series.
The latest installment of the series, Grand Theft Auto IV, was released on 29 April 2008, after a six month delay.[6] It was the first Grand Theft Auto game to be released simultaneously on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms And also coming soon in November 2008 it will be available for the Microsoft Windows platform. GTA IV's game engine is the Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (also known as RAGE) used in Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis and the Euphoria physics engine . The game once again takes place in a redesigned Liberty City that very closely resembles New York City, much more than previous renditions.
It has been confirmed that exclusive episodic content will be released for the Xbox 360. Microsoft officially announced a "strategic alliance" with Rockstar Games over the rights to some episodic content through their Xbox Live service at their X06 event. Times Online reported that Grand Theft Auto IV recorded 609,000 copies in first-day sales, in the UK.[8] In its first week, Grand Theft Auto IV sold approximately 6 million copies worldwide and grossed over $500 million.