The latest issue of PlayStation Revista Oficial, the Spanish Official PlayStation Magazine, has the first details on the online multiplayer mode of Grand Theft Auto IV. The publication has revealed that there will be 15 multiplayer game types in GTA IV, ranging from co-op to deathmatch. I just translated some of the facts mentioned in the article:
- Death Match will feature rocket launchers.
- The host of the match sets the rules for each game type. In “Race” and “GTA Race,” the host chooses the vehicles and number of laps. In “Deathmatch” and “Team Death Match,” the host chooses the weapons, the number of pedestrians, the amount of traffic, even if the police will sneak in or not.
- You can customize your character in multiplayer, from sex and race to hair and clothes.
- PlayStation Revista Oficial played a death match game where all players had rocket launchers and half the city was blown away.
- In “Mafiya Work” and “Team Mafiya Work,” each player becomes a Kenny Petrovic's assassin that competes against the other users. The goal is to complete Petrovic's orders (issued via a mobile phone) before the other players.
- In “Race” and “GTA Race,” you can use fire weapons to neutralize your rivals and steal a car in case yours gets busted.
- In “Cops N Crooks,” you’ll be able to play cops and robbers, but in a wild way. One team plays as criminals on the run while the other team plays as the cops, whose mission is to kill the head of the criminal band. To make things even more interesting, cops can see the location of the criminals on their GPS, so criminals never know where or when police will sneak in. Of all the game types played by PlayStation Revista Oficial, “Cops N Crooks” was the most entertaining one.
- In “Hangman’s NOOSE,” you’ll play co-op and this game type is similar to the VIP escort game mode found in Counter-Strike.
- The game modes are:
- Deathmatch
- Team Deathmatch
- Hangman's NOOSE
- Mafiya Work
- Team Mafiya Work
- Cops N Crooks
- Race
- GTA Race
- Car Jack City
- Bomb da Base
- Bomb da Base II
- Turf War
- Deal Breaker
- Free Mode
- ????
Source: Team XBox