GTA IV Coming Never

Rockstar who is quickly becoming the scarlet letter of video game development companies. This stems from the variety of press they earn monthly for mostly negative reasons which in turn creates a buzz amongst gamers who feed off of controversy. I will be the first to say that I crave Rockstar's (Rockstar...) attitude when it comes to how they present themselves in the media and the content they choose to put in games. Their name is only shadowed by the names they have introduced into the community; from the lead singer (GTA), down to the drummer, (Bully), its simply not a Rockstar game without controversy.

That being said Rockstar is really pulling the bowl away from the proverbial dog, with the number of delays and teasers that have proceeded the games original launch date of this fall. I for one hate this growing trend of development blogs and weekly updates that reveal different parts of the game, only to leave you wanting more when you finally get it in your hands. Exhibit A: Smash Bros Brawl; a game that will define the Wii and keep Nintendo fan boys happy for years to come. A Nintendo-self calibration such as this is only spoiled by the fact that every week a new character or power up or fucking item (who cares) is revealed. Imagine the excitement I would have if when i fired up Smash Bros, Bamm!!! Snake and the Grey Fox from Metal Gear. Holy shit balls, I would loose my mind. But no I have to see it on you tube at 3 in the morning where the only reaction I can muster is, woah....zzzzz....


This media overflow that we are accustomed to, ruins everything. Great example was the overly criticized movie, Spiderman 3. Imagine you were walking down the street 2 years ago and a creepy man in an overcoat pulled you into a theater and said, "Hey, you wanna see Spiderman 3?" You would be like sure. Imagine the surprise and joy would of gotten watching the movie without any lame trailers or marketing campaigns. You would of walked out and said holy shit Venom was in that and holy fuck Sand Man was awesome, because some trailer or commercial didn't ruin every seen of the Sand Man.

By this point I'm sure you question what the hell this has to do with GTA4. Well earlier this week Rockstar unveiled the box art in a pretty cool video to remind us that the game is going to eventually play on systems and not just on our computer monitors.





At the end of the video there is a date (12.06.07) for the next trailer. This is where my problem stems from. KNOCK IT THE FUCK OFF!!! As much as I'm excited about the game and the cool artistic reveal of the box art... STOP PULLING US ALONG. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. GIVE US A SOLID RELEASE YOU PRICKS!.

Let it be known that I say this is as the number one fan of Rockstar and of GTA. I really think these commercials and trailers are unnecessary for the Mega-Ton bomb that they have in their hands. I support delays on great games, I can wait. Just tell me when and I will sit on my hands and count down. Better yet.. put another fucking counter on your site so I can watch that.