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GTA 4 (PC): Radeon graphics cards cause crashes - patch en-route?

According to user reports, GTA 4 PC version is causing trouble with AMD/Ati graphics cards. pcgameshardware says that the game crashes on start up. Possibly the game or the drivers need a hotfix.

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bumnut5622d ago

thats poor!

there are only 2 gpu manufacturers to support!

theDuke5622d ago

They didn't try the crappy game??

Mutley4165622d ago

Did they ever hear of Beta testers?

Maybe this just a small number of cases-

I Call 9MM5622d ago

So much for Games For Windows standards. There supposed to be there to ensure the customer that the game will run properly, on both x64 and x86 based Windows XP or Vista and go through beta testing. Seems Microsoft has been letting any game just take the Games For Windows title and call it a day. I'll be holding off on this purchase.

bumnut5622d ago

out of all the games with the games for windows logo, only fallout lets you sign into live in game.

it should be built into all games

I Call 9MM5622d ago

I agree, if a game says Games for Windows on the cover, it should also be Games for Windows Live compatible, but that should go double for any game that also has a 360 version. I know some companies would rather use their own services for multiplayer instead of Live for whatever reasons, but the single player experiences could run just fine.

MY biggest disappointement was that the Games for Windows (sans Live or with it) was supposed to be a high set of standards that would ensure the user that the games would run right on their systems. Fallout 3 and Gears of War are two examples that I'm of this not being true out of the box (or even after patching so far). Lately, it's just been another fancy logo on the box. In the past, I can't say the Games for Windows games I've had have had any problems (Crysis froze a couple of times, but not very often anymore).

Also though, Fallout 3 isn't the only game that signs into Live. Halo 2 Vista, Gears of War, Kane and Lynch, Shadowrun, Universe at War, Lost Planet Colonies, Juiced 2, Quantum of Solace, The Club, and some others as well. Heck, the service is getting it's first game not available on 360 in the form of Dawn of War 2. That list pales in comparison to what has come out in the last 2 years on both 360 and PC however. New releases like Dead Space, Red Alert 3, Saints Row 2, and FarCry 2 don't use the service at all.

ivor845622d ago

I wonder how much of this has to do with secuROM being installed!!! I haven't seen anyone look toward that as the cause of the problems.

I Call 9MM5622d ago (Edited 5622d ago )

Already reported to be a culprit. This version apparently crashes a lot in the background, and in doing so, also crashes the game. Lame.

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

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ChasterMies53m ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

CrimsonWing6911h ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker11h ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo11h ago(Edited 11h ago)

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing6911h ago(Edited 11h ago)

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos8h ago(Edited 8h ago)

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

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Mainline Grand Theft Auto trailers ranked from best to worst

As we have all been graced by the release of Grand Theft Auto 6's trailer, we're ranking the best and worst GTA trailers to date.

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purple101141d ago

We be getting these posts All week now lads. Someone noticed a number plate ... Someone noticed a billboard... I can see it now

Just go on YouTube and watch one of the many videos dissecting the whole 1minite 30secs worth.

This site supposed to be for news.

roadkillers141d ago

These updates on N4G are going to ruin whats rest of this site. Unfortunate since I was one of the first members.. The site shows unsecure when i login as well.

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Grand Theft Auto 4 Anniversary: The Beginning of the Age of RAGE

Grand Theft Auto 4 is an important game for Rockstar, not least because it was the first title in the franchise to use the newly created RAGE engine.

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franwex359d ago

Wasn’t the Table Tennis game the first to use RAGE?

isarai359d ago

Was about to say the same, but they do say first "in the franchise" so 🤷

cammers1995359d ago

The fact it hasnt been remastered is insane.

Abear21358d ago

Rage engine made driving on the sidewalk in cinematic slow motion camera a blast