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All the latest Grand Theft Auto 4 news for 2026: updates, patches, DLC, discounts and events. Fresh game news every day on VGTimes.
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Former Rockstar North technical lead Obbe Vermeij said Leslie Benzies pushed for a more ambitious version of GTA 4, one where Liberty City residents would have their own homes, routines, and commutes. The idea eventually proved too unstable to keep in the game.
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August 17, 2026

Rockstar Games has reportedly issued a DMCA takedown over a leaked 2007 beta build of Grand Theft Auto IV. The files disappeared from Internet Archive, GTAForums banned sharing links, and Hidden Palace removed the materials. But by then, it was already too late — within days, the community had thoroughly dissected the build.
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April 5, 2026

Grand Theft Auto 4 might not have been the same as we remember it. Recently, an early build of the game for the Xbox 360, dated November 23, 2007, was made public. However, the final version was released in 2008. The LibertyCity has published a detailed analysis of the changes that the developers decided to make before the release.
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March 30, 2026

An early development build of Grand Theft Auto 4 for the Xbox 360, dated November 23, 2007, has surfaced online. The archive sits at a massive 127 GB, though the build is incomplete and contains numerous corrupted files. You can find the leaked files here.
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March 29, 2026

The fan account GTA 6 Countdown has shared a clip showcasing an unexpected effect in GTA 4: a helicopter lands on a shallow lake, and its rotor blades literally push the water aside. When the engine shuts off, the water flows back — and when it starts again, it parts once more. The video quickly went viral, eventually catching the attention of the game’s own former technical director.
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February 25, 2026

Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser — best known as a key writer behind Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption — has spoken about why 19th-century literature became the foundation of his approach to open-world design. While presenting new projects from his company Absurd Ventures in London, he touched on the moment when GTA was first compared to Dickens during an interview.
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December 4, 2025

Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser revealed that during the development of Grand Theft Auto 4, the studio feared it might be shut down — not because of the game itself, but due to the lingering fallout from the GTA: San Andreas “Hot Coffee” controversy.
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November 3, 2025

Dan Houser, co-founder of Rockstar Games, revealed that in the original script for Grand Theft Auto 4, main character Niko Bellic was supposed to die. He spoke about this during the Lex Fridman Podcast while discussing the ending of Red Dead Redemption.
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November 3, 2025

Former Rockstar Games co-founder and writer Dan Houser believes that the huge anticipation around Grand Theft Auto 6 is not only due to how rarely the games are released, but also because every entry in the series has always felt fresh and different.
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November 3, 2025

YouTuber Sora AI is back at it again, this time showcasing what a movie adaptation of Grand Theft Auto IV might look like if it were filmed in the 1980s. The enthusiast has released an AI-generated trailer that offers a retro take on the Liberty City saga.
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September 7, 2025

Modder icelaglace, known for his popular visual overhauls, has released iCEnhancer 4.0 for Grand Theft Auto 4 after four years of development. Thanks to the update, Liberty City now features volumetric, realistic fog, natural lighting, and much more.
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July 14, 2025

A potential re-release or remaster of Grand Theft Auto 4 may be in the works. A recent discovery on Rockstar Games’ official support website has sparked renewed speculation about the game launching on modern platforms.
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July 11, 2025

According to reputable insider Tez2, Rockstar Games is currently developing remastered versions of Grand Theft Auto 4 and Max Payne 3 for modern platforms. The remaster of GTA 4 could arrive as early as this year.
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May 12, 2025

Support for the large-scale project GTA Vice City Nextgen Edition by Revolution Team was discontinued, but their work was picked up by other modders. Fan "remaster" of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on the GTA 4 engine received improved textures.
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March 2, 2025

The Revolution Team, the team that released the GTA Vice City Nextgen Edition mod, announced the end of support for the project. Let us recall that the modification transfers content from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City to the GTA 4 engine.
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February 1, 2025

Yesterday, the large-scale project GTA Vice City Nextgen Edition was released by the enthusiast team Revolution Team, which transfers content from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City to the GTA 4 engine. The network has already compared the fan project and the remaster from GTA: The Trilogy — The Definitive Edition.
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January 26, 2025

Independent developers from Revolution Team have released GTA Vice City Nextgen Edition. This project transfers all the content from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City to the GTA 4 engine, including story and side missions, radio, locations and transport.
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January 25, 2025