Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars coming to iPhone

Rockstar Games announced that it will be bringing Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars to iPhone and iPod touch this fall. As with the DS version of the game, the iPod Touch and iPhone version of the game follows the story of Huang Lee, a young Triad member who travels to Liberty City after the mysterious death of his father.

Earlier this year the company announced plans to bring the DS game to Sony’s PlayStation Portable. With the PSP Go finally announced, there will probably even be a digital distribution of it on PlayStation Network.. Anyway, Here’s what Rockstar has to say about the Apple platform versions:

“Chinatown Wars is a perfect match for the iPhone and iPod touch,” said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. “We are very excited to bring this incredibly ambitious version of Liberty City, with this level of detail and immersive gameplay on Apple’s new gaming platforms.“

Perhaps what the Sam Houser is really looking to do with this game on the PSP and Apple platforms is rewrite history; after all, the DS version of the game was a critical success (read Crispy Gamer’s GTA: China Town Wars review) but a retail failure by all accounts. So perhaps by re-releasing it on other platforms China Town Wars will get the respect it deserves and from where it matters: gamers. If Rockstar Leeds uses the same formula perhaps that will finally happen.

You can learn more about every version of the game by visiting www.rockstargames.com/chinatownwars.

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars coming to PSP

Rockstar Games announced that Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, will be making its way to the PSP this fall. Developed by Rockstar Leeds, in conjunction with series creator Rockstar North, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will be available at retail on UMD and digitally from the PlayStation Network in North America and Europe this fall.

No details on what the differences between this new version and the DS version are - beyond the lack of touch screen support. No doubt Rockstar hopes that the PSP game will do better than the DS version did earlier this year - despite winning over most critics.

Rockstar’s Agent formally announced

Rockstar Games formally announced Agent, a game that was mentioned in Sony’s E3 press conference this week. Unfortunately there’s the same amount of information in the announcement that there was in the press conference - almost nothing. Nothing like being coy with us, eh RockStar?

So here’s what we know: Agent sounds like a third-person, open-world, stealth action game involving spies. The game takes players on a “paranoid journey into the world of counter-intelligence, espionage and political assassinations during the height of the Cold War at the end of the 1970s,” according to Rock Star.
We also know that it is a PS3 exclusive that Sony is pretty excited about. And why wouldn’t they be? Grand Theft Auto moved mountains for Sony and most games with the name Rockstar on them tend to sell systems - unless it’s on another platform like GTA IV was. Ahem.

The release does offer a quote from Rockstar co-founder Sam Houser, though: “We have always enjoyed making action games, and with Agent we are making what we believe will be the ultimate action game. Agent is a game we have wanted to make for a long time. The team in Edinburgh is doing an amazing job combining intense action, atmosphere and story in a great period setting to create something that feels quite unique. We cannot wait for people to experience this game.”

No date and no further details at this time, but we’ll keep you posted.

The Rundown: Jan. 16, 2009

Today on The Rundown: GTA rumors make the rounds, the second largest electronics retailer goes belly up, Steve Miller invades Rock Band, Simon Whitcombe joins CBS and Burnout Paradise gets a new box.

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