Following up from yesterdays news regarding a German retailer listing GTA IV for the PC the game listing on CityDisc has been changed.

The release date is now for 30th October and this has appeared in German for what I assume is the product description.

Das Spiel GTA 4 für PC ist vom Publisher Take 2 noch nicht bestätigt.

Releasedatum noch offen!!

Which translated on Babel Fish comes out with this.

The play GTA 4 for PC is not yet confirmed of the Publisher Take 2. Release date still openly!!

Which when translated again into proper English by yours truly comes out with something like this.

The release date for GTA 4 for PC has not yet been confirmed by the Publisher, Take 2. The release date is not guaranteed and is open to change.

As of writing this I have not had any response from Rockstar or Take 2 regarding this issue.

Thanks to a tip off from a forumite from Half-Life2.net I was pointed in the direction of GameRush which in turn linked me to German retailer CityDisc which lists a PC version of GTA IV for a November 30th release.

Considering previous GTA games have taken between 6 and 8 months to arrive onto the PC this does seem a plausable release date. It is also a date that sits well with the holiday game rush.

I am going to get in touch with RockStar to try to get some clarification on this.

Is it possible, is it really possible that we may one day see a Gran Turismo game on the PC? According to Polyphony Digital boss Kazunori Yamauchi it may just be! In an interview with German site derStandard Kazunori had this to say:

Frage: Gibt es eine Chance, dass Gran Turismo auf einer anderen Plattform erscheint?

Kazunori Yamauchi: Es ist sehr sehr unwahrscheinlich, dass GT auf einer anderen Konsole herauskommt. Aber vielleicht kommt es auf den PC. Vor allem am chinesischen Markt könnten wir so die Verbreitung fördern.

Which according to Develop Mag means that it is very unlikely to see a Gran Turismo game on any console other than a Sony one, it is possible it may come to the PC. China is touted as a likely target for the game.

Being a lover of the GT games back in the day on my PSX/PS2 this is great news! GT5 looks gorgeous on the PS3 and for it to come to the PC would be utterly fantastic!

It seems that Eidos Montreal are planning to bring back another franchise to go along with Deus Ex 3.

AAA games, with high quality licenses that offer exciting challenges - e.g., the first two games we develop will revive successful franchises

According to Rock, Paper, Shotgun investigation it could be Thief 4.

Another quote from the Edios Montreal site:

Eidos-Montréal is proud to announce the recruitment for our 2nd “AAA” project.
… A hint! The title begins with the letter “ T ”

Very intriguing, Tomb Raider has already been brought back from the dead so it seems to fit that it would be a new Thief game. Of course we all know full well the danger of looking too deeply into things like this, but the possibilities are certainly exciting!

Have you ever wondered what a Massively Multiplayer version of Call of Duty would be like? Well it is possible that you should all start pondering. Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has talked about the possibility.

“When you think about other properties that we own and control like Call of Duty, and what would be the natural evolution of a property like Call of Duty into a massively multiplayer environment…how do you monetize that?”

I wonder what this means, does it mean that Activision are making realistic plans for a MOG (Multiplayer Online Game) Call of Duty or is he just pondering the future?

I don’t think he would have mentioned it if there weren’t any plans for a MOG CoD, so one has to wonder what kind of approach they would take? My early thinking points towards either a WoW or a Battlefield Heroes esque type. My money would be on the latter, just without the cartoon graphics and what-not. CoD4 introduced perks and lots of customization so I expect that would be a probable area to pick up the money while offering free or very cheap regular required payments.

Then again I am probably putting my thinking cap on for no reason!

It seems that there is an ever so slight possibility that Duke Nuke will be coming out this year according to the Dallas Business Journal.

While they claim that it is a certainty to drop this year this quote is less than confirming.

“We haven’t formally announced any platforms for DNF,” wrote 3D Realms President Scott Miller in an e-mail exchange. “But, of course hitting the big three makes the most sense (PC, PS3, 360).” Miller added a note of caution on the 12-years-coming sequel and its release window, claiming, “we may miss the mark by a month or two, but I feel very confident that we’re on target this time.”

Time will tell I guess, and I most certainly aren’t going to put down any pre-orders just yet!

[Thanks to Rock, Paper, Shotgun for the lowdown.]

In the latest ‘BattleCast PrimeTime’ from EA (linky) the host alludes to something quite dramatic coming this month for C&C fans.

If you buy Kane’s Wrath on the PC, or the Command and Conquer 3 Limited Collection (C&C3 and Kane’s Wrath) you “will have one more reason to cheer.” In two weeks time we will hear more this big announcement from EALA.

What is it gonna be? ‘Tiberium’ has already been revealed, and we have one C&C3 expansion nearly released.

As such, my bet is that we will have an announcement of a new C&C3 expansion pack….or Red Alert 3!

I guess those who get Kane’s Wrath or the Limited Collection will receive some art work from the game that is due to be announced. I assume it is a game as it is something that EALA have been keeping secret for months already…time will tell, but my money is on Red Alert 3.