GTA IV - Multiplayer Details!!! (Custom Characters, 15 modes, 16 players)

[Kraus]

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/859/859654p1.html

GTA IV Multiplayer Details
Fifteen modes?! Sixteen players?! Customizable characters?! OMG!
by Greg Miller

March 14, 2008 - If your Friday needed a boost, we've got one for you -- we have possible multiplayer details on Grand Theft Auto IV.

It seems our neighbors to the east -- PSM Spain -- got their paws on the title's 15 multiplayer modes and are ready to tell all. According to a translation on GTA4.net, online supports 16 players each with their own customized character -- race, sex, hair and clothing are up for grabs.

The article lists all of the game's modes -- we've got them below as well -- but goes into a bit of general detail on the ones it was able to play. Race and GTA Race lets the host choose which vehicles can be used and how many laps can be played; Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch has the host set the amount of pedestrians, traffic and police along with what weapons will be available; Mafia Work and Team Mafia Work cast you as one of Kenny Petrovic's men and assigns you hits to carry out before your opponent can; a single-player mission titled Hangman's NOOSE allows you to play with a friend as you move a mobster that's being pursued by SWAT agents; and finally, a team of police is charged with stopping a team of criminals in Cops N Crooks.

The translation says that all of these missions were played on the same map that is used in Niko's single-player adventure, but Rockstar Games has yet to officially respond to IGN on this article.

Want more in-depth details on GTA IV's multiplayer? Keep it here on IGN for updates as they arrive. Until then, check out PSM Spain's list of multiplayer modes.

# Hangmans NOOSE
# Car Jack City
# Bomb da Base
# Bomb da Base II
# Mafia Work
# Team Mafia Work
# Deathmatch
# Team Deathmatch
# Turf War
# Cops N Crooks
# Race
# GTA Race
# Deal Breaker
# Free Mode
# Car Jack City

[Valiant]

Hey the PS3 being such a bitch to code for and pushing back GTA4 multiple times had a positive effect...

[ZootedGranny]

I'm most interested in the details of free roam.

I've read a couple of quotes from Sam Houser that makes it seem as if you won't be able to stray too far from your friend online.

[JBucc]

Unless these really exceed my expectations I can't see myself spending too much time online in GTAIV. The fact that it has it is just a small added bonus to me.

[Ultra Peanut]

I'm thinking the fine folks at Realtime Worlds just considered suicide.