That purported city clue from the "Episodes from Liberty City" manual may be a red herring after all if recent comments by one of Rockstar's head honchos are to be believed. Though the existence of "Grand Theft Auto 5" as game in the early stages of development should surprise no one, followers of the series will be interested to know that Rockstar is still in the process of picking a city and characters for the next installment.

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Rockstar Games' "Grand Theft Auto 4: The Ballad of Gay Tony" doesn't seem to have provoked nearly the the amount of controversy that the boy-on-boy kissing of "Bully" originally did when the game first appeared on the PlayStation 2. The company many have a second shot at testing the waters of public opinion once again with their private school-set franchise, as "Bully 2" may be be in development.

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The folks at Rockstar tend to have a little fun with their fans. Take, for example, the above shot grabbed from the "Episodes From Liberty City" manual. Unfortunately for you, and us, the bit following "Next Stop" has been torn, leaving folks to wonder aloud what this means for the future of the franchise.

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"The Ballad of Gay Tony," the second (and presumably final) DLC episode for "Grand Theft Auto 4" drops this week. The episode is available through Xbox Live Marketplace, or as part of a stand-alone retail disc, "Episodes From Liberty City," which also includes the content released in the last DLC pack, "The Lost and The Damned." Since the latter has been covered extensively, we'll be focusing on "The Ballad of Gay Tony" in this review.

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Rockstar's upcoming detective period piece, "LA Noire," has mostly remained in the shadows in terms of concrete information. A casting call put out by LA Casting seems to have spilled the beans a bit, though, revealing the names of just about every major character that'll appear in the game.

Admittedly not very interesting, given that there's nothing super spoilery about a bunch of names. Perhaps more interesting is the rate that the game's protagonist, Cole Phelps, would receive for his work.

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Released for the Nintendo DS earlier this year, "Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars" debuted on the PSP this week. The new version of "Chinatown Wars" offers much of the same experience as far as your ability to blow up, assassinate, terrorize and drug-hustle your way through Liberty City's underworld as its DS counterpart, with a variety of tweaks to the graphics and controls, as well as some extra missions exclusive to the PlayStation format.

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India may already be a nuclear power with one of the world's biggest film industries, but the country has now added a new crown jewel to its collection -- a Guinness World Record for "Grand Theft Auto IV." 26-year-old Chirantan Patnaik now owns the official record for longest continuous play session on "GTA IV" thanks to certification from Guinness World Records (and a long-lasting PlayStation 3).

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"Beaterator," Rockstar and Timbaland's quasi-experimental beat making "game" released on the PSP today. Really more of a music editing suite than a game, "Beaterator" is a much cheaper (but surprisingly full featured) piece of software that's akin to what music producers use in the studio...just on the go. It allows players to create simple beats by using a pick-up-and-play free mode, or get much more in-depth with audio time lines and user-created samples.

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Following up our hands-on preview from yesterday, Rockstar has released a video featuring the new weapons and vehicles that'll appear in "Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony." Of special note is The Buzzard, a super maneuverable attack chopper, as well as an auto-shotgun with exploding rounds which can, according to Rockstar's fake news organization, "field dress a deer or a mouthy neighbor in one shot."

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The next and (presumably) final piece of add-on content for "Grand Theft Auto 4" is coming at the end of October. "Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony" gives players a widely different point of view on Liberty City, revealing the glitzy high life, as opposed to the grime of "GTA 4" and "The Lost and the Damned." The episode will be available as downloadable content over Xbox Live, or folks can buy "GTA: Episodes from Liberty City" as a disc, which includes the content from "The Ballad of Gay Tony" and "The Lost and the Damned" (but not the content from "Grand Theft Auto 4").

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