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“Chinatown War” by Patrick Brown (click the image for the full, wallpaper-sized version).

This artwork is several weeks old, but I didn’t find it until earlier today. Plus, I’m still playing Chinatown Wars and am having a lot of fun with it.

Rockstar Leeds’ efforts to keep gamers’ interest with online exclusives and the Grand Theft Auto Social Club site are commendable, especially on a portable that isn’t used to receiving that sort of attention. Unfortunately, that extra mile hasn’t translated to sales…

Buy: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

See also: Liberty City Gun Club found!

[Via Patrick Brown]

tags / chinatown wars / grand theft auto / patrick brown / art / rockstar / ec

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GTA: Chinatown Wars for $19.99 →

I’m sure Best Buy will run out of copies for this game soon, so pick it up now while you can! I’ve been playing it on and off for a month now, and I’m still not bored of the game!

tags / best buy / deal / grand theft auto / chinatown wars / rockstar / ec

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“‘Epic’ isn’t doable on the DS.”

— Variety’s Ben Fritz in his review for Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, comparing its “more limited, but no less clever, narrative and gameplay ambitions” to GTA IV.

Disagree? Name a DS title (or several, if you can think of more) that you feel deserves the description of “epic.”

tags / variety / ben fritz / rockstar / grand theft auto / china town wars / epic / ec

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Liberty City Gun Club found!

In case you’re still wondering where to find Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars’ Liberty City Gun Club, what with the stream of pop-up messages inviting you to check the firing range out, here’s its exact location.

I picked up the game last Friday, and it’s much better than I expected, even with all the favorable site reviews and forum impressions. I’m also surprised by how much the drug dealing mechanic has added — barreling down city streets in a beat-up Comet towards the nearest safehouse with $30K worth of heroin tucked in a duffel bag on the passenger seat, as Liberty City’s finest chases behind you, sirens blaring, is a unique experience for the DS.

If you haven’t picked it up yet, Amazon has it on sale for $29.99 (free shipping), a bit cheaper than Gamestop’s $35.

Oh yeah, and here’s another custom Chinatown Wars DS Lite system spotted at the Nintendo World Store:

This one looks a lot better than the Huang Lee version!

[Photos via Zetx, thevideogamegirl]

tags / grand theft auto / chinatown wars / rockstar / limited edition / ec

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GTA: Chinatown Wars custom DS Lite.

I can’t say for sure whether that’s a decal, a shell, or an actual paintjob, but whatever it is, this custom system doesn’t look too great. Perhaps it’s the lighting? The Nintendo World store in NYC gave this red and black DS Lite to one of the first 20 people who showed up to its launch event yesterday.

Note that this isn’t just a typical Crimson/Black DS Lite with a new paint job/skin/shell — it also has that thin red strip on the back. Who knows what mysteries it conceals.

Here’s a shot with the lid open:

Another glamour shot, surrounded by block-style figures from the GTA 3 and Vice City Kubrick sets.

There’s a lot of hype for Chinatown Wars, with several early impressions I’ve read claiming it as the “best GTA game” they’ve ever played. But then again, you can never trust the opinions of a Nintendo fan.

Metacritic lists it currently as the best reviewed DS game, and the usually grumpy Eurogamer even gave it a 10 out of 10 — impressive, considering the only recent DS title that I can recall receiving a perfect score from a Western outlet was Contra 4 by our own JC Fletcher.

Preorder: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

[Images via Saki-Waki]

tags / grand theft auto / chinatown wars / rockstar / nintendo world / custom / ec

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Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars theme (instrumental).

For all my complaining about Chinatown Wars’ instrumental-heavy soundtrack and lack of cocaine rap, its actually not that bad! You can hear a bit of it in this video — my apologies for linking to footage taken from a bootlegged ROM, but Rockstar has released a distressingly small amount of media for the game, despite it releasing next week. Was this the case with Grand Theft Auto IV? Doubt it!

The publisher also released the full (some would say “needlessly extended”) Chinatown Wars track with verses by Ghostface Killah and Doom, and DJ Premier introducing and mixing the track. As far as rap songs created for promotional purposes go, it’s certainly not as bad as Sir Mix-A-Lot’s Target commercial, but I wouldn’t say it’s of the same caliber as Kriss Kross’ Sprite ditty, either.

Preorder: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

[Via RoffaMafia]

tags / grand theft auto / chinatown wars / rockstar / ghost face killah / doom / dj premier / ec

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What GTA: Chinatown Wars needs more of

… is science cocaine rap.

The more I think about Chinatown Wars’ instrumental-heavy soundtrack, the more it seems like a missed opportunity to introduce young gamers to corrupting, age-inappropriate cocaine rap.

Judging by the above trailer, Liberty City’s handheld counterpart is packed to the gills with llelo. With all the coke exchanging hands, it’s criminal to not have a few tracks on there from Clipse, a group popular for rapping solely about pushing weight, once absurdly bragging that they had “more white in the hood than the KKK.”

So, in the spirit of creating inane lists of random crap that no one care about, I’ve written up the “Top 5 Rap Songs About Cocaine/Crack That Should Be In Chinatown Wars But Won’t Be Because The Soundtrack Will Be Butt”:

  1. “Grindin’” by Clipse
  2. “10 Crack Commandments” by Notorious B.I.G.
  3. “Ghetto Dope” by Master P
  4. “White Lines (Don’t Do It)” by Melle Mel
  5. “Keys Open Doors” by Clipse

You call it abhorrent, irresponsible music; I call it a summer mix.

Preorder: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

See also: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars trailer

tags / chinatown wars / rockstar / clipse / grand theft auto / rap / cocaine / ec

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