Grand Theft Auto is a notorious game franchise, made even more popular by its problems in various countries, were some games of the series were pulled back from stores because the content, various themes and the gameplay were considered "too much". The 9th game will be Grand Theft Auto IV, also known as GTA IV or GTA 4, but its version label is this, because GTA 4 is the first game in the 4th generation of the franchise. Scheduled for wordlwide release on the 29th of April, GTA 4 will be the first game to use the new RAGE game engine, and today I just got my hands on some interesting details about its multiplayer mode...

Unfortunately, we're not talking about official information, but it's better than nothing, so here we go - GTA 4 will have no less than 15(!!) multiplayer game modes, supporting up to 16 players at once. Each game's rules will be set by its host - obviously - but the interesting part is that you will be able to change your character's appeareance as you wish, including race, hair, clothing, and so on.

At last, here's the game mode list - Hangman's Noose, Car Jack City, Bomb da Base and Bomb da Base II, Mafia Work, Team Mafia Work, Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Turf War, Cops N Crooks, Race, GTA Race, Deal Breaker, Free Mode, and, at last, an unknown mode.

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Do you miss Hulk? If you didn't check the comics, at least I guess you put your hands on The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction. If you also missed that game, released by Radical Entertainment and Vivendi Games back in 2005, I am sure you must have seen at least one movie featuring Hulk, the green giant pictured below, part time Dr. Robert Bruce Banner, and part time superhero...

Well, here's the news - Sega and Marvel announced to have a new Hulk game under development, and this one is scheduled to appear at the same time as the new Hulk movie, this summer.

For now, we know that this game will feature unlimited destruction, allowing you to throw anything you can grab into buildings, but you can also demolish with your bare hands. More than that, the dynamic open world of the game allows you to climb buildings too, so battles will be fough on both horizontal and vertical fronts.

Unfortunately, this game is covered by shadows for now, but since the PS3, Wii, DS, PS2, Xbox 360 and PC platforms should have it available by the end of June, I guess we'll have to wait and see...

Unreal Tournament 3's graphics engine, Unreal Engine 3.0, is a very solid product, and was used in a lot of games so far, with even more to come, but Epic Games looks ahead, and they are always having some plans related to Unreal Engine 4. Unfortunately, PC gamers may not like them, but that's life...

Tim Sweeney, Epic Games CEO, said that "The Unreal engine is really tied to a console cycle. We will continue to improve Unreal Engine 3 and add significant new features through the end of this console cycle. Version 4 will exclusively target the next console generation, Microsoft's successor for the Xbox 360, Sony's successor for the Playstation 3 - and if Nintendo ships a machine with similar hardware specs, then that also. PCs will follow after that."

Hummm...so are they leaving PCs behind? Well, not quite now, but it's a pity to hear such things. After all, Unreal Engine 3.0 is a great engine, as games like Gears of War prove, and I would hate to be forced to wait until they move to PCs again...or even worse, I may have to buy a console!