Rockstar Announces The Ballad of Gay Tony

Rockstar Games announced today that the next Grand Theft Auto IV downloadable episode will be released on Xbox Live on October 29th. Titled The Ballad of Gay Tony , the episode will also be included on a retail disc with the first DLC episode, Lost and Damned , to be released on the same day. The retail disc, Episodes from Liberty City, will not require the original GTA IV disc to play and will sell for $39.99 The Ballad of Gay Tony puts players in the role of Luis Lopez, “part-time hoodlum and full-time assistant to legendary nightclub impresario Tony Prince (aka ‘Gay Tony’),” Take-Two has explained. The story will revolve around nightclub life, rather than the biker gangs of Lost and Damned . If consumers choose to buy it through Xbox Live, it will cost $19.99 or 1600 Microsoft points. Take-Two president Ben Feder noted in a statement: “We're quite pleased with the download performance on the first episode. We've also seen opportunities -- and demand -- at retail. Both channels are important to us... while we're pleased with the download, we saw an opportunity to take advantage of retail as well."