As most of you already know,Grand Theft Auto IVwill be released on April 29. Although its launch will undoubtedly be huge in and of itself, Rockstar Games is going even further by unleashing a new Web site called theRockstar Social Clubon the very same day.
Specific details on some of the different challenges we’ll see on the Rockstar Social Club can be found after the break.
GTA IV, the first game featured on the Rockstar Social Club, hasexciting features beyond multiplayer leaderboards, including:
- LCPD Police Blotter — A virtual map and tracker of single-playercriminal activity logged in Liberty City from the aggregated data ofmillions of connected players – showing the most dangerous areas oftown, most commonly used weapons and more.
The Story Gang — This special single-player leaderboard recognizesplayers who complete Niko Bellic’s main story arc of Grand Theft Auto IV– The leaderboard ranks players according to the total amount of playingtime it’s taken to complete the story, as well as a historical rank bywho has completed it first. Members of this club will receive specialonline widgets and merit badges marking all of their in-gameaccomplishments.
The 100% Club — Watch to see who will be the first to complete 100%of the game. The first ten people to be identified on the Social Club asreaching 100% will be sent an ultra-rare commemorative ‘key to the city’to mark their accomplishment. In the future, the 100% Club will thencarry a historical leaderboard showing rankings of who has completed100% of a game in the shortest span of playing hours.
The Hall of Fame — This area will dynamically recognize thosesingularly elite players who have reached the top of the hill on variousstatistical leaderboards, and will also contain a personal awardsdisplay of special in-game landmarks and successes in Social Clubcompetitions.
The Liberty City Marathon — A ranking of special physical milestonesachieved in the game – from the amount of miles walked, driven, or swam– to the number of bullets fired and stunt-jumps jumped. There will beadditional special marathon-based competitions in the future from thisarea as well.
The Rockstar Social Club doesn’t stop there. With special competitions,leaderboards and challenges rolling out regularly in the weeks andmonths following the game’s release, this is just the beginning of anon-going Liberty City experience and is a small taste of what’s to comefrom Rockstar Games for GTAIV and beyond…
