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'Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars' Released for iPhone and iPod Touch

Sunday January 17, 2010 8:58 pm PST by Arnold Kim

TouchArcade reports that Rockstar games has released Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the iPhone and iPod Touch this evening.

Chinatown Wars for the iPhone seems to lie somewhere in between the DS and PSP versions in regards to graphical quality, but as far as pure GTA gameplay, everything so far seems intact. (Complete with an awful lot of swearing.)


Grand Theft Auto is an incredibly popular gaming franchise that was originally released for PCs and has since been brought to console platforms including handheld devices such as the DS and PSP. The iPhone version represents the first iPhone game coming from Rockstar games.

TouchArcade has first impressions as well as this gameplay video:



App Store Link: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, $9.99
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LinMac
Posted: 27 months ago
Downloading it now. It looks promising. :D
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theheadguy
Posted: 27 months ago
Really nice demo...
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usasalazar
Posted: 27 months ago
Arrow right and left to steer the car?! Controller FAIL!
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Saladinos
Posted: 27 months ago
Thank God it didn't get rejected!
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admanimal
Posted: 27 months ago

The iPhone version represents the first iPhone game coming from Rockstar games.


I'm pretty sure Beaterator is also from Rockstar, unless you just meant the first GTA game.
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greg400
Posted: 27 months ago

Arrow right and left to steer the car?! Controller FAIL!


Yeah, it really looks painful to control. I'll stick with the DS version as that was the system the game was intended for.
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JoeKozy
Posted: 27 months ago
So much for all the 'iPhone has better graphics capabilities than the PSP' talk, i'm still waiting for a game with that visual wow=factor.
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djdole
Posted: 27 months ago
The absolute most racist opening music ever. O_O
Do the CG fat fingers also come wit the app? :-p

What they need to do is release the original GTA2.
Cooooooop Kill'a!
Elvis has LEFT the building!
RAMPAGE!

THAT would be an instant hit.
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svndmvn
Posted: 27 months ago

Arrow right and left to steer the car?! Controller FAIL!


you can use a virtual joystick as well, just like for walking
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Dagless
Posted: 27 months ago
A mighty fine game, I recommend those without a DS or PSP to get it (so long as the controls are good on this one). I bought the DS one last year and it's a massive time sink. Enjoy it more than the console version of GTAIV!
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