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By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpot, News.com
Posted on ZDNet News: Apr 30, 2008 5:07:02 AM

Last month, the launch of Rockstar Games' Bully on the Xbox 360 was marred by a bevy of crash bugs and other glitches. With this yesterday's heavily anticipated release of Grand Theft Auto IV for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, Rockstar finds itself dealing with still more troubleshooting trouble, as online forums are buzzing with reports of crashes.

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Combing through crash threads on the Xbox.com forums, Sony's official message boards, GameSpot, and the NeoGAF forums, it seems that the issues are affecting PlayStation 3 users more frequently, although gamers with both systems are reporting problems. Reports of crashes on the 60GB version of the PS3 hardware are the most common, and tech support advice like deleting and re-installing the game doesn't appear to address the issue effectively.

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As of press time, Rockstar has not responded to requests for comment. A representative with Rockstar parent company Take-Two Interactive declined to comment on the issue.

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I'm a Sadist
I am a Sadist, and I say so on My web logs and pages. I do not like porn.

Given reviews of GTA in the newspapers, I do not like it. But that is why I spend My money on other things! ... (Read the rest)
Posted by: Master Dave Posted on: 05/10/08 You are currently: Logged In | Log out
Well, at least there's this... BitTwiddler   | 04/30/08
Oh yeh! CreepinJesus   | 05/01/08
RE: Forums aflame over 'Grand Theft Auto IV' freeze FateJHedgehog@...   | 05/01/08
RE: Forums aflame over 'Grand Theft Auto IV' freeze ByThaBay   | 05/01/08
RE: Forums aflame over 'Grand Theft Auto IV' freeze Jover614   | 05/01/08
RE: Forums aflame over 'Grand Theft Auto IV' freeze Raymond Danner   | 05/01/08
RE: Forums aflame over 'Grand Theft Auto IV' freeze satxirishboy   | 05/02/08
RE: Forums aflame over 'Grand Theft Auto IV' freeze codycjb   | 05/03/08
freeze workaround? lilTigerjp   | 05/03/08
xbox? codycjb   | 05/04/08
I got a freeze workaround from Rockstar!~~ lilTigerjp   | 05/03/08
Grand Theft Auto IV is Porn for Sadists whynothavefun2@...   | 05/04/08
Return your game! DarbyOhara   | 05/05/08
Return your game HUH? whynothavefun2@...   | 05/05/08
Uhm, how about No? Free_Thinker   | 05/06/08
Umm, learn to read, umm is not a word whynothavefun2@...   | 05/06/08
I'm a Sadist Master Dave   | 05/10/08
RE: Forums aflame over 'Grand Theft Auto IV' freeze leavemealone19   | 05/06/08
RE: Forums aflame over 'Grand Theft Auto IV' freeze whynothavefun2@...   | 05/06/08
The Downward Spiral of Logic gilamonster   | 05/07/08
Its the parents fault... DailyWTF   | 05/07/08

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