Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City

Type	GAME
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
Developer(s)	Rockstar North
Publisher(s)	Rockstar Games
Producer(s)	Leslie Benzies
Writer(s)	Dan Houser Rupert Humphries
Composer(s)	The Lost and Damned: Stuart Hart The Ballad of Gay Tony: Aaron Johnston Jesse Murphy Avi Bortnick
Platform(s)	Xbox 360 PC PlayStation 3 Xbox One [BC] Xbox Series X [BC]
Release Information
Xbox 360	29 October 2009 29 October 2009 29 October 2009
PlayStation 3	13 April 2010 16 April 2010 16 April 2010
PC	13 April 2010 16 April 2010 16 April 2010
Xbox One	9 February 2017
Xbox Series X/S	10 November 2020
Technical Information
Engine	RAGE
Supported Languages(Subtitles)	English French Italian German Spanish
Setting
Protagonist(s)	Johnny Klebitz Luis Fernando Lopez
Location(s)	Liberty City Alderney State
Timeline	2008
Universe	HD Universe
Release timeline
Preceded by	Grand Theft Auto IV (April 29, 2008)
Succeeded by	Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (March 17, 2009)

GTA IV Episodes, Episodic Content, or Downloadable Content are expansion packs for Grand Theft Auto IV that add extra missions, areas, weapons, characters, and more to the original game, as well as a new storyline that interweaves with the main GTA IV one. Currently, both episodes are available for the Xbox 360 version of the game, along with the PlayStation 3 and PC ports which were released a year later. If downloaded online, each episode requires the original GTA IV game disc in order to be played, but doesn't require the disc if the Episodes from Liberty City game disc is used instead.

List of episodic content

The Lost and Damned, featuring Alderney biker Johnny Klebitz and The Lost Brotherhood. - Released February 17, 2009.
The Ballad of Gay Tony, featuring Dominican criminal and bodyguard Luis Fernando Lopez and his boss Anthony "Gay Tony" Prince. - Released October 29, 2009.

Episodes from Liberty City

Both The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony were also released together on a single boxed game disc called Episodes From Liberty City, on October 29, 2009. Unlike the individual episodes, Episodes From Liberty City doesn't require the original GTA IV game. The disc includes three new radio stations exclusive to the double-pack version to compensate for some music not carried over from GTA IV. The single-episode DLCs do not contain exclusive music, but the original music is been carried over. Players who do not have GTA IV installed on their console will find that some phone conversation dialog in Episodes From Liberty City is missing.

If you were to download any episode online and save a game using TLAD or TBOGT in the original GTA IV, and then later use the Episodes from Liberty City game disc, the saved games will still be available, however, the GTA IV saved games will not be.

Episodes from Liberty City also introduces three aforementioned exclusive radio stations; Vice City FM, Self-Actualization FM and RamJam FM. However Vice City FM replaces The Vibe 98.8, Self-Actualization FM replaces The Journey, and RamJam FM replaces Massive B Soundsystem 96.9 and Tuff Gong Radio.

PC & PS3 release

On January 29, 2010, Rockstar officially announced that both expansion episodes would be released for the PlayStation 3 and the PC on March 30th. However, due to having problems with Sony Europe with the Liberty City radio, television, and Internet content, the episodes had been delayed until April 13th in North America and April 16th in Europe. Like the previous release on Xbox 360, each episode was been made individually available online at the PlayStation Store and at Games for Windows - LIVE Marketplace, as well as together on disc.

Trivia

• The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony have missing features which were present in Grand Theft Auto IV, most noticeably, the ability to buy clothing from the various shops, they are inaccessible. Girlfriends in GTA IV is also a feature that has partially been taken away, there are women in the clubs present in The Ballad of Gay Tony, but they can't be dated and only have oral sex with the protagonist Luis Lopez. These features were possibly removed so that new features like clubs, new radio stations, TV shows, and the new Vehicles and Weapons could be placed in the game.

Legal Action in Brazil

On October 18th, 2010, the 3rd Civil Court of Barueri, in São Paulo State, in Brazil, has decided that the game "Episodes From Liberty City" violates the Brazilian law concerning copy rights by using a song called "Bota o dedinho pro alto", from the Brazilian composer Hamilton da Silva Lourenço in the game without his permission.

In the decision the court ordered that all copies of the game for Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC should be recalled from stores. The decision also states that if the game is not recalled in 48 hours Rockstar Games should be billed in R$ 5,000.00 (approximately USD 3,125.00) per day.

According to the claimant lawyer this decision should be fulfilled in the US too because it's where Rockstar is located.

Rockstar can still appeal to the State Court of São Paulo and other superior courts although the decision is to be taken immediate action.

Crossovers

• Throughout the game, radio stations have news reports about The Lost and The Angels of Death.
• Elizabeta Torres and Ray Boccino give missions to Niko and Johnny during each storys.
• In Mori's missions, Brucie Kibbutz interacts with Luis during each mission.
• In the mission No Love Lost, Jason Michaels is killed by Niko Bellic.
• In the mission Blow Your Cover, Niko and Johnny escape from the LCPD.
• In the mission Three Leaf Clover, Luis is on the floor during the robbery.
• In the mission Roman's Holiday, Johnny kidnaps Roman on Dimitri's orders and Niko rescues him.
• In the mission Diamonds in the Rough, Johnny kills Evan Moss to steal the diamonds.
• In the mission Museum Piece, Niko and Johnny meet again and are ambushed by Luis.
• In the mission No Way on the Subway, Niko kills Jim Fitzgerald on orders of Ray Boccino.
• In the mission Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend, Niko and Luis trade each other with the diamonds and Gracie.
• In the mission Pest Control, Niko kills Ray Boccino on Jimmy Pegorino's orders.
• In the mission Departure Time, Luis kills Ray Bulgarin in the airplane.