Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony
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| Developer(s) | Rockstar North |
| Publisher(s) | Rockstar Games |
| Distributor(s) | Take-Two Interactive |
| Producer(s) | Leslie Benzies |
| Programmer(s) | Adam Fowler |
| Artist(s) | Aaron Garbut |
| Writer(s) |
Dan Houser Rupert Humphries |
| Composer(s) | Aaron Johnston Jesse Murphy Avi Bortnick |
| Series | Grand Theft Auto |
| Engine | RAGE |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 |
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Xbox 360
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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| GameRankings | PS3: 90.00% X360: 89.43% |
| Metacritic | X360: 89/100 PS3: 87/100 |
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| Publication | Score |
| Eurogamer | 8/10 |
| IGN | 9.2/10 |
Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony is the second of the two episodic expansion packs available for the PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 versions of Grand Theft Auto IV, developed by Rockstar North. It was first released for the Xbox 360 on 29 October 2009, before then being released for the PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Windows on 13 April 2010. It is the fourth expansion pack in the Grand Theft Auto series and the 14th release on the series.
The Ballad of Gay Tony follows the exploits of its protagonist, Luis Fernando Lopez, an ex-member of the Dominican drug dealers and the personal bodyguard (referred to by himself as "business associate") of Anthony "Gay Tony" Prince, who featured in a number of missions in both Grand Theft Auto IV and The Lost and Damned. The storyline focuses on Luis' efforts to help Prince, who is owner of the two largest nightclubs in Liberty City and a high-status socialite, overcome several issues, including drugs, debt, mafia families and attempts on both of their lives. The story also ties up loose ends in regards to the infamous diamond deal of Grand Theft Auto IV.
Rockstar Games said in their press release that this episode "injects Liberty City with an overdose of guns, glitz, and crime" and that "players will struggle with the competing loyalties of family and friends, and with the uncertainty about who is real and who is fake in a world in which everyone has a price." A combined standalone disc-based package titled Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City, which does not require the original Grand Theft Auto IV game to be played, was released alongside the second expansion and contains both The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony.
While The Ballad of Gay Tony features similar gameplay and the same setting to that of Grand Theft Auto IV, it contains roughly a similar amount of missions as that of The Lost and Damned. However the game differentiates itself from these two with new additions and features and some notable changes.
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