The special edition version of GTA 4 will be presented in a customized Grand Theft Auto metal safety deposit box. The box will contain:

• Grand Theft Auto IV on the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system or the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system, both with special packaging

• The Grand Theft Auto IV Art Book, featuring never-before-seen production artwork from Grand Theft Auto IV

• Selected soundtrack CD from Grand Theft Auto IV, featuring new material from top artists, only available on this release

• An exclusive Rockstar keychain for the safety deposit box keys

• Completing the collection is a limited edition Rockstar duffel bag

The Grand Theft Auto IV Special Edition is available for pre-orders now and will retail for $89.99 in North America.

* The cell you saw in the trailer appears to be a big part of the game. Instead of buying weapons at Ammu-Nation you can call "Little Jakob", a caribbean weapon dealer, who will provide you with guns.
* There is a menswear store called "Perseus"
* The "Tw@ Café" internet Café from GTA III is back. You can surf the Internet from every computer in the game.
* You will be able to use taxis to get around. You can watch the drive from the ego-perspective or you can skip the whole thing by pressing the proper button.
* Every crime committed increases the wanted level. As soon as you reach a certain level a search area appears on the radar. If you escape from such an area without being spotted by pedestrians/cops, the wanted level falls back. If you are spotted by a witness, the area changes to the place where you were last spotted.

Videogame site Gaming Excellence has an interesting tidbit on upcoming mega-game Grand Theft Auto 4.

Attributing the information to "Rockstar’s man on the scene" at Sony's holiday event, GamingExcellence reports Rockstar is considering the possibility of having an open world completely unlocked from the start of the game.

In even more breathtaking news: Gaming Excellence reports: "We also understand that the game’s multiplayer mode, unseen in the GTA franchise since GTA2 in 1999, is aiming for at least 16 simultaneous players, with more than just the usual deathmatch mode."