Rockstar seems to have caught iPhone/iPod Touch fever as they have just announced that along with Beaterator, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will also be making it's way to the iPhone/iPod Touch. Sadly, the version will not be releasing at the same time as the PlayStation Portable port so you'll have to wait until some time in the fall to get it. Here's to hoping that Apple won't reject the game like they have been doing to tons of awesome and useful apps.

Rockstar Games, the world-renowned publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), is pleased to announce that the critically acclaimed Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars from Rockstar Leeds, the winners of the 2009 Develop Award for Best Handheld Game Studio, will be making its way to the iPhone™ and iPod® touch this fall.

"Chinatown Wars is a perfect match for the iPhone and iPod touch," said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. "We are very excited to bring this incredibly ambitious version of Liberty City, with this level of detail and immersive gameplay on Apple's new gaming platforms."

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is currently available for the Nintendo DS™ and is also coming this fall for the PlayStation®Portable system. The game follows the story of Huang Lee, a young Triad who travels to Liberty City after the mysterious death of his father. Players will navigate their way through the streets as they uncover the truth behind an epic tale of crime and corruption within the Triad crime syndicate, delivering the unprecedented amount of depth that has become a true trademark of the Grand Theft Auto franchise.

Rockstar has just released some screen shots of the PSP version of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. While the game still features an isometric view, textures, lighting and colors have been substantially improved over it's DS counterpart.

Official Website: Chinatown Wars

Rockstar has just announced via their Twitter feed that the PSP port of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will be hitting the United States on October 20th. It's unknown at the time what the release date will be for the UK but we'll venture to say that it's a couple of days after the US like usual.

Source: Rockstar

Update: Rockstar has confirmed that the UK release date will be October 23rd.

Take-Two today held a conference call today to give people an update on the financial status of the company. CEO Ben Feder stated that Beaterator will be coming towards the end of this year. Also, in-spite of all the analysts claiming that there will be another big Grand Theft Auto next year, Feder also put those rumors to rest stating that there will not be a multiplatform Grand Theft Auto next year. Something interesting though is that Agent was not mentioned in the line up for next year. So either Agent will not be coming next year or Take-Two doesn't want to get people's hopes up. They also reconfirmed that Chinatown Wars will be coming in Q4 of this year which puts the release date sometime between July 1, 2009 through September 30, 2009.

This morning Take-Two announced that Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will be making it's way to the PSP this fall. The game has been retooled for the PSP featuring upscaled widescreen graphics, enhanced lighting, enhanced animation, and all-new story missions. It's going to be interesting to see how Rockstar Leeds translates the DS version's touchscreen mechanics to the PSP. The PSP version releases this fall on in both UMD and download from PSN formats.

For more information please visit: www.rockstargames.com/chinatownwars

Source: Take-Two

Today, Rockstar has officially launched the Mr. Wong's laundromat for Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars on the Social Club site. At the laundromat, you can earn up to 100,000 each day and unlock some new multiplayer clothing.

Social Club: Mr. Wongs

Recently we reported that there were Paper-craft Models of people and objects from Chinatown Wars available for download from the Social Club. Well, as promised Rockstar Games has released another Paper-craft Model, this time of the Hellenbach.

Download: Social Club Download Section

Want your very own Huang or Sabre GT? While you obviously can't have a real life version of either, you can download, print, cut, and put together these very cool paper-craft versions of them. To download, you must be a member of the Social Club. According to the page, more paper-crafts are on the way.

Download: Paper-craft Models

Starting this Friday, you will be able to unlock a Social Club member exclusive Bulletproof Hellenbanch for Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars via the Social Club site. To get your Bulletproof Hellenbanch, do the following:

1. Become a Social Club member before May 8, 2009 at 11:59 PM ET
   
2. Link your Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Friend Code to your Social Club account before the same date.
   
3. Sync your stats anytime after May 1, 2009 at 12:00 AM ET.

After you sync your stats, head to the car merchant in BOABO and it should be the last car in the list. If you don't see it, you may need to retry syncing your stats. No word yet if it'll be free or if there will be a fee every time you get the car.

You may have noticed that there is an ad for "Mr. Wong's Laundromat" at the top of the Social Club page for Chinatown Wars. While Social Club fails to give any details about Wong's, Rockstar's online partner GameSpy, gives us some insight.

Once at the Rockstar Social Club, registered users can also play Flash games like Mr Wong’s Laundromat to unlock additional cash that can be spent back in the game. GameSpy’s custom work links money earned out of game straight back into your in-game funds to spend on bigger guns and more ammo (and you can never have enough of that).

Pretty neat, huh?

Source: GameSpy