Steam is having a deal on Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City today. The discount is a heavy 50% off bringing the pack to just $15 USD. If you have yet to pick up the Episodes or don't yet own the PC version, this is practically a steal! Hurry though as the deal will only last through today.

Steam: Episodes from Liberty City

For those of you who are keen on digital copies or want to be one of the first to play, Steam will be selling Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City tonight starting at 12:00 AM EST.

Source: Steam

Rockstar has announced the change log for the next patch for Grand Theft Auto IV on the PC. The patch, which will be required for Episodes from Liberty City, is not yet released but should be releasing later today/tomorrow.

Rockstar Games Social Club
• Remove Rockstar Games Social Club application
• Separate RGSC application no longer required to launch game
• Social Club login now occurs during the launch process

Shadows
• A new, less memory-intensive, and better-looking scalable shadow solution has been implemented
• Enhanced Night Shadows added with user-selectable level of detail (replaces Shadow Density)

Performance
• Rendering optimizations have been made to improve performance, particularly when enabling shadows
• User-configurable graphics settings have been added for shadow control
• Improved memory management

Multiplayer
• Enhanced security to isolate users from cheaters and hackers

Episodic Content
• Provide in-game support to purchase "The Lost and Damned" and "The Ballad of Gay Tony" (Not available in Russian/Japanese Versions)

Bug Fixes
• Vehicle shadows re-enabled between 8pm and 6am
• Fix floating street textures
• Pedestrians in vehicles appear further out from the player to allow for long range sniping
• The Moon has been implemented with simulated lunar phases
• Fixed garbled text in Japanese Multiplayer menus
• "RESC 10" error fix for specific hardware configurations

As promised, Rockstar has released a trailer for the PC and PS3 versions of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City.

As a reminder, the Episodes release tomorrow and the Social Club multiplayer events start soon after so be sure to get some practice. Folks from Rockstar could be seen practicing on the PC just this past weekend with their GW gamertags. If you need someone to practice with on Games for Windows, feel free to add my gamertag: Gamerzworld.

Rockstar has announced via their Twitter account that they will be releasing a trailer of the PC and PS3 versions of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City on Monday. Stay tuned!

Rockstar has posted some footage of the PC version of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City that was made with the included video editor. The video is entitled "Bahama Mamas":

Rockstar has released the first four screenshots of the PC version of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City.

Rockstar has released the schedule of Social Club multiplayer events for April through June.

• Friday, April 2 (4-7PM EST)
  Grand Theft Auto IV
  For PC on Games for Windows LIVE
  Dust up and bust up - get those skills sharpened for Episodes on PC in mid-April - we'll be throttling up-to-32-player action just like last time...
  

• Friday, April 16 (4-7PM EST)
  Episodes from Liberty City
  For PlayStation 3 on PlayStation Network

Saturday, April 17 (3-6PM EST)
Episodes from Liberty City
For PC on Games for Windows LIVE

Back-to-back jumpoff weekend in honor of the arrival of Episodes from Liberty City for PC and PS3.  Make sure to get a lot of practice in that first day or two after game release – because we’re planning to have a few folks from both Rockstar North and Toronto coming online specifically to show you how it’s done.

• Tuesday, April 27 (4-7PM EST)
  Episodes from Liberty City
  For PlayStation 3 on PlayStation Network
  More long-awaited Episodes action on PlayStation Network.
  

• Thursday, May 13 (4-7PM EST)
  Episodes from Liberty City
  For Xbox 360 on Xbox LIVE
  An official Social Club and Xbox LIVE event, for all the Episodes players on 360.

• Friday, May 21 (4-7PM EST)
  Red Dead Redemption
  For PlayStation 3 on PlayStation Network
  

Saturday, May 22 (1-4PM EST)
Red Dead Redemption
For Xbox 360 on Xbox LIVE

Like we said last week… get your wild bunch ready.  Red Dead Redemption multiplayer – back-to-back for each system on the first weekend after the May 18th game release. Stay tuned for the big reveal of Multiplayer details next week.

• Thursday, June 3 (4-7PM EST)
  Red Dead Redemption
  For PlayStation 3 on PlayStation Network
  Posse up.  Official Red Dead multiplayer events continuing on in June for PlayStation 3...

• Friday, June 18 (4-7PM EST)
  Red Dead Redemption
  For Xbox 360 on Xbox LIVE
  ...and for Xbox 360.  Look for special giveaways during each of the June events.
  
  
• Tuesday, June 29 (4-7PM EST)
  Episodes from Liberty City For PC on Games for Windows LIVE
  Getting back into some high-def and high-octane PC Grand Theft Auto mayhem.

Well it appears all the rumors of the Grand Theft Auto IV DLC being a limited exclusive to the Xbox 360 were true, on March 30th 2010, PlayStation 3 and PC owners of GTA IV will finally catch a break and be able to play the two action-packed episodes which have become just as popular as the original game itself. The Lost and Damned & The Ballard of Gay Tony will make it into the hands of both PlayStation 3 and PC owners in the form of 'Episodes from Liberty City'. Just like the Xbox 360, if you own GTAIV you also have the choice to download each episode individually. You can see the complete announcement from our friends at Rockstar below:

"The much anticipated release of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City for the PC and for PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system is coming this spring – on March 30, 2010. For the first time, PlayStation 3 and PC players will have the opportunity to experience the last two thrilling chapters of the Grand Theft Auto IV saga together on one disc.

The two action packed episodes, The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, will also be available for download via PlayStation®Network and Games for Windows®-LIVE on March 30, 2010.

In The Ballad of Gay Tony, players explore Liberty City’s high-end nightlife as Luis Lopez, struggling to balance the temptations of money and vice against loyalties to family and friends. The Lost and Damned is a dark trip through Liberty City’s seedy underbelly as outlaw biker, Johnny Klebitz, fights to keep his gang together as a rift in the gang’s leadership threatens to tear the brotherhood apart. Both episodes feature a slew of new vehicles and weapons, and each episode adds new activities including cage fighting, gang wars and BASE jumping."

Check out the broadcast for more information.

Rockstar has released patch number five for the PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV. Here is a list of changes brought by the patch.

GENERAL:
Convert all region SKU's into the same SKU.
Include support for all languages within single exe.

CONTROLS:
Allow controls to be double mapped on keyboard.
Added option in controls menu to disable mouse controls in helicopters.
Adjust keyboard control sensitivity in hood cam view in vehicles.

MULTIPLAYER:
Security Updates to deter cheating in multiplayer.
Hosts can now immediately Kick users from their games in Lobby and in game via Cell phone without having to rely on peer voting.
Fixed a bug in Cops 'n Crooks mode where Host would drop out and prevent remaining players from leaving game.

The most interesting thing about the patch however is the fact that it makes the game list the five achievements from The Lost and Damned. This isn't a fluke on Microsoft's side either as if you go to the page for GTAIV PC, only the original achievements are listed. It's only in game that it reports the new ones. With this combined with the fact that TLAD bikes have been in the files of the PC version of GTAIV since release, we're going to go out on a limb and say that we should hear an announcement real soon regarding TLAD riding it's way to the PC.