Rockstar has kept to their word. Back in late January Vice City was made available on PSN, and Rockstar signed off their release announcement with the promise of future announcements regarding more PS2 Classics heading to PSN soon. They've just announced that both Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories will be making their way to PSN this coming week, and the original Midnight Club, along with Midnight Club 2, are available right now.

All four PS2 Classics are available for US$9.99.

This announcement follows what we predicted in our previous article; both Midnight Club 1 & 2 had been re-rated for PlayStation 3 at the time of writing and were expected to be making their way to PSN in the very near future. Vice City Stories had also been re-rated, so it was obvious itself and Liberty City Stories would follow not to long after. Interestingly enough, LCS has not been re-rated according to the ESRB website at this time.

Rockstar once again signed off the announcement with a promise along the same lines as last time:

Stay tuned for word on more Rockstar titles coming soon to the PS2 Classics collection.

The PS2-era catalogue has been nearly exhausted. The only remaining PS2-era games not released on PSN thus far are the original Manhunt, Manhunt 2, Max Payne 2, The Warriors and State of Emergency. Fans have been vocal about their desire to see Max Payne 2 on PSN, alongside Max Payne 1 which was released on PSN last year, and I'd say it's a given that we'll see it next. The Warriors was a terrific game, one which would be great to play again on PSN, and I'm throwing my support behind it also. The Manhunt series could be more tricky, particularly in the UK and AU were the two remain banned - could certainly see it headed to the US PSN though if Rockstar feels that's adequate. State of Emergency seems a little left-field, and whilst I could see a PSN release being a new-beginning for it, I can't really see it being at the top of the list.

As always, I'll keep you updated on any news regarding future PSN releases.

Minor Update: According to AustralianGamer.com, the promo has also been announced for Australian customers, starting the same time as the UK's promo.

Starting June 9th in the UK and Australia, if you're over the age of 18 and purchase a new PSPgo, you'll be able to download ten free games from the PlayStation Store - one of which is Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. The promo, which was confirmed by Sony yesterday, will be available to those who have purchased (or will purchase) a PSPgo anytime after April 1st, 2010. The ten free games included are:

• Assassins Creed: Bloodlines
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
• Gran Turismo
• James Cameron’s AVATAR: The Game
• LittleBigPlanet
• MotorStorm Arctic Edge
• Need For Speed SHIFT
• Pursuit ForceTM: Extreme Justice
• 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
• WipEout Pure

According to Sony, redeeming your free copies is simple. Once you've opened your new unit, just power it up and connect to the PlayStation Network, then launch the PlayStation Store and download the new PSPgo theme. When complete, you'll receive an email from Sony with a voucher code which can than be redeemed so you can start downloading your ten free games.

Definitely worth considering if you are looking to purchase Vice City Stories on PSP, or a new PSPgo handheld. Similar promo offers are expected for the United States and Canada in the coming weeks. We'll keep you posted.

Source: GameFocus.ca

As I was looking around on GameStop's website today, I came across two Grand Theft Auto bundle packs that have yet to be announced by Rockstar. One pack for the PC is exactly like the trilogy packs released for the PS2 and Xbox consoles. It includes GTAIII, Vice City and San Andreas. We're not sure at the moment if the games have been patched to correctly work on newer OSes. (Personally, I don't have a problem with the games on Vista but some have reported various problems) The other pack for the PlayStation 2 includes both Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories. Both bundles will retail for $30. The PC pack releases on 30th of this month and the Stories pack releases on the 23rd.

GameStop: GTA PC, Stories PS2

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has been sending an email to PlayStation Store users details the latest additions to the PlayStation Store. Among the additions is Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories to the legacy game downloads. We'll update this post once the games are posted.

EDIT: The US store was just updated and it doesn't seem to include the games.

Source: SCEE

Rockstar has released the first trailer for the Japan version of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. They used the second trailer for the US version of the game for this trailer. They also added a small scene where Lance says "Yo, Bro."

Rockstar recently updated the official site for the Japan version of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories with a release date. According to the official site, the game is set for a release on December 6th, 2007 for both the Playstation 2 and the Playstation Portable.

Official Site: Japan Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

Rockstar's finest are once again in the Top of the Europe Charts for the week ending 15 September 2007, mark-ups are as follows:

Grand Theft Auto in the Charts again, great to see San Andreas their still after 3 years since it's release, well done as always Rockstar!

Thanks to Old School Gamer from 1up.com Boards.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories are still high in the UK charts this week, and from the looks of it they both have been for several months now, coming in at 1st and 2nd place respectively.

Seems like a familiar sight doesn't it? Probably because they have been taking the 1st and 2nd places for several months now, non-stop, so congrats Rockstar North on a terrific job. If you didn't think the portables were a success before, you should now.

Gamesultra brang us this newest update on the rankings, thanks guys!

Rockstar is in Amazon's top 5 game sales statistics this week, the 31st week of 2007. Taking an equal number of first and third places for their PlayStation Portable versions of Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories. The results are for North America, Japan and Europe:

GTA Vice City Stories is living up to the Grand Theft Auto name of sticking to the top of the charts for months on end. Months after being released in the UK on the PlayStation 2 the game is still in the country's Top 20 in All Formats, trailing in at # 18 it is the oldest game on the list; full list below:

1. Harry Potter & The Order Of The Phoenix
2. Transformers: The Game
3. More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima
4. Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree
5. Wii Play
6. Shrek The Third
7. The Darkness
8. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training
9. Cooking Mama
10. Tiger Woods Pga Tour 07
11. Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End
12. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas
13. Pro Evolution Soccer 6
14. Forza Motorsport 2
15. Mario Strikers Charged Football
16. Need For Speed: Carbon
17. Tomb Raider: Anniversary
18. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
19. Spider-Man 3
20. New Super Mario Bros.