It seems crime has taken a serious jump in the last few hours and the only place affected has been the little known city called, Liberty City. According to the LCPD Crime Blotter, crime is up nearly 900 million percent from yesterday alone! While we could only speculate what could have caused the spike, we think it's safe to say that it's going to get a lot worse before it gets any better.
In all seriousness, the LCPD Blotter (which tracks multiplayer statistics in Grand Theft Auto IV; available on the Rockstar Games Social Club) showcases some huge numbers for a title inching-in on its first 12 hours of release (more in the European/Australian region).
Some of the more interesting numbers include:
- Crime rate up 848,780,099% from previous day
- 24,700 criminals have been arrested
- 781,556 cars have been stolen
- 8,241,576 call outs have been made
- 221,525 N.O.O.S.E. call outs have been made
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
4-29-2008 @ 1:09PM
Neeko said...
I have to buy this freakn game ASAP. Dont have the time now but i cant stop reading these articles on it. Hows the multiplayer?
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4-29-2008 @ 1:52PM
vidGuy said...
The multiplayer is genius and has probably added more than 100 hours to this game for me. Up to 16 players can roam Liberty City without limits. I love getting in a car with my friend and gunning down people, upping that wanted level, then holing up and destroying any cops that come after us.
I thought I'd be playing the single player mode for the first few days but have yet to touch it because MP is that good.
4-29-2008 @ 1:32PM
andyg8180 said...
looks like liberty city just popped its cherry... poor thing...
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4-29-2008 @ 1:34PM
Dan_C said...
What's a call out?
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4-29-2008 @ 1:34PM
TheBlahMasta said...
900Mil%...Umm...Lets put that into reality and just say that the entire world is DOOMED. Lol. I feel bad for Liberty City. Well...Until I get my copy..then I wont' feel TOO bad.
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4-29-2008 @ 1:37PM
Raheem said...
Seriously how does everyone not own this yet? The multiplayer is fantastic (the lobby is so addictive) - and the single player is pure genius.
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4-29-2008 @ 1:41PM
TORO said...
Cause I'm at work jerkface! I hate everyone that's playing right now :(
haha jk
4-29-2008 @ 1:46PM
Richard Mitchell said...
Oh it's so good, TORO.
Soooooooo good.
Too bad you can't play :)
4-29-2008 @ 1:59PM
TORO said...
Just wait till I get home....me and my luchadors are gonna run you over! Nacchooooooo......!
4-29-2008 @ 2:52PM
Raheem said...
Lol jerkface? :( I forgot about the time difference, it's 8pm here.
4-29-2008 @ 2:10PM
dylan said...
less than 5 minutes into the game I bumped the back of a patrol car
at about 4 MPH, they proceeded to pull me out of the car, I ran and
jumped into the river, they sent helicopters and boat who opened fire
on me with machine guns.... LCPD are jerks.
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4-29-2008 @ 9:55PM
David W. said...
LMAO
4-29-2008 @ 2:16PM
SoxFan13 said...
Xav-- great headline!! I can't wait to buy this game after work today.
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4-29-2008 @ 2:17PM
Wilson said...
Looks like Liberty City isn't such a good place to live anymore :S
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4-29-2008 @ 4:23PM
Insomnious said...
Greatest moment in gaming history - taking Michelle for a date (near the start of the game), hitting the kerb to right, rolling the car, killing 3 pedestrians, until the car lands on the roof and skids into a police car, and I get myself nicked.
Date Failed, sad face.
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4-29-2008 @ 6:44PM
Rob said...
If only linking gamertags wasn't down, I would be able to contribute to it.
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4-30-2008 @ 12:52AM
Jomolungma said...
I'm amazed you could get those stats. I haven't been able to get into the site all day. Servers are being crunched.
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4-30-2008 @ 1:00AM
Jomolungma said...
Glory be - Five minutes after posting that I finally got into the site. Only one of my 14 ZiTs actually posted to the site - not sure why that is or how it is calculated. But the police blotter is funny - I guess all of that congestion in Broker means not too many folks have made it into Algonquin and beyond yet. My marathon stats are woeful - it would take me a year to get 100% in any of those categories.
4-30-2008 @ 11:37PM
paonia said...
Best headline ever. Great writing.
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5-01-2008 @ 6:42AM
Murphster said...
Wasn't anything to do with me- i was watching Tv in my cousins crappy apartment :P
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