Is the release date of Grand Theft Auto Liberty Stories for playstation 2 for the 24th of this month? Is the multi-player going to be included for the ps2 version? I'm thinking about getting the game, as I enjoy the mob missions and Frank Vincent as Don Leone is added plus for me.

From GameSpot.com


$20 PS2 GTA: LCS due 6/6/06

Console version of Tony Cipriani's mafia mix-ups heads to North American PlayStation 2s June 6 for $19.99, Europe June 9.

The day of release for a new installment of Grand Theft Auto for the PlayStation 2 has become synonymous with "sick" days, $50 out of the wallet, and late October. Taking advantage of its popularity and the holiday season, Rockstar Games has always sent each edition of its flagship franchise to stores just before November and has never found a reason to debut the games for less than half a Benjamin.

That's all about to change for the controversial game, as Rockstar today announced that Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories will be available for the PlayStation 2 on June 6 for an MSRP of $19.99. The game will come to Europe on June 9 for 29.99 euros ($37) or 19.99 GBP ($35).

Though this isn't the debut of this particular chapter of GTA (it was released late last October on the PSP), it is the debut of the game on a console--a very widespread one, at that.

Gamers anxious to return to Liberty City, the setting of Grand Theft Auto III, have long been wondering exactly when the game would come out (it was originally due in April but was then delayed) and how much it would be released for. The PS2 version was revealed in January and originally expected to hit stores in April, and Take-Two Interactive's CEO, Paul Eibeler, announced in March that the game would be cheaper than the $50 PSP version.

Though the game was already released for the PSP, it doesn't mean that this latest version doesn't have a chance to follow in its PS2 GTA predecessor's footsteps as a retail success. Though the PSP has shipped nearly 20 million units (as of the end of 2005, just over 15 million units shipped), the PS2 has sold more than 100 million units.

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories for the PlayStation 2 has not yet been rated, however, it's likely to receive the same M-for-Mature rating that its PSP counterpart had. As of press time, online retailers still listed the game at $29.99.
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There's no mention of whether or not the multiplayer will be in this game, but Rockstar would be pretty stupid not to put it in there. And hell, with the PS2 version, they can actually make the multiplayer a "truly" online GTA.

The multiplayer for the PSP version was only through ad hoc (you had to find someone else with a PSP and the game in your vicinity in order to play against each other).

I can't wait. Other than the new Zelda, this is the game I'm now most anticipating (along with the PS3, of course).

You mean Twilight Princess?

Mmm.

It could have been Zelda: Phantom Hourglass that will release for the DS in november.

Why the ? I wasn't being sarcastic, I was just confirming what you said.

Ow, sorry then.

You did look a bit ironic tough, as implying that it only could have been Twilight Princess. Altough, how much of a hidden message can there be in 'mmm'.

Anyway, case closed.

BTW - I'm surprised at how many people are already down on this game (read the GameFAQ's message boards, for instance), talking about how its a PSP port and Liberty City is small, etc.

I'm sorry, but I am glad GTA will be getting back to the mafia/OC style rather than the gangbanging thug from San Andreas, which is why I didn't pick that game up. I can't wait to get back to playing with Tony Cipriani's mob.

I played it for a couple of hours... it's no GTA III and GTA VC but still the story is better than GTA SA...
my cousin says nearly all the missions are given by Salvatore Leone and the Leone's... I didn't finish the game but I heard it's sooo short...?
I hope that rockstar adds more places and more stuff and missions in the one for ps2...

if they included the 6 different multiplayer modes as in psp version, it's definetly worth getting the game for that alone.