The upcoming episode of the video game Grand Theft Auto IV looks to be a wild one.

    GTA IV, which was released in April for the Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation 3, focused on former Eastern European soldier Niko Bellic and his escalating life of crime in the boroughs of Liberty City. This new episode, available Feb. 17 via download exclusively for those who own the Xbox 360 version (no price yet), stars Johnny Klebitz, a member of Liberty City biker gang The Lost.


    "Johnny is a very different character than Niko, with a very different background," says Dan Houser, vice president of creative development for Rockstar Games. "I can't go into too much detail on the story, because we try not to give away too much plot before the game is released. But I can say that the story will show you a different side of Liberty City."


    The episode, titled The Lost and Damned, requires players to have the full version of the Mature-rated GTA IV (ages 17 and older) and an Xbox Live membership to download. It's likely to carry an M rating, too. (Parents can use the Xbox 360's parental controls to prevent children from accessing inappropriate content.)


    GTA IV is the top video game this year; nearly two-thirds of the 5 million copies sold have been for Xbox 360, according to The NPD Group.


    In the original game, Niko crossed paths with The Lost several times. This time, Niko has only a bit part, Houser says. "The story is not directly impacted by decisions you took in the main game," he says. But "tons of details and mysteries from the main story get explained, so it will add a lot of color to the main story."


    Rockstar Games has been fine-tuning its explorable 3-D virtual worlds since launching its first "sandbox" game with Grand Theft Auto III in 2001.


    The new game will let you download more sandbox time. "We feel like we've only scratched the surface in terms of the depth and detail in" GTA IV's mythical Liberty City, says Houser.


    Previous games have used downloads to add "new stages, weapons and costumes," says GamePro Media features editor Dave Rudden, "but GTA IV's content will reportedly add hours of gameplay.


    Rudden hopes the episode costs $15 or less, but Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter expects a $20 price and says Rockstar could sell 2 million to 3 million downloads. "I see episodic content as a natural progression of the quality of downloadable content."
我也懒得翻译了，反正有兴趣的人不会有很多人，要是要求多我就翻译一下

gta6出来前，我是无力更新硬件了，只能靠翻译一下过把gta的瘾了，请楼主见谅。

即将登场的GTA4新章节看上去很爽。

GTA4已于4月在xbox360和ps3平台上放出，全作围绕来自东欧的退伍兵niko bellic和他在自由城的浪荡生活展开，追加的这个新章节将在二月十七号仅提供给拥有xb360版本的玩儿家下载（价格未定），中心人物是自由城小轮车帮派THE LOST的成员Johnny Klebitz。

“这家伙是一个和niko大不相同的角色，二者有着迥异的背景”，dan houser，rockstar开发组副主任如是说。“我不能透露太多细节，因为游戏还未放出，多说无益，但是我可以说这个故事将向你展示自由城的另一面。”

即将放出的新章要求玩儿家必须拥有gta4成人完整版（17岁及以上年龄对应版本）且须有xbox live成员资格才可下载。该作很可能也带有成人认证评价。（父母可通过xb360父母控制台功能限制子女接触不宜内容）

gta4是顶尖的视频游戏，据npd集团（调查），在已售出的500万分拷贝中有近三分之二都是xb360版的 。

在gta4原作中，niko和LOST帮打过几次照面。这次，niko将作为配角出现，houser这样说。“新章将不会直接对原作故事产生影响，”他说“但许多主线剧情中的细节和谜团将在新章中给出解释，这会为主线故事添不少彩儿。”

rockerstar已经大幅强化了游戏中可以探索的三维世界，这是他们从2001年发售gta3时初此启动的“沙箱（sandbox）”游戏的强化版。

新游戏将允许你下载更多的沙箱时间……（？）

前几作游戏已经采用过下载的方式来增加新的场景、武器、服装，游开人员介绍说（该人头衔名称太长略过），但gta4的新章将增加数小时的游戏时间。

上面那位游开人员希望新章能值个15美元上下，但分析家们期望值20美子，并且说roockstar将可能卖出两三百万次下载，“我把新章看作是（以前）那些下载内容的自然延续”。