| Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony | |
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| Developer(s) | Rockstar North[N 1] |
| Publisher(s) | Rockstar Games |
| Producer(s) | Leslie Benzies |
| Programmer(s) | Adam Fowler |
| Artist(s) | Aaron Garbut |
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| Series | Grand Theft Auto |
| Engine | RAGE |
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| Release | Xbox 360
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony is the second of two episodic expansion packs available for the 2008 video game Grand Theft Auto IV, developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. The game was released individually for the Xbox 360 on 29 October 2009,[2] and for the PlayStation 3 and Windows on 13 April 2010, as part of a standalone disc-based package titled Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City, which also contains Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned and does not require the base game to be played.[3] Microsoft added Episodes from Liberty City to its backwards compatibility list for Xbox One platforms in February 2017.[4]
Set concurrently with the events of Grand Theft Auto IV and The Lost and Damned, The Ballad of Gay Tony follows Luis Fernando Lopez, a Dominican-American former drug dealer-turned-bodyguard and best friend of Anthony "Gay Tony" Prince, a nightclub magnate and high-status socialite in Liberty City. The main storyline of the episode focuses on Luis' efforts to help Tony overcome various problems, including drugs, debts, disputes with Mafia crime families, and attempts on both of their lives. It also ties up loose ends from Grand Theft Auto IV and The Lost and Damned regarding the diamond sale storyline that connects all three games.
The game received largely positive reviews from critics.
- ^ Rockstar North (13 April 2010). Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony (Windows). Rockstar Games. Level/area: Credits.
- ^ Gibson, Ellie (23 July 2009). "New GTAIV DLC gets release date News // Xbox 360 /// Eurogamer – Games Reviews, News and More". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
- ^ Miller, Greg (18 March 2010). "Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City Gets Delayed – PlayStation 3 News at IGN". Ps3.ign.com. Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
- ^ "Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2009 Financial Results". Take Two. 26 May 2009. Archived from the original on 30 May 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
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