If you've got a spare half hour, this preview is well worth a read. Total GTA4 smut.

GTA4 Kikizo preview

October can't come soon enough.

Jesus H ......

Stallone does look a bit funny though.

I wouldn't say that to his face! Throat ... bare hands ...

Saw the second film on TV a few weeks back and it was a comedy compared to this. Actually, it was a comedy full stop.

John Rambo trailer, in case you haven't spotted it:

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/32721

Caution: ultraviolence!

I can't imagine Chelsea would be remotely interested when they're shopping at the Eto'o end of the market. Shame Benni has to do his daydreaming in front of a microphone.

Why is he fairly far behind in the number of attempts?

Maybe because he's so high up the 'caught offside' chart.

Hope he stays but I can't see it happening. He owes us nothing, and if I was him I'd certainly rather be living in London or Spain.

None of those pics are coming up for me. Bit of a shame if there are no planes to fly - find that hard to beleive though

Here's the quote: "In terms of scale, this GTA experience shouldn't be much different than San Andreas". The only noticeable difference is that players won't be able to pilot airplanes. "There are no planes, because it's just a city," adds Houser. "Apart from the fact that [the vehicles] are similar. We want it to feel realistic and gritty. [bellic] is not going to be riding a unicycle or rollerblading. We are giving choice and variety that feels right for the character. We're not suddenly saying there are no motorbikes. we are keeping all of that stuff. It's the same range and diversity that we had, but to fit the character."

Somebody typed the whole thing out here:

GTA forums again

Also: downloadable content is only for the 360 version!

This is worth a look:

GTA Forums post

It's scans of the magazine article where all the details are revealed. Main points - only one city, no planes to fly, Russian criminal boss is called Roman.

Probably PC, since all the others did, but not the older consoles.

Come to think of it, maybe they'll even keep it away from PC, given the likelihood of hackers uncovering anything untoward, like the San Andreas nonsense.

The last four cities they borrowed have been LA, San Francisco, Las Vegas and Miami. It's a bit late to start worrying about that kind of thing now.

Roll on October...

Dude, seriously, avoid this game. It's loads of fun to begin with but once you get into it, it's like being married. Really bad news... Free with the paper or not, it's not worth doing.

I was nearly at the vinegar strokes when I saw the water and the trees - I am very sad like that

I know what you mean

But you're not sad until you've read through this shot-by-shot analysis of the trailer. Looks like it's not New York, it's actually a reworked next-gen Liberty City. I think I need a change of underpants.

I hope they don't go too crazy for realism if they're setting it in New York rather than a compressed, fictional city. I mean, the airport would take ages to drive to, Manhattan is pretty flat, the buildings will block out the sky.

Did you see the 'Visit Vice City - $300' billboard next to the train tracks?

News of the World commented upon him at Tevez at the weekend about how Tevez tried to get involved and create things and referred back to Gary Lineker running six miles during matches - what they said about McCarthy was he was lucky if he ran 2 miles and his performance bordered on being absolutely lazy.

Tevez has scored two goals all season and is nice and busy taking West Ham down.

How about we combine all the topics slagging off the Rovers players we're supposed to be supporting and have a big poll to see exactly which one of them we hate / resent the most?

This inspired me to check out my original Game Boy as well and it still plays Tetris - albeit with one column of dead pixels. I've got Game Boys all over the house – two or three colour ones, an Advance, a couple of SPs, couple of Micros. The camera and printer for the colour GB are still brilliant.

Ahh, I'm thinking of the PSP version. I don't know anyone who's seen it on PS2 yet but I doubt they'll have made any major changes.

San Andreas Stories next, please!

I see that Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories is coming out on the PS2 - Do any of you know if you can swim in this or not?

Yes but not for very far. You have a strength meter when in the water and it doesn't usually last long enough for you to find your way back to dry land if you fall off the side of a dock. It's better than the 'instant death' water in some of the other ones but not by much.

Apart from the times we've been cheated out of major competitions.

Spoken like a true England fan. The popular misconception that England is somehow destined to win every tournament, only to be cheated out of it by greasy old Carlos Kickaball and his diving chums, is one of the reasons you're not seeing the truth.

I can't recall England ever being cheated out of a major competition. Argentina in 1986 were by far the better team, as they proved by going on to win it and reach the next final, too. Besides, if there was a lingering injustice to be balanced then we evened the score when Owen dived them out of 2002.

Germany winning on penalties in 1990? Sweden not rolling over in 1992? Not being allowed to play in 1994? Carvalho sneakily putting his pods under Rooney's boot last time?

When has England ever been cheated out of a tournament?

what's that got to do with history, if we had the right manager and the correct system in place i think we might of won a major trophy by now.

We have some world class players, it's just about getting the players in a suitable system, which will help bring the best out of them

Because the same excuse has been used so many times now, it can't be true. England has long had a reasonable selection of players and many different managers have tried to turn them into winners, always without success. And I don't count Euro 96 as a high point, since England got to play every game at Wembley and still couldn't make the final. That's a big fat failure in any other nation's book.

England brings in a charismatic ex-player for the Klinsmann / Rijkaard effect -- they get the Keegan effect instead.

They bring in an expert manager with a huge list of honours, hoping for a Hiddink -- they wind up with Eriksson.

Fact is, most supporters in England, or at least the ones working in the media, propagate the idea that England has every attribute required to win major football tournaments. The reality is that they have only done so once, with the key role being played by home advantage, and have never really threatened to repeat the feat.

with the players England can select, i think England could be one of the best nations around, it's just about getting the right man and getting the players to play in a system that works for them

History suggests you are completely wrong on that one.

Would Lucas give a million to go down in the history of the game and (potentially) have some medals to show his kids? Or would he rather be forgotten about but a bit richer??

Rich and anonymous every time, mate.

pfff i used to play all the time eventually i got bored and sold my char for 400 quid....whose laughing now

What's that work out at per hour?

If he's been offered £40k a week at Rovers, he'd be on £2.08m p.a. On £50k a week at West Ham, he'll get £2.6m p.a. With that much money coming in each and every week, is it really worth sacrificing your ambition for a little bit more?

It isn't just a little bit more. If those figures are correct (and I've seen the Wham offer quoted as a lot higher) then a four-year contract at Rovers is worth £8.3m whereas a four-year deal with West Ham gets him £10.4m.

More than two million quid extra! Plus a signing-on fee, I'd imagine.

Two million pounds in my pocket... heck, I'd probably leave Rovers for that and I've been a supporter for 30 years.

I guess if Neill is really after money, I don't see why he doesn't follow Beckham and play in the US.

One star player per team, isn't it? Although they said on Sky Sports that LA were offering trials to anyone who wants to turn up, so maybe Lucas could nip over there for the weekend and show them what a £70k per week player really looks like.

They're going to love him down there as a former Millwall player!

Plus, it is foreigners that brought diving into our game.

Is it heck!

Franny Lee's 1970s wonder-dive