Every GTA 4 story, guide and update from GTA Intel.
The best GTA villains ranked, from Frank Tenpenny to Big Smoke. A look at the most memorable antagonists across the Grand Theft Auto series and why they hit.
Liberty City has been Rockstar's go-to fictional New York since 2001. But the GTA III version and the GTA IV version are different cities sharing a name, in different fictional universes, with rebuilt geography and different mafia families. Here's the full mapping.
Grand Theft Auto IV closes on a single choice: take the deal, or take revenge. Roman dies in one path. Kate dies in the other. Eighteen years on, the cross-references in later Rockstar games quietly settle the question of which ending counts.
Eighteen years after Grand Theft Auto IV's April 2008 launch, Niko Bellic still reads as the most layered protagonist Rockstar has ever written. A Yugoslav war veteran chasing a cousin's lie about the American dream. Here's everything the game actually tells you about him, and what the dialogue gets right that most players miss.
Nine playable mainline GTA leads, one ranking, plenty to argue about. CJ at the top. Niko right behind. The GTA V trio splits in places that will start fights. And the two we can't rank yet.
Five mainline Grand Theft Auto games, two decades of sales records, and one game that isn't out yet. The whole series by the numbers — documented history, plus where GTA 6 is projected to land.
A guide to the GTA 4 villains: Dimitri Rascalov, Mikhail Faustin, Ray Boccino and Jimmy Pegorino, and how both endings trace back to Dimitri's betrayal.
GTA 4 stunt jumps explained: all 50 unique stunt jumps by borough, the best bike for the long ones, landing tips, and how they tie into 100 percent.
GTA 4 weapons guide: the full GTA IV roster by slot, every Underground Gun Shop and free pickup, plus the gold and explosive episode weapons.
GTA 4 girlfriends explained: how GTA IV dating and the relationship meter work, plus the Carmen, Kiki and Alex perks and where to take each date.
The fastest cars in GTA 4, ranked by top speed: Bullet GT, Turismo, Comet, Infernus, Coquette, Banshee, Sultan RS and F620, plus where each one spawns.
All GTA 4 safehouses mapped: Niko's apartments, how they unlock, their save and wardrobe functions, plus the safehouses in TLAD and TBoGT.
GTA 4 pigeons explained: where the 200 flying rats hide across Liberty City, how to spot and shoot them, and the Annihilator reward at the MeTV building.
GTA 4 100 percent completion explained: every story mission, the 200 flying rats, 50 stunt jumps, friend tasks, and the exact reward you unlock.
How to make money in GTA IV: Stevie's car list, police-computer bounties, the Fixer's assassinations, vigilante work, store cash and mission rewards.
GTA 4 cheats are dialed on Niko's phone. Every cheat code phone number for weapons, health, armor, wanted level, weather, and vehicles on PC, PS3, Xbox 360.
Niko Bellic, the McReary family, the Pegorino mob, and the betrayer hunt — Grand Theft Auto IV's full plot, primed for replay.
Niko's friend list isn't just contacts — each friendship gates real gameplay rewards. Here's how the GTA IV friend system works and which relationships matter most.
Three Leaf Clover, Snow Storm, Holland Nights — the ten Grand Theft Auto IV missions every fan can quote on cue, and why each one still works.
Comet, Infernus, Sultan RS, NRG-900 — every iconic Grand Theft Auto IV vehicle, what it's based on, and where to find it in 2008 Liberty City.
Before GTA Online, GTA IV had its own multiplayer — 16-player free-roam, deathmatch, race modes. Here's the history, the modes, and why the servers eventually closed.
Niko Bellic is the GTA series's most morally weighted protagonist. Here's the full arc — Eastern European backstory, Liberty City decline, and the choices that close the campaign.
Eighteen radio stations and the WKTT/PLR talk programs — every Grand Theft Auto IV station ranked, with the Liberty City driving picks worth bookmarking.
Luis Lopez, Tony Prince, and Liberty City's club scene — The Ballad of Gay Tony is GTA IV's brightest expansion and its most fun on first run-through.
The Lost and Damned puts you in Johnny Klebitz's leather jacket — leading a Liberty City biker gang through the same 2008 timeline as Niko's main campaign.
Eighteen years after release, Three Leaf Clover remains the high-water mark of Rockstar mission design — a *Heat*-influenced bank heist with one of the best foot chases in any game.
