This year, Rockstar Games is hosting the Annual Skyscraper Cycling Classic in Harlem, New York City.

Amateurs and Olympians alike will descend upon Harlem’s Marcus Garvey Park on Father’s Day, June 20th to compete in the 37th annual David Walker Memorial Harlem Skyscraper Cycling Classic. As we’ve mentioned before, cycling is a major passion for a lot of the Rockstar staff in New York. Sponsoring the race for a second consecutive year gives us the opportunity to mix our enthusiasm for cycling with an event that enriches the community.

This year’s David Walker Memorial Pro/Am and children’s races have also been designated as NYC Mayor’s Cup events, awarding the winners of each division with an NYC Mayor’s Cup and title of “Fastest Riders in New York City.” The NYC Mayor’s Cup is a program of NYC & Company’s Sports Marketing Department, which was recently revamped to include more sporting events than ever throughout New York City.

The race day will begin with a series of Children’s and Community Races from 12:00 to 1:00 PM. Each child who competes will be given a free helmet and t-shirt courtesy of the New York City Department of Transportation. Winners of the Children’s Races will each receive a free bicycle.

The United States Olympic Committee has named the Harlem Cycling Classic as the New York City representative for the worldwide Olympic Day celebration. A ceremony will be held during the children’s races between the hours of 12 – 1 PM.

Adding to the block party atmosphere throughout the day is a tentative lineup of live performances by hip-hop icons Biz Markie, DJ Mister Cee (as heard on Grand Theft Auto IV’s The Beat 102.7 radio station) and others to be announced. New York City’s famed Wafels & Dinges and Frites & Meats food trucks will also be on hand providing delicious eats for all in attendance. Jumbotron screens and a series of amateur races will warm up the crowd for the David Walker Memorial pro/am at 4 PM.

Members of the Rockstar Games staff will also be on-hand with Rockstar-branded merchandise – look for us near the start/finish line.

Official Website: Skyscraper Cycling Classic

Red Dead Redemption has been out for almost two weeks now. Wonder what’s been going on post-release?

First, FOX TV will be airing a special 30 minute short film based entirely on Red Dead Redemption, using in-game assets. It will be directed by John Hillcoat (The Road). This will be happening later today, so for all the peeps in the United States, do check it out!

A trailer of the short film has been released, too.

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A patch has been released for the PC versions of Grand Theft Auto IV and Episodes from Liberty City.

Details of the patch follow.

Episodes From Liberty City

 

v. 1.1.2.0

• fixed a bug causing tree leaves to look transparent
• fixed a bug that prevented uploading of rendered videos to Social Club when attaching music tracks from The Ballad of Gay Tony
• fixed for clip capture "OFF" slowdowns occurring when near water’s edge
• fixed for slowdown occurring when getting in a boat during "Sexy Time" mission in The Ballad of Gay Tony
• exposed "detonate" in custom key mapping options menu for Lost and Damned so users can remap "down" arrow key
• EFLC now has it’s own settings file called "SETTINGS_EFLC.CFG" to avoid possible conflicts with GTA IV installation

Grand Theft Auto IV

 

v. 1.0.7.0 / 1.0.6.1 (Russian) / 1.0.5.2 (Japanese)

• fixed a bug causing tree leaves to look transparent
• fixed a bug that prevented uploading of rendered videos to Social Club when attaching certain music tracks
• fixed for clip capture "OFF" slowdowns occurring when near water’s edge
• exposed "detonate" in custom key mapping options menu for Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned so users can remap "down" arrow key

Rockstar Games has released a “lite” version of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars on the iPhone for players who want to experience the game before purchasing. Players can experience the first three missions, as well as explore most of the open world of Liberty City.

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Lite – iTunes Store

Rockstar Games have launched a section of their site dedicated to archiving advertisements from the radio stations of Grand Theft Auto games. It is called the Grand Theft Auto Advertising Council. What better than a little bit of nostalgia?

Source: The Grand Theft Auto Advertising Council

It is the 29th of April today. On this day in 2008, Grand Theft Auto IV was officially launched with a bang. It became one of the highest-rated games of the time with impeccable review scores across the board. Today, we celebrate its phenomenal release!

Pop your champagnes in Maisonette 9, or your pump your shotgun full of lead into an Angel of Death deadbeat. Or kidnap Gracie Ancelotti once more! Whichever you prefer, there’s a way to celebrate Grand Theft Auto IV’s release!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GRAND THEFT AUTO IV! It’s been a great two years!

Rockstar Games has announced a new Social Club TV contest for Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony. As usual, only residents of the United States (who are not residents of Arizona, Connecticut, Maryland, North Dakota or Vermont), Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland are allowed to enter. Prizes include a a NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 470 graphics card and coveted Rockstar Games collectibles and gear. Details follow.

Just how extreme can you get?

In honor of the recent release of Episodes from Liberty City for PC, and with it, all new The Ballad of Gay Tony and The Lost and Damned channels at Social Club TV – we present the first in a series of Episodes from Liberty City Video Editor Contests: “The Base Jumping Extreme Film Festival”.

Strap on a parachute in The Ballad of Gay Tony and use the PC version’s in-game suite of video editing tools to make the most creative contest entry clip you can. A balls-out short action film? A base jumping commercial? An aerial music video? A creative montage of parachute stunts? We know you’ll amaze and surprise us as always.

The possibilities are endless. Just make sure it’s at or under 5 minutes in length, and somehow, someway – parachuting or base jumping features prominently.

The entrant responsible for the eligible clip that amazes us most will take home the grand prize: a NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 470 graphics card with 1280 MB GDDR5, designed for a PCI-E 2.0 x 16 bus – along with a Rockstar prize pack of limited-edition Grand Theft Auto and Episodes from Liberty City collectible gear.

Two runners-up will also walk away with coveted Rockstar prize packs.

To enter, you’ll need to upload your video to Social Club TV using the Episodes from Liberty City PC in-game video editor anytime between today and May 14th, inclusive – and make sure to use the tag “base-jumping-contest”. Go to the Base Jumping Extreme Film Festival channel page at Rockstar Social Club TV to watch video entries as they start flowing in (and vote on the ones you like the best).

Rockstar will then pick the clip that wows us the most, looking at editing skills, user ratings, and overall creativity. Keep checking back at Social Club TV to see how other Social Club members think your clip fares against the rest of the competition and stay tuned for the winners announcement in late May.

Void in certain countries and where prohibited. See www.rockstargames.com/socialclub/events for official rules and eligibility details.

Source: Rockstar Games News Wire