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A dispute over the use of a song featured in Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City has apparently resulted in a court order from Brazil that threatens to pull all copies, both physical and digital, of the recent open world expansion pack. Kotaku reports that one of the songs featured in the game, Conga Kid, is at the center of the issue for the Rockstar Games' title.

According to the report the court ruled that the song used an unauthorized sample from another tune, Bota o Dedinho pro Alto, in The Ballad Of Gay Tony episode of the game. The court reportedly ruled that Rockstar Games must remove all copies from the game worldwide because of this seemingly minor issue and will fine the publisher $3,000 per day until it does as the court orders. When contacted Rockstar Games claims it has yet to receive any official notice from the court on this issue.

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City combines two DLC expansions - The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony - and combines them into a single package. These stories can be purchased together as a single stand alone game or individually as Grand Theft Auto 4 add-ons. Both options come out to about the same price. While the game still suffers from a few quirks, but getting to meet these characters and experience the stories makes it worthwhile.

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This could be the last flash sale for the week long Steam price cuts on Rockstar Games so pay attention. From now until 11 pm Eastern time (8 pm Pacific time) you can purchase and download the recently released stand alone version of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City (containing The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony episodes for Grand Theft Auto IV) for just $22.49, a 25 percent price cut from its normal price.

And one more reminder: You can still get all 13 games in the Rockstar Games Steam library from now until sometime early on Monday for $42.49, a 50 percent cut from its normal price.

Steam continues with its Rockstar game sales blitz with the recently released Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City. For the next four 3.5 hours, the game that includes both the Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony can be purchased for 25 percent off making it $22.49 US. Sale ends 6:00pm EST.

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This patch updates the PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV to v1.0.6. It removes the need to run the Rockstar Game Social Club application to play the game. The patch also fixes some performance issues, enhances the shadow effects, and provides in-game support for purchasing "The Lost and the Damned" and "The Ballad of Gay Tony" add-on packs. A full list of changes can be seen after the jump. To install the patch, extract all files to a folder and run UpdateTitle.exe.

Download Grand Theft Auto IV v1.0.6 Patch (104 MB)
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As promised, Rockstar Games has now released the PC port of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City. The port of the Xbox 360 open world action game comes in two versions. One is a stand alone game that you can purchase in retail stores as well as via download from outlets like Steam and Direct2Drive for $29.95

If you own the PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV already you can use the Games For Windows Live client and download the two "episodes" (The Lost and the Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony) as separate expansion packs. Each episode cost 1200 Microsoft points (about $15).

Announced for some unknown reason at midnight this morning (to the bane of gaming journalists everywhere) Rockstar Games has now confirmed what was rumored some months ago. They will be releasing the two expansions for Grand Theft Auto IV for the PC on March 30.

Previously released for the Xbox 360 version of the open world action game, the PC port will soon have access to both The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony. Both episodes will be made available via download for folks who already own the PC version GTA IV. If you don't you can still play both expansions via a stand alone disk version that ships to retail stores with the title Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City. Just in case you aren't familiar with the expansions, The Lost and Damned deals with a biker gang in Liberty City while The Ballad of Gay Tony has the player dealing with the city's rather colorful night life.