Bout time! Having played a substantial portion ofGrand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, we can honestly say that teensy screenshots really don’t do the game the justice it deserves. Luckily, watching the new top-down, stylized world come alive is the very thing adult gamers need to remind them they still own a Nintendo DS.


While you may’ve seen that recentGameStop commercialand its split second of gameplay, today’s OFFICIAL trailer features a little more of Chinatown Wars in motion. Look closely and you can make out the corpse lying in a pool of blood, the windshield shattering and dumpster diving stylus games, and protagonist Huang Lee tearing up Liberty City on a motorcycle.

It’s also worth noting that the song in the trailer (“Like a Renegade” by Ghostface Killah and MF Doom!) was commissioned exclusively for Chinatown Wars. Not so coincidentally, perk up those ears and you’ll hear Mr Killah subtly hint at specific plot details. What a poet!

The game streets March 17th, so you can be damned sure we’ll have a review coming very soon.

Feb 26, 2009

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  • Non-gamers are “deprived” says newspaper (Nintendo DS)
  • Star Wars: The Force Unleashed dated for Sept. 16 (Star Wars: Force Unleashed)