Grand Theft Auto IV PS3 lockup patch available now (News)

GamePro staff, GamePro (online)

08/05/2008 09:20:00

A week after the launch of Grand Theft Auto IV, Rockstar released a patch on Wednesday for PS3 owners hoping to avoid random game lock ups.

"Rockstar Games released a GTA IV patch for Playstation 3 today that prevents Gamespy's servers from being overloaded and therefore reduces the impact on those servers that were causing the game to stutter and lock up," the publisher said in a statement.

"This update will ensure that everyone will experience Grand Theft Auto IV the way it was intended. We apologise for the inconvenience this has caused."

Last week, it was revealed that PS3 owners experienced freeze ups during the playback of Grand Theft Auto IV, usually upon starting the game. The following Saturday, resourceful gamers discovered that disconnecting from the internet proved successful as a temporary work around.