From now until Midnight on the 6th of February (EST) you can pick up the very well received Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (and Chinatown Wars HD) for 50% less on the Iphone, Ipod Touch and Ipad, costing you only $4.99/£2.99.

After missing its original June date, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars HD is finally coming out on the App Store for the iPad on the 9th of September. The game, which includes all the features of the iPhone version of the game, also includes remastered graphics in HD along with other small effects, will cost just $9.99 (£5.99/€7.99) upon release.

Aside from the promising financial results and staggering Grand Theft Auto IV sales figures revealed yesterday, Take 2 also had one other piece of news that will be of interest to Grand Theft Auto fans.

CEO Ben Feder revealed that a new version of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is in development for iPad and will be released later this month. The new version is being developed specifically for Apple's tablet computer, which has sold over 2 million units since it was introduced a few weeks ago.

Following the release of the original Nintendo DS version, Chinatown Wars moved to PSP and then to iPhone and iPod touch. The new iPad version is likely to be the best looking to date thanks to the tablet's 1024x768 native resolution.

Rockstar Games has announced that Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Lite is now available from Apple's App Store. Today's release means that those who haven't yet had a chance to try out Chinatown Wars on iPhone/iPod touch can now do so free of charge.

It provides an introduction to Liberty City - the same one as is featured in Grand Theft Auto IV. Players of the demo version can try out the first three missions from the full game as well as much of the open world content available.

Download: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Lite

Rockstar has been pretty tight-lipped about sales of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, which is available on three platforms. The DS, PSP and iPhone versions launched on different dates but all were met with praise - including some of the highest average review scores for their respective platforms.

However, Take Two CEO Ben Feder is today claiming that sales of the game have "suffered at the hands of piracy". He says that this combined with a weak demand for handheld software have left copies of Chinatown Wars on store shelves rather than in the hands of gamers.

Specific sales numbers are not available, although you can read the rest of MCV's interview for a little more insight.

Rockstar Games has revealed that it will be reducing the iPhone and iPod touch version of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars by 30% this weekend. The new price, which it says is in celebration of Chinese New Year, goes live at 12pm EST tomorrow and lasts until midnight on Sunday evening.

Americans should be able to get the game for just $6.99 during the promotion, while those in the UK should expect to pay around £4.

Rockstar has revealed the final set of cheats for the iPhone version of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. Today's codes focus on time and give you the ability to jump into the future. To activate, visit any safe house and spell out the code using the magnetic letters on the Mission Replay Board.

JUMPHR
Advance time by one hour

JUMPHRS
Advance time by six hours

JUMPDAY
Advance time by one day

Previously released cheats can be found in Part 2 and Part 1.

Once again Rockstar have released some more new cheats for the iPhone/iPod Touch version of Chinatown Wars.

Just like last time, cheats are spelled out using the magnetized letters on the Mission Replay Board located in any Safe House.

CASHIN
Gives you $10,000 cash each time.

SHELLY
Gives you full armor.

LIFEUP
Gives you full health.

COPIN
Increase your wanted level.

COPOUT
Decrease your wanted level.

BOOMCAN
Gives you An explosive-freakin'-pistol.

The final set of cheats will be revealed soon according to Rockstar.

Rockstar Games has revealed the first in what it says will be a series of cheats for the iPhone/iPod touch version of Chinatown Wars. Today's codes allow you to award yourself several packages of weapons:

Cheats are entered on your Mission Replay Board which can be accessed by visiting any Safe House (you can find the Board on the far right side of the Safe House). The Mission Replay Board has a jumbled set of magnetized letters that can be used to arrange all kinds of words - spell out the letters below to input the following cheats:

LOADOA
Grants: grenade, nightstick, pistol, minigun, assault, micro smg, stubby shotgun

LOADOB
Grants: molotov, teaser, dual pistols, flamethrower, carbine, smg, dual-barrel

LOADOC
Grants: mine, chainsaw, revolver, flamethrower, carbine, smg, dual-barrel

LOADOD
Grants: flashbang, bat, pistol, rpg, carbine, micro smg, stubby shotgun

You will know you have entered a cheat successfully when all of the magnetized letters go back to their original position on the board and a piece of text appears at the bottom of the screen with the load-out name you selected. Once you exit your safe house, you can switch weapons by pressing the pause button in the upper right hand corner (a screen with all of your current weapons will pop up).

More cheats are promised in the coming days.

Rockstar Games today released Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch. In what can only be described as one of the quietest launches in the series' history, the game appeared on the App Store earlier this morning with no fanfare or announcement whatsoever.

Despite selling for just $9.99, early reports indicate the game is a faithful reproduction of the DS and PSP versions which went on sale last year. When those arrived, the game was quickly hailed as one of the greatest handheld games of all time.



iTunes Store: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars