Both PSM Italy and PlayStation2 Magazine were released in Italy this week. The articles were trasnlated by Alessio of GTA-Series and God of Gta of GTANetwork. Here are some clips that may interest you:
Big thanks to Alessio, God of GTA, and Nick.

Weather Tool v1.5
New features in this version: Total Rewrite of entire program. New file download engine ("String Too Long" problems fixed!). MTA 0.3 Weather and Time Sync. Changes weather via memory hacking rather than typing in cheat. Time Sync improved. Detects when in game. Weather changes pop up in game.



Download it here - 96 Kb

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GravMOD
Set the amount of graivty in Vice City with this handy tool. You can jump from rooftop to rooftop, fly by using the number keys, and when negative gravity is enabled make cars fly up into the air just by shooting them!



Download it here - 49 Kb

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Radio Station Music Decoder
This is utility for converting Radio station files (*.adf) from GTA Vice City game to music format (*.mp3) and back. This is by far the easiest converter I've seen out there. It's simple, and yet so effective.



Download it here - 248 Kb

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And, here are some other mods that I've uploaded today:

Target Island
Broken Bat
Raffaelo's Weapon
Death Squad Blades
Plasma Gun
Foniva
Stun Gun

This wallpaper is composed by Darkon_X (with the illustrations by Rockstar, of course). It's cool because it not only has illustrations from San Andreas, but Vice City and GTAIII as well... sort of a history of the Grand Theft Auto series all in one excellent wallpaper:



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Check out all of the other wallpapers at our San Andreas Wallpaper section.

Here's some awesome fan art done by Michael D'Amico. Although, it's not a wallpaper, it's still pretty cool. It is 700x200 (not allowed for a signature on the forums) so I resized it for another version. Check it out:




Check out the signature size version here

For more fan art, visit our San Andreas Fan Art section.

Monitor57 has created this fantastic car mod for Myriad Islands (although it'll work fine in Vice City). By taking the Ferrari Enzo as a base and rounding it off, not forgetting adding his own unique texture style to it, he has developed a car which would turn heads if it were real. It's just over 100KB, so won't break your modem.



Download Now! (Manual Install)
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According to their record label, Death Row Records, some music in San Andreas will be provided by Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre. This information appears to be official, since it is on the official site of these artists, but as of yet, we've had nothing confirmed by Rockstar themselves.
Update: Unfortunately, for whatever reason, the information has been removed from the Death Row Records website. This may be due to contractural reasons, with Rockstar, or even because it was a blatant lie. We'll probably only find out when the game is released and the reviews are rolling in.

Gamestop is now accepting preorders for the Official Strategy Guide for Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. The book, (published by BradyGames and written by Tim Bogenn) will retail for $15.99. The release date is slated for October 1st, yet as we all know, the game itself isn't released for a further eighteen days. It's likely that the release date of the guide will change before then.

Thanks to eminem_xxx5 for submitting this info to us!

Link: Gamestop Order Page

ScreenFun, a German magazine, has exposed new information about San Andreas. According to the publication, around twelve small towns (including Dillamore and Angel Pine) will be included in San Andreas. This gives us a good idea about how large the state will be. Spieler treffen auf zwölf Kleinstädte, witzige neue Fahrzeuge, Aufgaben und Figuren. -- ScreenFun Magazine German fans can pick up a copy of ScreenFun from July 21st, which includes a six-page preview of the highly anticipated title.
The site also includes two small screenshots which were featured previously in Play magazine, but they're now much clearer thanks to them not being printed:

Link: ScreenFun Website
Special thanks to our friends at GTAReactor.de

A deadly virus has infected some of the citizens of Vice City turning them into mindless zombies. With this mod you will become a Bio Agent with the task of hunting down the infected citizens and exterminating them With your standard issue Bio Blaster. Your Bio Blaster emits a Bio Blast that will destroy all traces of the virus instantly.

This mod also includes five infected citizen txd files for your hunting pleasure.

Click the image above to see a larger animation.

Download it here.

Our friends at [GTAReactor] have provided new images and information about San Andreas from the German magazine we reported on yesterday, Screenfun.
Screenshots and the new map, which shows their impression of San Andreas appear below:

The trees and forests look amazingly detailed and clear for GTA conditions.	The motorhome is one of the many new vehicles. Whether you will also be able to cook therein is still uncertain.
As Carl steals the tanker, a police helicopter whirls in. With its searchlight it illuminates the way for the ground forces.	Due to the enormous size of the game, planes and helicopters are desperately needed for locomotion.