Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, originally released for the XBox 360 in two Downloadable installments, then released for a disc for the XBox, people with PlayStation 3 consoles have been waiting for well over a year for this game to come and the hype has followed respectively.

2 new protagonists and games; more on-lin capabilities; more action during story mode; new weapons

less online modes; shorter story lines; no able to backtrack play on-line

Two years have passed since Grand Theft Auto IV was released and a year later, the last two chapters of the GTA IV saga (Lost & Damned and Gay Tony) arrived as Xbox 360 exclusives. Now, Playstation 3 users who have been loyal to the Sony brand can play these two great pieces of content. .

If you've already played through 2008's Grand Theft Auto IV , you have a pretty good idea of what to expect in the formerly Xbox-360-exclusive Episodes from Liberty City. The included episodes-- The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony --take place concurrently with the original game's...

Two great and very different storylines; New vehicles and weapons freshen up the familiar gameplay; Checkpoint feature makes failing missions less frustrating; Lots of amusing references to original game's characters; Great value for money

Visuals are showing their age; Inconsistent frame rates; Separate multiplayer lobbies for GTAIV and both episodes

Some of the other negative points we noticed were the side missions and activities. As previously mentioned, arm wrestling in The Lost and the Damned is pretty lame. In the same way, managing the club in The Ballad of Gay Tony is only fun the first time you do it.

Returning to Liberty City with 20 hours of new content; Witnessing how all the stories interwine; The online component in The Lost and the Damned

The game engine is noticeably showing its age; Various graphical issues

The Lost and the Damned drags you down to Liberty City's seedy underbelly and then The Ballad of Gay Tony recolors the world with flash and style. It's a great compilation, and the additions to both the narrative and the mechanics do well to compliment the aging Grand Theft Auto IV.

Rockstar hasn't let gamers down with their promise of supporting Grand Theft Auto IV with downloadable content. Last generation, although it eventually made its way onto other systems, Grand Theft Auto meant PlayStation.

Finally the Playstation 3 owners get to play through Rockstar's wonderful expansions for Grand Theft Auto IV. Elfving delivers the verdict on the The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony.

After seven months of lock-up on the Xbox 360, two of Liberty City's most notorious denizens are out on parole with the PS3 re-release of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City.

Grand Theft Auto IV: Episodes From Liberty City is not a bad game. Sadly, it is not a good one, either. There is a fair amount of stuff to do and a nice layer of polish. The question becomes this: is more of the same what I want?

For the past three years Microsoft has been using Grand Theft Auto IV as a marketing tool for their Xbox 360. Ever since the game was announced, everybody knew that the much-anticipated downloadable content would be exclusive to the Xbox 360. But not so fast, Microsoft.