Announcing a full lineup of official Rockstar Games Social Club Multiplayer Events across the upcoming months leading up to and through the release of Episodes from Liberty City for PlayStation 3 and PC.  As we gear towards that March 30th date, we’ll be hosting Grand Theft Auto IV PC and PS3 Multiplayer events to help you sharpen those skills in preparation for a full month of Episodes from Liberty City events on PlayStation 3 and Games for Windows LIVE.

360 players we’ve fought, shot, co-op’d, and formed bromances with over the past few months, not to worry – we’ll still be jumping on to Xbox LIVE periodically to mess with you too – including a special Midnight Club LA session… our lead feet have been itching to race…

As always, live stream & chat will be in full effect at the Social Club Multiplayer Events Series page for all these sessions.  See below for the full three month calendar…

• Thursday, February 18th (4-7PM EST)
  Grand Theft Auto IV Multiplayer Event with Rockstar
  For PC on Games for Windows LIVE
  Yes, our first official PC event in this series – complete with live stream, chat and all.  Let’s get that full-on up-to-32-player mayhem going.

• Friday, February 26 (4-7PM EST)
  Midnight Club LA Multiplayer Event with Rockstar
  For Xbox 360 on Xbox LIVE
  Jumping back into shredding through the streets of Los Angeles – hope to see you all for an intense three hours of racing…
  

• Friday, March 12 (4-7PM EST)
  Grand Theft Auto IV Multiplayer Event with Rockstar
  For PlayStation 3 on PlayStation Network
  A final Grand Theft Auto IV PS3 Multiplayer scrimmage with Rockstar before Episodes from Liberty City invades your world less than three weeks later.

• Tuesday, March 23 (4-7 PM EST)
  Episodes from Liberty City Multiplayer Event with Rockstar
  For Xbox 360 on Xbox LIVE
  Last licks for a little while for the XBL set – we’ll be spending April giving PS3 and PC gamers their due of The Ballad of Gay Tony and The Lost and Damned multiplayer love.  Look for some special giveaways to be announced.
  

• Friday, April 2 (4-7PM EST)
  Episodes from Liberty City Multiplayer Event with Rockstar
  For PlayStation 3 on PlayStation Network

  Saturday, April 3 (2-6 PM EST)
  Episodes from Liberty City Multiplayer Event with Rockstar
  For PC on Games for Windows LIVE

  Back to back first weekend of Episodes multiplayer events for both PS3 and PC.  Let’s get it on.  Planning for some of our ringers at our dev studios at North and Toronto jumping in to really show you what’s up.  Make sure to take advantage of those first few days after game release to get on point.

• Friday, April 16 (4-8 PM EST)
  Episodes from Liberty City Multiplayer Event with Rockstar
  For PlayStation 3 on PlayStation Network
  Getting back on PlayStation Network for some The Ballad of Gay Tony and The Lost and Damned modes with Rockstars from across NYC, North & Toronto – look for some special giveaways as well…

• Thursday, April 22 (4-7PM EST)
  Episodes from Liberty City Multiplayer Event with Rockstar
  For PC on Games for Windows LIVE
  Up to 32-players… BASE Jumping…  Free Mode… Explosive Shotgun Deathmatches… let your imagination run wild.  Plus we’ll be giving away some deluxe PC gear to be announced.

  PC gamers can also look forward to a new series of Video Editor contests from Social Club TV… with playable Luis and Johnny, all the new multiplayer additions, and extended Episodes music to cut your video soundtracks to…

We’ll be of course announcing Rockstar Gamertags and PSN IDs in the days leading up to each event.  And, as we get a bit closer, announcing our schedule of events for May into the summer which will include the first official Red Dead Redemption multiplayer sessions.  Diablo!

You may also want to ensure you’re following us VERY closely on Twitter and Facebook, as you never know when we’ll throw down the gauntlet for a little impromptu multiplayer session on XBL, PSN or GFWL.  That literally could happen any minute – for any given platform.  Like, maybe… tomorrow…  Keep your eyes peeled.

Previously:
Social Club Xbox LIVE Multiplayer Event Jan 21 Recap – GTAIV PlayStation 3 Event Coming this Friday

 
(Yes — that’s a GTA Race with a field of 16 APCs.)

Thanks to all of the returning regulars and bloodthirsty n00bs who turned up at our most recent Social Club Multiplayer Event on Xbox LIVE on January 22^nd and helped turn it into yet another free-for-all afternoon of spirited pandemonium. We’ll be announcing a full calendar of events for the coming months soon, but know that we’re already gearing up plans to bring the ruckus to PlayStation Network and Games for Windows LIVE in the wake of the recent announcement of Episodes from Liberty City coming to PlayStation 3 and PC.  Beginning with a Grand Theft Auto IV Multiplayer Event on PSN to start warming up, this coming Friday late afternoon from 4 – 7 PM Eastern.  Look for more details on that to be announced here by mid-week.

As for the January 22^nd Xbox LIVE event, here’s a little glimpse into what went down, along with a few choice screen captures.  

The dynamic duo of our own GwRockstar3 and GwRockstar5 started the night with a bang when they jumped into unranked Team Deathmatch and pulled out a close win against the team of MATTYX1 and milkweed85.  To give you an idea of how close the match was, the final score saw both teams only separated by 3 kills (Team Rockstar with 33, MATTYX1/milkweed86 with 30) — a tense neck-and-neck match throughout.  The next 4 Team Deathmatch games were all extremely close as well, but Team Rockstar couldn’t grab another deathmatch victory on the night.  Props go to all The Ballad of Gay Tony elite players who have been obviously practicing their sharpshooting skills since our last time on.  The competition was never so fierce, so kudos to you good sirs.

After suffering four successive losses, we regrouped for a massive battle that saw Rockstar pitted against its own. Each member of Team Rockstar recruited 3 players via the official event page live chat Chatterbox and then headed into Team Deathmatch to find out which Rockstar-led team would emerge victorious.  GwRockstar4’s team was stacked (with hugorl, GermanScientist, and JaredT19) but GwRockstar3’s team (Wicked NinjaHA, Fitzed, and GTAfuc) showed some serious grit with final tallies for cash ending up at $8,703 versus $8,023 respectively.  From there, the group switched gears by jumping into some Race modes.

To separate the men from the boys, a Super Car race was used as the warm up (no weapons allowed).  The second race was a Super Bike GTA Race and it was all-out madness as everyone proceeded to crash, blow up, and exercise any means necessary to stop their fellow racers from reaching the checkered flag.  The mayhem was pumped up to 11 when the group decided to race APCs which, while slow, were super explosive (GwRockstar3 ended up taking 2nd place in the race, behind Xx VADIK RUS xX).  A final round of Super Bike GTA Race provided a smashing end to the racing segment of the night. 

The crowd in the Chatterbox pleaded for us to get into a bit of Free Mode.  So, for the final matches of the night, we were happy to oblige.  Our first Free Mode match had friendly fire turned off so a majority of the group’s time was spent trying to race to the nearest Buzzard so that they could either blow up everyone else running for the helicopter or cut down BASE jumpers.  GWRockstar3 got some huge support from GermanScientist as they tag-teamed the hordes who were constantly looking to jack the much-coveted Buzzard that was in their possession.  Losing track of time, we ended up playing an hour past our 7:00 ET stop time, having too much fun with ye merry maniacs.

Thanks again to everyone who turned out for the event – here’s a partial list of attendees – apologies to anyone omitted:

(A misplaced sticky bomb sends GwRockstar5 airborne.  Luckily, friendly fire was off in this match.)

(GwRockstar3 tries to run over an unsuspecting target but instead gets a taste of hot lead from cripin it.)

(As this taxi headed straight for GwRockstar3, he calmly reloaded his pistol and prepared to resume his destruction.)

(16 bikers poised to take off.)

(A Faggio scooter is a pretty challenging choice of vehicle when you’re avoiding gunfire and rogue buses en route to the finish line.)

(GwRockstar3 takes out 3 racers and clears the path for others with a well-pitched sticky bomb.)

(GwRockstar3 fights for position but still has time to take in the view using the cinematic camera.)

(GermanScientist accidentally cuts GwRockstar3‘s BASE jump short as he tries to pilot his Buzzard past him.)

(GermanScientist and GwRockstar3 ditch GwRockstar5 as they head for the not-so-friendly skies.)

(A Free Mode flight for GermanScientist and GwRockstar3 ends abruptly due to heavy fire in the skies of Liberty City.)

(Everyone at the Helitours helipad got a nasty surprise from a freshly stolen Buzzard.)

(GwRockstar3 pilots his burning helicopter to a higher altitude before diving out to deploy his parachute.)

(Wicked NinjaHA gives GwRockstar3 an up close and personal look at his brand new APC.)

Hey all! Just wanted to let you know you can head over to Rockstar and check out their sweet new videos showing off what’s to be expected from Red Dead Redemption coming out soon. You can see some of the gameplay, weapons, killing people, ald all the good stuff we love Rockstar for… What you’ll see:

* A special in-depth look at Red Dead’s shooting – including information about the advancements in weapons technology during the time period in which the game is set, as well as a look at how the “Dead-Eye” targeting system and natural motion physics work.

Watch in high-definition at the all new relaunched www.rockstargames.com/reddeadredemption or in the Rockstar site videos section. Look for part 3 in this series coming soon – and much more.