GameMaster Magazine Scans and Info

:Pressing x(360) will make Niko jump and cling on to ledges. He can also shimmy them sideways to access new areas

:Niko can push pedestrians out of the way with B, like in Assassin's Creed

:There's a new dashboard view

:Some streets are named after strange celebrities-Jim Jones street and Hubbard avenue

:Characters will communicate via headset in certain missions

:Niko's health is shown in a semi-circle around the radar, you can complete it by getting yourself bulletproof armour

:You can see characters breath when it's cold

:The Mafia, the Triads, the Jamaicans and the Irish are some of the factions

:Some pedestrians will pee up walls (anyone remember that infamous GTA3 cheat?)

:One of the radio stations advertises a cartoon called "My Drunk Uncle"

:There are missions where you'll be encouraged to kneecap your enemies

:Street lights flicker

:Cluckin' Bell has outlets across Liberty City

:Shoot a tyre and you hear the air escaping

:You wear a helmet while riding a motorbike(i know we all know that but), and throw it down when you get off

:You pay tolls on the bridges

:Moths fly around street lamps

:Some pimped-out cars have spinners

:The radio reports on missions you've just done

:Niko's feet land on every step when you go up stairs

:Run someone over and you'll get blood on the bumpers and windscreen

:Drivers will duck under there dashboards and try to drive away if there caught in a gunfight

:In minor collisions, pedestrians can put a hand out to steady themselves against cars

:You can see passengers in the backs of cars

:Some billboards shuffle electronically between different adverts

:You can see cockroaches scuttling along the floor in some of the dodgier houses

:Shoot people and the blood splatters, be shot and it also splatters often on to the camera

:You can see car exhaust flames

:Bodies float off in the water

:Drive on a flat and the tyre will shred off showering sparks

:Trucks will spill barrells as they swerve across the road

:You can shoot the chains holding logs together on flatbed trucks to spill them across the road

:Vans belonging to the same company will honk to acknowledge each other when they pass

:Apart from picking up fist-aid kits and buying food there's apparently "one other way" to earn health, maybe befriend a docter...

:The melee combats been tweaked (well duh!) while your holding down RT with fists selected, A, Y and B do different attacks including a devastating kick to the chutneys!use X for blocking