Games Review: Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned

Xbox, Rockstar Games, 1600MSP/£13.6

This is the first of two planned chunks of downloadable content for GTA IV.The Lost and Damned is an amazingly good add-on to what is a fine stand-alone title. It’s available exclusively on Xbox Live Arcade, and your £13.60 buys you another rich slice of Liberty City, this time studded with violence and vendettas courtesy of warring biker gangs. It’s a classic tale of young upstarts gaining power, as elderstatesmen fight back to preserve their turf. It offers gamers 20 new missions, plus mini- games, a slew of new weapons, songs and modes, all ofwhich add up to around 20 hours of play. Brilliantly told and beautifully realised.