Grand Theft Auto IV

"This first taste of GTA4 PC is nothing more than a tease, and it's an impressive one at that. Upgraded visuals and improved multiplayer for what's already been hailed as the year's most significant game make this a PC version worth getting excited about -- really excited about."

More multiplayer, more traffic

It's finally PC. But not very PC, natch.

You've Been Framed for murder.

We do have some grumbles to close with. The first is the additional fluff that sits in between you and the game. You need to log into Rockstar Social Club to go online – fair enough we suppose – but then you need to log into Games for Windows Live too. It’s a bizarre hindrance, and totally unnecessary. It’s exactly the opposite of the kind of streamlining we expect of games today. We also experienced some major framerate wobbles. It was nothing fatal, and the game looks incredible on an 8800 and a Dual Core processor, but the lag was nevertheless in evidence. Otherwise this seems like a deft conversion: GTA IV is astonishingly beautiful, and playable on gamepads or mouse and keyboard alike.