Rockstar Games have announced that Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City will be available to both PC and PlayStation 3 players on the 30th of March.

Episodes is comprised of two parts: The Ballad of Gay Tony and The Lost and Damned. In Gay Tony, players assume the role of Lius Lopez, who is struggling to balance the temptations of money and vice against loyalties to family and friends.

The Lost and Damned takes its title from Liberty City’s outlaw motorcycle gang: players control Johnny Klebitz, who fights to keep his gang together as a rift in the gang’s leadership threatens to tear the brotherhood apart.

 

To celebrate the launch of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City, Rockstar have announced a weekend filled with multiplayer mayhem on Xbox Live.

From Friday, October 30 through Sunday, November 1, Rockstar are inviting members of the online community to experience multiplayer in Liberty City with special guests from Rockstar North and singer/composer Henry Santos Jeter from Aventura.

To commemorate the launch and ensure every fan can participate in these exclusive events, Xbox Live multiplayer will be free all weekend for people playing Grand Theft Auto IV, The Lost and Damned, and The Ballad of Gay Tony. The weekend’s detailed schedule is as follows;

 

Rockstar Games have today released detailed multiplayer information for the upcoming release of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City, as well as the first ever multiplayer screenshots.

The Ballad of Gay Tony component is set to feature new weapons for greater diversity and impact. In addition, new, tighter Deathmatch arenas are designed to encourage fierce matches. There will also be the addition of new gameplay features including parachutes, kill streaks and assisted kills.

The featured modes are: Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, GTA Race, Race and Free Mode.

Rockstar Games has released a new trailer for The Ballad of Gay Tony, featuring Yusuf Amir, a bizarre billionaire real estate developer. The official The Ballad of Gay Tony web site has also been updated today with lots more info about the game.

The Ballad of Gay Tony will be available exclusively on Xbox 360 on October 29th, either as DLC for Grand Theft Auto IV or on disc as part of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City.