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News 1. Bridging episode to go on sale this week for $4.99; decisions made in 400 Days will impact season two.
Last month, during the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), Telltale Games confirmed its plans to release The Walking Dead: 400 Days, a bridging episode between the first and second seasons of its hit episodic adventure game.
Today, the company confirmed that the additional chapter will launch on selected platforms this week, landing first on the North American PlayStation Network on July 2, Steam and the Telltale Games Store on Wednesday July 3, and worldwide on Xbox Live from July 5. European PlayStation owners will be able to download the game from July 10, while the iOS version will launch globally on July 11.
The game takes place over 400 days in the same time period as the first season, but will not focus on Lee or Clementine. Instead, the game will be split into five short stories, each from the perspective of a different, new character in the universe. Players who have an existing save file from the first season will have their decisions carried over, while all choices made in 400 Days will also impact the upcoming second season, which will begin later this year.
The Walking Dead: 400 Days is not included in the original season pass, and will cost around $4.99. The game will be available on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Mac, iOS, and, for the first time, Sony's PlayStation Vita handheld.
News 2. Rockstar says that the Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto V will ship on two discs; both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 version will feature an 8GB mandatory installation.
Rockstar Games has confirmed that the Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto V will ship on two discs, but adds that players won't be required to swap discs when playing.
Instead, the first Grand Theft Auto V disc features a mandatory 8GB install, which means console owners without sufficient storage will either need to secure a hard drive or USB stick.
"If using a USB flash drive it must be at least USB 2.0 with a minimum 15mb/s read speed and formatted for Xbox 360 use," wrote Rockstar in a Q&A post. "A new USB flash drive is recommended to ensure optimum performance."
Once installed, the game will be played entirely from the second disc
The PlayStation 3 version, meanwhile, will ship on one Blu-Ray disc and will also feature a mandatory 8GB install. This will take place when the game is first played.
Rockstar also added that the multiplayer component to GTAV is called Grand Theft Auto Online, and that more information about the game's online modes will be released in the summer.
Elsewhere, Rockstar also reiterated its position on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 versions of the game. "We don’t have anything to share about the possibility of a next-gen or a PC platform release at this time," said the publisher.
Grand Theft Auto V will be released for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on September 17.
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