I recently picked up a copy of the PC version of True Crime: Streets of LA. In this game, you play Nick Kang, an undercover cop trying to stop a city-wide crime wave while simultaneously trying to solve his father’s murder. Over the course of the game, you attempt to complete increasingly complex missions involving fighting, shooting, driving, and general mayhem. You are also able to take on various "side-missions" should you choose. Sound familiar yet?

Well it should, because True Crime is basically a Grand Theft Auto copy(some might say rip-off, but let’s keep this nice). This time, instead of playing as a criminal, you are playing as a policeman, but there seems to be little distinction since you are still able to steal cars, attack innocent pedestrians, and engage in a multitude of other illegal activities in the course of your investigation. The only difference is that (more…)

A private group of developers has taken it upon themselves to create a multiplayer mod for Grand Theft Auto! That’s right, you can now share all the plane-crashing, car-smashing, machine-gunning goodness with your friends online.

The only problem is: the mod isn’t quite ready for prime-time. Online play suffers from SEVERE lag. I’m talking about the kind of lag where you’re shooting at a guy who moved 30 seconds ago. Even worse, there’s no anti-cheat system in the game, so every server has several "hacked-mod" cheaters that no one can kill.

On the bright side: Development is on-going, with new patches being released all of the time. So, eventually we may have an actual playable GTA multiplayer mod!