A patch has finally been released for some of the issues that PS3 owners have been experiencing with Grand Theft Auto IV. Unfortunately, it only seems to fix issues tied in with certain online issues and freezes. Other problems, such as the game locking up during the introduction, appears to still exist. The patch will automatically download the next time GTA IV is started up while connected to the internet.
Read on for the official announcement.
Rockstar Games has released a GTA IV patch for Playstation 3 today that prevents Gamespy’s servers from being overloaded and therefore reduces the impact on those servers that were causing the game to stutter and lock up. We continue to monitor the performance of the game both on and offline and will provide further updates as necessary. We want to assure everyone that, together with our hardware partners, we continue to strive to give our fans the best possible interactive entertainment experiences possible. This update will ensure that everyone will experience Grand Theft Auto IV the way it was intended. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused.