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Anthony McGlynn

GTA 4 "ditched" ferries because there were "too many issues," former Rockstar lead explains after a development build surfaces online from someone who accidentally bought it at a car boot sale

GTA 4.

You never know what you might find at a car boot sale – like, say, an early development build of one of the biggest games ever. That's purportedly what's led to an older version of GTA 4 finding its way online, and a former developer revealing why certain changes were necessary for the crime sandbox.

For the princely sum of £5, an unwitting games enthusiast in Edinburgh reportedly took home an Xbox 360 that contains a pre-release iteration of Grand Theft Auto 4 on the hard drive. According to the buyer's comments and images posted on the GTA forums, there's a Rockstar North assets sticker on the console, suggesting this was a system used by employees at the company, which has a base in the Scottish capital.

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