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GTA IV Dev Kit Found in £5 Xbox 360 Spurs Leak of Unseen Beta Content

The leak offers a rare window into Rockstar’s late-stage design calls.

Overview

  • A buyer in Edinburgh found a Grand Theft Auto IV Xbox 360 development kit with a Rockstar North assets sticker inside a £5 car boot sale console.
  • The owner extracted the contents and shared a file dump online, and fans say the data is hard to turn into a playable build so work now centers on cataloging assets.
  • Early finds include alternate radio tracks, a ferry model, extra weapons, early character models, and files tied to a rumored Z Resurrection zombie minigame.
  • An eBay listing for the console was removed for intellectual property reasons, and the owner is now seeking a sale reported between £400 and £800.
  • Former Rockstar North technical director Obbe Vermeij said ferries were cut late in development due to collision and AI problems with people and cars on a moving vessel.