Rockstar Games | Rockstar News Wire | UPDATE: Grand Theft Auto IV PlayStation 3 Multiplayer Event Friday March 12th (4-7 PM Eastern)

Update: The event has ended. Thanks to everyone we got a chance to play with today, and check the events page for upcoming Multiplayer Events.

Today, get ready for another explosive evening of Grand Theft Auto IV online action in the Social Club Multiplayer Events series, this time on PlayStation 3 via PlayStation Network. As with all these events, you can watch the live video stream and chat with us at the events page for all Social Club members.

Here’s all the details you need to know for tomorrow’s PS3 event.

SPECTATE AND CHAT
Stuck at work or can't reach a PlayStation 3 during our play time? No worries. Come follow all the action at the Social Club Multiplayer Events page with a live streaming broadcast of the entire event. We'll also have a chatbox up and running on game day for those that want to discuss the action as it unfolds.

Look below for specific directions you can follow to get online, grab a partner, and jump into the fray!

HOW TO FIND US
Grab a multiplayer friend and start up Team Deathmatch via Party Mode using the in-game cellphone. We're playing doubles again so make sure your team size is two. By starting up Team Deathmatch from Party Mode, you will be automatically placed in special lobbies together with us and other event participants. More info on using Party Mode is listed below.

NEED A PARTNER?
Hit up the chatbox during the event or just post your PSN ID in the Comments section below.

OFFICIAL ROCKSTAR GAMERTAGS
Participating Rockstar PSN IDs for the event will be:

RockstarMulti1
RockstarMulti2
RockstarMulti3
RockstarMulti4

ABOUT PARTY MODE
Party Mode is an easy way to get your group together and find matches. Here are the 3 quick and easy steps to get you up and running:

Save your current game. To get started, fire up the in-game mobile phone by pressing "Up" on the D-pad. Select Multiplayer > Party Mode > Yes.
From here, open up your phone again and select the Friends option to invite your friends (you need at least one friend to play with Rockstar).
Once your team is ready to roll, open up the in-game phone again and select Games > Team Deathmatch for this event.

Again, please be sure that you enter the lobby in a group of two if you plan to get matched up against us and other players for the event.

Previously:
Recap & Screens: Grand Theft Auto IV PC Official Social Club Multiplayer Event from Feb 18th
Social Club PlayStation Network Multiplayer Event Feb 5 Recap (Grand Theft Auto IV for PS3)
Social Club Xbox LIVE Multiplayer Event Jan 21 Recap – GTAIV PlayStation 3 Event Coming this Friday

96 comments on this article

vicex73

March 25 at 5:16am

Um isn't this old news?.It is the 25th Of March Rock-Star..So please concentrate on finishing up the DLC for the PS3.. It is late to the party I hope like I repeated twice now Add In Game Music to the next Patch or Down Load Content..Release date?..AO know the Release date for this Down Load Content?..

RS_NYC

March 24 at 11:00am

add mee pls

edosho

March 22 at 11:07am

any one please add me please

March 22 at 11:05am

abstractbymark

March 18 at 8:18pm

@Shlomi dead right brother, there were far too many keyboard-tards blocking it up for real people.

@R* Y If R* could implement a sign up system it would a) help to get rid of random spammer fools b) let you know how many GTA'ers you have to deal with in that paticular session. However I understand ideology is sometimes limited by techological reality, in other words I'm no programmer/developer so the feasabilty aspect is not something I can have any insight on

Hope to see you both in my sights diving behind a wall soon

Peace

shlomi52

March 18 at 6:49am

yea i agree with the signing up idea it will solve the spamming in the chat too

R* Y

March 17 at 5:37pm

@abstractbymark gotcha – we’ll look out for you in the next PSN event – tough to guarantee anyone a play since things move so quickly during the event, but we do our best to get as many as possible. Hopefully see ya then

March 16 at 7:54pm

My PSN ID is "Green_Hat" and my bro who sat waiting with me is "Migwel13"

We are massive fans and felt gutted when the event ended. Hopefully we can play in the future and I'll kick yo asses. All fun aside I do think you should make people sign up in the week before to guarantee a game. I mean you think this is busy wait until the release of TLATD and TBOGT, your servers will melt with happy ps3ers base jumping and what-not

March 15 at 12:42pm

@abstractbymark We do try and get as many people in as we can – sorry we didn’t get ya in there on Friday.

What’s your PSN ID btw? We’ll definitely make a note of it for the next one and look ya up if you’re online.

March 15 at 3:06am

they don't have favourites they tryed to get everyone to play there was too much people it was a mess

March 14 at 7:52pm

How did some people get 5-6 games and others none? That's where any excuses fall down. IF there were 2000 people and only 1000 got to play one game and 1000 got to play none then that shows high demand being a problem. However if 1000 people wait and 500 people get MORE than one game each and 500 get none then it's a swizz. Badly organized tinged with favouritism = we don't care if you sit for three hours for nothing because we are playing with our favourites.

March 14 at 3:28am

@abstractbymark they had like a thousand people in there waiting to play and trust me they did all they could to get everyone to play

March 13 at 6:51pm

What an absolute joke the event turned out to be. OVER THREE HOURS me and my pal were ignored by rockstarmulti1 and 2. Seems the same brown nosers got to play over and over again. I still have multi1 pending on my friends list. After 3 hours Socialclub guy on here FINALLY acknowledged me to tell me it was over with a wry sounding sorry. NOT GOOD ENOUGH. I was then told rockstar could not cope with the demand! JOKERS

Henning92

March 13 at 7:24am

Footage from this & previous GTA IV event can be found at www.youtube.com/Jallatroll

Keep it up Rockstar

TO1997

March 13 at 3:13am

DAMN!!!!! Im realy sorry people & Rockstars(((((((((((((( im be buzy and im dont play wish u in event sorry agan((((

March 12 at 8:47pm

Thanks to everyone for 3+ hours of solid Grand Theft Auto IV PS3 multiplayer. Apologies to anybody we couldn’t get into a game today… we’ll do our best to get you in next time, thanks for hanging with us. Look for a recap of the event next week and keep an eye on out for impromptu play sessions announced via our official Twitter & Facebook pages.

chrislovespills

March 12 at 8:21pm

that was good, i got about five or six games

GTACFB

March 12 at 8:12pm

never got in like the last ps3 event -_-

Golden_Ace

March 12 at 8:03pm

Really great. Thanks again rockstar and to everyone! What an excellent time. Hope to repeat this soon in both IV and EFLC!

Again, thank you all! :D You've been great!

GtaHitmanDannyG

March 12 at 7:56pm

Thanks for the invite right at the very end. I appreciate that.

looking forward to buying EFLC on Ps3.