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Last month, we continued the Fall program of Social Club Multiplayer Events with visits to GTA IV's Liberty City and Max Payne's haunts of Hoboken and Sao Paulo - streaming live on the Rockstar Games' Twitch.tv channel and on the Social Club Multiplayer Events page for both events. Thanks as always to everyone who participated, and without further ado, here's all the gory details....

During our Max Payne 3 event on Sept. 21st, MaxPayneDev4 flagged emKultra reppin for The Patient Crew as one particularly tough opponent on PS3. emKultra won two games on the trot playing alongside our Dev: first a Deathmatch in Branco Headquarters followed by a Last Team Standing on the rooftops. Soon after, MaxPayneDev4 entered a Team Deathmatch in the Hoboken Alleys mid-game to find the team he had been placed on were already down 20 kills at the halfway point. Showing courage in the face of adversity, Dev4 went on an incredible run with the G6 Commando, finishing with 30 kills to 4 deaths, helping to pull his team into first place for a fantastic comeback.

Thanks once again to Shenmue Saga for uploading the full video of MaxPayneDev2's Event gameplay.

After a few runs around the Hoboken Rooftops with previous Event winner abrokian, as well as Pro And Deadly Crewmates MerlinRus78 and TestFriend, MaxPayneDev1, got it on with the PC folks, entering Branco headquarters to hand an undisputable ass whuppin' to Random PsyCHo, Chris ET and Delicti. Up 64 kills to 14 halfway through, the opposition were able to restore some pride when headshot specialist MeRcYIEsS1990 of the CITY crew used their dual PT92's to go 4 - 0 against our Dev. We later switched to an FMP G3S sniper and headed into a Deathmatch at the Docks, hoping to capitalize on the open spaces that the map affords. Unfortunately with no teammates to protect Dev1 as he hunkered down on one of the wrecked boats, he was an easy kill for Lone_Hawk's dual PT92s. After switching to the trusty G6 Commando Dev1 had better luck, but ultimately was no match for ..kNg... , appropriately title "The Feared", having finished the game with a 34 kills for 10 deaths.

Meanwhile, MaxPayneDev2, playing on Xbox 360 rode out hard for three hours of bullets and brawling. In the wintry Hoboken Alleys, the white snow on the ground quickly became stained with blood as Dev2 entered into Team Deathmatch with the trusty M10/M972 dual wield combo. On the opposing team lilpapaz was dropping bodies all over the place, but Dev2 stayed light and maneuverable using the Sneaky burst to settle vendettas and rack up multiple kill streaks. Props to supernutz for going 5 and 0 with the M82A1 against Dev2. 

In the final hour, our Devs Crewed up on Xbox 360 to try and wreak havoc as a united front on the Hoboken Rooftops. MaxPayneDev2 led the line admirably, with a 7.0 KDR. Friends became enemies in a Last Team Standing in the Favela as MaxPayneDev2 was split on to the opposing team, and forced to fight against the rest of the Dev Crew. CuzUZAHOE took Dev2's team into a commanding early lead, with Dev2 sticking close by on the corrugated iron rooftops.Unfortunately the all Dev Crew couldn't compete against the might of Ov3rDoSe87 and rapidnation2160 and managed just seven kills over the five rounds. A poor show this time, but the Dev Crew will no doubt be back for more.

During the event we gave participants the chance to enter a sweepstakes and win three deluxe prize pack giveaways, each featuring a high-powered EVGA NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 660 Ti video card. Congratulations to JamesInDigital, t_26_bern and SkeliFish! We will be in touch about sending out your prize packs.

Now for a rundown of our September 27th GTA IV event, a lot of which you can watch thanks to GM-Shenmue capturing GwRockstar2's stream...

As is customary for these events we kicked things off with GTA Race and GwRockstar3 started as eager on the pistol trigger as they were on the accelerator pedal, trading bullets and bumper paint with Vxx_Willy_xxV and then IV_SPEEDFREAKz as they fought their way through the pack to take second place. However, ice-cool TYPUK77 proved a point for all pacifists and claimed first place with barely a shot fired. Next up were muscle cars on Southern Switch and our dev player showed their class. Leading from the start, they almost came unstuck when, halfway through the second lap, VaggosUK chose a narrow street along the course to set up a roadblock of Ranchers they'd jacked for the purpose. GwRockstar reacted quickly and took a detour around the block, before paying VaggosUK a return visit on the other side and leaving them a live grenade as a parting gift, clearing the way for the third lap.

GwRockstar3 sidesteps VaggosUK's roadblock and then says goodbye with a grenade.

For the second hour of the event, our devs moved on to The Lost and Damned in Episodes from Liberty City. While Social Club Multiplayer Events are generally all about playing with and against the community, PlayRockstar and PlayRockstar11 took ten minutes out to settle a grudge that had been brewing in the office with a head-to-head Chopper vs Chopper duel, which was streamed live on the events page. It was a cagey start, with PlayRockstar11 making good use of bridges and overpasses to shelter from their flying rival and take the first checkpoint, before they were taken out in Cerveza Heights at around the five-minute mark. The pair then exchanged kills before PlayRockstar turned things up a notch and claimed two consecutive checkpoints to take the match 2-1.

Next up was a round of Witness Protection, with our dev heading up The Lost against a full squad of N.O.O.S.E. troops. The target was a prison bus containing the state's witnesses and the two sides met head-on, with Transporter-K96 taking a few names on behalf of the defending team. Bruised but not out, The Lost came back at them and chased down the bus, driven by SubZeroo55 and tailed by deadman1996 and Transporter-K96 in Police Cruisers. We managed to get ahead of the pack and had a clear shot at SubZeroo55 but failed to take it and The Lost had to accept defeat... this time.

We also took part in an exciting race with UnknownWebUser, charliestyr, Transporter-K96, LarsDK, amte4, SNaKe_NaGoL, deadman1996, BACbKA95RUS, Mikey-orz and SubZero55, which was captured by YouTube user InsectOverlords and can be watched above. Cheers, InsectOverlords!

For the final hour we headed over to The Ballad of Gay Tony for a Deathmatch in Funland, in which iGo_2_CHUCKYS was pretty much unstoppable, chalking up 40 kills and earning a handsome $4,600 in the process. They were closely followed by illyaillya and Maliik786. We then finished up where we began: with a GTA Race around the Tour D'Algonquin circuit. Huge thanks to everyone who joined us, whether they were playing along or watching one of the live streams on the Rockstar Social Club or our Twitch TV channel. And congratulations to sweepstakes winners jaybusbee34, DravinClaw, Deezzr23, SUBLIMEtimothy and gtaVplayer, who each win a Prize Pack. Below are a few screenshots from the events and a full list of participants from both the Max Payne 3 and GTA IV events.