Thanks to Social Club stalwart ShenmueSaga for capturing the PS3 happenings of the entire event.
This past Independence Day weekend, the Social Club community soaked up four days of 3XP in Red Dead and Max Payne 3 and celebrated with Chihuahua Dogs and Rocket Launcher bombs bursting in air across the skies of Liberty City in GTAIV during our four-hour Sunday live-stream official play session. We salute everyone who participated, from those that got in on games in the Social Club Playlists to the spirited community commentators on our Social Club Mutliplayer Events and official Rockstar Twitch pages.
Beginning the afternoon in Red Dead, our own PlayRockstar hopped on the PS3 to join in with y'all for some Hold Your Own action. With the Rebeldes facing off against PlayRockstar's Walton's Gang, it was a vicious battle for the bags. After Walton’s
Charles_R_Fan got the party started with a head shot on
Kiscserko, teammate
Gondia grabbed and promptly delivered an enemy bag, giving Walton’s Gang a 1-0 lead. Almost immediately, Charles_R_Fan stole another Rebeldes bag and, as with their comrade, quickly dropped it off at home base. After a little aggression from
miller1945 and
ToiletRoll22, Charles_R_Fan made a move on the final sack and went for it, helping shut out the Rebeldes 3-0. It was the first of a few rough showings in RDR for PlayRockstar; at one point, teammate
Captain-bOnEs pushed us right into the bullets of
alacran-Cabrera which unfortunately and ignominiously resulted in a buckshot to our backside.
Meanwhile, over on Xbox LIVE, the Miners and Cattle Rustlers engaged in an action-packed Gang Shootout at Tumbleweed. Miners
inkybuseko,
Pauloxspx and F1ftySevenCHEVY (XBL GT) each helped their team of breakers to an early lead. The Cattle Rustlers refused to give up however and with
sinkablejaymen and
SubovonHD going on hot streaks, they wound up taking a huge lead and winning, $4,400 to $2,950.
First on the docket for GTAIV on PS3 was 10 minutes of Deathmatch at Liberty City's own shining beacon of independence, Happiness Island. Within seconds, ThFcMaSoN93 snuffed out YungLive201, followed by the execution of Kiscserko at the hands of kozirekPL. UnAm9564 got on the board by wiping up TheLandofSmeg, but before having a chance to reap the spoils, PlayRockstar showed 'em how to make $15 the hard way - by looting the pockets of the dead. With a minute to go, we lost an (up to that point) fun showdown to ThFcMaSoN93. On a mission, we fearlessly walked towards daffyair3864's bullets like we had divine intervention on our side and ultimately wound up taking seventh place. TheFcMaSoN93 won with 55 kills and $5,708, UnAM9564 wound up in second with 46 kills and $4,995 and kozirekPL placed third with 43 kills and $4,616.
The hits kept coming in Xbox 360 playing Deathmatch - this time with a bats-only affair paying tribute to the boys of summer or possibly a little déjà vu for GTAIII fans who recall the South Side Hoods mission, Rumble. Looking for action after we endured an intense battle with LukinhasBR2 (XBL GT), xSILVER BUllETx (XBL GT) surprised us with a hit right to the gut and we went down like Frazier in the 5th. Elsewhere, RIP 3AZY (XBL GT) was hitting for average, knocking out the likes of Baseballstar04 (XBL GT), xSILVER BUllETx and illyaillya. We did have some highlights, including a critical beatdown of LCardoso17 along the lovely backdrop of the waterfront as well as a pummeling of WinnyWingz, good for a fourth place overall finish. CreepyEyeball proved to be the sultan of swing, winning with $2,292 and 21 kills, followed by IRISH ROCKSTAR (XBL GT) ($1,925 and 17 kills) and xChiefGreenBudx (XBL GT) ($1,622 and 15 kills).
Hit the jump for a recap of all the GTAIV PC, Epsiodes from Liberty City and Max Payne 3 action.
