The first significant batch of online screenshots for GTA IV were released today.  You can find them lots of places, but I generally frequent GTA4.net.  Rockstar does a pretty masterful job of slowly releasing new information on the game, but these screenshots were really what I was waiting to sink my teeth into.  So much of what I love about the GTA series is just the alternate sense of place they generate, of really being immersed in the cityscapes of Liberty City or Los Santos.

I'm particularly pleased to hear that one of the main areas of improvement in GTA IV is going to be in that sense of city life.  The jump to next-gen is going to be very interesting for my favorite series...