Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony

October 2009Rockstar NorthLiberty City

The second GTA IV episode, following Luis Lopez through Liberty City's nightclub scene. Markedly louder than the base game, and the episode that reintroduced parachutes and explosive weaponry to the HD era.

The record

Released: October 2009
Developer: Rockstar North
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Setting: Liberty City
Era: HD Era (2008–present)
Type: Episode

Platforms

Xbox 360
PlayStation 3
Windows

Every platform the title has been released on. We record which, not when — a port’s own release date is a separate fact and we have not established one for each.

The story

Missions

26missions

The complete GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony story catalogue — 26 missions.

7 mission givers

Anthony Prince12 missions
Armando Torres2 missions
Henrique Bardas2 missions
Mori Kibbutz3 missions
Yusuf Amir4 missions
Ray Bulgarin3 missions
Rocco Pelosi1 mission

In the order the campaign first meets them. Missions the catalogue records no giver for are not counted here.

Open the full campaign

Every mission in order, and 26 mission pages behind them.

Enter the world

Liberty City

The places, the people, the vehicles and the weapons of Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony. Follow any of them in.

Locations

The places

All 2 places

The Hickey Bridge crossing into Alderney, its rusted trusses above the water with Alderney’s blocks and waterfront beyond.

GTA IV

State

Alderney

The state across the water from Liberty City. It is a state of its own rather than a fifth borough, and Chinatown Wars leaves it off the map entirely.

GTA IV
Liberty City
City

Characters

The cast

All 14 characters

Protagonist

Luis Fernando Lopez

Bodyguard and business partner to a nightclub owner whose empire is collapsing under its own debts. Competent, exhausted, and pulled between the club, his family in Northwood and everyone owed money.