Yes, the calm before the storm is certainly over and it looks like we're right in the middle of a real Nor'easter. The Australian edition of the Official PlayStation Magazine went out to subscribers recently, and as such offered them an exclusive preview on GTA IV. As we've said before, not many revelations will break through for a while, but a small amount of information did come through that weren't known to us before.

• During the demo, when Niko passed an ATM machine a message appeared on the screen indicating a button to press in order to access his funds. Nothing more official is discussed about this, though it would appear that you'll likely be able to deposit and withdraw money from the various ATM machines across the game.
• As part of GTA IV's new physics, you'll be able to hear/feel the bass of vehicles passing by with their radio turned on.
• Rockstar says that the usual GTA driving controls have been tremendously tweaked and enhanced.
• When selecting a contact on your mobile phone, a list of several commands are made available to the player, such as "meet me here" etc.
• Playing the single player game through co-operative mode is not possible, however there will be a co-op mode in addition to all the other unknown multiplayer modes.
• According to Dan Houser, VP of Creative for Rockstar Games, they haven't yet figured out if GTA IV is going to spark off another set of GTA games connected to it, and they're currently just focusing on this single game. He does say he "would have a certain confidence" setting GTA outside the United States, such as England in the future.
• When asked about a San Andreas Stories for the PSP, he replies saying that they don't have any plans for that at the moment, suggesting that they likely haven't started at all on another GTA PSP title.

Credit goes to Wehmer this time for providing us with the info. You can discuss this news over here.