Finally, it has been announced that the additional downloadable contents for Grand Theft Auto IV will be available on February, more precisely on Februar 17th, 2009.

That’s what has been reported by USA Today, that also lists what should be found inside the package. It talks about a new “episode” of the game called “The Lost and Damned”, that has a protagonist called Johnny Klebits, belonging to a bikers’ tribe called The Lost. IT seems that Niko Bellic has, instead, a secondary part on the story.

“Johnny is a very different character than Niko, with a very different background,” said Rockstar’s Dan Houser. “I can’t go into too much detail on the story, because we try not to give away too much plot before the game is released. But I can say that the story will show you a different side of Liberty City.”

It will be, as it seems obvious, something detached from the main GTA IV’s story, with disconnected events between the two narrative lines. Yet, many obscure sides of the original game will be revealed, according to what has been said.

February 17th, 2009 should be the worldwide release date for these downloadable contents for the XBox 360 version of GTA IV.