GTAIV Hits the Torrent Sites

Grand Theft Auto IV

In some bad news for the gaming industry, it seems that a pirated copy of the PAL version of Grand Theft Auto IV for the Xbox 360 has hit the torrent sites. Only a week before the games release. This is sure to hurt Rockstar’s sales of the game, although there’s no telling how much.

People need to realize how much this impacts the gaming industry as a whole. I know everyone really wants to play it now but I will definitely wait until the game comes out and purchase it legally. Support the gaming companies, don’t steal from them.

Why Was GTAIV Censored in Australia?

Rockstar Games has given an explanation to the “special” edition of Grand Theft Auto IV that Australians will be playing soon. By special, I mean crap, but I digress. The reason is that Australia doesn’t have an R18+ rating available from the Office of Film and Literature Classification. Rockstar has stated that there are only minor differences between the US/EU and Australia versions and that the changes not significant at all. I’m not sure how much I believe that though.

Australians Getting Edited GTAIV

GTAIV Edited

In some sad, but not surprising news for Australians concerning Grand Theft Auto IV, the game will be edited. Rockstar has confirmed that they have made a special edition of the game to comply with Australia’s classification system. Currently Australia doesn’t have an R18+ rating, but many people are arguing that one should be created, mostly for reasons such as this. As of now, Rockstar has not made any statements about what content has been cut from the game, but I’m sure it’s all the good parts.

GTAIV Intro Clip

GTAIV is almost here and I’m sure many of you are extremely excited. I sure am. So here’s a supposedly leaked intro clip to the PS3 version of the game, to hold you over. Actually this clip probably won’t do anything for you, except maybe leave you feeling empty in unfulfilled.

New Grand Theft Auto IV Videos

If you don’t want to go the official Grand Theft Auto IV website or are having loading issues with the site, you can check all of the videos here.

“Roman Belic”

“Whiz Wireless”

“Vlad Glebov”

“Steinway”

“Manny Escuela”

Grand Theft Auto IV Release Date Announced

Grand Theft Auto IV

In what will probably be the best news you’ve heard in a long time or will hear for a while, Grand Theft Auto IV now has an official release date of April 29, 2008, as announced by Rockstar Games this morning. This will be a simultaneous release for both the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3 worldwide. My Thursday has been made.