Looking forward to a hands-on with Grand Theft Auto IV? Some gamers aren’t waiting any more, they’re pirating Rockstar’s new title, thanks to hackers who’ve got hold of an advanced copy, cracked the game’s protection code and leaked it online.
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Nokia’s pulling out all the stops to publicise its new N-Gage platform, including re-imagining some of our all-time favourite mobile games. Take the video below - it’s part of Nokia’s Get Out And Play ad campaign, and takes Snake to a whole new level.

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The Grand Theft Auto games have always featured star names: Ray Liotta, James Woods, Dennis Hopper, er, Danny Dyer - and it’s just emerged that Britain’s premier funnyman Ricky Gervais will have a small role in GTA IV.

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Expect to see commuters head-banging and wielding their mobiles like air guitars as Guitar Hero makes the jump from console to phone. Guitar Hero Mobile cashes in on the hugely successful franchise by turning your handset into your axe – sort of.

It turns out the mobile game is a bit of pale comparison to the real deal, with just three strings to your “guitar” - which of course actually just a handset. It’s quite a stretch to imagine yourself rocking Wembley stadium as you hammer out Suck My Kiss on your phone’s buttons, but Alice Cooper’s hits and more will be coming to a mobile near you soon.

Out TBC | £TBC
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People are always banging on about the games industry being as big as Hollywood, and the 29th April launch of Grand Theft Auto IV looks set to be the clearest ever indicator of that. Variety magazine is predicting that GTA IV will pull in a massive $400m (£200m) worth of sales in its first week, which would make it the biggest game launch in history - and possibly the biggest ever launch for a single entertainment product.

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An all-new PlayStation 3 bundle has just popped up on the US SonyStyle online store - an 80GB model complete with a copy of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and a DualShock 3 wireless controller. Costing $499 (£250), it’s going live in June.

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Halo 3 may no longer be the most popular game on Xbox LIVE (that honour goes to Call of Duty 4), but Microsoft and Bungie have just injected its multiplayer portion with new life, courtesy of a trio of new maps. The Legendary Map Pack is available for download now for 800 Microsoft Points (that’s £6.80 in real life money), and should give you a few more hours of fragging - or if your Master Chief-controlling skills are anything like ours, getting fragged by - foul-mouthed American teenagers.

Out now | £6.80
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PlayStation 3 owners, get yourselves online and grab the new firmware. Yep, the ver. 2.30 update we mentioned last week is out today, it’s free, and it brings two blow-your-balls-off new features to Sony’s next-gen console. The first is a revamped, slicker and easier to use PlayStation Store that makes downloading demos, trailers and full games a much less painful experience. The second is support for DTS-HD Master Audio ear candy - that’s 7.1-channel lossless surround sound from any Blu-ray movies that support it. A must for home cinema nuts and

Out now | £TBC
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