It’s the morning we’ve all been waiting for. Check your letterboxes, get to the shops, and prepare to lose the next few weeks of your social life as Grand Theft Auto hits homes across the nation.

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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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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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Yesterday we flagged up a YouTube clip purporting to be the introductory sequence from GTA IV, but apparently it’s fake: Tom Bramwell, editor of top gaming website Eurogamer, says that he’s seen the actual intro movie and “it’s nothing like that.”

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If we got our hands on an early copy of GTA IV we’d be playing it right now instead of writing this - but luckily not everyone is as selfish as us. Some fortunate wag has already bagged what appears to be a 100 percent legit copy of the Xbox 360 version and instead of sitting back and embarking on a killing spree, they’ve filmed the unboxing and intro sequence and stuck it up on YouTube. Talk about sharing the wealth…

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Play.com has just unwrapped the first GTA IV console bundle - it’s for the Xbox 360 and 100 percent unofficial. Comprising a Premium console with all the trimmings and a copy of the game, it’s coming in at a reasonable £199.99 - that’s £100 cheaper than the mooted PS3 bundle, folks!

Out 2nd May | £199.99
Play.com (via DigitalSpy)

Sony is remaining stoically tight-lipped on the subject, but online retailers have confirmed that a GTA IV PS3 bundle - featuring a 40GB PS3 console, controller and copy of GTA IV - is due to touch down.

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Thirteen is most definitely today’s lucky number. Shacknews.com just let slip that many new screenshots of GTA 4’s multiplayer mode, showing the sorts of activities that underline our belief this will be the most important game of the decade.

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