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UK – 29 April 2008
As Grand Theft Auto IV goes on sale today,Tuesday, and is expected to be the biggest gaming event ever, with first-week sales forecast to be up to £200 million, beating last year's Halo 3.
Numerous game retailers have already sold out of the game, and players around the globe are touting it as the greatest of all Grand Theft Auto's.
The Grand Theft Auto IV game has been criticised by family groups and politicians regarding its subject matter as. The game, depicts an Eastern European immigrant who runs drugs, shoots at police and beats up prostitutes after falling in with a crime syndicate.
With most people playing the game for the first time today, video game internet sites are being in undated with requests for Grand Theft Auto IV cheat codes to complete the game.
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Croydon- 30 April 2008
A man was stabbed in the head yesterday as he waited in a queue, outside Croydon Gamestation Store, to buy a copy of Grand Theft Auto IV
Witnesses saw a Niko-like stabbing, some of which thought was a publicity stunt! Unfortunately, the incident was real and the Police are appealing for witnesses and are looking into the matter. The victim, unnamed, survived the attack.
Grand Theft Auto IV breaks UK first day record
LONDON (Reuters) - The gangster-themed computer game, Grand Theft Auto IV, has earned both critical claim and strong criticism, broke first day sales records in Britain, according to an industry body's initial estimates on Thursday.
The Entertainment Retailers Association, which represents 5,000 stores selling games, music and films, said the game -- published by Take-Two Interactive Software Inc -- sold about 609,000 copies on Tuesday.
That beats the previous record held by an earlier title in the same series, "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas", which sold 501,000 copies on October 29, 2004.
"The past 24 hours have been like it's Christmas all over again for our members," ERA Director Kim Bayley said in a statement. "Grand Theft Auto IV is a phenomenon."
The game centers on an Eastern European immigrant who deals drugs, shoots police and beats up prostitutes after falling in with a crime syndicate.
Its release was one of the most hotly anticipated in the gaming world in years. Fans queued outside shops around the world to be the among the first to get a copy.
The association said the £40-game had eclipsed big releases in the film and music industry.
The PlayStation 3 version of the game scored a perfect 100 in reviews, while the Xbox 360 title achieved a 99, according to Metacritic, an aggregator of gaming reviews.
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