GTA IV being shipped out now News

I'll be checking the Argos website to see if it's in stock near me that's for sure. :)

Is it coming out on a Tuesday for any particular reason? Or am I confused?

What penalty might be imposed for a store breaking the date?

I don't have a 360 or PS3 so I definitely won't buy this either before or on it's release date, but I'm very interested to see what retailers do for what is likely to be the biggest game launch of all time.

a huge fine for starters

It's a world wide release, that's why we're getting it Tuesday instead of the Friday.
Same thing happened with the Halo games, and San Andreas, I believe.

check the draws under the game aisle in tescos-always good for getting stuff early lol

better not come early my xbox is fu.... erm, RROD at the moment.

I'm not sure if there's any particular reason it is out on a Tuesday LOLLERS, supposed to be a worldwide release, so perhaps it's just to match up with America. That or it is the latest they can release it in the month for financial reasons.

Pretty sure im playing it next week already. Oh yeah!

Need to complete the fantasic Dark Sector this weekend then.

maybe someone could open up a betting site purely for games related news, you could make so much money from people bidding on baseless rumours...

ooh i should be able to rent this from my work hopefully this weekend then.

10 points for the first one spotted on Ebay!

There is no penalty for breaking street dates. Microsoft and Sony usually simply threaten to not guarantee future delivery times and amounts. Reality is that you can't NOT give stock to huge chain stores if you expect to sell in any useful quantity.

There's bound to be some place that breaks the street date, always is. In some ways story's of certain stores breaking the street dates and people posting info on the game early has a habit of increasing the excitement.

Still not decided whether I'm gonna take the day off work, I'm tempted, but I'd be more tempted if it was a Friday and I could have had a long weekend out of it.

It won't matter in the future, all games will require an online unlock like Steam so everyone will get it at the same time (server overload pending)

"It won't matter in the future, all games will require an online unlock like Steam so everyone will get it at the same time (server overload pending)"

noooooooooooooo

Well, I spoke to my local small games shop, who broke the street date for Super Mario Galaxy and Assassin's Creed, as well as pretty much any other game I've bought from them recently, and they said that they'd been made to sign a contract saying that they'd stick to the street date or face legal action.

I got to the collection point (i.e. I'd reserved it and paid for it at the till) in Argos to collect my early copy of Halo 3 before some bright spark realised it wasn't due for release for a few days. No amount of reasoning would prise it from his claws either - gutted. :-(

10 million copies in the first week, I reckon.

"It's a world wide release, that's why we're getting it Tuesday instead of the Friday"

WTF? Why does that make any difference? Is it Friday in the US when it's Tuesday here? No lol.

@mclovin69

no way! have you tried that?

whats the chances of amazon sending this out early?? if the local argos starts selling it ill pick a copy up from there and cancel the amazon one...

@Bealsy

Because games are released in the US on Tuesdays, not Fridays like us.
If you'd rather wait though, go complain :)

Where's the best chance an average man's got of getting this on launch day? Attempting to get Mario Kart Wii on launch day last friday ended in abject failure, and I only just barely managed to get it the next day.

Bear in mind I can't get anywhere till after 6pm because I work :(

Am I better off pre-ordering? Where's good for delivering on the right sodding day? (Looking at you, HMV.com >:( )

@ WinterSnowblind

Tuesdays eh? How very ginger beer. What next? Clear Cola?!

@LazyDan - GAME are already saying that if you did not pre-order it before 7th April they will not guarantee it for launch day. Not looking good really.

@LazyDan

just try the less obvious shops, like argos, woolworths, supermarkets etc. Places like game and gamestation will be more difficult to get them as that will be the first place most people go. I picked up Mario Kart on launch day from woolies at 1pm, they had loads...

@Bealsy

You are not a clever person are you? USA get games on tuesdays and EU fridays usually. If its going to be worldwide it has to be released tuesday 29 everywhere. Right?

If I cant pick it up on Tuesday then I'm screwed till Thursday, as Wednesday is Queen's Day over here in Holland, when everything shuts down, people wear orange clothes en masse and generally get drunk...oh well... I can guess I'll survive :)

@LazyDan Hadn't heard bad stuff about HMV before :( My preorders there.

Take it HMV don't usually deliver on-time?

@ LazyDan - get to your nearest 24hr supermarket in good time for midnight and you'll be fine. Not sure what all these MKW shortages are about. I picked it up at 5pm on release day from HMV in Leeds, but Game, Zavvi and everywhere else had loads of them.

who bloody cares what day it's coming out, the simple fact is that it is and that's all I care about.

@ muscleblade

yeah, not knowing what day games are released in the US makes me fucking retarded. Go find someone your own mental capacity to flame moron. Want to compare qualifications and wage? Didn't think so.

Come on Tesco's use your power and get me my copy ASAP! Its estimated as a Wed 23rd delivery date for me at the mo!!!

Sales are sales right. Sitting on a game for 2 weeks isn't really useful imo. Unless they want to break the Guinness book of course. But who the hell cares about that anyway.

I've just read that there is a 48-hour tube strike starting on 28th - a strange coincidence considering the game is out the next day. Hmmmmm

Bealsy, I challenge you!

joke lol, these people who moan and bitch on the interweb are problem weak minded individuals who need to get laid.

I pre-ordered on Amazon UK. Anyone hand experience with their deliveries?

I've just read that there is a 48-hour tube strike starting on 28th - a strange coincidence considering the game is out the next day. Hmmmmm

What, it's a conspiracy by tube staff to grab up all the copies and sell them on eBay?!

I've pre-ordered with Game. They usually get them to you a day early, but being a Tuesday release I reckon to do this they will have to send them out on a Friday.

Whats the chances I'll get it on the Saturday?

Anyone pre-order Halo3 with Game and remember what day they got it? I got my Halo 3 from littlewoods about a week after release but it only cost me £26 :)

The 29th means that stuff may have to be despatched on the previous Friday, which could lead to early deliveries for some.

@ LukeFX

Which is why I don't know what date games are released on haha. I managed to sneak a pre-order in. Usually get it a day or two early anywho.

@penhalion

I'm afraid there is a rather large fine if a retailer breaks street date. It's been around for a couple of years now and doesn't just cover games, it's on books, cd's, dvd's etc...

In Little Rock, Arkansas, investigators believe that a residential fire Monday afternoon was caused by an Xbox 360 console.

While no one was at the home, the house nearly burned down as flames charred the interior.

“My Xbox 360 has the rings of death, which means something gone wrong you have to send it back for repair. Generally it’s over heating inside,” gamer Carl Olson told Today’s THV.

According to investigators, the source of the fire was traced to the power cord of an Xbox 360.

“It was melted and it looked like they had it against the wall in on edge and things like that need a little space to dissipate heat,” Little Rock Fire Department Captain Jason Weaver said.

Back in 2005, Microsoft began providing replacement power cords to Xbox 360s, citing fire concerns.

“It seems really unlikely. I’ve been gaming for years and I haven’t seen anything like that,” Olson said.

The Fire Marshal estimates more than $100,000 worth of property damage to the house

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LOL it's de devil, stay away from that shit....

I ordered Halo3 from game and it came on the Tuesday. I remember as I was at a football match that night and didnt get home until late and had to prop my eyes open to play it.

@ M83J01P97

Really? Dvd's and CD's?

You do know that most CD's and DVD's release date is a Monday but you can always get them on the Friday.
Maybe for games but not CD's and DVD's!

@ Apologie

Has nothing to do with GTA does it? Your life must really empty...

@ bad09

Haha but he's always good for a laugh, i'd put him on ignore but i'd be missing out on some moments of comedic gold!

Rumor has it that everyone who runs GTA4 before 29th gets his xbawks banned from Live - making company to those who DL games from bittorrent. I'd better wait.

" @ Apologie

Has nothing to do with GTA does it? Your life must really empty..."


just his cut and paste fetish kicking in again

@ mikew1985

Yeah I keep him for the comedy cut and pastes but that one was REALLY random trolling! :)