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Slips a week in Europe.

November 4th is the new European release date for Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, it has been confirmed today.

Rockstar's hugely-anticipated PSP-exclusive had been due for release this Friday, the 28th October, but has now been forced back seven days for reasons as-yet unconfirmed.

The game's UK distributor Gem confirmed the news to Eurogamer today, and admitted it had only just received confirmation itself this lunchtime.

It is not yet known whether the European slip will have any effect on the game's US release date, which at the time of writing is expected to be tomorrow, the 25th October.

Should the game remain on track in the US for this week, it's fair to say that import retailers will be enjoying a bumper weekend selling what is one of the most in-demand games of the entire year on any platform.

More news from Rockstar when we get it.

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- Release date 4/11/2005
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krudster #1 6 years ago

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Gutted
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Furbs #2 6 years ago

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OLD!!!
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tengu #3 6 years ago

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What a gip.
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gizmo #4 6 years ago

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monkeys.
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ecureuil #5 6 years ago

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What was that? Europe gets shafted on a game release date again? Shocker! This is unheard of!
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myiagros #6 6 years ago

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never before heard of a delay of an AAA title this close to release.
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moggsy #7 6 years ago

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bugger...
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gizmo #8 6 years ago

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I bet the comment about firmware is correct.

It is all a bit late in the day though. eh? Not really cricket, is it Sony?

Good job I have a quite ridiculous number of games currently on the go.
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Teeth #9 6 years ago

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No frod, both are very good guesses I'm sure, plausible to me anyway. Though it is so close to release I'd imagine that they'd have pressed the discs now so changing whatever's on them would be a bit of a >1 week hassle... I am not a distributor though.
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ssuellid #10 6 years ago

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Interesting thought Frod.

It would be the perfect title to bundle new firmware with - probably a must have title for a lot of people.
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Beano #11 6 years ago

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Delay ??... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

What's this GTA anyway ?
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Psi #12 6 years ago

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Jack Thompson strikes again!
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mattigan #13 6 years ago

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Expect to see Sony in "killer app release slips to exact same day as rivals console release" SHOCKER!!!!!

Soon in a tabloid near you!!
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platinum #14 6 years ago

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*g* already pre-ordered my copy this morning at my trusty import-shop! hopefully i'll be playing it by the end of this week! give up some love to all the import-shops in europe!!! and some shame on sony for their stupid hatred of same!
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myiagros #15 6 years ago

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Oh well guess i'll have time to finish Shadow of the Solossus and SSX on Tour before its released.

Shame about it coming out on the same day as Resident Evil 4 though.

Which to play first??
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Furbs #16 6 years ago

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Except its not Sony publishing it...wouldnt imagine R* execs being happy to go up against the 360.
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Kiigan #17 6 years ago

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Anyone reviewed this game yet? If not, should we be worried?
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jellyhead #18 6 years ago

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Good one Kiigan.
Anyone actually heard if it's dog-doo-doo or Rocking Horse poo (as in great)?

/ puts on Tard-proof anti-fanboi-flaming outfit.
mmmm, cosy.
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jellyhead #19 6 years ago

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Found this on the IGN page, looks like it needs a firmware upgrade.
"The only snag we ran into was due to one PSP which hadn't been updated with the recent Firmware 2.0 update."

Maybe Sony have changed it to require the new 2.5 "Moody Big Brother" firmware?
Bit late in the day for that though surely?
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AssassiN Verified Owner/Editor, Computers N Stuff #20 6 years ago

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I Think the Official PS2 mag reviewed it (not sure if it's the US or UK one though) and they gave it 4.5/5
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jellyhead #21 6 years ago

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Must be a distribution issue then as 4.5/5 isn't bad at all.
It's not a donkey! \0/
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wattoo #22 6 years ago

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You don't think it might be something more sinister do you?

Like region coding for games to punish all us nasty importers
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Furbs #23 6 years ago

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Not for a non-Sony game. R* would tell them where to go since its their money thats at stake.
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mattigan #24 6 years ago

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mattigan: you think this will slip another month?

Wouldn't suprise me, would be a tiny bit petty though.

Although I don't really care as I don't have a PSP or like GTA. . . .
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moggsy #25 6 years ago

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Is the above post spam? Smells like it...
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cawley1 #26 6 years ago

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IGN have a review up for it, so looks like the US release is still on for today!
9.0 overall and an editor's choice, maybe I will buy it after all...
Still can't seem to find a track listing - have I missed something?
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killyourtv #27 6 years ago

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yeah, the track list is on gtapsp.com
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gushy #28 6 years ago

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gtanet are saying that they spoke to Rockstar UK and as far as they are concerned the October 28th date is still their target ... although they will not knwo for sure until it's in the shops ......

Sounds like they don't want to admit there is a delay.

http://www.gtalibertycitystories.net/news/single.php ?id=2106
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Ghetto-lapin #29 6 years ago

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woohoo, josh wink
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