GTA IV Leaked?

GTA IV Leaked?

April 23, 2008
Kotaku is reporting that the PAL version of GTA IV for the Xbox 360 may have been leaked:
At around 11:50am Greenwich Mean Time, the PAL version of Grand Theft Auto IV for the Xbox 360 was ripped and leaked to various torrent sites by a [group] called iCON...

YouTube clips have been popping up online of the game's opening and early missions — but as of posting, many of the clips have been taken down. The retail release is a mere six days away. This isn't the first GTA game leaked as San Andreas was as well. And it was leaked a week before, too.

GP readers may recall that Manhunt 2 was leaked by an SCEE employee last September.

UPDATE: The Telegraph has a bit more...
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Comments

Submitted by Ragnaar - April 24, 2008 at 5:46 am -0500
Can't wait for my pre-order. It might take a while to get here (having it amazon super snaily shipped), but it'll be worth it once I get my hands on it.
Submitted by GRIZZAM 512 - April 23, 2008 at 7:03 pm -0500
Neat. Grab that sweet leak!
Submitted by Jack Wessels - April 23, 2008 at 7:04 pm -0500
I'd rather wait for the release than play or watch a ripped version.
Submitted by Mark of Cain - April 23, 2008 at 7:06 pm -0500
Great, now who will bitch first this time?
Submitted by GRIZZAM 512 - April 23, 2008 at 7:07 pm -0500
@Jack Wessels

Yeah, but you know the fanboys will eat it up. No doubt a rockstar publicity stunt...media whores.
Submitted by Jack Thompson is a douchbag - April 23, 2008 at 7:59 pm -0500
I went on youtube and there was a video of leaked GTA4 gameplay but when I clicked on the video it said that it has been removed from Take 2. Saying that it was a violation.
Submitted by go fish - April 23, 2008 at 8:00 pm -0500
christ not again
Submitted by Meleedragon27 - April 23, 2008 at 8:04 pm -0500
I agree with Jack Wessels - I'll wait for the actual release, thank you.
Submitted by Anon - April 23, 2008 at 8:20 pm -0500
Yeah the gameplay videos are all over the net.t
Submitted by chadachada - April 23, 2008 at 8:21 pm -0500
*Sigh* I remember accidentally ruining the ending of Halo 3 the night before it came out, watching a leaked vid on youtube...I'm boycotting youtube until GTA comes out just in case...
Submitted by DarknessDeku - April 23, 2008 at 11:05 pm -0500
I'd rather wait to play the game.

@ chadachada

You accidently found the games ending and then watched the entire thing? You could have just clicked out of it...
Submitted by DeusPayne - April 23, 2008 at 11:20 pm -0500
Aaaannnndddd...????? Almost every game, especially blockbuster games are leaked.
Submitted by Shih Tzu - April 24, 2008 at 2:23 am -0500
This group doesn't realize how hurtful this is.

A good 69% of us are in fact Bush-haters!
Submitted by Andy_UK - April 24, 2008 at 2:52 am -0500
oh just wait for the release.

you sillies....
Submitted by InJM - April 24, 2008 at 3:10 am -0500
Too bad Japan doesn't use PAL.
Submitted by PlayItBogart - April 24, 2008 at 4:50 am -0500
I'll wait for the release. I am simply not ready yet for the massive amount of awesome that GTAIV will bestow upon me.
Submitted by julian - April 24, 2008 at 6:54 am -0500
Yeah It's leaked for real, and i'm playing it as we speak. I can tell you guys, don't expect top of the notch gameplay. It's much like Saints Row.
Submitted by RonJon - April 24, 2008 at 8:29 am -0500
Good, I love Saints Row. Thats just how I wanted it to be.
Submitted by Jonathan, aka Soul - April 24, 2008 at 8:51 am -0500
I'll wait for it's official release thank you very much ;) .
Submitted by RonJon - April 24, 2008 at 9:02 am -0500
Loyal fans to Rockstar will wait for the official release rather than playing a "stolen" version of the game. Part of the true experience of the game is getting it the same time as all the others.
Submitted by InsidiousMrMoo - April 24, 2008 at 9:37 am -0500
Yea I am waiting for the game to come out, only 4 more days till I can get my hands on gta iv and it is well worth the wait.
Submitted by Zerodash - April 24, 2008 at 9:44 am -0500
Don't support piracy for a game like this- the games industry NEEDS to see that adult-oriented games make tons of $$.

The only way they will stand up against the zealots is to prove that its worth it to protect their right to make these games.
Submitted by mogbert - April 24, 2008 at 10:47 am -0500
I think everyone who downloaded it early should get on X-Box Live so they can tell us how multiplayer is...

Mwaaahahahahaha!!!

I'm actually looking forward to... Mario Kart Wii. I might pick this one up later... maybe used.
Submitted by Pinworm - April 25, 2008 at 3:02 pm -0500
The NTSC version was released about 12-18 hours after the PAL version.

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