At approximately 1:45AM EST the Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto IV was leaked onto the internet. According to our X3F tipsters, who better plan on actually buying the game, thousands of users are leeching the 6.36 GB potential game of the year candidate. The release is a rip of the PAL version, specifically from the Asian market, and comes a mere six days before retailers place the game on store shelves.We don't want to get on our soapbox here but we hope our readers would shy away from downloading a full version of the game, especially considering the team at Rockstar North have garnered near-perfect review scores for the release. Why? Well, it's illegal kids ... actually come to think of it, this leak is deliciously ironic. Isn't it?
[Thanks, Michael S.T.]
Reader Comments (Page 4 of 4)
4-23-2008 @ 12:37PM
Perno said...
Can one play on LIVE with a modded 360 and a downloaded game? Can MS tell the difference? That would be the main reason I wouldn't get it via torrent.
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4-23-2008 @ 1:27PM
Britton said...
You can play online but the discs need to be stealth'd and it's better to rip them 1:1 (meaning ripping it for yourself via the real disc) rather than getting it from a God-knows-where-it-came-from torrent...I hear...
4-23-2008 @ 12:45PM
Neopath said...
In other news: Everything has been leaked on the internet.
The bottom line is that pretty much every damn game since the dawn of creation has been leaked so if this is "news" then my mother is Madonna and she's still a virgin. So don't talk to me about being "responsible" for publishing "news".
This blog is now officially a GT4 whore and will post any non-news even remotely related to it to get some traffic.
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4-23-2008 @ 12:56PM
Nintendo is Fail said...
Shut the fuck up, why are you so bitchy about this website reporting this? It's not like they're wasting your "precious" time because you're wasting your time on a gaming blog in the first place.
I personally would download this game because the Take 2 douchebags censor all the videos of gameplay so how else are we supposed to see it? The greedy bastards deserve to lose money but it's not like this is really going to affect their sales
4-23-2008 @ 1:37PM
xenocidic said...
At least they've moved on from their Halo3whoring...
4-23-2008 @ 12:53PM
Neeko said...
From the gameplay i saw this game looks amazing. If you google it youll find a bunch of sites with various gameplay footage.. The city looks amazing, kinda SIM like. framerate seemed great and physics were cool when you walked or ran over people. I thought i saw a slow motion scene when NIKo tried to run over a pedestrian with his car...
OK OK iam gonna buy the game. This will be my 1st GTA title.
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4-23-2008 @ 1:06PM
Graeme Q said...
Hmmm, it wasn't the Asia release that was leaked. According to Icon, the release group, it was the UK-PAL version. Either way, all PAL versions are the same with the exception of Australia and their qwerky censorship/rating system.
It was always going to be leaked though and with such demand it was always coming early.
RE: Perno: yes, but at you're own risk. No idea what was in the last update so potentially new security checks. At present, no MS can't tell if its legit or not (well. presuming you did everything correctly your end) ICON have even said stay off live til monday if you are gonna leach it.
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4-23-2008 @ 2:18PM
c4v3man said...
I don't mind them posting the story, however I wish they wouldn't have posted the file size. Not that it really matters, as you can tell by how many seeders are on a file which one is legit, however it wouldn't be bad if a few people got fake copies instead with the wrong filesize.
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4-23-2008 @ 3:48PM
matty said...
fwiw i saw this on a couple private trackers, and articles on other sites before x3f posted it. for those saying its a bad idea to post this... even if x3f didnt blog this, it would still be some of the biggest news in the video game/internet world. i dont think x3f will have that big of an effect on the overall amount of people leeching the game.
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4-23-2008 @ 4:15PM
Drunkenshaolin said...
@britton...alot of people got caught when halo3 was leaked, just saying u think MS is gonna sit back and let this go on and on. there is a patch or update coming that will catch alot of modders out. thats all im saying, made alot of sence to me.
modders are ?uckers and i hope every single one of them gets whats coming to them....
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4-23-2008 @ 4:58PM
james said...
I was making a wrap for lunch and noticed the use by date on my packet of turkey slices. 29.4.08. And I started getting excited at the fact that my Turkey slices lifespan would exist in the same timeframe as me getting GTA 4. I'm a grown man of 33 for goodness sake!
Don't agree with the piracy of this game though. Some crap films yes, but this game no.
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4-24-2008 @ 3:12AM
anoymous said...
i got gta6 and what a game it is and who in there right minds isnt going to get it early the people bitching are only jealous because they cant get it and for those who think the 360 cant be modded get with the times its been done for ages i will make a mint off this 1 if games werent so exspensive it would kerb the copying but im not going on anymore im off to play a wicked game
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4-24-2008 @ 6:34AM
Boff said...
GTA6? Twat.
4-24-2008 @ 10:11AM
Graeme Q said...
Its not GTA6 but it does bring question to R*'s naming conventions. I can think of 8 GTA's in their own right without including the original 2 expansion packs for GTA 1 (GTA, GTAII, GTAIII - vice city, san andreas, liberty city stories, GTA Advance and now GTAIV.
As for X3F reporting it; it won't bring more piracy. People with modded consoles probably (or at least should) know where to find such information.
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4-24-2008 @ 3:06PM
LordMetzen said...
Xbox360 has been running unsigned code almost since it was released....
GTA4 wont need installation in xbox360...but it remains the only system where it can run pirated...
OH I GET IT!!....since everyone can get it free (leaked)...they plan on actually making money with the NOT FREE content over the XBL Marketplace....
I guess thats why psn wont have that kind of content, bc ppl will acually pay for the game...crap.
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4-24-2008 @ 4:53PM
ron said...
I think i'd pay double right about now for a copy, i've been waiting since early last year, and i'll be outside at 11pm monday waiting for this, tempted to try and mug the video game shop employee on the way to the car to get a copy, but its not worth it, 50% chance i'd mug the wrong guy, why can't their be giant yellow arrows in real life, lol
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4-25-2008 @ 12:15PM
gamebend.com said...
live footage.
http://www.leettube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=057c48f87e101b61e699
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4-26-2008 @ 12:59AM
Natalic said...
JACK THOMPSON IS GOING TO HAVE AN ORGASM!
Jack: Hey son, want to go bootleg the new GTA?
Son: SURE!
Jack: *On the news*GTA MADE MY SON DOWNLOAD PIRATED GAMES!
...Only a matter of time.
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4-26-2008 @ 7:48AM
TheFireX said...
I find the 6.3GB size interesting. There was a recent article about how DVD9 was so restrictive for the developers of GTA IV. I suspected that they were just trying to make people think the game was so great. Kind of like a promotional gripe. I guess they had a little room left after all.
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