Grand Theft Auto IV to be released in April 2008?

Recently, games industry publication MCV claimed that Grand Theft Auto IV will go on sale in the final week of April 2008, citing sources “close to the game’s publisher”. They say that the game will go on sale in the United Kingdom on April 25th.

Apparently, this follows the release date trends of previous Grand Theft Auto games, usually pushed to the back of Take 2 Interactive’s fiscal year quater. In this case, Grand Theft Auto IV was planned for a February - April release date, which makes it April.

A release date of April 25th in the UK would indicate that the game would release just prior to this in North America, with April 22nd (Tuesday) most likely. As usual though, Rockstar Games said that it does not comment on “rumours and speculation”.

However, as MCV is the UK’s top games industry trade publication, it simply has more credibility than most others worldwide. Its forecasts and industry insider comments are almost always true, with an example being its advanced notice of Manhunt 2 news recently in the UK. At this point, of course, we’re waiting for Rockstar Games to comment on this.

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