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Who would have thought that a five year old game could still fly off the shelves half a decade later? Well, a UK retailer known as Asda has claimed that the GTA 4 title has been selling like hotcakes in anticipation of GTA 5. Asda’s head of video games Craig Thirkell mentioned that “GTA 4 has been flying off the shelves in anticipation. [GTA 5] marks the first of our midnight launches for 2013. We have a few surprises up our sleeves to keep our customers happy on the night.”

It must be noted that while GTA 4 actually hit the market more than 5 years ago (April 2008 to be exact), it has proven to be quite the consistent performer ever since, moving more than 25 million units worldwide while remaining in the top 10 most played charts on Xbox LIVE for a fair amount of time. Well, I suppose the surge in GTA 4 sales would mean that folks have a tinge of nostalgia and probably have sold their previous copy of GTA 4 in the past, and want to get back in the groove as GTA 5 launches next Tuesday, September 17, on both the Xbox 360 and PS3. I suppose it is somewhat the equivalent of Star Wars fans watching the original trilogy before the nefarious Episode 1 was released.

GTA 4 Sees Sales Spike Before GTA 5 Arrives original content from Ubergizmo.

Right smack at noon today, we talked about how Sony apologized for the GTA 5 leak, but apparently an apology is able to patch a particular “wound”, although the hurt is still there as Rockstar seem to be feeling that at the moment as a company. Rockstar Games did announce, “We’re pleased to confirm that Grand Theft Auto V has officially gone gold and we’re now preparing the game for release on September 17th for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Unfortunately, as many of you may already know, some people who downloaded the digital pre-order of Grand Theft Auto V through the PlayStation Store in Europe were able to access certain GTAV assets leading to leaked information and media from the game appearing online. As you can imagine, we are deeply disappointed by leaks and spoilers being spread in advance of the game’s launch. GTAV represents years of hard work by many people across the world, and we all couldn’t be more excited to finally share it with you properly this September 17th.”

Do you think that a leak and some spoilers would change your perspective on the game, or will it stop you from purchasing it? I don’t think so, but it will definitely be able to detract from the feeling of playing a game for the first time without knowing what is in store for you. Rockstar did mention that they still have additional details to share about GTA 5 between now and its September 17th official release date.

GTA 5 Goes Gold, But Rockstar ‘Deeply Disappointed By Leaks And Spoilers’ original content from Ubergizmo.

It was just last week when Rockstar Games released three trailers for the main characters we’ll be getting to know better in Grand Theft Auto 5: Michael, Franklin and Trevor. It looks like Rockstar is yet again gracing us with some new Grand Theft Auto content as they have released twelve new screenshots for you to ogle at.

The new screenshots for Grand Theft Auto 5 seem to highlight a number of missions you’ll be performing within the game as we can see Trevor tapping into his inner scuba diver, Franklin looking like a badass on a motorcycle wearing a helmet with a skull painted on it, and Michael driving a luxury vehicle along a dirt road. Our absolute favorite of the twelve screenshots has got to be the one featured above, which features all three characters wearing some ridiculous outfits. (more…)

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Rockstar Games teased its fans last week promising a set of new trailers would be launched today at 11 a.m. ET. Well, here we are at 11 a.m. ET and Rockstar Games has kept to their promise by launching some new trailers for us to enjoy this morning.

The trailers Rockstar Games has planned for us today will highlight the three main characters in Grand Theft Auto V: Michael, Franklin and Trevor, which we’re hoping they’re up to no good during their time in each of their trailers. The last time Rockstar released a trailer for Grand Theft Auto 5, we were given a glimpse of not only each of the three characters we’ll play as in the game, but also some of the more interesting activities and additional characters we’ll come across during our time with the game. (more…)

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From Vice to San Andreas and on to Liberty City, Rockstar Games has digitally boxed up playlists for eight of its Grand Theft Auto titles which are now available on Spotify and iTunes. “As a service for all GTA fans” — and to keep them chomping at the bit for the incoming sequel — Rockstar has curated over 70 playlists from notable faux stations like Radio Espantoso, The Vibe 98.8 and K-Jah. The games studio was limited by the songs that were currently available, so there’s a few omissions from both the streaming service and Apple’s music store. Once you’ve got over that initial disappointment, head to Rockstar’s site to sample the last ten years of GTA’s drive-time listening.

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