Busy times for the last full week leading up to the GTA IV release. We had two pirated releases, a probe into gamers stupid enough to play them with Xbox Live enabled, and a desperate attempt out in Holland to get stores to sell it early. Nuh-uh. Nice try though. And no one stateside was able to convince their local Gamestop to slip a copy early. Someone will, though. Just wait.

Oh and there was some other news this week too, such as:

What's On GTA IV's Soundtrack?
Are You Buying Xbox 360 or PS3 GTA IV?!
Five Days with GTA IV: A Newspaper Diary
And The Winning Tattoo Is...
German Govnt Approves Possible Take-Two Aquisition
Teenage Zombies Review: Brains, Braiiiins, They Need Enemies that aren't Braiiiins
Xbox Live Preps for GTA IV Server Riot
Mario Kart Wii in the House
That "Release GTA IV Early" Letter? It's Not Real
Ubisoft: Years Of Assassin's Creed To Come
Going Off the Deep End: Has Gaming Grown Up?
RIP: Xbox Boys
Microsoft Looking into Early GTA IV Players
The Bourne Conspiracy Impressions
Nintendo To Increase Wii Production to 2.4 Million a Month
Pirated NTSC GTA IV Leaked Online Early
Club Nintendo Expands Its Reach
Third-Person Call Of Duty Game Cancelled Because It Was "A Mess"
ESRB Levels Thorough Pre-Emptive Strike
Korn Debuts Haze the Song
Microsoft, Rare, Gyration Talk 360 Wii Remote Rumors
Choose My Next Gaming TattooMy First Gaming TattooMicrosoft: "Perception," Not Us, is PC Gaming's Big Problem
Gears 2 Gameplay Footage Hits May 9
Hands On With Super Famicom
Wii Controller Justify Your Mario Kart Wii
Mario Kart Wii Driving School Impressions
Spider-Man: Web Of Shadows To Contain Never Before-Seen Villains
The Kartokumentary
Gears 2: "Bigger, Better, More Badass"
Mario Kart Wii Across America
A 6 Year-Old's Take on the Wii Wheel
Two Brothers Meditating Upon Questions of Pac-Man

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