Enough is enough.

@Milihpen: It's never enough. Just stop reading for a day if it's too much :)

You got the inferior version.

Noooo. I'm waiting for that right now. The PS3 version.

stop the teasing!!!

Well, there goes my $90 surprise.

I couldn't help but to look, damn unboxings :(

Is that blood on the end of the chainsaw?

mental note.
dont piss off Luke.
Well... he doesn't have a bag of lime so he isn't THAT prepared I guess.

Wow... I'm full of teh jelous.

Can't wait to get my hands on my CE...Rockstar just upped the bar on any CE release for ANY game in the future.

*jealous, rather... yea...

Only a few more hours for me in the UK, can't f'in wait!

*jealous... yea.. that stuff... I'm full of it.

*Twitch*

*Twitch*

I can has my copy now?

Mine should be arriving tomorrow, looks good

I suppose I wouldn't correct myself so much if I'd just hit the stinkin' refresh button even once. Ugh....

The world won't end tomorrow; it's already tomorrow in Australia.

i have to wait about a week because im sure it may take quite a while for amazon to ship my copy here in italy, and its just the normal one by the way.

This is the one time I've hated living in LA with its damn PST...

Longest. Work. Day. Ever.

Ahh....I'm getting mine in about 7 hours (at midnight in the UK). Not the CE tho. But I'm happy with the regular PS3 version because I didn't pre-order and I'm lucky to get it tonight - for £50 no less.

I didn't realize there was a R* keychain. That's a very pleasant surprise.

twelve hours and six minutes until I get my mitts on one.

WTF is with the chainsaw?

13 hours to go. I'll be picking up the 360 CE midnight at GameStop.

In case I misunderstood, it is impossible to get this collection now?

I've pre-ordered the standard edition, will I be getting 500 MS points?

Now I want the collectors edition...just for the keychain. Oh well.

12 hours to go on the east coast. I'm still debating on going to a midnight launch or not.

@TheJ3ff:
It's a 360 exclusive, the PS3 collectors edition only comes with a #2 pencil.

I kid, I kid.

BTW, while I spot a keychain as mentioned before, I don't see a key for the lockbox itself...

Ah, is that the ole Resi 4 Chainsaw I see there? I got a nice idea of the size of the duffel now.

Does the inside of the bag really have that faux Louis Vuitton / R* pattern? Is it nicer than it seems (seems cheap)?

CANT WAIT!!!!!! Mine is currently on its way to Heathrow on its way to Oslo! :D

had it figured that the duffle would be crap but i'm so excited about getting my grubby mitts on my ce edition tomorrow.

that lock box looks SAWEEET!

and i'm slightly disappointed with myself for looking at the full gallery. i've been trying to stay gta iv spoiler-free (including packaging and contents of box) until i get to unwrap my copy tomorrow morning and then possibly call in sick to work;).

@thisisasignin:

Most places like Lamestop have ceased preorders for the Collectors Edition.

Feh. Regular edition for me. I think the Halo 3 Legendary Edition was the last straw. When the hell am I going to use ANY of this extra crap people keep packing in with their special edition games?

ill go to sleep in 6 and a half hours(11-30) and wake up for the Van man with my game at 9am. No work as well so i will play all day. HUZZAH!

So wait, it's the GTA IV CE Australian edition?

Hah, you still bought a gimped game with a bunch of extra goodies.

Youtube already had a video unboxing of the PS3 SE but I'm guessing it was taken down by now. Both have the very same contents for those who are wondering. I have my SE paid off for 360 and I'm heading down to the store now to prepare for the lil pre-launch get together with the staff. I don't work for them but I am mad cool with the district and store managers so no line waiting for me. VIP baby VIP...!

I'd have mines tonight if anyone in my local supermarket were competetent at what they do.

I'm making it a point to never shop there again, this is the second time they're screwed gamers over. First when they ordered Rainbow Six 1 for the PS3 and tried selling it as Rainbow Six 2 and now refusing to sell GTAIV at it's designated release time.

@Fallible: They've, not they're.

@KaneRobot:
Lord knows I never even inflated my Bully dodgeball.

Personally I think we should actually be supporting special editions like this, since it's a better offering than packing in a DVD of just half an hour of developer interviews that don't say anything you haven't read in a website preview, and it shows game companies that there is a market for collectors editions of this scale.

Really I just want to have the option of getting cool swag like they do in Japan with every other game/DVD release. I remember when Kill Bill was coming out on DVD, we got a POS bargain release and Miramax staff going on about double dipping, while Japan got a more extras loaded DVD, t-shirt and mini hanzo sword + stand.

...DAMMIT! I want my swag!

I'm still in shock that it goes on sale tomorrow, I'm that excited. I'll be getting it early morning.

thats cool and all but your have a craptastic version of the game, YAYA censorship.

My boss actually gave me tomorrow off so that i could enjoy GTA. Thank god for working in the game industry... but then again, we said he was leaving for Denmark for a week, so i guess its the least he could do hehe.

@Zegridathes: looks like it doesn't it

Mine never turned up today :( Grrr.

It says "Coming April 29, 2008" on the back of the actual game case? Isn't that a little... weird?

I got real excited when I saw the chainsaw.

Note to self: read first pictures later.

@DigitalHero: Yeah I stonewalled on a CE pre-order from Best Buy but was told that there "may" be some available at the launch if I get there early enough.

@FatalChaos: ditto

@actorpull:
Look at the pic of it close up, it's the pre-order game case.

humpf... who care?

....

@Milihpen: If enough is enough quit spamming and use the no-gtaiv-code that crecente and everyone else have brought up every day for the past week.

And as tempting as all that is i have to pass on the CE..I mean i'd love to have all that stuff but it would be "wow" for me for about 7 minutes...the length of the install on Ps3 and its not worth it :(

@PeterBeck:
In following, the pic of the lockbox being opened shows the actual game, which embossed letters for the cover, like the Bully special edition.

@PeterBeck:
Beh, "with embossed".

No chances we'll one day get an edit button for our typos, eh?

Damn I'm glad Niko is on the Xbox 360 Special Edition.

@cdr: lol you'd rather have Niko than Lollipop girl? What's wrong with you? ;)

Looks cool but I'm still content with the regular edition

@MyLittlePwny: whats that boy? "troll troll troll troll"?

....

Less than 12 hours to go. I am so ready for this game.

@mescalineeyes: Lollipop girl anyday of the week :P

There was loooods of posters of her in Oslo subway and streets today... which is really wired because we never advertise for games. But it was a fresh site for tired eyes in the morning :P

I am so happy they did not use some horrible oversized tin to put the game in and stuck with a normal case. All special editions should do this.

Oh so they don't all have lollipop girl on? Damn, I really hope mine does, that's one of the reasons why I ordered it.

<.<

>.>

What?

Rather get a bluetooth headset instead of the rockstar schwag.. Of course then what would they do for XBOX fans??

11 hours for me. Argh, the wait is killing me.

@MyLittlePwny: Schmuck trolls an unboxing. Brilliant.

That Australian rating looks really ugly, and out of place. Do they really need to make them so large?

I think it's the first time I've being glad that we have the BBFC rating here.