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Looks like zero chance of receiving early copies....

Unfortunately all those who thought they would get the game early from retailers such as GAME or ShopTo are in for a surprise, ShopTo have thrown a thread up on their forum informing everyone that they have signed an agreement with Take-Two not to send the game out any earlier than Monday 28th.

This is taken from ShopTo:

"After countless meetings and hours upon hours of phone calls, blood, sweat, tears and a one off meeting inside a toilet (inside joke) and ShopTo are proud to announce that we will now be able to (subject to it arriving when we have paid for it to arrive and in full order quantity) fufil all pre-orders of Grand Theft Auto IV on both XBOX 360 and Playstation 3 with both normal and limited editions for all pre-orders made before Saturday 19th April 2008.

"Ok, thats great news but when are you guys gonna ship?"
As predicted by myself and many others months ago, Take2 sent us a street date agreement that we have had to sign which means we cannot ship until Monday next week, this also includes an embargo on staff getting copies either paid for or free so alot of us are in same posiion.

Is your stock going to be UK or European?
The stock will also be a mix of UK and European, there is no way to guarentee a certain version for anyone so if you are not happy with recieving a European version feel free to cancel your pre-order.

PAL and European Copies, whats the difference?
The only difference is the rating board which has rated the game, the UK versions will be rated by the BBFC as 18 and the European ones have been rated 18+ by the PEGI board. The Euro version may also give you some difficulty if you want to trade it in as not all high street retailers accept them but many others still do and you could always sell it on SellTo aswell .

We will be working through Sunday to prepare all envelopes. YOU WILL RECIEVE DESPATCH CONFIRMATION ON SUNDAY BUT THE GAME WILL NOT BE SENT UNTIL MONDAY FOR TUESDAY DELVIERY".