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Pirated GTA IV Leaked Early Online

kotaku.com — At around 11:50am Greenwich Mean Time, the PAL version of Grand Theft Auto IV for the Xbox 360 was apparently ripped and leaked to various torrent sites by a group called iCON. This would of course enable burning a copy for the home console. Meanwhile, the NTSC version is expected within the next 48 hours.

Who dugg this? Made popular Apr 23, 2008

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  • NaziHatinChimp, on 04/23/2008, -54/+425***** that dude. You know how much trouble went into making that game? Just pay for it! I know everyone want to play it but it'll be worth the wait.
  • Jayeugene, on 04/23/2008, -8/+235It's really no surprise. Once a game has gone gold and on a truck, someone out there doesn't give a damn about the possibility of losing their job and will steal/sell/rip the game. I think the majority of players are going to buy this game anyways :)
  • razorc03, on 04/23/2008, -35/+198Seriously, just wait till next week.
    NOT that difficult.
  • D4CH, on 04/23/2008, -5/+139The ROME Release was faked by /b/tards who began seeding a 7gb rickroll, so it would play the rickroll when it was inserted into the machine XD
  • geoffreyireland, on 04/23/2008, -11/+97I must admit if I had a chipped 360 right now I would download this game because the wait is killing me but I would DEFINETLY still buy this game on its release.

    Rockstar deserve every penny for their work and to date I've never pirated a Rockstar title. The only company left in this world worthy of my 60/70 bucks.
  • UGM2099, on 04/23/2008, -15/+99This game will sell boatloads, dont worry about that. Lets see some gameplay footage though! c'mon!
  • Archaic1, on 04/23/2008, -11/+93Agreed. Think of it this way: The money you spend on this will directly affect the quality of Grand Theft Auto 5. Less profits = Less staff = Less content = Less fun for us in a few years time.
  • ST0N3, on 04/23/2008, -11/+77All of this would have been avoided if they got rid of street dates.
  • Jennerster, on 04/23/2008, -9/+73Does no one find it strange that Rockstar say it barely fits on DVD but the file is only 6.32 GB?
  • deaftly, on 04/23/2008, -2/+64Thats AWESOME
  • inactive, on 04/23/2008, -5/+65I don't even have an Xbox 360 or PS3. I fail at life :(
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  • Evi1d33d, on 04/23/2008, -0/+471080p rickroll ftw!
  • Russomd, on 04/23/2008, -16/+63We have waited more than 2 years. Wait another week and give Rockstar the $60 for the game.


    If you burn this I hope you get banned from Xbox Live.
  • FriedTurkey, on 04/23/2008, -4/+48Dude don't you know the rules? If the thing you are pirating is cool - it should be bought. If it sucks or mediocre - it is OK to steal it.
  • MasterPlayer, on 04/23/2008, -5/+47Here's a gameplay vid, not a rickroll, I swearz!
    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=x2Fpunltwh8
  • GeorgeStone2, on 04/23/2008, -7/+45Compression?
  • gdagreat, on 04/23/2008, -10/+44this is great news! now if only my 360 would work...
  • TheG2, on 04/23/2008, -4/+37I hope you realize the hours us developers put in to make that 75k a year.
  • Tyorant, on 04/23/2008, -4/+35I agree, but how is this any different from pirating music and films?
    And i'm talking about money going to the makers.
  • Archaic1, on 04/23/2008, -5/+35Yes. It will also give your children cancer.
  • TDot1980, on 04/23/2008, -2/+31O_o
  • ronaldmonster, on 04/23/2008, -0/+29Or Bioware saying Mass Effect can barely do it yet it's only 5.3 gigs.
  • alittleroy101, on 04/23/2008, -6/+34The company needs money to pay these people. Where do you think their salaries come from?
  • asspants, on 04/23/2008, -6/+34You should know that every XBox360 ISO is XBox360 7.572.881.408 bytes in length, with a fixed layerbreak.
    As we know from XBox we can determine where the XISO track start by looking at the MICROSOFT*XBOX*MEDIA” string, it is supposed to be present twice at sector 32 of every XISO.
    You'll find that the string itself is at offset 265.945.088, so the XISO itself starts at offset 265.879.552 (that's 32 sectors before that string).
    Guess what ?
    Considering a fixed layerbreak at sector 1.913.760 or byte 3.919.380.480 (layerbreak x 2048) we'll see that second layer holds only 3.653.500.928 bytes (7.572.881.408 - 3.919.380.480).
    Some quick math tell us that 3.653.500.928 plus the size of first track we found above (265.879.552) gives us back exactly 3.919.380.480, that's mean that the ISO ends on layer 1 at the corresponding sector where 2nd track starts on layer 0.
    So we can easily find how long the XISO is, it's exactly 3.653.500.928 x 2, or 7.307.001.856 bytes or 6,80 GB.
    This is the gross XISO size, things like security placeholders and XISO data structures itself eat some space, leaving something less for actual files.
  • Majink, on 04/23/2008, -0/+28Asspants, you really should give credit when you lift someone elses work word for word, here I'll do it for you.

    Originally posted by ConteZero76 at xbox-scene

    http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=6 ...
  • BlueSkyfish, on 04/23/2008, -2/+29The same could be said for any game. If the pirates already gone through the trouble installing a modchip, they're going to pirate some games.
  • wukillabee, on 04/23/2008, -1/+27every game/album/dvd gets leaked onto the scene, theres nothing you can do about it..
  • sirgregory, on 04/23/2008, -4/+30Hmmm.... a stolen copy of Grand THEFT Auto 4. How ironic?
    Maybe it's a publicity stunt?! :-)
  • lostprophet23, on 04/23/2008, -4/+30I am currently jobless at the moment and will STILL buy this game.
  • mywhitenoise, on 04/23/2008, -2/+26Chances are they wont get caught.
  • strictnein, on 04/23/2008, -3/+27I nominate mywhitenoise for ignorant douche bag of the day.
  • mx3Taggert, on 04/23/2008, -1/+25you dont have to "chip" anything anymore, its a simple firmware flash of your optic drive and few other odds and ends, its about as easy as it gets anymore.
  • GeorgeStone2, on 04/23/2008, -0/+23You think someone would pay 50K so they could leak it online for free?

    Leak game onto internet for free
    ????
    PROFIT!
  • Thorpe, on 04/23/2008, -3/+25I want to actually support Rockstar Games and will of course be paying out.
  • rudy23, on 04/23/2008, -1/+22I bet you never download any music from Torrent sites.
  • bundwallah, on 04/23/2008, -1/+21So it can't read dual layer discs which are good for 8.5GB?
  • greystill, on 04/23/2008, -1/+21http://tubemall.net/undeletube.php?v=x2Fpunltwh8
  • eschompthis, on 04/23/2008, -0/+20GTA IV video game trailers

    GTA IV 7 minute Footage INTRO
    http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/2068 ...

    GTA IV Gameplay 1
    http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/2068 ...

    GTA IV Gameplay 2
    http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/2068 ...

    GTA IV Gameplay 3
    http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/2068 ...

    http://www.dailymotion.com/search/gta4/video/x56kb ...
  • NaziHatinChimp, on 04/23/2008, -4/+23http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/2068 ...
  • Namco, on 04/23/2008, -11/+29You forgot one. "Shut the ***** up mywhitenoise!"
  • GeorgeStone2, on 04/23/2008, -2/+2050gb download would take till next week. And whohe hell has a bluray burner?
  • dood, on 04/23/2008, -7/+24And got rid of physical shipments. At least let us download the game and optionally have the DVD shipped to us, ala Nine Inch Nails "Ghosts".
  • Sherman901, on 04/23/2008, -1/+18i concur.
  • chrismartens26, on 04/23/2008, -2/+19I have no idea what that means, but you sound like you know what you're talking about so you get the green thumb.
  • sagat, on 04/23/2008, -2/+17I see it on a private site I use, I dunno what to think on one hand I'd love to grab it and start playing on the other I feel bad for R* one of the few developers who's games actually deserve the price tag.
  • dood, on 04/23/2008, -2/+17You're ignoring the near-lifetime of practice and skill development on the part of each of the band members, right?
  • GeorgeStone2, on 04/23/2008, -2/+16I agree. I will still be buying it.
  • knetworx, on 04/23/2008, -2/+16@mywhitenoise:
    Actually, that's not true for most developers. At my company, only the level 1 programmers get paid overtime, and they only get paid half time (as opposed to time-and-a-half). Also, you don't get paid $75k a year until you've been in the business for many years (or if you live in a place where the cost of living is so high that you actually *need* $75k a year to get by.)
  • TDot1980, on 04/23/2008, -0/+14It's a TRAP!
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