Interesting facts about GTA 4

More than 70 million GTA games have been sold to date, over double the sales of the Beatles Sgt Pepper album.

It has taken a team of 150 people three and a half years to develop GTA 4

The game is expected to make £210 Million in the first week, Compared to the biggest movie of 2008 Horton Hears a Who which made £22 million in its first week.

In GTA 4 your character can visit bars, clubs and even attend a comedy night starring Ricky Gervaise.

The game has been quoted in several murder cases. In 2003 damages of $130 Million were sought in a lawsuit that claimed it inspired 2 teenagers to shoot passers-by. None of the lawsuits have ever been successful.

Hillary Clinton the presidential hopeful has blasted the game saying that "It teaches children that it is ok to diss people".

It is an ultra realistic game, your character can romance the ladies, watch TV and he can even get drunk which causes the picture on the TV to go blurry.

A movie of the game is the current hot topic in Hollywood, Rapper Eminem tipped for the ultra violent lead role.

Game makers recreated a city based on New York, in minute detail, using over 650 actors to populate it.

During research for the game graphics People in New York apartments were paid to setup time-lapse cameras so that the team could get the sunrise and sunsets perfect for the game