Going along with all the recent news of Grand Theft Auto IV stealing the spotlight in the world of gaming lately, we finally have a confirmation of a release date. Get your pens out and circle this day on your calendars: April 29th, 2008.

Directly from the mouth keyboard of Sam Houser, Founder and Executive Producer of Rockstar Games: “We are so excited to be releasing Grand Theft Auto IV. We’ve pushed ourselves very hard to make something incredible and hope the game sets a new benchmark for interactive entertainment.”

With all the newly released information available about the game, as well some some very nice looking screen shots, this gamer is starting to get very excited for Grand Theft Auto IV.

Of course local media outlets and politicians everywhere are preparing their long, drawn-out stories of how this game will corrupt the worlds youth, and should be banned from stores everywhere.
Another Grand Theft Auto release, another year of mindless entertainment.

For the full press release, hit the jump.

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Matt D. shares a horrifying experience he encountered with a cashier and manager that think they run Best Buy. In attempt to purchase Assassin’s Creed, he was rejected by the cashier and manager because they believed he was purchasing it for his underage brother. Read along as Matt tells us about this extremely odd situaton:

I stepped up to the [cashier] and she immediately gave me a look of disgrace as if I did something wrong. I replied with a “hi” to make the tension less awkward. She immediately asked me for my ID. I’ve never been carded for a video game before so I politely handed it to her while asking my brother for my gift cards I gave him while I was busy shuffling through my car just 20 minutes earlier. Continued…