It seems that, again, pirates have managed to do it! The most expected game of the year that's going to be released (officially, at least) on the 29th of April has been leaked on different torrent websites and thousands of people have already downloaded it. It seems that, at least from the pirates' point of view, the Xbox 360 version of the game won the battle, since that's the version cracked and given for free to the whole world - no PS3 version available.

It is unclear at the moment if the leaked GTA IV game is a full version one (it SHOULD be, since Rockstar has never released a demo) but one thing is sure: the game is quite small, with only 6.32 GB in size. Also, following the leak, YouTube has been flooded with videos presenting the intro cinematics as well as bits of the first missions, but at the moment, most of them have been removed. If you dare to search and are ready for some spoilers, we're pretty sure you'll find some to look at.

Also, another interesting thing worth noting is that the leaked version of Grand Theft Auto 4 is not region free. Only the PAL version is available at the moment, but there are quite some rumors surfacing the Internet stating that the NTSC version is on the way.

Except for the fact that the leaked version of GTA IV on torrents is illegal, it could also cause you some serious trouble with Microsoft, so it is safer and better if you wait a few more days and get a legal copy of the game, as everybody should - we have all been waiting for the game so long - one week will pass easily.

Rockstar has yet to comment about the leak, but the fact that the PS3 version is still safe and the Xbox 360 is out in the wild is something worth noting in the consoles war. Probably this GTA leak will cost both the developers and Microsoft a lot of cash. And since there are no ways of stopping the game from spreading around the globe, it seems that history is repeating: San Andreas was leaked on torrents seven days before the official release date, too.