Add GearCrave to the GTA IV love fest.  Your humble GearCrave editor waited outside of our local game stop at midnight last night for one of the very first copies of Grand Theft Auto IV.  Departing the scene felt a little like a pre game celebration on its own.  I found myself running to my car, hitting the gas the second the engine turned over, and praying that there would be no cops on my speeding path home.  It wasn’t long until that process was repeated, but in game.  Take it from us: Grand Theft Auto IV is likely the most incredible game we’ve played to date.  Sure, we’re only a few hours in, but we can say with confidence that we’ve never seen such an immersive, graphically intense, interactive open environment in a game before GTA IV.  Its fun, its really, really fun.

Its also likely now on its way out of stock.  Not at Amazon, fortunately.  You’re going to want to avoid the game store run-around (which we dealt with), so as always– Amazon is your best bet.

Buy (360): $59.99

Buy (PS3): $59.99