Grand Theft Auto IV pushed into Q2 2008

Rockstar games has announced that the newest entry in the Grand Theft Auto series has been delayed by at least 5 months to the very vague window of February 1 to April 30th 2008.

Obviously, the delay is due to needing more time polishing, fixing bugs and to better hide their hidden minigames. But I wouldn't be surprised if a contributing factor for the delay was that the fall lineup became a little to crowded. What with Halo 3, Mass Effect, Bioshock, Super Mario Galaxy, Smash Bros. Brawl, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Heavenly Sword, Ratchet and Clank and a whole host of other hot titles coming out, who can blame them?

If you're in the need for a free roaming game why not trying some games in the same genre like Crackdown or The Godfather (Any but the icky PS3 version)?

As for me, I'm still trying to find all the !@#$%ing orbs in Crackdown.