Grand Theft Auto IV Tops $500 Million In 1st Week Sales
Take-Two’s “Grand Theft Auto IV” has lived up to the hype and raked in more than $500 million in its first week in stores.

The highly anticipated title sold more than 6 million units worldwide, including 3.6 million units on its opening day. The game, which follows Eastern European immigrant-turned gangster Niko Bellic on crime missions around a fictional Liberty City, has received stellar ratings along with criticism for its violent content.

We must add that all our friends have said, that they love this game and it’s the best ever out of all the “Grand Theft Auto” series.

Did you know? Grand Theft Auto (GTA) is a sandbox style video game series created by Dave Jones and primarily developed by Scottish company Rockstar North (formerly DMA Design) and published by Rockstar Games.

The series began in 1997 and currently has eight stand-alone games and two expansion packs for the original. Film veterans such as Michael Madsen, Burt Reynolds, Dennis Hopper, Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Penn, James Woods, Joe Pantoliano, Frank Vincent, Robert Loggia and Ray Liotta have all voiced major characters in many installments in the series. The name of the series and its games are derived from grand theft auto, a term referring to motor vehicle theft. By September 26, 2007, the Grand Theft Auto series had sold over 65 million units;[1] as of March 26, 2008, the franchise has sold over 70 million copies worldwide