Rockstar Games, the company responsible for some of the modern gaming world’s most infamous games has announced that the 4th in it’s current generation of Grand Theft Auto games is set for worldwide release on April 29th. This reported date is for both the 360 and PS3 versions.

With the number of delays and setbacks that have already occurred, it’s advisable to only pencil it onto the calendar at this point. One thing that is for sure though is that the school playgrounds will again be rife with GTA discussions, despite the ratings warnings.

The multi-platform Turok game has been set for an Australian release date of February 7th. The game which was a hit in the 90’s has been reborn for the current generation of gaming with a new story, stunning new graphics but the same old dinosaurs.

All the news lately seems to have been about Activion’s Call of Duty 4. This time round it’s the Xbox Live usage charts for the week. In a spell of Microsoft game dominance, Halo 2 and 3 and Gears of War have continually occupied the top spot, but no more. Call of Duty 4 comes in at number one this week for largest number of Xbox Live players. I think Activision deserve a pat on the back.

A review of this weeks game sales charts confirms what we already suspected, Call of Duty 4 is right up there at number 2 for sales this week, beaten only by the Sonic Olympics game for the Wii. While the fact that Sonic Olympics is at the top is confusing, more confusing is the New Zealand game charts.

With Call of Duty 4 coming at number and the 9 titles above it (and we can only assume below it too) being all PS2. Perhaps I missed something but when did PS2 steal such a dominant share of the market in a now obviously technologically inept country?

Statistics have confirmed today that Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare officially topped the seasonal gaming sale charts  over in the US. The Xbox 360 version sold just under 1.5 million copies in the festive season, just beating the Wii with an equally astounding 1.4 million copies sold.

Elsewhere, both Guitar Hero II and III appeared in the top 10, though Wii titles were largely dominant in the charts.