More than four days before the highly anticipated release of Grand Theft Auto IV, reports are circulating on the Internet that the game has already been hacked and made available online.

According to a Wired magazine blog, the 6.32 Gigabyte file was posted to major Bit Torrent sites on April 23.

According to a New York Times blog: "In the first week, analysts expected the game to sell six million copies. At $59.99 (dollar figures U.S.) a pop for a standard copy and $30 more for the 'special edition,' that is likely to add up to more than $400 million."

Grand Theft Auto is the latest release in a highly successful game franchise from Rockstar Games. According to Take Two Interactive, the game's publisher, the Grand Theft Auto franchise has sold more than 70 million units world-wide.

The last release, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, was mired in controversy when it was discovered that a patch (called Hot Coffee), made it possible for the main character to engage in explicit sex acts during game play.

Grand Theft Auto IV is scheduled to be released on April 29 at 12:01 a.m. Many retailers are expected to stay open to accommodate the legions of fans likely to line up to get early copies.

It will be released on the Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox platforms. There is no date set for a PC release.

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