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Mark that day in your calendars because after tormenting us for so long Rockstar have finally confirmed the release date of the upcoming PS3 and Xbox 360-exclusive sequel.

Yes, it's April 29 and it's gonna be big. "We are so excited to be releasing Grand Theft Auto IV," said Sam Houser, Founder and Executive Producer of Rockstar Games. "We've pushed ourselves very hard to make something incredible and hope the game sets a new benchmark for interactive entertainment."

Rockstar Games Vice President of Product Development Jeronimo Barrera added: "I don’t see anything being bigger in 2008 in any entertainment.We think it’s that big, and we just have to get the word out."

"We don’t want anybody else to raise the bar for a genre that we created and that everybody else ripped off," Barrera said. "So we definitely want to shock not just the players, but the industry. I’m not talking about shock value. I’m talking about just how big it is and just how many crazy, bananas things you can do in the game."

Concerning the scandals that have plagued the GTA series in the past Barrera is firm in saying that sex and violence will be transformed in ways that would surprise every player. "Are we going to have a 'Hot Coffee' situation? Absolutely NOT." But you'll definitely have romance and you'll be able to involve your character in relationships with females. And only females.

"Yeah, you can go on dates," Barrera said. "Obviously it's a mature title and there's human relations. That's a natural thing."

Most of the gamers know that the GTA series is filled with violence and that violence itself is one of the reasons for which Rockstar's title gained so much popularity.

"The way that we're telling it [the violence] takes a different tone," Barrera explained. "Niko's background is that he comes from a war-torn country. And he's brought over with the American dream. But it ends up being almost as violent as a war-torn country. There's a bit of message going on in there."

Barrera also said that "there are some missions that have half-a-dozen ways to beat it," and although he didn't specify the length of the entire game he suggested the fact that it will be bigger even than GTA San Andreas: "I find this game — because of the detail and trying to explore every single bit — that this is a much richer experience than anything we've done in the past."

OK, now you can start counting days...