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A dispute over the use of a song featured in Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City has apparently resulted in a court order from Brazil that threatens to pull all copies, both physical and digital, of the recent open world expansion pack. Kotaku reports that one of the songs featured in the game, Conga Kid, is at the center of the issue for the Rockstar Games' title.

According to the report the court ruled that the song used an unauthorized sample from another tune, Bota o Dedinho pro Alto, in The Ballad Of Gay Tony episode of the game. The court reportedly ruled that Rockstar Games must remove all copies from the game worldwide because of this seemingly minor issue and will fine the publisher $3,000 per day until it does as the court orders. When contacted Rockstar Games claims it has yet to receive any official notice from the court on this issue.

As usual, Take Two Interactive marches to the beat of a different drummer as it releases its quarterly financial reports a month after everyone else has done the same. Today the publisher announced that for the quarter that ended on April 30 the company brought in $268 million in revenue, a massive increase compared to the $174.3 million the company brought in for the same period a year ago. Take Two reported a profit of $16.9 million for the quarter compared to a loss of $10.4 million for the same period a year ago.

The higher revenues came from, among other games, the release of BioShock 2 and Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City for the PC. While there are no major PC games planned for this quarter, Take Two Interactive still plans to release Mafia II on August 24 and Civilization V sometime between August and October of this year.

These patches update Grand Theft Auto IV to v1.0.7 and the stand-alone version of Episodes from Liberty City to v1.1.2. Both address many of the same gameplay issues and bug fixes across both games. Continue reading after the jump for full patch notes.

Download Grand Theft Auto IV v1.0.7 Patch (104 MB)
Download Episodes From Liberty City v1.1.2 Patch (115 MB)

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City combines two DLC expansions - The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony - and combines them into a single package. These stories can be purchased together as a single stand alone game or individually as Grand Theft Auto 4 add-ons. Both options come out to about the same price. While the game still suffers from a few quirks, but getting to meet these characters and experience the stories makes it worthwhile.

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Steam continues with its Rockstar game sales blitz with the recently released Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City. For the next four 3.5 hours, the game that includes both the Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony can be purchased for 25 percent off making it $22.49 US. Sale ends 6:00pm EST.

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As promised, Rockstar Games has now released the PC port of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City. The port of the Xbox 360 open world action game comes in two versions. One is a stand alone game that you can purchase in retail stores as well as via download from outlets like Steam and Direct2Drive for $29.95

If you own the PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV already you can use the Games For Windows Live client and download the two "episodes" (The Lost and the Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony) as separate expansion packs. Each episode cost 1200 Microsoft points (about $15).

This week's only retail game release is an expansion of a open world action game released in 2008. In addition there are a few games set for digital download exclusive releases:

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City: Developer Rockstar North released the PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV in December 2008. Now the developer releases this PC version of their two Xbox 360 downloadable expansions as a stand alone game to stores this week. It includes The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, each of which adds a new storyline and content to the acclaimed open world action game.