No thread yet? How strange.

Very well then, it begins now. 21 days to release and things are really, really starting to hot up. I give you this Kotaku article to whet your appetites: Holy Lord.

Highlights: GTA IV has multiplayer that does not require PC mods to play. GTA IV has original multiplayer modes that don't seem gimmicky. GTA IV has multiplayer modes which capitalize on the open-world environment, rather than trying to shoehorn some sort of uninspiring race mode into the game where your cars can't even be damaged or some sort.

I already expected GTA IV to be incredible. Everything up to this point looks amazing, and I've been anticipating it for months. Now, however, the multiplayer is just... whoa. Whoa. Whoa like foa.

ITT: Gush about GTA IV, anecdotes about how it's likely to ruin your life, laugh at Joel, and I guess throw in some discussion about the series as a whole.