AMAZON SHIPS GTA V EARLY ROCKSTAR ANGRY!

Online retailer Amazon has dispatched copies of Grand Theft Auto V before the game's official release date, causing Rockstar to express concern.

The game is set to be available tomorrow, September 17, though a wave of customers have revealed that copies were shipped early by Amazon. While this isn't unusual, as Amazon regularly sends copies early to make sure they arrive on release day, it goes against a specific request by developer Rockstar not to ship ahead of time, and the studio has expressed its concern.

In a statement provided to Games Industry, the developer said, "We are in the process of investigating early 'sales' to determine how and why that is occurring."
High street retail outlets only received their copies of the game on Saturday with strict instructions not to begin selling before tomorrow. With the "street date" embargo already broken by Amazon, however, it remains to be seen if any bricks-and-mortar retailers decide to follow suit.