Word on the street has it that the 360's exclusive IV is now likely to be with us in 2009, seemingly all-but giving up on a pre-Christmas debut for the new content.

Instead, VG247 report that the game will be released at the end of the publisher's first fiscal quarter - which runs from now through to the end of January. A January debut next year seems likely, then.

Moreover, we hear that a release in the publisher's second quarter - February to April 2009 - is not beyond the realms of possibility, the game maker having already pushed back GTA: Chinatown Wars.

Yes, the handheld take on Rockstar's hit will now be with us in the aforementioned second fiscal quarter - some time between February and April next year.

No reasons for the have been offered.

By Luke Guttridge