No XBLA game today due to GTA IV

If you picked up GTA already we are sure you won’t mind, but if you are not lost in the magic of Liberty City at the moment then you may be disappointed to hear that there is no XBLA game due out this week. MS are apparently not happy to release a title as it may get ignored by most gamers due to Rockstar effort, and the publisher of that title may not be happy.

“We definitely understand the complaints about the lack of an XBLA release this week,” comments Microsoft’s Nelson Rodriguez on the Gamerscore blog. “There are certainly people who won’t be playing GTA IV, and would want to see an alternative on the Arcade, but to be fair, any game released this week will not get a fair chance to reach everyone who the publisher might want to reach.”

“There are a ton of games out there to still try, and a publisher who might have released a game this week will probably be thrilled to have the entire public’s undivided attention when they do launch,” were his last words on the matter.

Larry “Major Nelson” Hyrb chimed in too. “There is no Arcade title being released this Wednesday,” Hyrb wrote on his blog. “My guess is most people will be busy with another game this week.“