Rockstar has sent word that Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City – its single disc compilation of all Grand Theft Auto IV DLC released to date – will now arrive April 13 on PS3 and PC, marking a two week delay. This minor setback came about following a request issued by Sony Europe to make some “minor content changes” to the PAL PS3 version of the game.

Likewise, the separate downloadable episodes of The Lost & Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony have also been pushed back, now scheduled to hit PSN and Games for Windows Live on April 13.

Rockstar was keen to assure that these minor content changes to the PAL version are essentially transparent and “will not affect the gamers enjoyment of the games,” nor “any gameplay elements.” The full statement is included past the break.

Due to a request by Sony Europe to make some minor content changes to the PAL PS3 version of the game, Rockstar Games has moved the release dates of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City (PC/PS3) and the two downloadable episodes Grand Theft Auto: The Lost & Damned and Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony (GFWL / PSN) to April 13 for North America and April 16 for all other countries.  Despite our best efforts to work through this quickly, the two weeks were needed to complete submission.  We understand and sympathise with the fans that will be upset by this delay.  We want to assure our fans that the minor changes made to the game will not affect the gamers enjoyment of the games, these will not affect any gameplay elements and were not related to any local ratings requirements.

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