Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars hits DS this winter

During its end-of-quarter financial phone call today, Take-Two confirmed that GTA: Chinatown Wars will be released on Nintendo DS this winter, which, according to its fiscal year, would mean no sooner than November and no later than January 31, 2009. This is the first official word on a release window for the game, which was unveiled at this year's E3.

No further details were provided – one member of the press asked if the game was still due before Christmas, to which Take-Two brass responded, "We didn't say that. We're not confirming that." – so for now we just have hints at Wi-Fi play and some juicy potential gameplay details from a leaked consumer survey to go on.