In response to reports from some users who have been experiencing occasional game freezes on GTA IV, Rockstar has been quick to issue a patch to remedy the problem and has also issued an apology for any inconvenience caused in the process.

Rockstar released the following statement to next-gen: "Rockstar Games has released a GTA IV patch today that prevents Gamespy's servers from being overloaded and therefore reduces the impact on those servers that were causing the game to stutter and lock up. We continue to monitor the performance of the game both on and offline and will provide further updates as necessary.

"We want to assure everyone that, together with our hardware partners, we continue to strive to give our fans the best possible interactive entertainment experiences possible. This update will ensure that everyone will experience Grand Theft Auto IV the way it was intended. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused."

At only a week and two days after the game's release, that's a fairly impressive response time. The patch is available for download now.