Slightly obese humourist Ricky Gervais has landed a role in the new GTA game, due for release on April 29.

The man responsible for some of the decade’s greatest television has teamed up with the creators of the decade’s greatest computer game, in what has been described by one man as ‘a slightly interesting event – I’ll probably have a look’.

Ricky will appear as himself, performing three minutes of new material, as well as some jokes from his recent Fame tour, in the Liberty City Comedy Club.

Make no mistake about it, that’s a tough crowd – one poorly-timed dance routine and Ricky could soon find himself on the receiving end of the old ‘rocket up the arse’ heckle.

And once they reveal the ‘get all weapons’ cheat, well, it’s gonna be some kind of therapy-heaven for all those lost-souls that didn’t quite get The Office.

You know who you are – the ones of you who say Two Pints Of Lager is a brilliant sitcom (they really exist, you know) and who ask questions like ‘who’s better; Sasha Baron-Cohen or Avid Merrion?’

To these imbeciles we say: why not watch this instead? It’s far more up your street.

Ricky said:

“It’s a first – which always interests me. It’s seriously a big deal, though. Games have outsold Hollywood for the past few years, so it’s nice to be a small part of that. It was shot in New York, and I got to wear a tight lycra suit as part of the digital process. That wasn’t so good.”

Gervais also told Shortlist magazine that he appears elsewhere in the game too, but refused to say where.

The refreshing human being is currently directing his first film, about a world where there is no human gene for lying, as well as keeping us up to date with his attempts to get a certain fucking orange-headed friend out of podcast retirement.

Read it here.

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