Well, this is weird. Breaking free of the Wednesday night release cycle, Gameloft’s Gangstar Vegas (Free) hit the App Store at about 4:00 AM Central this morning. We’ve been covering Gangstar quite a bit, and with the release of the first of three developer diaries released this week we had our bets on a release next week at the earliest. But, hey, earlier is always better, right?

Initial impressions in our forums seem remarkably positive, which isn’t that surprising considering how hyped up people have been for this game. We’re giving it a download now, weighing in at a hefty 1.4GB straight from iTunes and 2.6GB installed, this is going to take a while, but we’ll have more coverage on the game shortly.