Life imitates art, even in video games.

While the Internet release of a new trailer for “Grand Theft Auto IV,” the next in the wildly popular murder-and-mayhem series from Take-Two’s Rockstar studio, had game fans in a frenzy, the company generated a completely different kind of buzz at a hotel in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District.

That’s where investors were finally having their way with Take-Two, which is known for sending parents into fits over violent, criminal and sexual content in their games.

The suits gave the Manhattan video game maker a real dressing down, in fact, knocking out the board and tossing its chief executive, ending years of frustration over losses, mismanagement and legal problems.

Meanwhile, the next chapter of the “Grand Theft Auto” saga is due in October and a newly released trailer has some wondering if its Russian-accented star is hinting toward the future when he says: “Life is complicated. I killed people. Smuggled people. Sold people. Perhaps here things will be different.”

Like, maybe he’ll take a job in a hedge fund? 

(Photo: Handout/Take-Two)