So, the biggest game of the year is rumoured to either be coming out May 2013, or there is strong rumours of around November 2012. The latter I hope been true.
Grand Theft Auto V (commonly shortened to GTA V) is an upcoming open world action-adventure video game being developed by games developer Rockstar North in the United Kingdom and published by Rockstar Games. The game will be the first major title in the Grand Theft Auto series since Grand Theft Auto IV (2008), which started the fourth "era" in the series. The fifteenth game in the series overall, GTA V is to be set in fictional Los Santos in the state of San Andreas and its surrounding areas, based on modern-day Los Angeles and Southern California. A rendition of Los Santos was previously featured as one of three cities in 2004's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, from the series's third era.
In September 2009 during an earnings call, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick answered a listener's question about the next Grand Theft Auto. He replied, "We're not going to announce it, we're not going to announce when we are going to announce it, and we are not going to announce a strategy about announcing it or about when we are going to announce it either, or about the announcement strategy surrounding the announcement of the strategy.
Reports of GTA V for an autumn 2012 launch surfaced following a 2012 release list from a major UK retailer in March 2012. However, Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia stated that GTA V is "likely to launch" in early 2013, which he feels will be beneficial in a number of ways: it will launch in a less crowded window away from the next instalments of Call of Duty and Assassin's Creed; it will provide Rockstar with time for extra polishing; and it will also give the firm a "potential" window to launch the game on the Wii U. Similarly, GameStop president Tony Bartel wasn't expecting GTA V to launch in 2012 either.
As I'm writing this thread, three articles have surfaced of a October release.
Following the game’s official unveiling late last year, new reports have suggested the eagerly awaited GTA V release will land in October in order to capitalise on the pre-Christmas shopping rush.
Currently awaiting first word of an official UK release date, a newly leaked developer CV has suggested that Rockstar will out its latest addition to the Grand Theft Auto franchise later this year with the title to follow on from the hugely successful San Andreas and Vice City releases.
Hitting both Google Documents and LinkedIn the CV of Rockstar North character animator Alex O’Dwyer has claimed that GTA V will hit stores in October counteracting a number of reports suggesting the title would not launch until 2013.
Although currently unconfirmed, the claimed release date was hastily removed from the online forums suggesting O’Dwyer’s claims could be too close for comfort for Rockstar.
Grand Theft Auto V grabbed the spotlight as the swiftly-deleted CV of a Rockstar North employee slapped an October release date on the much-anticipated title. Someone will be getting their chocolaty wrists slapped this morning.
According to an overzealous Rockstar North employee who was not exactly watching what he was posting on LinkedIn, he has confirmed what other sources have been suggesting to us. Rockstar is targeting the release of Grand Theft Auto V for October.
While this is good news for GTA fans, we are not sure how accurate it might be given the fact that several other high-profile titles are scheduled for release in October; and it could be that publisher Take-Two may move the release into early 2013 just to make sure that it has little to compete with.
In a new interview with IGN focused on Max Payne 3, Dan Houser has revealed that GTA V's multiplayer will support "Crews" that are to be introduced with Max Payne 3 and will be used in future Rockstar titles. Crews are essentially clan-like groups where you are rewarded for playing with other members of your crew and completing objectives together. You will also be matched with other people in your crew during matchmaking.
Sources:
http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/26710-october-likely-for-gta-v-release
http://www.gtav.net/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gta_v
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/343170/us-news-round-up-gta-v-tipped-for-october-gears-of-war-game-canned/
http://www.t3.com/news/gta-v-release-date
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Grand Theft Auto V (commonly shortened to GTA V) is an upcoming open world action-adventure video game being developed by games developer Rockstar North in the United Kingdom and published by Rockstar Games. The game will be the first major title in the Grand Theft Auto series since Grand Theft Auto IV (2008), which started the fourth "era" in the series. The fifteenth game in the series overall, GTA V is to be set in fictional Los Santos in the state of San Andreas and its surrounding areas, based on modern-day Los Angeles and Southern California. A rendition of Los Santos was previously featured as one of three cities in 2004's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, from the series's third era.
In September 2009 during an earnings call, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick answered a listener's question about the next Grand Theft Auto. He replied, "We're not going to announce it, we're not going to announce when we are going to announce it, and we are not going to announce a strategy about announcing it or about when we are going to announce it either, or about the announcement strategy surrounding the announcement of the strategy.
Reports of GTA V for an autumn 2012 launch surfaced following a 2012 release list from a major UK retailer in March 2012. However, Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia stated that GTA V is "likely to launch" in early 2013, which he feels will be beneficial in a number of ways: it will launch in a less crowded window away from the next instalments of Call of Duty and Assassin's Creed; it will provide Rockstar with time for extra polishing; and it will also give the firm a "potential" window to launch the game on the Wii U. Similarly, GameStop president Tony Bartel wasn't expecting GTA V to launch in 2012 either.
As I'm writing this thread, three articles have surfaced of a October release.
Following the game’s official unveiling late last year, new reports have suggested the eagerly awaited GTA V release will land in October in order to capitalise on the pre-Christmas shopping rush.
Currently awaiting first word of an official UK release date, a newly leaked developer CV has suggested that Rockstar will out its latest addition to the Grand Theft Auto franchise later this year with the title to follow on from the hugely successful San Andreas and Vice City releases.
Hitting both Google Documents and LinkedIn the CV of Rockstar North character animator Alex O’Dwyer has claimed that GTA V will hit stores in October counteracting a number of reports suggesting the title would not launch until 2013.
Although currently unconfirmed, the claimed release date was hastily removed from the online forums suggesting O’Dwyer’s claims could be too close for comfort for Rockstar.
Grand Theft Auto V grabbed the spotlight as the swiftly-deleted CV of a Rockstar North employee slapped an October release date on the much-anticipated title. Someone will be getting their chocolaty wrists slapped this morning.
According to an overzealous Rockstar North employee who was not exactly watching what he was posting on LinkedIn, he has confirmed what other sources have been suggesting to us. Rockstar is targeting the release of Grand Theft Auto V for October.
While this is good news for GTA fans, we are not sure how accurate it might be given the fact that several other high-profile titles are scheduled for release in October; and it could be that publisher Take-Two may move the release into early 2013 just to make sure that it has little to compete with.
In a new interview with IGN focused on Max Payne 3, Dan Houser has revealed that GTA V's multiplayer will support "Crews" that are to be introduced with Max Payne 3 and will be used in future Rockstar titles. Crews are essentially clan-like groups where you are rewarded for playing with other members of your crew and completing objectives together. You will also be matched with other people in your crew during matchmaking.
Sources:
http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/26710-october-likely-for-gta-v-release
http://www.gtav.net/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gta_v
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/343170/us-news-round-up-gta-v-tipped-for-october-gears-of-war-game-canned/
http://www.t3.com/news/gta-v-release-date
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