Brace yourselves as there's slight activity on the Rockstar/GTA front as publisher Take-Two claim trademarks for some TV. This particular TV is Rockstar and GTA themed it would appear. Are Take-Two planning some crazy transmedia campaign for GTA V? Rockstar are known for their viral marketing tactics, leaving our indifference brutalized in an alley.
A rumor has been circulating at the Game Developers Conference that Mafia II developer 2K Czech is working on the cinematic cutscenes of Grand Theft Auto V, and is prepping to develop Mafia III.
A release schedule from a major UK retailer has outed something called Battlefield Evolved from EA that's due this autumn. Also mentioned is a Dark Knight Rises tie-in. The leaked list includes Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto V and proposes it will get a date for later in 2012. It's generally felt that the new instalment would wait until 2013.
Grand Theft Auto V is probably going to launch at the start of next year, according to analyst group Sterne Agee. It was previously thought that Rockstar would launch it just before Christmas, putting it up against titles like Call of Duty and Assassin's Creed.
Major US videogame retailer GameStop in its investor conference call revealed that the company doesn't believe Grand Theft Auto V will be released in 2012. Company president Tony Bartel stated that the game isn't "factored" into the retailer's 2012 forecast.
Rockstar has revealed that Max Payne 3 multiplayer "crews" will be transferable to other games, with all stats and information carried over using the Rockstar Games Social Club. One of the games that will support the "crew" mechanic will be Grand Theft Auto V.
Someone claiming to be from Rockstar has allegedly leaked a metric ton of info about the company's upcoming blockbuster Grand Theft Auto V, spilling the beans on the release date, the protagonist and other aspects of the title.
A Rockstar North employee, character animator Alex O'Dwyer, has listed on his LinkedIn resume that he's working on Grand Theft Auto V. There's nothing unusual in that unto itself, since the game was announced by Rockstar months ago. However, his resume lists the game as having an October 2012 release date.
This week, Episodes from Liberty City leads the way. Alongside this, Uncharted 3 gets some new maps, as well as extra content for Dynasty Warriors 7 and Final Fantasy XIII-2.
Wedbush Morgan's analyst Michael Pachter claims Rockstar Games will strike with a Grand Theft Auto V showing before the arrival of this year's E3, because they've "outgrown" the spectacle. He adds they're "way too cool to go," pointing to their absence from previous events. They like "stealing the thunder from everything else." Pachter also feels GTA V will be out October 23rd.
The Social Club from Rockstar Games has just been updated announces the studio responsible for Grand Theft Auto. It's got "totally new features" to help us 'make our mark'. The relaunch comes ahead of Max Payne 3 releasing which has heavy multiplayer emphasis with crews, that which will be tied-in to Grand Theft Auto V's online play.
With the delay of 2K Games' BioShock Infinite, the way is clear for Rockstar Games to potentially release Grand Theft Auto V this October, which is a traditional month for their GTA titles. As BioShock is nudged out of the way, GTA V wouldn't be competing with it. GTA IV was delayed into April '08 "due to bugs in the PS3 version," but others have hit October.
It looks as if a vehicle list for GTA V has been leaked through the Max Payne 3 source code.
YouTube user jmoorfoot4 has created a new mod for Grand Theft Auto IV, which replaces Niko Belic with none other than R2-D2. Of course, R2 gets sort of a mean streak, as he runs over pedestrians and destroys cars and people which is suddenly powerful laser beam.
Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia is predicting Grand Theft Auto V will be launching in the Q1 2013, and will provide an influx of $700M in sales, selling over 14M units in the first three months of release.
Red Dead Redemption studio Rockstar San Diego is apparently helping out Rockstar North on Grand Theft Auto V's development, reveals a LinkedIn CV of a former employee. The artist worked on GTA V between March 2011 and March 2012. Rockstar isn't new to sharing the workload over their global workforce. Rockstar North helped on Red Dead.
The good old ESRB has revealed that Sony is publishing both Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto III: Vice City for the PlayStation 3. Since the games are separate, it seems that they won't be remastered titles, just straight ports for PS2 Classics.
Rockstar has posted a new Q&A, and have confirmed that Grand Theft Auto V will be large enough to support air vehicles such as planes and jets, something that was conspicuously absent from Grand Theft Auto IV.
Haysam Keilany has released the last build of his iCEnhancer modification to Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV. It ludicrously boosts GTAIV's visual canvas and is available right now. The 21-year-old wizard of code says he's now moving on from GTAIV and plying his skills toward "Minecraft & Skyrim" and possibly more, if he gets enough pokes from fellow gamers.
The Take-Two investor call was noticeably absent anything concrete on Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto V beyond the publisher commenting it was "full development" at the world renown studio. The fiscal year outlook didn't have any mention of GTA V, which already includes Max Payne 3, Borderlands 2 and Bioshock Infinite. They're "blessed to be working with Rockstar."