Fans are treated to three fresh images of Grand Theft Auto V as Rockstar throw the community a bone with this second batch of in-game peeks. We get a bicycle, a sports car and a jet. This confirms that bikes are in the upcoming GTA, as they were noticeably absent from IV. Teasingly Rockstar's Newswire ended the update saying there's "more to come this week..."
An incredibly adorable project to get Grand Theft Auto 2 working in the mighty RAGE engine, the very same tech powering Grand Theft Auto IV, has horrifically been denied us as it was canned. Still, gameplay footage of this stellar feat has surfaced. It shows the traditional top down view but also switches to third-person, bringing a whole new level (literally) to the GTA classic.
Once more Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto III will be leaping from PS2 to PlayStation 3 now that licensing troubles have been dealt with. Sony's Hong Kong PS Store dates GTA III September 25th. This is great news as it usually mirrors the US PlayStation Store for release dates. Official confirmation is yet to be given. GTA III was the first time the series adopted a full 3D world.
Strauss Zelnick, CEO and chairman of Take-Two, has blamed delays to its games for the poor financial results it has posted last year. In total, a loss of $107.7 million was filed.
The official US PlayStation.Blog has confirmed the digital release of Grand Theft Auto 3 will be jacking the network this week, as it arrives under the 'PlayStation 2 Classic' category. It's been a long time coming as the digital release of GTA 3 was said to be suffering licensing woes over its music, but that's all cleared up now. No EU PlayStation Store date yet.
Grand Theft Auto house Rockstar Games has an on-going bromance with Technicolor after the game creator was so impressed with the art and animation company's work on Max Payne 3. A team of artists and animators at Technicolor's Bangalore-based office will be set aside and dedicated to future "cutting edge" Rockstar projects. It's highly likely they're working on GTA V.
As 2012 looks less and less likely to host Rockstar Games' return to Los Santos in Grand Theft Auto 5, US retailer Gamestop is feeling mighty brave for the month of March next year. They've stamped March 1st as their placeholder, while Littlewoods scoffs and points to May 31st. Retailer Zavvi meanwhile continues to clutch to their fever dreams of this November 23rd.
The punishing dry spell of info from Rockstar Games on their highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto V will be eased next month as Game Informer magazine confirm they'll be spilling details. The studio is showing off the new GTA to press right now but reports are embargoed. This means GTA V is Game Informer's December issue cover. Recently Gamestop dated it March 1st.
Developer Rockstar Games is appealing to those playing Max Payne 3 multiplayer because they want all the feedback they can get on their Crews feature. Suggestions could well inform changes. It could be anything about it from recruit management, to beefing up Social Club Crew pages and the leaderboards. Current Crew members and leaders are highly sort after.
PR dark sorcerer Max Clifford was behind all the effigy burnings and parents screaming 'think of the children!' when the original Grand Theft Auto was coming to market, say creators David Jones and Mike Dailly. Clifford "made it all happen" to keep Grand Theft Auto in the public eye and explode in sales when it released. DMA Design devs admit "every word he said came true" about its reception.
Rockstar has released a small morsel of Grand Theft Auto V to fans with official artwork titled "Pest Control", featuring the robbers dressed in pest control outfits armed with automatic weapons. They appeared in the debut trailer for the game.
An image of the alleged poster for Grand Theft Auto V has been leaked onto the internet by Polish site GTA-Five.pl.
The Brighton branch of UK retailer GAME tweeted a link to some promotional artwork for Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto V. It includes 'spring 2013' stamped on three different PS3 GTA V covers. The tweet in question was deleted not long after it hit. A Polish gaming forum recently showed other promotional images also alluding to a spring 2013 window. Only Xbox 360 and PS3 at launch?
Rockstar has broken radio silence to confirm that Grand Theft Auto V will be heading to retailers in spring of next year. Studio co-founder Sam Houser says they "can't wait to share it with fans." It will debut on Xbox 360 and PS3 with no mention of PC. Take-Two called it the "most ambitious title in the series to date" as they delay their investor call.
Jon St. Jon, the voice of gun-toting Duke Nukem, isn't a fan of firearms in his videogames and certainly not in real-life. The act of killing just to kill "just disturbs" the actor. Racing games over FPS, he says. The "gratuitous violence" found in big titles like Grand Theft Auto turns Jon St. Jon right off. The iconic Duke Nukem is all for violence and big shooty guns, providing its against invading aliens.
Rockstar has announced on the official blog that the second Grand Theft Auto V trailer will be delayed thanks to Hurricane Sandy, as the Manhattan offices remain out of power.
Rockstar Games has announced that Grand Theft Auto V is officially available for pre-order in North America and Europe.
Rockstar has announced on their official news wire that the second Grand Theft Auto V trailer will be arriving next Wednesday on the 14th November.
EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich is predicting that Rockstar's open world title Grand Theft Auto V will sell over 25M copies in its lifetime.
Details surrounding Grand Theft Auto 5 continue to arise. This week's issue of Shortlist had a couple of interesting snippets of information.