Rockstar announces Grand Theft Auto V

David Kenkel 25 Oct, 2011 at 1:56pm ET Article published in Gaming

The gaming world’s record-breaking franchise has returned for a fifth helping. Today, Rockstar announced that GTAV did, in fact, exist. Rumors have been swirling for quite some time for the franchise, who broke single week and launch day sales records to the tune of $500 million and $310 million, respectively ($170 million was the previous record, held by Halo 3). Keep in mind these numbers were relatively early in the release cycle for consoles, which have now matured to the tune of 106 million units sold between PS3 and 360. It’s pretty easy to see why this next release is kind of a big deal…

No details of the game are known outside of the official logo that can be found on their homepage. You’ll hardly have to wait, though, as the website promises a trailer November 2nd. Short of that, all we know is that the development of this release has been ongoing for three and a half years. Rockstar will likely use their tried-and-true method of using in-game footage for the trailer as well.

Presumably, the release will be for 360 and PS3 only, but with the traction PC gaming has been getting lately we may be pleasantly surprised. Hopefully we won’t have to wait too long.

Comments

25 Oct 2011 ~ 2:19pm BuddyJ So now word on the story or setting yet? They always do such a great job with worldbuilding. I'm very excited to see what happens in this installment of the series.
25 Oct 2011 ~ 2:33pm Koreish I'm thinking that since THQ and Volition have made a PC version that isn't a port for SR: The Third we might see an actual PC version of GTA.
25 Oct 2011 ~ 2:35pm NiGHTS

Buddy J wrote:

So now word on the story or setting yet? They always do such a great job with worldbuilding. I'm very excited to see what happens in this installment of the series.

None yet, a lot of speculation revolving around a return to Los Angeles.

Koreish wrote:

I'm thinking that since THQ and Volition have made a PC version that isn't a port for SR: The Third we might see an actual PC version of GTA.

That's actually a great point, I'd forgotten about that.
25 Oct 2011 ~ 5:36pm UPSLynx Want to know why they announced today when the trailer is still a week off?

Easy. Today is the three year anniversary of Jack Thompson being disbarred in the state of Florida.

Oh Rockstar, you card you.
26 Oct 2011 ~ 2:42am Chooch To generate the hype so people can watch the trailer. Or they want to break the internet.
26 Oct 2011 ~ 7:35pm TheAlertHusky I am kind of hype but I won't be able to afford it so if I hype up for it I'll be sad when I cannot has :C