GTA V

GTA V

 Developer:
Rockstar North
Publisher:
Rockstar Games (Parent Company: Take-Two Interactive)
Platforms:
To Be Announced
Multiplayer:
Multiplayer confirmed; details to be announced.
Website:
www.rockstargames.com/V
Release Date:
2012 (likely)
Rating:
Rating Pending (ESRB)

Story

Grand Theft Auto V heads to the city of Los Santos, San Andreas, and its surrounding hills, countryside and beaches. Money is a major theme in GTA V, with the official trailer emphasizing the stark contrast between the wealthy and the poor. The game takes place in the present day.

The protagonist, as revealed in the trailer?

The Unveiling of GTA V

GTA V was announced on Rockstar's website on October 25, 2011, just a few days after the tenth anniversary of Grand Theft Auto III. Every web page on Rockstar's website (even the old Vice City and San Andreas pages!) was replaced with a page containing the GTA V logo and a release date for the upcoming debut trailer. The page also promoted the Twitter hashtag #GTAV.

The following week, the trailer revealed that the game is set in the Los Angeles-inspired city of Los Santos. Shortly after, Grand Theft Auto V was officially announced in a Take-Two Interactive press release. In it, Rockstar confirmed that "Grand Theft Auto V heads to the city of Los Santos and surrounding hills, countryside and beaches in the largest and most ambitious game Rockstar has yet created." Furthermore, they stated that GTA V is "a bold new direction in open-world freedom, storytelling, mission-based gameplay and online multiplayer [..] focusing on the pursuit of the almighty dollar in a re-imagined, present-day Southern California."

Release Date

GTA 5 will be released in 2012, assuming there are no delays. After Rockstar announces a game, they tend to market it for 7-8 months, which means that GTAV is likely to be released during the summer of 2012. If not, it will probably be released in September or October.

Platforms

There have been no reports of a new Xbox or PlayStation console arriving any time soon. It is therefore likely that the new GTA will be developed for the current generation of consoles, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. A PC version will hopefully be developed in addition to this. Grand Theft Auto was born on the PC in 1997, but in recent times the console versions have taken priority, with the PC versions typically arriving 8 months after the original release date.

After the troubled release of GTA IV PC, however, Rockstar may opt not to develop a PC version of GTA5. Hopefully that isn't the case, but only time will tell. The great thing about PC versions is the ability they give players to modify the games' content, which extends their lifespan considerably. The PC version of San Andreas is still incredibly popular, 6 years after its release, thanks to all the awesome cars, weapons, multiplayer mods and mission mods generated by fans.

The Grand Theft Auto Series

Grand Theft Auto V is the fourteenth game in the GTA series. The series began in 1997, when Rockstar North went by the name of DMA Design.

Title		Setting		Release Date
Grand Theft Auto	Liberty City/San Andreas/Vice City	October 1997
Grand Theft Auto: London 1969	London (1969)	April 1999
Grand Theft Auto 2	Futuristic	October 1999
Grand Theft Auto III	Liberty City (2001)	October 2001
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City	Vice City (1986)	October 2002
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	San Andreas (1990-1992)	October 2004
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories	Liberty City (1998)	October 2005
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories	Vice City (1984)	October 2006
Grand Theft Auto IV	Liberty City (2008-2010)	April 2008
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars	Liberty City (2009)	March 2009
Grand Theft Auto V	Los Santos (Present Day)	To Be Announced