After the October fairy tale for Grand Theft Auto V – which is the likely release date that will happen, a new rumor-mill was taken from PSM3’s May issue claiming the highly anticipated open-world title will only arrive next year — March 9 to be exact.
As proof, we have a screenshot of the claim in question which can be seen above. On this page, it says: "It’s back to the sun-kissed streets of San Andreas for the latest in Rockstar’s seminal series, out 9 March”.
GTAForums has a nice thread talking about this leak, and most of its members are wondering if this "Out 9 March” means its launch date for 2013, or just a placeholder time for something else? As we all know, Rockstar likes to release GTA titles on Tuesday similar with San Andreas on October 26, 2004 or GTA IV on April 29, 2008. Then again, if you’ll look at the date of Max Payne 3, it will release on May 15 which is a Sunday on North America. So the day that March 9 falls on (Saturday) is hardly an indicator for a possible release date.
As hinted by Take-Two (Rockstar’s parent company) making a statement that while its fiscal Q3 for 2011 had gone sour, the outfit is still confident it’ll have the "most lucrative” fiscal year on 2013 suggesting GTA V might be their midas touch.
Again, just rumours - and this shouldn't be taken with a grain of salt until Rockstar announce a release date for the game.
Grand Theft Auto V is getting anything but trailers, screenshots, fresh and official information and it seems that the rumor mill regarding the game keeps on spinning even though Rockstar themselves haven’t given fans a hint or even a clue on what to expect in the video game. Aside from a single trailer, and a small snippet of multiplayer information, we as Grand Theft Auto fans literally have nothing to go on with regards to what is in store for us when Grand Theft Auto V finally does get released. A new rumour has sprung up which suggests that the next Grand Theft Auto might just be released some time in 2012 after-all, with the rumor originating from the Curriculum Vitae of an animator who left Grand Theft Auto V as one of his involved projects, and even includes the release date of said game.
It’s no secret that the Grand Theft Auto series is loved almost all gamers; be you PC, handheld or even console; every gamer has played at least one Grand Theft Auto title in their life and with the announcement of Grand Theft Auto V, fans can’t help but get excited for what is in store. The only problem is that they don’t know what to be excited for, fans have nothing more to go on and are constantly speculating on what can be expected for Grand Theft Auto V.
The CV of the animator, as mentioned above - gives it a date of October 2012, whether this is the real release date of Grand Theft Auto V is yet to be decided, maybe Rockstar has long changed the release date of the game and we aren’t even aware of it. All that can be said is that we need more solid information on this game ASAP.
In a new interview with IGN focused on Max Payne 3, Dan Houser has revealed that Grand Theft Auto V's multiplayer will support "Crews" that are to be introduced with Max Payne 3 and will also 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 - which will look to provide some new depth in the multiplayer for Grand Theft Auto V as well as cross-linking other Rockstar-developed games through the use of multiplayer.
"The beauty of this system is that crews persist over time and across future games. Multiplayer is an ever-more important part of all our games moving forward. And by creating crews through Social Club, the crews that you create in Max Payne 3 will be ready and available for you to play in Grand Theft Auto V from day one. It's all part of our larger approach to make multiplayer deeper and richer than what's currently available, much more easily accessible to the newcomer and rewarding for the hardcore."
In a recent Q&A session with their fans, Rockstar has more or less confirmed that there will be no new details regarding GTA V until after Max Payne 3 is released in May. Here is what they said:
"First of all, we'd like to again thank you and everyone out there for the amazing response to the debut Grand Theft Auto V trailer. We know that there are a ton of questions you all have about the game, including release date and lots else.
Right now, we are very hard at work on the game and are excited as well to show and tell you more as development progresses - expect that we'll be talking much more about GTAV starting at some point in a few months' time. Please hang tight until then and thank you all for your patience and support!"
We haven't even seen much of Grand Theft Auto V yet, but creative fans are still managing to put together fan art based around the scenes in the Grand Theft Auto V trailer. What we found here is no exception, and is a rather good piece of artwork based off of the bank robbery scene in the Grand Theft Auto V trailer. The artwork was created by Facebook user Gracjan Keyholestyle Krawczykand the piece can be found on his DeviantArt page.According to the person who created this artwork, there is more to come, so keep an eye out on his DeviantArt page!
It has now been nearly two months since the release of the debut trailer for Grand Theft Auto V, though some would think it has been longer considering the fact that millions of Grand Theft Auto fans world wide are digging at the heels of Rockstar Games, begging for more information regarding Grand Theft Auto V.
Though many publications have featured the Grand Theft Auto V logo on their front covers, they have merely been trailer analysis' and speculation - despite them saying that they have "new information" regarding the game. Rockstar have been incredibly tight-lipped regarding Grand Theft Auto V, and Game Informer has been the only publication that has even been able to get any information out of Rockstar Games regarding Grand Theft Auto V; in an interview with Dan Houser.
"Game Informer: You just released the GTA V trailer. Can you talk about that project in any respect? Obviously, it looks like it's going back to San Andreas.
Dan Houser: I've got to be real careful here, or they will drag me through the office and whip me with barbwire. I will stick to exactly what's in the press release. It's Los Santos and the surrounding countryside - and a very big map."
By the looks of this statement, it would seem that Rockstar is still keeping incredibly tight-lipped regarding any specific details regarding the game, in fact - the platforms haven't even been announced yet (likely to be simultaneously for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 sometime in 2012). But could this mean that we will see other cities and not just Los Santos? Only time will tell.
You may of already seen this posted on the GTA-NeXt Network Facebook page, but for those who didn't, check out this fan mockup of the Grand Theft Auto V boxart. It looks rather impressive!
This mock-up utilises various screenshots from the first Grand Theft Auto V trailer, with editing to the whole design to give it more of a rough look. Now obviously, this isn't going to be the boxart, but as said above - this is a really impressive mockup!
Rumours about Grand Theft Auto V's protagonist have been flying around since the debut
of the first trailer, which prominently featured two different personalities
that most have assumed to be lead characters: a middle-aged white man
and a younger black man.
Dourvas and Flint-007, two members at GTAForums.com; have come up with one of the best guesses so far in regards to the identity of the middle-aged white man at being Ned Luke. Give his demo reel a watch - both facial and voice comparisons seem to check out.
What's your take? Is Ned Luke our middle-aged white man? Is this
character going to be one of Grand Theft Auto V's protagonists, the only protagonist,
or just a Rockstar teaser blown out of proportion?
There have already been many attempts to recreate the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto V in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - but this is certainly one of the better attempts. Check it out above!
With the latest addition to the Grand Theft Auto franchise now announced and the first trailer unveiled for all to see, there are now a fair share of people who want to get the game banned.
One of these individuals is non-other then New South Wales' attorney general Greg Smith, who wants to ban all games
featuring sexual and/or violent content. Speaking to Australia's
Channel Seven, Smith pulls the ever-popular classic attack on GTA: the prostitute scenario.
[GTA] involves a prostitute giving sexual favours for money to
a man in a car and then when she gets out he gets out and, with a
semi-automatic rifle, shoots her dead. What good does that do anybody?
Australia is set to introduce an 18+ rating for video games. The lack of
such a thing in the past has seen many games fall foul of the ratings
board down under. Despite voting in favour of bringing in such a
classification, Smith now wants all games that would fall into that
category banned from the country.
Before you make your own mind up as to whether or not it should be banned, you might want to at least check out the GTA V trailer.
We haven't even seen much of Grand Theft Auto V yet, but creative fans are still managing to put together fan art based around the scenes in the Grand Theft Auto V trailer. What we found here is no exception, and is a rather good piece of artwork based off of the bank robbery scene in the Grand Theft Auto V trailer. The artwork was created by Facebook user 
Rumours about Grand Theft Auto V's protagonist have been flying around since the debut
of the first trailer, which prominently featured two different personalities
that most have assumed to be lead characters: a middle-aged white man
and a younger black man.
[GTA] involves a prostitute giving sexual favours for money to
a man in a car and then when she gets out he gets out and, with a
semi-automatic rifle, shoots her dead. What good does that do anybody?