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New details on GTA V released along with a release date

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Well our frustration has subsided. Finally, and we do mean finally, there is an official GTA V release date. It’s coming Spring 2013 and there is a pre order starting November 5th. I’m confused about the pre order announcement because for over a year Amazon had a pre order page up. Seems a tad bizarre to me, but who cares. The game is coming and it’s not a dream that I’m having.

So with the announcement today, Rockstar gave a couple new details. Confirmed is that the city is Southern California. It’s the most “thriving” game they have ever created. It’s set in Los Santos. Rockstar goes on to say that the games landscape covers the tops of mountains to the depths of the ocean. I personally am intrigued by having ocean gameplay elements.

Rockstar is promising that starting November, things should get rolling. In other words lots of news to come! Yay!

Sick of waiting for the GTA V release date? I am.

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The latest news is essentially no news. The chairman and CEO of Take-Two, Strauss Zelnick was kind enough to say that GTA V is in “full development” and Rockstar is “making substantial progress”. Yeah whatever.

Okay, the deal is this. It’s horrible timing right now. It’s not going to be surprising to hear about PS4 and the next Xbox being released in fall 2013. If not then, be assured that gamers will be expecting those next gen consoles the following year. News will start to stream out regardless if those new systems are in 2013 or 2014. In the past, it’s been a fact that games released in the twilight of a system’s life suck. It’s horrible. Think about it. GTA V coming out in 2013? How much time does that leave for additional content and releases? People are going to be watching the next generation console news and saving their pennies.

Sure, GTA V might make some late waves but is it really acceptable to have a game such as this come out when there is such a short amount of time left in the console lifespan? I don’t think so. How many years have we been stuck with GTA 4?

On the flip side people are rambling about the possibility of GTA V being a release title for the new consoles. There is another bad idea. I don’t think there have been a lot of great games that came out as launch titles. Go back to Nintendo 64 and maybe you have something. If the new consoles are in fact coming Fall 2013 then a GTA 5 release in 2013 isn’t happening. At least not for the current gen systems. Thinking further, would Microsoft be releasing Halo 4 for a console that has one year left in its life? I doubt it.

If there are issues and problems in the development for GTA V, then timing is going to reek havoc. A massive game like this need time to explore and enjoy. That enjoyment will be stunted if they push it to 2013. It would be bizarre now to see it come out in 2012 but if they miss it, then I’m really upset. Then what? Spring 2013? Wow. I mean seriously. Do they have a crisis happening behind the scenes on this? It may be so. Think of how nuts it was for them to start pre order like six months ago. Their point was what? Bizarre.

Yes, the whole thing for me is turning bizarre. I’m sick of this waiting game.

GTA 5 is official – trailer coming November 2, 2011

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Well we called it. It’s now the splash page on the Rockstar website. No, we didn’t make the image up. So there is nothing else to this day. It’s huge in that we have something solid. It also strongly indicates a Fall 2012 release date, likely in October 2012. E3 should have some amazing GTA 5 content. We don’t know the city just yet and heck we don’t even know the official name. We have the logo and the GTA 5 trailer date so let’s just rejoice those goodies for now!

GTA 5 Release Date – We Think We Have It

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The quest for the GTA 5 release date has been the quest of many. Rockstar has been extremely secretive about this. We’ve heard various rumors and various tweets that indicate certainly that the game is “in the works”. It has to be right? It’s one of the most anticipated video game releases on the planet.

With all this said, we believe we have the GTA 5 release date. It’s not been said officially, but in a way it has. If you didn’t know, Rockstar Games has officially announced that May Payne 3 is going to come out March 2012. So think about that. It would open the window for a Fall 2012 GTA 5 release date wouldn’t it? Yes, in fact it would. It makes sense. Two big releases need to be spread out. The holiday season, as in the fall, is a great time to release the big name video games. It’s happened often if you check big video game release dates.

So if GTA 5 is released in Fall 2012, we should start hearing more near the end of this year. It would allow Rockstar to showcase GTA 5 at the 2012 E3. If the next generation consoles are slated for a 2014 release, then GTA 5 still has enough legs to sell well. It’s still not known the release date of the next generation consoles but it’s widely speculated that Sony and Microsoft are in no hurry to update their systems yet. Heck it could even be 2015 before the next generation consoles are released.

Check the official Max Payne 3 website. Just think, this announcement really solidifies a GTA 5 release date in Fall 2012. Agree or not?

Take-Two remain tight lipped about GTA 5 release date

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There was an interesting Take-Two Q&A with Strauss Zelnick regarding company losses and future plans. No, the name GTA or Grand Theft Auto was not brought up in the discussion. However, what we can tell you is that Zelnick did say there are going to be some details coming out soon about “unannounced titles” which will be released in the upcoming fiscal year. At the same time Zelnick metioned that in the 2013 fiscal year, they have three new releases. Oddly enough he mentioned the names of those and they included BioShock Infinite, Spec Ops: The Line, and Borderlands 2.  So the 2013 fiscal year is from April 2012 to March 2013. See the void? There is a big gaping hole if you look at what was said. No main titles, no mention of GTA 5 at all? Surely to goodness they aren’t going to release GTA 5 in the twillight of the current PS3 and Xbox 360 life cycle. I am back leaning towards an early 2012 release date. I sense though that the lid is about to come off GTA 5 any week now. I’m sick of waiting. How about some details already?

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