Grand Theft Auto 5 announced by Rockstar

by Alice O'Connor, Oct 25, 2011 5:40am PDT

Related Topics – xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Rockstar, PC, Grand Theft Auto Series

Grand Theft Auto V is being made, and a trailer will be released on November 2. That's all that maker Rockstar is willing to announce of the new core entry in its open-world murder simulator series at this point, but with a name bearing such clout, it's certainly enough for now.

Rockstar made the announcement by replacing the main page of its website with a huge GTAV logo. Deprived of our precious press releases, we can't tell you platforms, a release window, game details, or anything beyond what's on that page. However, Rockstar's recent pattern has been to release games on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 first, followed by PC a while later.

Careful analysis of the announcement image suggests that acquiring currency may be a gameplay element in GTAV. One important question is, just how 'grim' and 'gritty' will GTAV be?

Grand Theft Auto IV took the often-whimsical series in a po-faced direction, though the woe was reigned in somewhat with the two Episodes From Liberty City add-ons. Rival murder sim series Saints Row picked up the silly slack, and is certainly amping up the wackiness with Saints Row: The Third.

Voice casting calls rumoured earlier this year to be for GTAV included parts for a "FPS playing gamer son," "somewhat incompetent Chinese mobster," and "weed evangelist." Of course, do take that all with a pinch of salt.

Enough of our speculation, what would you like to see in the new Grand Theft Auto?

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Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Grand Theft Auto 5 announced by Rockstar.

Grand Theft Auto V is being made, and a trailer will be released on November 2. That's all that maker Rockstar is willing to announce of the new main main entry in its open-world murder simulator series at this point.

Oct 25, 2011 5:40am PDT

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Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Grand Theft Auto 5 announced by Rockstar.

Grand Theft Auto V is being made, and a trailer will be released on November 2. That's all that maker Rockstar is willing to announce of the new main main entry in its open-world murder simulator series at this point. : Shacknews
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  "Gimme them ducats!" : MatthewPhillips
  - Yeah, dem are my ducats now : atom519
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  I'm actually surprised. I figured we would have to wait till the next generation for a gta 5 announcement... : baron calamity
  - Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. : Gwyndion
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    Madness! SHAREHOLDERS can't wait for the next generation! : BornAcorn
    - They could have made another GTA game and save "V" for the next consoles. : baron calamity
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  "murder simulator " huh? nice. : GPUX
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    I know! What is she like! : Chipwarrior
    - She's a Victorian woman trapped in a gaming news writer's body. : Lone Swordsman
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  The logo looks kinda gangstah. Is it going to be something like San Andreas? : GodZilly
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    I hope the game doesn't make me feel like a scumbag. :( : kingdepork
    - I hope the game doesn't make me a black :( : lightly inclined
  - That's what I thought. : thejm4n
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    Not gangsta at all, the V with the "five" written over it is meant to look like it's from a $5 bill, righ... : Thresher
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      Gee, I'm glad they wrote out "Five." I was thinking, WTF is that strange V??? :( : David Craddock
      
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      it's a reference to the 5 dollar bill : jvox
      
      Ah, I see that now. Missed it at first glance. : David Craddock
  - its gonna be GTA Jersery Shore with orange skin troll looking guidos running around calling everyone "bra... : retardhumper
  - it actually looks really old, like 1300's, maybe its Grand Theft Horse? : radula
- YEEEESSSSS : thejm4n
- GTA SouthEast DC : gmd
- In other news, Saints Row 3 is out in under a month. : Alexrose
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  Washington DC? : devpaul
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    OCCUPY: GTA V. I am the 1% who will actually play and finish the Story mode : MatthewPhillips
    - lolol : Dravenport
    - lolololo : baron calamity
    - lolz : devpaul
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      I've completed each game since GTA3, surely I'm not alone. : Lone Swordsman
      
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      For me, it depends on how hard the final mission is. Often I beat everything in a GTA game except the fin... : baron calamity
      
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      I still remember last missions in VC, SA and 4. Many grey hair on my head because of them, but beat them ... : Kub666
      
      same here, I may not 100% the game but I definitely finish the story : Dravenport
      
      I always end up getting stuck on a mission with piss-poor mechanics--such as the helicopter missions in S... : David Craddock
      
      I have gotten 100% in every one too. It's so weird because to get to 100% in some of them was not really ... : ovrlrd
      
      Finished GTA3, quit Vice City after 1.5 hrs, finished San Andreas but was sorely disappointed by it, quit... : Ride-My-Rocket
    - ill hit about 65% then quit like a fat kid in the 100m. : Vincenoir
    - Well played. It always took me two attempts to finish a GTA game with the exception of Vice City. : lefthighkick
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    DC sounds boring. I have no good guesses though. A different country would be dope. Tokyo or Shanghai wou... : h o s t i l e
    - *look amazing : h o s t i l e
    - they should just do the whole world! : devpaul
    - DC has the varied environments. Nice areas, the hood, landmarks. It's DC. I'll but V dollars on it. : emcea
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  wii u exclusive : Zek
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JElywbkSbY#t=6s : Marrbe
    - leap that wall if you're so great : DrFlammable
- Fuck that seals it :( Most likely no Grand Theft Cowboys for pc. : Iwannaacura
- I wonder if there made a new engine for this? I guess not since it has to be coming out for the 360/ps3 (... : baron calamity
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  That's some real investigative journalism Alice. How deep did you dig on twitter to get the scoop? : not work safe
  - Actually, I've been combing through Rockstar North's bins for months, and finally put the clues together ... : Alice O'Connor
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  Vegas baby! : Fletcherhea
  - Wouldn't that be kinda lame? The strip would be cool, but...it'd be mostly dessert. : pun][sher
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  Rockstar North have a fucking bizarre website: http://www.rockstarnorth.com/flashSite/flashPc.html : peanut-
  - what the fuck is that? I can't find anything. : Finchypoo
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  Grand Theft Auto: Essex : Durajim
  - Please no. I say this as a guy who grew up in Essex, please no. : patters666
- yeahh!! bring it on. : jvox
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  Guys, I have no date to back this up, but GTA V is the most anticipated game in history. It just is. : David Craddock
  - *data : David Craddock
  - no mw3 is. i saw taht on the interwebz OMG PONIES : fw_rams
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    Easy there, Kanye. : Marrbe
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      You got the wrong black person. : Fred Garvin
      
      http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/10/07/1023739/-VIDEO:-Jon-Stewart-creates-new-Herman-Cain-hashtag:-I-d... : Fred Garvin
  - I don't have facts to back this up, but I happen to believe that GTA V is planned and orchestrated to dis... : homeboyJim
  - Why are you so butt hurt over Call of Duty? It stands to reason it is the most anticipated game because ... : Lucy Labia
  - Good one! Laughed hard on that... "history!" ... The new word of the year is "History!" no more "Winning!... : 3dchipset
- I want LA Noire's facial animation capturing! : leuthil
- Red Dead Redemption PC plz. : Metatron85
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  SCIENCE Calling this now: GTA V will be modern day Vice City. I've done the science in my head and it ... : eonix
  - wouldn't that be GTA: VC2, not GTA:V? : smax
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    A Miami themed city is a pretty boring setting once you get done with the beach/club/hatian v. cuban thi... : pigvomit
    - Something GTA: Vice City never really tackled, but was done (I think) well in Scarface: TWIY were the coc... : MatthewPhillips
    - San Andreas was like six different environments in one game, I muchly dug the variety. : FlatlineDixay
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    someone on reddit propsed boston - i could see that being possible. strong immigrant presence : multisync
    - Gwailo in Shanghai IMO. : Marrbe
  - It's going international! : skinlab133
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  They had better drop the garbage relationship system from 4. >:[ : lefthighkick
  - They toned it down a ton in the episodes so I'm sure it will be handled way differently this time if it i... : h o s t i l e
  - I want to take my gf bowling. : pun][sher
- I wonder if they will have an official zombie mode. : Xin Jing Client 1a
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  So is it a decent guess it will be out late next year? GTA4 followed the same schedule of late year trail... : h o s t i l e
  - GTA IV came out in April of '08. : GreggD
- In other news, Game Developers have announced they like money. : daVinci1980
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  I really hope they try to balance the "realism" of GTA IV with the FUN of Vice City and San Andreas. Ther... : thetangent
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    Dunno looks like saints row has really cornered that end of the market, i think they could still pursue t... : disembodied potato
    - I haven't played Saint Row, but it certainly looks like its at an extreme end of the market. VC and SA we... : thetangent
  - They just need to improve the in-game recorder and editing tools. The amount of things you could do with ... : pulse2115
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    Hopefully its more like Gay Tony than GTA4. That was much more fun with better characters and less 'HELLO... : Snuffles-
    - We need the return of Chavez! : shirif
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  "Hey cousin want to go bowling?" : Damann66
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPvNaGruCiw : Unleashed
    - lol, everytime that guy dropped me off, i would blow him up with an RPG. : Damann66
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  I hope it's more like Red Dead Redemption, than GTA IV =/ : darthfusion
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    Can you explain what you mean by that? : Durajim
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      Oblivion + guns, obviously...
      
      Oct 25, 2011 2:21pm PDT
      
      Oblivion + guns, obviously... : Mister Groin
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      Play VS work. : TemporalParadox
      
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      Was holding a to run across the map while an npc tells you his poorly written story play or work? : AgentPothead
      
      tap tap tap tap. : shirif
    - more mexican, like GTA Tijuana : retardhumper
  - Speaking of RDR...what a fucking awesome game. Seriously. I still haven't finished it yet. I've had it si... : phipple
- They NEED to do this with Frostbite 2..... holy crap that would own. : mystifier
- The banknote fonts make me think D.C. like others, but i'm really hoping for Chicago. : Tech T
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      cars would be all rusty, batteries dead, etc why would they do that : jellyrabbit
      
      That's why they have a Car Model Slider too. : pigvomit
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  I'm calling it now: if this actually does get set in Washington DC, the Washington Monument will be a gi... : Thresher
  - I believe your thinking of Saints Row 3. : Jenings
- what i want from gta V - no annoying cousins/relationships - autosaving after long drives before missio... : filthysock
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  gta: Tokyo. oh god it'd be so awesome. : AMikaboshi
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    No, GTA: Neo-Tokyo!! : exile7
    - TETSSSUUUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! : Wolfanoz
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  I've never finished a GTA game. I Have finished every Saints Row though. Rockstar seems to focus on mi... : cell9song
  - Haha, I have actually never finished ANY rockstar game. I've tried, really, really hard. But I just g : nevlos

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