Analyst Pegs GTA V For October - Rumours Posted by: Danny on 05-02-2012 @ 15:01
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Gamefront News: Analyst Pegs GTA V For October
Grand Theft Auto V is definitely coming October 23; not only that, but Rockstar Games will likely make the announcement the day before E3 2012, and still roll like a Boss and not make even a cursory appearance at this year’s trade show.
Did I grab your attention? Good, because none of that has any basis in fact. They are the predictions of Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter, who made them during a GTTV announcement of Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale. “They’ve outgrown the show. I think they’re way too cool to go,” he said, regarding his belief that Rockstar won’t be at E3. “My read on those guys is they like stealing the thunder from everything else. So if I had to bet, I’d say you’d get an announcement on GTA V the day before E3 starts, that’d be Monday, June 4. they don’t show up and that’s all anybody can do is talk about GTA V at the show .” He then said that Rockstar will be releasing the game October 23, and that he doesn’t think they care about BioShock Infinite. So… yeah, he’s just basically talking a lot.
Pachter’s bloviating might be grounded in reality, kind of. Recently, a Rockstar employee’s CV listed October, 2012 as the game’s release window (before being removed, of course). But are we really supposed to believe they don’t care about BioShock Infinite? I get the need to have something to say about GTA V; in the nearly 6 months since the first official announcement, Rockstar has been ridiculously tight-lipped about it. Aside from that first trailer and initial PR statements, they have maddeningly refused to confirm any further details about what is sure to be the best selling game of its year. In the vacuum, our readers wondered if the trailer contained an easter egg suggesting a May, 2012 release date, and analysts have generally preferred to predict a 2013 release date.
Yes, Rockstar needs to throw us all a bone, and fast. I hope we hear something soon. But I’m getting a bit tired of speculation masquerading as analysis (except from Game Front readers, who are typically pretty good at it). While we wait for Rockstar to decide whether or not to get off the pot, let’s leave the speculation to the experts.
Ex-Rockstar Employee Leaks Huge (Alleged) GTA V Deets - Rumours Posted by: Danny on 03-27-2012 @ 15:32
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Gamefront News: Ex-Rockstar Employee Leaks Huge (Alleged) GTA V Deets
Brace yourselves people. Over the weekend, someone claiming to be the friend of a fired former Rockstar employee posted an enormous number of purported details about Grand Theft Auto V. Among other things, the post dished on the size of the map (it’s huge), multiplayer details, and the surprising news that the game will feature slight weapons customizations. The post also purports to confirm that as predicted by everyone except me, the older man featured in the original trailer is the game’s protagonist, and that his name is indeed Albert De Silva.
This post was soon deleted – you can still see the google cache version here – which would seem to indicate that it might indeed be legitimate. However, as ripten (from whom we saw this) points out, this is an awful lot of information for a game that supposedly isn’t due for another 14 months. The post also contains a rather inaccurate depiction of how corporate contracts work, suggesting that being fired terminates any obligations to adhere to non disclosure agreements. I can assure you all this is definitely not the case, and that if the post is truthful, the employee who leaked these details through his friend is probably facing legal sanctions.
As always, this information should therefore be taken with a huge grain of salt. Perhaps we’ll see more if that Belgian magazine cover turns out to be true.
Here is the original post’s content, in full:
Hello!
I am a friend of someone who recently got sacked from RockStar North for general misconduct. Because one contract to RockStar covered everything, including secrecy, and his contractual obligaton was now removed, he was legally allowed to spill the beans on Rockstar’s upcoming GTA V. And he is making damn sure everyone knows about it.
Here is the info you really want:
1. The protagonist will be one character, and one character alone. His name is (as some rumours said) Albert De Silva. He’s a half hispanic man who was once part of a crime family in Vice City. He decided to settle down and have kids in Los Santos. He has one son called Kevin De Silva who is your stereotypical CoD player. He’s lazy, useless and shouts racial abuse online and is really into FPS games. Kevin does admire his Dad though.
2. Multiplayer will hold 32 people on the Xbox and PS3. I wasn’t told how many were able to be on the PC. Just like in RDR, players will be able to form Gangs. These gangs are not ranked through XP anymore, but via Reputation. Instead of gang hideouts, you can do jobs that range from robbing a launderette to breaking into a military base and stealing state-of-the-art weaponary. The Gang leader has much more control over his or her gang by being able to rank members of their gang and setting more specific objectives to specific members of their gang. Gangs can have their own terratory but this only applies to areas inside the city of Los Santos.
3. The map is about 5x as large as the GTA IV map and the City of Los Santos takes up just under half of this area (so it’s a bit bigger than 2 GTA IV Liberty Cities).
The map is (like most GTAs) seperated into three different sections. 4. Planes are flyable, they range from World War 2 fighter planes to Private Jets.
5. Cars and guns are customisable to an extent, for example, you can cusomise a gun to have a supressor on it and you can install nitrous into cars.
Here’s some stuff you might like:
1. The protagonist is the “rich guy” from the GTA V debut trailer. You get to learn more about this man in the second when he talks about his troubles. You only see the protagonist twice in the trailer. First time is the side of his face and second time is when he is driving a Deceptor (Audi R8). The people robbing the jewellery store are just with the protagonist. He is driving the van ready to get away.
2. Gunfights are more realistic. When you are shooting a gun out of a window of a car, depending on how fast it’s going you will have troubles aiming due to shaking cameras.
3. The game is due in May 2013. A more specific date has not been decided because the game is still needing 6 months to be fully developed. They will have a playable demo at E3.
4. Police chases are now way more than either running or driving. Depending on how wanted you are, police may bring out riot shields and flash bangs. 5. When someone reaches 4 star wanted level, there will be a radio warning on some stations.
6. Radio stations now do traffic reports that are actually correct. So if you don’t know what route to take, you can check the traffic reports on your phone or the radio. 7. The in-game TV now has many more channels
8. The protagonist DOES NOT die unlike in the last two Rockstar games.
9. The underworld actually has a working economy that you can contribute too by buying and selling drugs, weapons and illegal cars in single player.
10. The protagonist can take drugs which will have some effects. But smoking weed on the streetwalk will lead to getting a one star wanted level.
11. Police cars will go after you if you’re obviousely breaking the speed limit. Having high speed crashes will also damage your health.
Wanted levels:
1 star – police follow you on foot and try to make an arrest. No sirens, no car chases (unless you are speeding).
2 star – police will still attempt to make an arrest. If a weapon is drawn then the police will begin opening fire. Police will use stun guns if a weapon is not drawn.
3 star – Chases begin and the police don’t care how they stop you, they just want to do it.
4 star – road traps, radio stations and much more hostile police.Even when you have evaded them, they will still search for 24 in-game hours for someone matching your description.
5 star – shoot to kill, arrest only if it’s made very possible. Even when you have evaded them, they will still search for 48 in-game hours for someone matching your description. Few missions become unavailable if you are wanted.
6 star – military vehicles come after you. Even when you have evaded them, they will still search for 72 in-game hours for someone matching your description. Some missions become unavailable if you are wanted.
RUMOR(?): GTA V Is Belgian Magazine’s April 2012 Cover - Rumours Posted by: Danny on 03-27-2012 @ 14:57
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Gamefront News: RUMOR(?): GTA V Is Belgian Magazine’s April 2012 Cover
Update: Chief is Belgian, not Dutch. Corrected.
Grab your contraband weapons and ski masks, people: We may soon be getting our first real look at Grand Theft Auto V. That is if an image posted to the blog All Games Beta turns out to be real. They’ve posted what looks like the cover of the April issue of a Belgian gaming magazine called Chief, featuring the GTA V logo, and several teaser lines. If true, then this means, for some reason, that either Rockstar is going to the Dutch press first, or that someone has leaked some pretty important stuff.
There’s just a couple of catches. First, All Games Beta appears to be a content farm/clearing house for iffy rumors and easily available information. That doesn’t mean the this is fake of course. However, Chief Magazine’s official website doesn’t load. It appears to have gone down this afternoon, however, as I was able to briefly access it prior to that, my guess is that increased traffic due to this rumor crashed it. Even so, this would be an astonishing amount of information for a game that most analysts think won’t be out until 2013. Until we can verify this is indeed the cover, be wary.
Here’s a look at the supposed cover. NOTE: The teasers (translated) say: “The mystery unraveled”; “The first images”; “Los Santos already mapped”; “Who will be the new Niko Bellic?”
GTA V Now Likely For 2013 Launch, Analysts Say - Official News Posted by: Danny on 03-18-2012 @ 15:35
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Gamefront News: GTA V Now Likely For 2013 Launch, Analysts Say
When Rockstar unveiled the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto V last fall, the Internet asploded with interest. Fans picked over every single detail – yep, we did too – trying to figure out what the game is about. The primary discussion was over the identity of the protagonist, but some astute viewers came up with the crazy theory that Rockstar snuck a May, 2012 release date easter egg into the commercial. That was admittedly crazy, but only in its specificity. The gaming world at large agreed that it would come out in 2012, with some analysts pegging it to some time before before E3.
Sadly for those of us itching for a return visit to Los Santos, it’s looking increasingly unlikely that we’ll see the new Grand Theft auto before the Mayan apocalypse happens. Analyst group Sterne Agee, who previously predicted it would be launch sometime before Christmas, 2012, has now shifted their estimate, predicting that we probably won’t get it until March, 2013. The group went on to suggest that this would be more beneficial for Rockstar, as GTA V wouldn’t have to compete with games like BioShock Infinite and Assassin’s Creed 3, though to that one only needs to remind them that a GTA game is likely to smash all competition regardless of release cycle.
Obviously, Rockstar has remained silent on the question of GTA V’s release. They haven’t even released a new trailer. It’s possible they’ll return to E3 after a 2 year break to show off GTA V in development; if so, Game Front will be on the scene.
Rockstar Tradmarks “GTA TV” and “Rockstar TV” - Official News Posted by: Danny on 02-22-2012 @ 09:31
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Gamefront News: Rockstar Tradmarks “GTA TV” and “Rockstar TV”
Hinting at what lies in store for Grand Theft Auto V, it has been discovered that Rockstar Games has trademarked the names “GTA TV” and “Rockstar TV”. The filings, both publicly viewable on the US Patent and Trademark office website, were made on February 14 and are largely identical. They each list a wide variety of services ranging from games, feature films and live action TV, even animated projects and documentaries.
Naturally, this doesn’t actually reveal anything. In order to ensure they aren’t poached, they need to be certain the trademark covers as wide a range of entertainment possibilities as possible. Furthermore, Rockstar has repeatedly kiboshed suggestions of films based on the GTA series. It’s therefore likely we won’t actually be seeing after school cartoons, TV shows or movies anytime soon.
But what does it mean? These filings represent the first tangible information since the initial announcement, and they say little. Rockstar has been enormously coy about GTA V. Since announcing the game last fall, they have provided no new details, no follow up trailers, not even confirmation of whether or not the narrator in the trailer is the game‘s protagonist. (I still insist he isn’t.) We still don’t even know if it will see release in 2012.
That doesn’t mean we can’t speculate, of course. My guess is that Rockstar TV and GTA TV are indication that GTA V will have a far more robust multiplayer than anything previously seen in the series. Expect something like Call of Duty: Elite, with player video uploads, possibly custom content produced by very prestigious people, and an increased community environment.
The ninth stable release of the Multi Theft Auto: San Andreas multiplayer modification for GTA: San Andreas is now available, with several new features including voice chat, custom handling, and special skins.
When GTA3 launched, the only thing that would have made the game better for me would have been a multiplayer component. Thanks to modders, aka some of the most awesome people in the world, I can live my dream.
This installer package consists of a game client, dedicated server for Windows and a resources package, which includes map editor and a race gamemode, along with several other gamemodes, maps and utility scripts.
Check out the kinds of fun this active community has:
Analyst: GTA V Will Be 2012′s Biggest Game - Rumours Posted by: Danny on 01-08-2012 @ 15:29
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Gamefront News: Analyst: GTA V Will Be 2012′s Biggest Game
Those of you interested in 2012′s huge slate of big name games – seriously, we get Mass Effect 3 in less than 3 months – have probably heard of an obscure game from upstart Indie Developers Rockstar Games called Grand Theft Auto V. Sure, I concede this game will probably garner some limited critical praise, but it’s probably going to end up a cult favorite on par with Beyond Good and Evil. If they’re lucky, Rockstar will be able to find new funding for their next game, with future GTA titles being XBLA downloads only.
/snark>
But seriously, we all know this is going to be one of the year’s biggest games. But how big? Electronic Entertainment Design and Research’s Jesse Divnich has made the completely uncontroversial pronouncement that it will be the year’s biggest, and he said as much in an interview with IndustryGamers. “It goes without saying,” Divnich says, “that GTA V will be one of the year’s biggest releases, but I will take it one step farther and say GTA V will be 2012′s biggest release. Don’t get me wrong, Call of Duty will undoubtedly be huge, as it is every year and it may even grow, but if I had to call what will be a photo finish race, I will go with GTA V.”
Could he be right? I think so. At least, I hope so. The GTA series is one of the rare examples of something that is both incredibly popular and incredibly high quality. I would love to see it beat McDonald’s Call of Duty. I would also love to see CoD come in behind Mass Effect 3 as well, so gamers, you know what to do. Spend your money wisely.
And while you’re at it, why not pick up a copy of Bulletstorm so the game can sell enough copies to warrant a sequel.
The GTA III 10th Anniversary Edition Is Moddable - Official News Posted by: Danny on 01-08-2012 @ 15:27
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Gamefront News: The GTA III 10th Anniversary Edition Is Moddable.
If you’ve been playing the GTA III 10 Year Anniversary Edition, it’s been a delightful trip down awesome memory lane. Even as primitive as the graphics look as as one-take-only-ever as the voice acting is, it is every bit the game that changes the gaming world forever when it was released in the fall of 2001. There’s a reason for that – well part of a reason anyway. The mobile version of the game uses the same file structure that the PC version did. So what does this mean for you? It means that it’s theoretically possible to go into the actual game files and tweak or modify them, and even install new files. In other words, to make and/or install mods. Awesome!
There’s just one catch: You can already get cracking right now on your Android devices, but iPhone and iPad aren’t so cooperative. Apple loves to make it impossible to do anything to their accessory devices, sof you want to put mods on your iOS copy of GTA III, you’ll have to jailbreak your iOS device. That’s completely legal of course, but it also voids the warranty. Best you wait until after your warranty expires to do it. Assuming you don’t care then it’s all good.
In the meantime, a thread over on XDA has helpfully compiled instructions and various mods for the Android version of GTA III.
So have any of you out there jailbreaked your iOS device and installed or made GTA mods? Let us know! And meanwhile, we’ll look forward to the iOS version of San Andreas, so that everyone can freak out about ZOMG HOT COFFEEEEEEEE.
Rockstar Changed “About 1%” Of GTA III After 9/11 - Official News Posted by: Danny on 01-08-2012 @ 14:41
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Gamefront News: Rockstar Changed “About 1%” Of GTA III After 9/11
Starting yesterday, Rockstar Games has created a two-part Q&A about Grand Theft Auto III to commemorate the just-passed 10 year anniversary. The second and final installment went live a couple of hours ago, and they finally got around to addressing the fact that GTA III came out less than 2 months after the September 11 attacks. Rumors have long held that significant content was cut from the game at the last minute, offering fans the tantalizing possibility that at some future point, an restored edition could be released that would greatly expand the already epic game (and give us a little insight into what was deemed so controversial in the wake of the attacks.)
Alas, the reality isn’t as fantastic as people had hoped. It’s true that changes were made to the game due to concerns about sensitivity in the wake of 9/11, but they were relatively minor, involving one mission and a change in packaging:
Q: How different would be #GTAIII if 9/11 wouldn’t have happened?
About 1% different. We removed only one mission that referenced terrorists and changed a few other cosmetic details – car details, a couple of ped comments, lines of radio dialogue etc – the game came out a very short time later. The biggest change was the US packaging which remixed the previous packaging into what became our signature style – because the previous packaging [which was released as the cover of the game in Europe] was, we felt, too raw after 9/11. All of the more extreme rumours are amusing but impossible to have been achieved in such a short period of time.
That’s actually pretty interesting. I’d love to play the mission, though I’m willing to bet that even 10 years on, certain segments of the population would get a little too upset about adding a terrorism-referencing mission to the game.
Other tidbits:
* The Dodo was designed to be deliberately unflyable because GTA III is meant to be primarily driving and shooting.
* There is no ghost island.
* They actually considered a multiplayer component to GTA III before abandoning it to make Vice City.
You can read the whole thing on the official Rockstar site.
