Next GTA Confirmed w/ Release Date

[Jonbo298]

Ending all the constant speculation about the next installment of the Grand Theft Auto series, publisher Rockstar Games has announced that Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is indeed coming out. In the press release unveiled this morning, it was revealed that GTA: San Andreas will be an exclusive title for the PlayStation 2 and will be released on October 19, 2004.

In the past few months, the latest Grand Theft Auto continuously has been rumored as Grand Theft Auto: Sin City, Grand Theft Auto 5, and Grand Theft Auto: Anything You Can Think Of. To make things even more confusing, Rockstar Games registered those names for internet sites in addition to other titles like Grand Theft Auto: Bogota and Grand Theft Auto: Tokyo. Unless these are potential future cities for the franchise, these names were most likely done to create red herrings for the press and fans of the series.

In the original Grand Theft Auto, San Andreas was a city that was based on the likeness of San Francisco. Sections of the city in the game had names that were variations of the names of different Bay Area neighborhoods. With the hilly nature of the city by the bay, gamers might be seeing some more terrain than previous installments.

With more than 11.5 million copies of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and more than 10.5 million copies of Grand Theft Auto 3 sold worldwide, there's a lot of pressure to make the next installment live up to the name. Leslie Benzies, president of developer Rockstar North, acknowledged this by stating, "We are extremely humbled by the success of the Grand Theft Auto series and it has made us push ourselves further than ever to create a title in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas that will hopefully redefine the Grand Theft Auto series and revolutionize open-ended gameplay and video game production values."
http://ps2.ign.com/articles/495/495767p1.html

This should be official for anyone who questions where I got it from *cough*

*awaits first screens to see if they UPGRADE the visuals or not*

[Vampyr]

Interesting....

Some of you may not believe it, but I have never played any of the GTA series. It never appealed to me, and it still doesnt. This is my chance to get into the series....but I think I'll pass again.

Its RPG's for me, baby!

[GameMaster]

Cool, I need to play Vice City first. And what decade does this take place in?

[Joeiss]

Awesome. I'll be playing this in University next year.

[Dyne]

Hey, awesome. I can't wait to see what they put in it.

[Dark Samurai]

meh....

it still doesnt appeal to me

[Vampyr]

Ummm, excuse the double post, but I just found this...

Rockstar Games Announces Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas


New York, NY - March 1, 2004 - Rockstar Games, the world-renowned publishing division of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), is pleased to announce Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the next iteration in the globally successful Grand Theft Auto franchise. Developed by world-class designers Rockstar North, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas will be available exclusively for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and is expected to be in stores in North America on October 19, 2004 and in Europe on October 22, 2004.

"In the past couple of years, we have put an enormous amount of pressure on ourselves to ensure we do everything possible to exceed people's expectations with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas," stated Sam Houser, President of Rockstar Games. "Even though we still have eight months to go, we are starting to become very proud of what we have achieved and we can't wait to get the game into players' hands."

Leslie Benzies, President of Rockstar North, stated, "We are extremely humbled by the success of the Grand Theft Auto series and it has made us push ourselves further than ever to create a title in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas that will hopefully redefine the Grand Theft Auto series and revolutionize open-ended gameplay and video game production values."

Over 30 million units of the Grand Theft Auto franchise have been shipped to date, including over 11.5 million units of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and over 10.5 million units of Grand Theft Auto 3.

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[Typhoid]

The reason i think that Gta: Vice city bombed compared to the others in the city is that it looked to bright and happy, too much sun. It just didnt have that "lets steal a car, and kill a hooker" attitude to it. If you look at all of the ones up to GTA3 they are all dark, rainy and gloomy, set in a big Chicago or New York (im guessing) style city. Not Florida. Florida just seems too happy, and I know, for one when i stael cars the last thing i want to be, is happy. But Vice City is still good. Because theyve got the Vintage rock in there (Motley Crue, Ozzy etc) and the motorcycles.
But it was lacking one thing.....Bicycles...thats right....Bikes

[Acebot44]

I will definently get this. The GTA, GT, and FF series are the only reasons for me to have a PS2 anymore. Hopefully the game will have a westside style to it and I'm guessing they will try to make it way different from the previous games. Oh and I cant wait to jump those hilly streets if they model the city after San Francisco

[GameMaster]

Ace, where in South California do you live?

[Typhoid]

ummmmmmmmmm.................isnt acebot......well a BOT?

[Acebot44]

Originally Posted by GameMaster

Ace, where in South California do you live?

I live about 30 mins from LA, real close to Burbank in a town called Sunland.