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BREAKING NEWS:

'''On the 8th of November 2011 Rockstar North announced that they will no longer be developing GTA V and the project will be thrown into the trash like a piece of shit on the end of your mothers shoe.'''

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'''''Grand Theft Auto V''''' is an upcoming [[open world]] [[Action-adventure game|action-adventure]] [[video game]] from [[Rockstar Games]], developed by British studio [[Rockstar North]]. The game will be the first major title in the [[Grand Theft Auto (series)|''Grand Theft Auto'' series]] since ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'' (2008), which started the fourth "era" in the series.<ref name="era" group="lower-alpha">Games in the ''Grand Theft Auto'' series can be grouped into distinct "eras", within which they share the same [[fictional universe]] and have interconnected plots and characters.</ref> The game is to be set in fictional Los Santos in the state of San Andreas and its surrounding areas, based on modern-day [[Los Angeles]] and [[Southern California]].<ref name="announcement" /> A rendition of Los Santos was previously featured as one of three cities in 2004's ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'', from the series' third era. The debut trailer for ''Grand Theft Auto V'' was unveiled on <!-- Please do not change date format. It is this way for a reason -->2 November 2011.<!-- Please do not change date format. It is this way for a reason --><ref name="trailer1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rockstargames.com/videos/video/8001 |title=''Grand Theft Auto V'' - Trailer |date=2 November 2011 |publisher=[[Rockstar Games]] |accessdate=3 November 2011}}</ref>
'''''Grand Theft Auto V''''' is an upcoming [[open world]] [[Action-adventure game|action-adventure]] [[video game]] from [[Rockstar Games]], developed by British studio [[Rockstar North]]. The game will be the first major title in the [[Grand Theft Auto (series)|''Grand Theft Auto'' series]] since ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'' (2008), which started the fourth "era" in the series.<ref name="era" group="lower-alpha">Games in the ''Grand Theft Auto'' series can be grouped into distinct "eras", within which they share the same [[fictional universe]] and have interconnected plots and characters.</ref> The game is to be set in fictional Los Santos in the state of San Andreas and its surrounding areas, based on modern-day [[Los Angeles]] and [[Southern California]].<ref name="announcement" /> A rendition of Los Santos was previously featured as one of three cities in 2004's ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'', from the series' third era. The debut trailer for ''Grand Theft Auto V'' was unveiled on <!-- Please do not change date format. It is this way for a reason -->2 November 2011.<!-- Please do not change date format. It is this way for a reason --><ref name="trailer1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rockstargames.com/videos/video/8001 |title=''Grand Theft Auto V'' - Trailer |date=2 November 2011 |publisher=[[Rockstar Games]] |accessdate=3 November 2011}}</ref>


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Grand Theft Auto V
Grand Theft Auto V Logo
The Grand Theft Auto V logo, with the 'V' drawn in a style similar to a banknote.
Developer(s)Rockstar North
Publisher(s)Rockstar Games
Writer(s)Dan Houser[1]
SeriesGrand Theft Auto
Genre(s)Open world,[2] action-adventure, third-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer[2]

BREAKING NEWS:

On the 8th of November 2011 Rockstar North announced that they will no longer be developing GTA V and the project will be thrown into the trash like a piece of shit on the end of your mothers shoe.

File:Trollsdjuohedkhe.jpg

Grand Theft Auto V is an upcoming open world action-adventure video game from Rockstar Games, developed by British studio Rockstar North. The game will be the first major title in the Grand Theft Auto series since Grand Theft Auto IV (2008), which started the fourth "era" in the series.[a] The game is to be set in fictional Los Santos in the state of San Andreas and its surrounding areas, based on modern-day Los Angeles and Southern California.[2] A rendition of Los Santos was previously featured as one of three cities in 2004's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, from the series' third era. The debut trailer for Grand Theft Auto V was unveiled on 2 November 2011.[3]

Development

In September 2009 during an earnings call, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick answered a listener's question about the next Grand Theft Auto. He replied, "We're not going to announce it, we're not going to announce when we are going to announce it, and we are not going to announce a strategy about announcing it or about when we are going to announce it either, or about the announcement strategy surrounding the announcement of the strategy."[4]

In a November 2009 interview with The Times, Grand Theft Auto producer Dan Houser discussed his work, including the future of the series. Confirming for the first time that the team has started thinking about Grand Theft Auto V, the piece stated that Houser planned to co-write a script that reached about one thousand pages in length. In the same interview, Houser explained the company's basic workflow of creating new games in the series, which involves coming up with the city first, and then the lead character later.[1][5][6]

In July 2010, Rockstar North posted seven job ads related to a new title. The firm looked to fill positions including Environment Artists, Physics Programmers and Character Animators. The job ad for the latter asking for those with "professional experience developing a third person action game". It was unknown if Rockstar was hiring for GTA V, or the firm was bulking up its Agent team.[7]

In December 2010, Take-Two chairman Strauss Zelnick said that the company "won't annualise" its biggest franchises like Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption. He told Reuters that doing so would threaten their quality and risk burning out consumers.[8]

Before the game was officially announced, there were several possible minor leaks of supposed GTA production, including domain name registrations,[9] casting calls featuring previous GTA characters,[10] and an IGN editor who has said the next game will be released in 2012.[citation needed] The first signs of the game went online in February 2011, via an actor's CV,[11] which was followed by the discovery of Rockstar-registered GTA style URLs.[12] In March a number of casting calls for voice acting in a project codenamed Rush were leaked onto the internet. Considering one role included James Pedeaston, a radio personality in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the project was presumed to concern Rockstar.[13][14][15]

In June 2011, sources allegedly close to the developer said the title is "well under way", with final touches like mini-games already being applied, and a 2012 release "pretty likely". "It's the big one," they also said of the game, noting that GTA V's scale is vast.[16]

In a July 2011 interview with PSM3, Team Bondi co-founder Brendan McNamara was asked if Rockstar (who published Bondi's 2011 L.A. Noire) was considering the proprietary MotionScan face-scanning technology for the next GTA game. McNamara replied, "Yeah, I think they're looking at it for every game. As much as L.A. Noire is a huge game, Grand Theft Auto is incredibly huge, so you've got all the problems of how big the cast would be and how many lines would you have to record and all that kind of stuff. Obviously we'd like them to, and they're more than welcome to use MotionScan, but if they decide it's not right for that and want to use it for another game, then that's fine too."[17]

Announcement and unveiling

The Vinewood sign as seen in the GTA V trailer.

On 25 October 2011, Rockstar Games announced Grand Theft Auto V via their Twitter account, which included the #GTAV hash tag and a link to their homepage, which displayed the game's logo.[18] The 'V' in the logo is styled like a bank note.[19] A message was printed below the logo stating that a trailer would be released on 2 November 2011.[20] On 26 October 2011, Rockstar put a Grand Theft Auto V trailer countdown on their homepage.[21] Shares of Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of Rockstar Games, jumped seven percent following the revelation that Grand Theft Auto V is in development.[22]

HMV's head of games Tim Ellis said the announcement of GTA V will bring a new boost to the market. Ellis told MCV a new GTA launch is "a fantastic development that would inject huge excitement into the games market for fans, retailers and media alike," adding Rockstar would "face the challenge of delivering another brilliant game that’s as good if not better than anything we’ve seen before."[23]

On 2 November, Rockstar released the debut trailer for Grand Theft Auto V.[3] Giving fans a first look at the upcoming title, the trailer revealed the setting to be Los Santos, the fictional version of Los Angeles and its California surroundings, including Hollywood ("Vinewood") and rural hills and valleys. Additional features revealed in the trailer included golf, planes, jetskis, a working gym, and police chases, making it look like a spiritual successor to 2004's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The song used in the trailer is "Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake" by the British band The Small Faces.[24][25]

On 3 November, Rockstar Games announced that Grand Theft Auto V was in full development and that it would take place within Los Santos and its "surrounding hills, countryside and beaches", and that it would be "the largest and the most ambitious game Rockstar has yet created", with Sam Houser describing it as a "radical reinvention of the Grand Theft Auto universe".[26] A version of Los Santos was previously featured in 2004's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, along with two other cities that were part of that rendition of the state of San Andreas (Las Venturas and San Fierro, based on Las Vegas and San Francisco, respectively). Rockstar parent Take-Two calls GTA V "a bold new direction in open-world freedom, storytelling, mission-based gameplay and online multiplayer," while confirming that its story will focus on "the pursuit of the almighty dollar in a re-imagined, present-day Southern California." No release date or platforms were provided in the announcement.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Games in the Grand Theft Auto series can be grouped into distinct "eras", within which they share the same fictional universe and have interconnected plots and characters.

References

  1. ^ a b Priest, Simon (16 November 2009). "Houser: City first then characters for GTA V, 1000 page script likely". Strategy Informer. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d "GRAND THEFT AUTO V Official Announcement". Rockstar Games. 3 November 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Grand Theft Auto V - Trailer". Rockstar Games. 2 November 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  4. ^ computerandvideogames.com Andy Robinson (2009-09-02). "News: Take-Two on the GTA V announcement". ComputerAndVideoGames.com. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  5. ^ "The driving force behind Grand Theft Auto". The Times. November 13, 2009. (subscription required)
  6. ^ Kendall, Nigel (5 October 2010). "http://nottimestech.blogspot.com/2010/10/rockstar-rocks-daily-star-dan-houser.html". Not Times Tech. Retrieved 26 October 2011. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  7. ^ computerandvideogames.com Tim Ingham (2010-07-27). "News: Rockstar hiring for GTA 5?". ComputerAndVideoGames.com. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  8. ^ computerandvideogames.com Tom Ivan (2010-12-02). "News: Take-Two 'won't annualise' GTA or Red Dead Redemption". ComputerAndVideoGames.com. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  9. ^ Purchese, Robert (March 23, 2011). "Are these Grand Theft Auto V domains?". Eurogamer. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  10. ^ User "Psy" (2011-03-29). "Possible GTA 5 Character Details Leaked". iGTA5.com. Retrieved 3 November 2011. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  11. ^ Robert Purchese (2011-02-28). "Grand Theft Auto V leak a "typo" News - Page 1". Eurogamer.net. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
  12. ^ Gren, Chase (23 March, 2011). "Rockstar Registers More Hilarious Grand Theft Auto V URLs". PlaystationLifestyle.net. Retrieved 26 October 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. ^ Helgeson, Matt (29 March, 2011). "Another GTA V Casting Call Leaks Online?". gameinformer.com. Retrieved 26 October, 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  14. ^ Kollar (07 March, 2011). "Is Rush The Codename For Grand Theft Auto V?". gameinformer.com. Retrieved 26 October, 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Unknown parameter |fist= ignored (help)
  15. ^ Purchese, Robert (March 29, 2011). "Take-Two casting-call outs GTA character". Eurogamer. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  16. ^ computerandvideogames.com Tom Ivan. "News: Grand Theft Auto V officially announced". ComputerAndVideoGames.com. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  17. ^ computerandvideogames.com Andy Robinson (2011-07-21). "News: GTA V: Rockstar 'looking at LA Noire face tech,' says Bondi". ComputerAndVideoGames.com. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  18. ^ Humphries, Matthew (2011-25-Oct). "Rockstar Games officially announces GTA V". Geek.com. Retrieved 2011-30-Oct. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  19. ^ Phillips, Tom (25 October 2011). "Rockstar announces Grand Theft Auto 5". Eurogamer. Eurogamer Network. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  20. ^ "Grand Theft Auto 5 Announced". Game Crunch. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  21. ^ computerandvideogames.com Tom Pakinkis. "GTA V trailer countdown appears". ComputerAndVideoGames.com. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  22. ^ computerandvideogames.com Tom Ivan. "News: GTA V reveal boosts Take-Two shares". ComputerAndVideoGames.com. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  23. ^ "HMV: GTA V will 'inject huge excitement' into market". VG247. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  24. ^ http://www.computerandvideogames.com/324757/gta-5-goes-to-san-andreas-official/
  25. ^ http://www.vg247.com/2011/10/25/rumour-gta-v-to-feature-multiple-protagonists-set-in-la/
  26. ^ "GTA 5: Los Santos confirmed, 'most ambitious Rockstar game ever'". CVG. 2011-11-03. Retrieved 2011-11-04.

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