All Articles: Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V has officially existed for just a few hours now, but rumors are already beginning to fly about its setting.

Kotaku is reporting that “a source familiar with the game” has told them the game will set in a fictionalized version of Los Angeles. The west coast was last seen in a GTA game in 2004’s Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Kotaku is also hearing that the game will have multiple playable characters, a first for the series.

And don’t forget our own GTA5-flavored rumor, solid proof of a 2012 release date, courtesy of statements made by Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick.

I’ll bet this comes as a surprise to everybody! It’s not like we’ve known a sequel to one of the bestselling games of all-time was in the works for ages or anything.

OK, enough lame Internet comedy, Rockstar Games has officially announced Grand Theft Auto V! The developer’s homepage has been completely taken over by the GTA5 logo (and check out the five dollar bill-styled “V”) with a further announcement that the game’s first trailer will be released on November 2.

No other details were revealed, but I think we can infer a few things. It’s likely coming to the PS3 and Xbox 360 (and probably the PC as well). Also, previous statements by Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick point towards a 2012 release.

For everything else, I guess we’ll have to wait until next week.

He probably didn’t mean to, but Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick just confirmed that Grand Theft Auto V will ship sometime between April 1, 2012 and March 31, 2013.

During the company’s quarterly financial briefing, the executive had this to say: “While it is still very early to discuss fiscal 2013, we have a very strong pipeline of titles in development and currently expect to achieve substantial earnings growth, including Non-GAAP earnings per share in excess of $2.00.”

This bit of Wall Street speak may not have the words “grand”, “theft” or “auto” anywhere in it, but the earnings per share number speaks volumes. You see, the last time Take-Two could claim earnings per share in excess of $2.00 was back in 2008, right after the release of Grand Theft Auto IV.

You can play games with journalists, but you don’t mess with the SEC. Consider GTA5 in 2012 as good as confirmed.