RUMOR: Next GTA coming this year! Update: Rockstar says otherwise...

Looking back on everything I played last year (and I played ALOT) GTAIV is still the front runner. They did things with that game nobody else has even approached in terms of creating a viable, living world.

I would like to see them take that engine and do some sort of spinoff set in the future with a Blade Runner type world.

Regardless, I'm ready for anything from Rockstar and the GTA team.

Looking back on everything I played last year (and I played ALOT) GTAIV is still the front runner. They did things with that game nobody else has even approached in terms of creating a viable, living world.

I would like to see them take that engine and do some sort of spinoff set in the future with a Blade Runner type world.

Regardless, I'm ready for anything from Rockstar and the GTA team.

Grammaton-Cleric

YEAH! All those people hating on Tokyo forget that if they did that, it would be future Tokyo with robot prostitutes and everybody speaks English!

Oh god, please, yes! More like GTA IV, I hope. I love the new and more realistic direction.BioShockOwnz

I like the new tone, but I miss Ammunation (the new gun dealers just didn't have its charm).

I'd like to see the next one in detriot and one of the contacts could be a CEO of a large car company. It should be pretty easy for Rockstar to satirize corrupt, money hungry automobile execssmerlus

Agreed. I've liked the vibe Detroit gives out since childhood mostly thanks to Robocop. The main character could once again be a black guy trying to elevate himself from the gutter. Could be very compelling story-wise.

Also, what do you guys think about revisiting Los Santos? Granted, Los Santos was a lot more detailed and relatable to Los Angeles than Liberty City was to New York in Grand Theft Auto III, but damn it would look hot in the current engine. Also, last year's Midnight Club was set in L.A. so they could use a lot of assets from that game making the late 2009 release very realistic. The main character could be a Mexican immigrant. Another immigrant story, you say? Well ****, that's an American cIassic right there, America was built by immigrants. Again, could be very compelling story-wise.

[QUOTE="smerlus"]I'd like to see the next one in detriot and one of the contacts could be a CEO of a large car company. It should be pretty easy for Rockstar to satirize corrupt, money hungry automobile execsUpInFlames

Agreed. I've liked the vibe Detroit gives out since childhood mostly thanks to Robocop. The main character could once again be a black guy trying to elevate himself from the gutter. Could be very compelling story-wise.

Also, what do you guys think about revisiting Los Santos? Granted, Los Santos was a lot more detailed and relatable to Los Angeles than Liberty City was to New York in Grand Theft Auto III, but damn it would look hot in the current engine. Also, last year's Midnight Club was set in L.A. so they could use a lot of assets from that game making the late 2009 release very realistic. The main character could be a Mexican immigrant. Another immigrant story, you say? Well ****, that's an American cIassic right there, America was built by immigrants. Again, could be very compelling story-wise.

I would love to go back to the west coast. Los Santos was phenomenal on the PS2, and I can't imagine how great it would be with their new engine.

Honestly, Detroit is too much of a wasteland for a sandbox video game setting. It's not all that big, and what's there is fairly empty. I've lived in a detroit suburbs most of my life, and while it was interesting, it really doesn't have the draw of many other US cities.

Also, as a piece of trivia: Robocop was set in Detroit but filmed in Dallas, TX.

and see actual breasts at the strip club?whitetiger3521

Yeah, and make being invited in more than just 3 seconds of looped voiceover. I mean, the strip club and picking up hooker scenes are fairly explicit, so what's the deal with the girlfriend sex? Also, I found it hilarious that strip club scenes are more explicit than the banned Hot Coffee scenes. Nice work, ESRB!

[QUOTE="whitetiger3521"]and see actual breasts at the strip club?UpInFlames

Yeah, and make being invited in more than just 3 seconds of looped voiceover. I mean, the strip club and picking up hooker scenes are fairly explicit, so what's the deal with the girlfriend sex? Also, I found it hilarious that strip club scenes are more explicit than the banned Hot Coffee scenes. Nice work, ESRB!

I wouldnt be surprised if we saw a new GTA this year. Like some have mentioned already, we saw Vice City only a year after GTA3. And while San Andreas took two years, Rockstar came out with Manhunt only a year after Vice City and a year before San Andreas. I guess these guys are workoholics.

I wanna see a GTA based in Chicago!

S0lidSnake

OMG Lindsay was much cute before. :|

[QUOTE="smerlus"]I'd like to see the next one in detriot and one of the contacts could be a CEO of a large car company. It should be pretty easy for Rockstar to satirize corrupt, money hungry automobile execsUpInFlames

Agreed. I've liked the vibe Detroit gives out since childhood mostly thanks to Robocop. The main character could once again be a black guy trying to elevate himself from the gutter. Could be very compelling story-wise.

Also, what do you guys think about revisiting Los Santos? Granted, Los Santos was a lot more detailed and relatable to Los Angeles than Liberty City was to New York in Grand Theft Auto III, but damn it would look hot in the current engine. Also, last year's Midnight Club was set in L.A. so they could use a lot of assets from that game making the late 2009 release very realistic. The main character could be a Mexican immigrant. Another immigrant story, you say? Well ****, that's anAmerican cIassic right there, America was built by immigrants. Again, could be very compelling story-wise.

Well the greatest movie ever made was an immigrant story... so you may have something there! :)

Oh also, if this were confirmed/true, it would give me an excellent reason to erase The Godfather/Mafia II from my mind...atm0073

I could see this as being true if they use the same engine and all. Im sure they would make just a few tweaks here and there. It would be cool if it were true. I doubt it though.Morphic

Rockstar announced a long time ago that their first in-house engine RAGE (Rockstar Advanced Game Engine) will be used in all their upcoming games starting with Table Tennis. It was the same scenario last gen when Rockstar used Criterion's Renderware engine for all their games (Grand Theft Auto, Midnight Club, Manhunt, The Warriors, Bully, Red Dead Revolver...).

Also, Rockstar has a rather global developing process. Rockstar North may get all the credit for Grand Theft Auto IV, but other Rockstar studios worked on that game as well including Rockstar NYC (creative input), Rockstar Toronto (combat), Rockstar San Diego (driving).

Sorry to be the barer of bad news:

Rockstar: Sorry, No Grand Theft Auto "V" in 2009.

Sorry to be the barer of bad news:

Rockstar: Sorry, No Grand Theft Auto "V" in 2009.

Phantom_Leo

You filthy bastard!:P Thanks for link Leo.

Sorry to be the barer of bad news:

Rockstar: Sorry, No Grand Theft Auto "V" in 2009.

Phantom_Leo

Not bad news at all:

Rockstar vice president Dan Houser recently said to USA Today "We feel like we've only scratched the surface in terms of the depth and detail" of Liberty City.

Rockstar's VP of product development, Jeronimo Barrera, has called the episodes an "experiment." If successful, it could mean an extended stay in Liberty City before finding a new home for the series.

I actually wouldn't mind that at all. Liberty City rocks--it is, hands down, the best gameworld I've experienced--and I agree that there's so much more Rockstar can do with it.

[QUOTE="Phantom_Leo"]

Sorry to be the barer of bad news:

Rockstar: Sorry, No Grand Theft Auto "V" in 2009.

UpInFlames

Not bad news at all:

Rockstar vice president Dan Houser recently said to USA Today "We feel like we've only scratched the surface in terms of the depth and detail" of Liberty City.

Rockstar's VP of product development, Jeronimo Barrera, has called the episodes an "experiment." If successful, it could mean an extended stay in Liberty City before finding a new home for the series.

I actually wouldn't mind that at all. Liberty City rocks--it is, hands down, the best gameworld I've experienced--and I agree that there's so much more Rockstar can do with it.

Although I own the 360 version, I'm hoping that any further episodes after the first two are not exclusives. It would suck if the PS3 owners got stuck waiting for a proper sequel to GTA4. Are the GTA4 episodes coming to the PC version or not?

Are the GTA4 episodes coming to the PC version or not?rragnaar

360-only so far, but I fully expect them to come to PC sooner or later. Especially since Grand Theft Auto IV requires Games for Windows Live and Microsoft announced that it's opening up the Live Marketplace for that platform as well. The GTA episodes could prove a valueable asset.

[QUOTE="rragnaar"]Are the GTA4 episodes coming to the PC version or not?UpInFlames

360-only so far, but I fully expect them to come to PC sooner or later. Especially since Grand Theft Auto IV requires Games for Windows Live and Microsoft announced that it's opening up the Live Marketplace for that platform as well. The GTA episodes could prove a valueable asset.

That is good to know. I know the 360 sold the most, but I hope Rockstar doesn't lock out PS3 and PC owners beyond the stuff that MS paid for.

Nooooo!!!!!!

oh well. There's always next year. :)