GTA V Rumors

[Binnatics]

For quite a long time there are circulating rumors around the net about the next sequel of GTA, but they all seemed a bit vague so far. There was a rumor about Take2 hiring actors for a variation of characters that could fit in nice in a sequel located in another LA release, an action started under codename RUSH.

Today actually I found a rumor that made my heart go faster. I found the information on the website called http://www.gtav.net and was released august 9, 2011:

Take-Two Interactive today revealed their first quarter earnings for fiscal year 2012. Of course, Grand Theft Auto V was not announced, but some interesting points for their future were raised and questioned.

Statements included that they have some unannounced titles for release during the next fiscal year that we will hear about in the "coming months". A particular statement, repeated from the last financial report, was that they expect to exceed a net income of $2 per share in fiscal year 2013 (April 2012 -€Â" March 2013).

Following the report, during a Q&A session, an attendee questioned how they expect to reach such a maximum without a GTA release that year. Strauss Zelnick, CEO of T2, evaded the question and diverted his answer to titles they have already announced for release that year such as BioShock Infinite and Borderlands 2.

To put these numbers in perspective, the last time T2 did reach such an income is during the release of Grand Theft Auto IV, in which they recorded $2.08 per share. In comparison, income reached $1.06 per share during the release of Red Dead Redemption and is projected to reach up to $0.35 for the current fiscal year, where LA Noire and Duke Nukem Forever have been their main new titles.

It is safe to say that the statement by T2 encourages shareholders to expect something big, or at least a high earner, during fiscal 2013. While we are not all accountants, the numbers are clear for us to draw out some speculation about a release date, and 2012-2013 has always been plausible amongst the community.

Well, that sounds promising... So we might have more ground for speculating in a couple of moths ^-^
But until then, we'll just be wild guessing 'cause the developers stay 8-X

[PZ]

 :-X

[JRD]

Chillax... it will come out eventually  ;)

[Art Blade]

It's ready when it's ready.  :-()

[Binnatics]

Of course the release of the official trailer is causing a new stream of rumors from which some are pretty interesting. So should the game possibly be playable through multiple characters. There are even rumors saying that the wanderer holding a carton board asking for food or dollars could be Nico Belic ???
And that the guy running for the police, the one with quite some tattoos on his arms and a white tank, could be Carl Johnson ???
Both rumors are a little too vague to me, according to the appearance of both characters in the trailer. But something that does make sense to me is that the older guy, looking over the skyline, could be Tommy Vercetti :o
I also thought of Donald Love, the guy that somehow disappeared during the storyline of GTA III.

Anyway, this teaser is certainly making a lot of heads run wild with ditto imaginations ^-^ :-X

[Art Blade]

nice avatar  :-D

[Binnatics]

 :-X :)

[fragger]

Will we in fact see this game in Australia? I caught a bit of a news story on TV in passing the other night about some mob - "Know-It-All Self-Righteous Do-Gooders Pushing for the Nannification of Society" or "Those Who Have the Right to Tell Others How to Live" or something - who are lobbying to have violent video games banned from sale in Oz altogether. Guess which game topped their list? GTA IV.

Bloody wowsers, don't get me started...

Oh, and yes, nice avatar, Binn :-X What is it?

[Binnatics]

 ^-^ Thanx Fragger; It's the logo for the new GTA sequel: GTA V.

I would most definitely get you started; "bloody wowsers, self-righteous do-gooders"  :-X :-X

Keep it coming mate!!

[Art Blade]

And Oz really is willing to compete with Germany regarding "regulations" (censorship and bans, that is)?  :-D

[Binnatics]

Well, if they just ban ALL violent games they make it a lot easier for themselves, that's for sure. Although the illegal market will be stimulated with that strategy :-\\

And thus problematic gamers will disappear in anonymity  :-\\

[Binnatics]

YesYesYesYes!!!!

More rumours:

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.

Hope this is useful!

As you see the guy, "Gloggle", that posted this news claims to have the info from someone that just got fired by Rockstar North. He originally posted at Gamespot but the site deleted the content. It can still be seen on google cache though:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:RAxyEJyEZYQJ:www.gamespot.com/forums/topic/29093844/gta-v-info+29093844/gta-v-info
I got the info from a Dutch news site:
http://tweakers.net/nieuws/80905/ex-medewerker-rockstar-brengt-gta-v-informatie-naar-buiten.html

Let's not forget that none of this content is confirmed; it's just rumours :-()

[PZ]

Nice!  Something else to look forward to!  :-X

[ninzza]

I just found an article:

"According to the rumors, Grand Theft Auto 5 will be four times as large as GTA 4, but will take place only in Los Santos and surrounding areas, so no trips to San Francisco or Las Vegas are in the cards.

The rest of the rumors are contained below, and I'll let you read them all:

•The game world is absolutely massive and will push both Xbox and PS3 to the very limit in terms of what it has accomplished. Yes, the main city is simply Los Santos however is it AT LEAST 4 times bigger than Liberty City in GTA 4 and that is just Los Santos. The surrounding country side, beaches, etc are massive. For instance, we saw the main character (an African/American, early 30?s) travel by car from the center of Los Santos into the wilderness and it took over 15 minutes. The views were incredible from farmhouses with cattle, huge wind farms, an oil refinery which appeared to be living and breathing with nearly 100 NPCs working on machinery, operating vehicles, lifting and loaded, etc, unlike the gas works in GTA 4 which seemed to only house a few NPC at a time. The forests are more beautiful than those in RDR and featured people camping, young NPC drinking and dancing around campfires, people riding dirt bikes and jumping over logs, streams, etc. The water effects, forna, plants, trees all looked beautiful.
•The shooting mechanics have been greatly improved with animations for diving, climbing, rolling and crawling all added for better realism. The re-loading animations for new ammo also look cooler, less static.
•There is much more climbable elements in the world such as ladders, overhand climbing, etc.
•There are animals in the game from dogs to cattle but at this time it is not confirmed if you will be able to harm the animals. Rockstar were able to get away with it in RDR as it was a true depiction of the world in which the game was set. Allowing dogs/cattle to die in a game sent in current times may cause headaches with PETA. Its unclear if Rockstar were joking here.
•There are planes to pilot and they can be crashed into buildings if you choose to do so?.

•Rockstar have included many, many more interior locations such as a shopping mall, college campus, police station, a huge hospital and there is also a vast underground sewer network which one mission later in the game involves a jet ski chase that culminates in a Fugitive-esque waterfall jump ( there are nods to the ridiculous but awesome Ballad Of Gay Tony missions)
•The city is full of NPCs jogging, weight-lifting, hitting on women, being chased on foot by cops, shopping, washing cars, fixing fences, moving home, filling up their cars, etc
•Cars can be upgraded/repaired and it has been considered to have a car have fuel forcing the player to fill her up.
•The dating aspect of the game is gone. You still have a cell-phone but only people you will meet in the game will call you to ask you to do a mission or to ask you to do something else before the mission.
•Weapons include the usual arsenal you?d expect but the flamethrowers, remote mines, laxer trip mines and claymores are included. It is possible now to pick up random objects in a street/building to use as a weapon. There is also a museum where it is possible to steal old age swords, axes, etc.
•It is possible to rupture a fuel line and if you shot at the trail of gasoline it will lead straight back to the car blowing it up.
•Mini games such as bowling, darts, etc have all gone. You can play basketball, weight train, arm wrestle, gamble and cage fight, enter triathlons, water races, cannoning, ab-saling, rock climbing, base jumping, ski diving. More to be confirmed.
•Character customization is back but only in terms of clothing, body weight, etc. The player you start off which, much like CJ, can?t be altered by race, age, height, etc.
•Rockstar said burglary missions may return but only as part of missions and not on neighborhood houses.
•No children NPC at all. Ever.
•There is now an ability to grab people and use as shields or in ?hostage? situations.
•The cops are much, much, much more realistic. If you kill somebody when you know there are no cops around you will not run the risk of a one star as often as you would in GTA4. The cops will use smoke and tear gas, dogs, riot gear and rams to knock down the doors of buildings you are hiding in.
•You can enter some buildings and lock doors, push objects in the way to barricade.
•You become better at things as the game progresses. If you only ride motorbikes then you will increase your skills, same as individual weapons.
•Certain weapons can be customizable and some even home-made.
•One mission involves breaking out a very familiar GTA icon from a previous game?
•Torrential rain fall and sunshine and even tremors will appear in the game."

http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/718134/gta-5-rumors-did-a-ton-of-grand-theft-auto-5-details-leak/

[fragger]

That all sounds ambitiously big and detailed :-X

Funny about the company possibly getting into strife with PETA over depictions of killing dogs, cattle, etc. So PETA objects to digitized animals getting killed but they're OK with digitized people buying it? And where were they when FC2 came out? I've lost count of how many zebras, buffaloes and gazelles I've run over :-() I hope Rockstar were joking.

[Binnatics]

That is a nice find Ninzza! :-X :-X
Kudo for the contribution!

Good info and, it looks like it could all be true. And yet too good to be true :-D
In fact, like many have hoped for, they return (sort of) to the concept of San Andreas. Many game features that make SA so typical and fantastic have returned. And thank god they skipped the dating ^-^

[ninzza]

Another rumor: GTA V out in Oct 2012 ?

http://e3.gamespot.com/story/6380089/gtav-out-in-october-says-artist-resume

[Binnatics]

Amazing! That will make us freak out this autumn, with all these superduper games to come out ;)

Looking forward to the new trailer :)

[Binnatics]

It seems that someone has optained the map for GTA V. 7 days before the official release. That's remarcable in mor ethan one way: The fact that Rockstar was able to keep it a secret for so long (again) how their new world would look like is the first one that springs to mind. It looks great though, check it out:

[smg id=6250]

There's another picture that shows the same map with an overlay of GTA IV map, that shows how big thisone should be; GTA IV map would only cover the city-part in the new map. I love the country side!!!!! 8)

This is the Dutch site where I found the info. The original post seems to have been erased, but you might dig up the origin if you like:

http://tweakers.net/nieuws/91224/kaart-van-spelwereld-gta-v-lekt-uit.html

[Art Blade]

whoa :o :) :-X

[durian]

lol Bin, you beat me to it as I'm just about to post the exact same map  :-X ;D

R* obviously didn't lie to us, GTA V map is much bigger than GTA IV or RDR or San Andreas. I agree with you, Bin about the wilderness. I love it. That's one of the reasons I like it better than GTA IV

[Art Blade]

there is one game that springs to mind immediately: JustCause2. It is really huge and has got snowy mountains, jungle, deserts and urban areas plus you can use any vehicle from boat to plane. A very nice world map, really. If GTA V is only half as good, I'll be more than happy  ^-^

[durian]

You PC gamers go get a used console to play GTA V as I want to discuss about the game with you. Of course I could go to other forums but there are so many kiddies and obnoxious people.

JC2 looks nice and is huge indeed, but I heard many people complain it's pretty empty without not much to see and do.

[Binnatics]

Sounds like an idea, finding a used PS3. But then again, I'm not a console guy and probably never will be. I'll keep begging for the PC version ::)

JC2 is something I still need to get into. I started the game a while ago, but didn't come much farther than the first few missions. It IS huge though

[Art Blade]

durian, PZ is at home in both worlds. He starts with console and if he really likes a game, he'll get it for the PC, too  :-D