GTA5 SECTION

FOUR NEW ACTION SCREEN

UPDATED BY SHIVAM ON AUG28 15:56PM

                                       The cops are on your tail! Better knock them outta the sky!

                                  On the run now, but I'm sure we'll get away with the goods

                                      The water looks VERY nice this time around, doesn't it?

                                    Don't lose your grip! You'd never make any money that way!

Unfortunately that's it for new screens for a few weeks or so, but we'll be keeping an eye out for any more information as it comes!

As always come check out our GTA5 Forum for the latest on GTA V and much more plus dissect these new screens in the Forum Topic Here!


LEISURE ACTIVITY IN LOS SANTOS
Updated By Shivam On Aug 28 At 17:45PM

As promised on Monday, Rockstar has Released even more screens for our enjoyment! This time we're getting a peek at some of the leisure activities we can expect to see.

                                       Dirt bike racing is back, and looks better then ever!

                                 Tennis anyone? The house looks nice too...maybe we own it?

                      BASE Jumping is always fun, and the countryside looks very expansive!

Also of note is that on the Official GTA V site there are still three blank spaces in the screens section. Could there be three more screens waiting for us come Friday? Guess we'll just have to wait and see!

Discuss all this, and other GTA V information

THREE MORE OFFICIAL GTA5 SCREENSHOTS
Updated By Subhi On Aug22 At 18:34PM

Rockstar Games has just released three new GTA V screenshots on the Newswire, under the title "Transport".

           Hydra jet - updated from trailer - flying over Vinewood. Is that Ned Luke's character flying???

                                                             Cheetah tearing up the streets.

                                         Riding a BMX along the beach past Pleasure Pier.

GTA V is looking good, folks!


Epsilon Program Likely Returning To Grand Theft Auto5
Updated By Subhi On Aug01 At 14:56PM

Let's start off August on a good note. Those who are not new to the Grand Theft Auto series may remember a certain cult spiritual group that could be heard on the airwaves of GTA games among other references.

Recently a new twitter account for the group, @EpsilonismToday, has emerged and begun tweeting as early as a week ago. The official website run by Rockstar also links to the account which should tell you it's really Rockstar.

What funny things will it tweet out? We can only wait and see! Although I don't expect a release date or major info to come from the account, I'm sure it will provide some insight to GTA V similar to Stubbs for GTA IV. Let us know what you think in the comments below and in the forums!


Psy Leaving The FanSite
Updated By Subhi On Jul23 At 17:48PM

Hey guys,

Many of you may be aware that I have been creating and running Grand Theft Auto fansites for the past 10 or 11 years. Starting with Psycopsy.com back in 2001, my sites have always followed and supported Rockstar's games. In 2003 I launched the immensely popular GTA-SanAndreas.com and in the years that followed I moved on to GTA4.TV, iGrandTheftAuto.com, iRedDead.com, LA-Noire.TV and finally to the latest fansite iGTA5.com.

I've put in thousands of hours of work including coding and designing the sites, creating content and writing guides, creating maps and images, making audio, videos, tutorials and gameplay mods. I have also replied to thousands of emails and forum posts from other GTA fans. I've had an incredible amount of fun being involved with the GTA community and have thoroughly enjoyed chatting with different people on each of the sites over the years. I've also had the privilege of travelling to New York and Los Angeles with Rockstar to preview their latest games and hang out with the awesome guys who run other fansites.

The time has now come for me to move on from the fansites in order to concentrate on my career. I've enjoyed every minute of the time I've been involved, but I will be stepping aside and passing on the reigns to some of the other guys who have helped out immensely for the majority of the last decade. People like DuffMan, TreeFitty, OptimumPx and Marney-1 will continue to run the websites to the high standards we've come to expect, so don't worry - they'll still be here for years to come!

I'd just like to say a huge thanks to every person who has visited my sites in the past. If it wasn't for the incredible support and feedback from you guys, I wouldn't have had the inspiration to dedicate a huge part of my life to running fansites about some of the greatest games ever created. I've always aimed to be the best at what I do (just like Rockstar Games themselves) and I'd like to think the majorty of my websites have been up there with the best of the rest. I hope they can continue to stay there in the future under the 'new' management and I have faith that they won't let us down.

If you've been a frequent visitor to my websites over the years and you'd like to send me some personal feedback, I set up an account for your messages. Fire off an email to igtapsy[at]gmail.com and I'll try to read and reply to every email I can. You can also contact me through my portfolio website Psyware.net and on Twitter @Psyware.

If you need to contact any of the staff for any of these websites in the future, please email submit[at]iGTA5.com.

Thanks again for all of the support. It's been fun.

- Simon 'Psy' Elliott.

 

 

New Official GTA5 Screenshots

Updated By Subhi At July22 At 18:59PM

 

Rockstar Games have released two BRAND NEW OFFICIAL GTA 5 SCREENSHOTS on their newswire today. Check them out below!

Breakdown:

• Updated police helicopter since first trailer.
• Foreground is based on Beverly Hills with B.H. City Hall being the small tower under the helicopter's tail. Right behind that is Via Rodeo Drive where the Bugstars heist in the trailer took place.
• Off to the left is Downtown. Right of that in the far distance is the Port of Los Santos with the Vincent Thomas Bridge (real life name). This is where the jetski was during the trailer.
• Under the chopper is Little Seoul (real life Koreatown).
• On the far right of the screen is the golf course. Up towards the end of draw distance on the right half of the screen is the area based on Santa Monica with Pleasure Pier at the very beginning of the trailer.

Breakdown:

• This is based on Echo Park Lake.
• Downtown in the distance towards the left. You can see the blimp.
• A part of the observatory can be seen on the right through some trees. (from the black shirt's back, go up and look between the pink trees)

The screenshots were included in Rockstar's response to the following question:

“Why don’t you give us more news?” – received via Mouthoff

As we have said before, we have often had long gaps between asset releases on previous games and will continue to do so in the future. We are sorry if you find this frustrating, but please understand, we don’t do this because we ‘don’t care about our fans' 'don’t respect our fans’ 'hate GTA fans etc' – precisely the opposite! We do it because we want to make sure we only release 100% correct information, and because we want to keep plenty back for the actual game release so there are still lots of surprises when you play it. The only things we care about are that you enjoy the experience of actually playing the game and that we release accurate information. We just have not been in a position to show more of the game than the trailer and will not be for a while yet. We did, however, manage to sneak a quick screenshot out for you… it’s not much, but we thought it was pretty fun.

Then of course our art team said that no single shot could encapsulate the game properly, so they gave us another...

We will try and get some more screens for you soon and then another trailer when we are ready.

There were also a few other GTA V related ones:

”What is going on with GTAV?” - received via Mouthoff

We are very busy working on the game! Everything is going well, but the game is a huge project. We should have more information and some new assets for you soon.


” [obviously fake video link] The above link is a video I have found of apparent lighting test of GTA V. Can you disclose weather this is real or fake. Thank you in advance ” - received via Mouthoff

Now that we’ve announced GTAV, all the way up until game launch (and probably beyond) there is going to be no shortage of non-stop hoaxes, faked footage and screens, rampant rumors and speculation. As a rule, we are not going to get into the game of confirming or denying each of these as they happen as there is simply too much of it. Half of them we don’t even understand - for example, we have no idea what ‘the build model’ is, so have no idea if it is complete or not! Instead, we’ll leave it to fans like yourselves to decide what’s legit and what’s phony. Please assume if you don’t hear it here, it is probably mostly fakes and almost definitely not the complete truth.
One thing we’ll say definitively though is - there is absolutely no ‘beta’ test for the game. If you see ads or solicitations to join a beta program, beware as this could be a dodgy online phishing scam.


”Hey guys hope everything is good over there in Rockstar. Just a question referring to GTA 4, the game was brilliant and I really enjoyed and still do, but what disappointed me was the lack of planes and jets... Can you tell me why you didn't include them, I'm sure you have a very valid reason?” - via Mouthoff

The city was simply too small for effective and enjoyable flying. It was the first time we made a high definition open world, and it was a massive amount of work to make something on that scale - we simply could not make an environment big enough for planes to work properly. Fear not, they are returning in what is our biggest open world game to date.

GTA5 On Wii U Zelnick Is Skeptical
Updated By Subhi On July22 At 19:24PM


One of the ongoing Grand Theft Auto V debates is not really about which platform is better but more about Nintendo's Wii U and whether or not it will get GTA V. We've doubted the idea and now a big name with a big say is weighing in.

 
CEO of Take-Two (Rockstar's parent company) Strauss Zelnick has doubts about Mature rated games on the Wii U. Gamasutra posted some of Zelnick's advice on the gaming industry. He is excited to take on the new console with a lineup of family titles but doesn't see it fit for everything:

"We haven't announced anything," says Zelnick on the possibility of moving the company's mature titles onto the Wii U. "I'm skeptical."

...

"For a company like ours, it's a great opportunity," he says. "[New console launches] separate the winners from the losers -- and we fully expect to be one of the winners."

For those with no patience that have been crying over the wait between GTA releases, Zelnick also talks about yearly releases of titles:

"I don't aim to annualize our non-sports titles because I think you run the risk of burning out the consumer -- even if its very high quality [product]," he says. "Some of our competitors have had this trajectory where they extract a lot of value and the IP goes away. We're trying really hard to build permanent IP. And if you have to rest the title for a few years, over time you'll extract more value. ... We're not trying to create something good and market the hell out of it. We're trying to delight customers with something great -- and market hell out of it."

We couldn't agree more! Let us know what you think in the comments below and for those who are cool enough to be members join the GTA V forum discussion about the Wii U here.


GTAV Frequently Asked Question [May 2012]
Updated By Subhi On May 29 At 17:55PM

Another slow month for juicy GTA 5 information but we'll try to answer more burning questions from the fans with another Frequently Asked Questions article where we'll go over the many queries we're sent and try to bring everyone up to date with the latest information and rumors about Grand Theft Auto V. Check out the March edition here.

Many of the questions are impossible to answer at this time, given that we have very little information about the game so far, but if you have any questions you'd like us to answer, you can Tweet Us (@iGTA5), Facebook us (iGTA5), create a comment below or send us an email (submit[at]iGTA5.com).

When is the GTA V Release Date?

There is still no information as to when Grand Theft Auto V will be released. As we've been stating, release dates given by retailers are only guesses entered into their systems. Of course we are trying to stay current with Rockstar and Take-Two trends so let's take a look at some things that may give us a clue to the actual release date...

1. Rockstar North character animator Alex O'Dwyer had his CV posted online. In it he listed Grand Theft Auto V with an October 2012 release date. It was later removed but has all of us wondering if that's the current release period or if that was only an estimate.

2. Recently Rockstar revealed that Max Payne 3 DLC is set to extend all the way to the end of this year. Obviously Rockstar would like to sell as much DLC as possible so they probably wouldn't want GTA V stepping on it all. This puts the game into 2013.

3. A few months ago the ESRB rated Grand Theft Auto III and Vice City for the PlayStation 3. Rockstar has yet to say anything about this. The 10 Year Anniversary of Vice City is later this year so they will likely be busy with that and the re-release on current consoles would be icing on the cake. As such, Fall 2012 seems less likely for GTA V. It can also be noted that the San Andreas 10 Year Anniversary will be in 2014. This leaves 2013 without major Grand Theft Auto news.

4. BioShock Infinite (Irrational Games, 2K Games) was set to release this October. Although not directly involving Rockstar Games, parent company Take-Two would probably want to space out major titles and that wouldn't allow GTA V into Rockstar's previously favorite October release or nearby. Earlier this month BioShock was delayed to February 2013. This opens up the fall a little bit for GTA V but will it be enough given the above points?

5. In recent financial talks, Take-Two is expecting high revenues and good stock price in the fiscal year ahead that ends March 2013. A few analysts are expecting GTA V in some form in order to meet Take-Two's financial expectations - possibly a release by April 2013.

Some interesting points and likely more to come! Don't forget to enter our GTA 5 Release Date Competition for a chance to win your very own copy of the game!

GTA V on PC?

We are certain Grand Theft Auto V will release on PC. Many fans are familiar with the PC version of GTA IV. The console port was not as smooth as we all would have hoped for. Fortunately Rockstar Games seems to have learned from past mistakes. The PC version of Max Payne 3 was built alongside the consoles to provide excellent playability across a wide range of computers. We are certain GTA V will do the same and possibly release only two weeks after the consoles as well! PC requirements for the game will not be known until a couple weeks before the release.

Will CJ or other characters return?

It is unknown if characters from GTA IV will return to GTA V. We are certain CJ and others from the III era will not be. Shortly after our last FAQ the voice of CJ, Chris Bellard, stated on twitter that he is not involved with GTA V. Furthermore, Rockstar has stated their views on the different sets of characters and the difference between background characters and "real" characters:

"El Burro is referenced as he was also referenced in GTA 1, so it felt appropriate that he should cross 'universes' – the 'universes' are the worlds interpreted at different definitions, 2d, 3d and high definition, so we felt brands and radio / back ground characters would exist in both, but 3 dimensional characters would not. This is the logic (as far as it could be considered logical) behind it – so no, we don’t believe any GTA3 characters could exist in the GTA4 universe."

So again, it is unlikely we'll see CJ in GTA V. Other supposed "leaks" featuring characters or the GTA 5 story are fake.

When is GTA V Trailer #2 or more info coming?

Although Max Payne 3 is releasing, that doesn't mean new GTA 5 information is going to start releasing. It could be weeks or even months before the GTA V hype really starts. Don't fear, though, as screenshots or some other form of information may come before the end of the world - I mean year. The flow of information really depends on the release date for GTA V discussed above.

Will GTA V be at E3?

The Electronic Entertainment Expo is coming next week. Take-Two is attending and it seems possible Rockstar Games will be there with them. As stated above, it does not seem likely GTA V info will be coming so close to Max Payne 3 releasing. On top of that Rockstar stays relatively quiet at the event. Analysts like Michael Pachter will continue to push an E3 agenda. We'll see.

Are GTA V vehicles in Max Payne 3?

Recently some fans made some discoveries in Max Payne 3. First was a vehicle list ripped from the game files. Some have noted that not all of the vehicles listed actually appear in Max Payne 3 leading others to speculate if they are for GTA V or Max Payne 3 DLC.

Even more recently, pictures of airplanes were discovered in the Docks multiplayer map of Max Payne 3. The most notable is a military jet that looks VERY much like the jet seen flying through Downtown Los Santos in the first GTA V trailer. There are also two images of a private jet very similar to the one seen at the end of the trailer. The fourth is a C-130. Again, are these for GTA V or Max Payne 3 DLC? Rockstar has put in little things from other games previously...

GTA V gameplay features and other questions

We are still without official information since the first trailer and announcement so other questions about GTA V are unable to be answered at this time. As always take rumors lightly and never download anything claiming to be a GTA V beta. There is no beta or demo. There won't be in the future either. All gameplay videos you may see on YouTube are fake.

We hope you enjoyed this group of Frequently Asked Questions. If you have any others you know where to send them. We'll try to answer more of them soon if we can! Until then, check out the GTA 5 info pages and join the many discussions in the Grand Theft Auto 5 forums!

And one last note: Be sure to join the iGTA Crew at the Rockstar Games Social Club!

Rockstar Launch New Social Club Website
Updated By May07 At 11:00Am

 


Rockstar Games have re-launched their Social Club website prior to the release of Max Payne 3. The website is a lot simpler to navigate and a lot nicer looking, making it easy to browse your games, friends and stats. A feature which hasn't yet gone live is the multiplayer Crews section. This will also be used for Grand Theft Auto V so if you don't have an account, or you haven't been on for awhile, check it out and get your profile up to date.

Crews open for pre-registration on May 9th, so get ready to sign up. We'll most likely be creating our own crew, so if you're feeling lonely and want some friends to game with, why not join us once it goes live!

In the mean time, why not add some of our website staff so that we can compare stats on all of Rockstar's Social Club compatible games...