The existence and impending release of Grand Theft Auto 5 is not what anyone in the industry would call surprising, but the relative silence since the game’s announcement is. Sure to be the sales juggernaut of whichever year it happens to release in, Rockstar Games has yet to start their marketing campaign for the next GTA title, causing some to speculate its launch may still be a far way off.
According to a Gamescom 2012 trailer showing off exhibitors and games set to be displayed at the German convention this August, Grand Theft Auto 5 might be making an appearance after all.
After skipping E3 2012 altogether (not particularly out of the ordinary for Rockstar) many had started to put more weight into the words of analysts who claimed that Take-Two Interactive would most likely push the release of the game into 2013, to avoid competition in an already over-saturated holiday season. At this point it’s hard to know what to believe, but the Gamescom trailer is the first sign of any incoming announcements or new details on GTA5‘s development we’ve seen in a while.
Whether the inclusion of a clip from the game’s announcement trailer is a sign that it will be a part of Take-Two’s display at the show or not might still be unclear. It could be an accidental inclusion by someone who simply assumed that the publisher would be showing off their biggest title, but there’ no way to know for sure. Only when Take-Two or Rockstar makes an official comment or confirms that they chose Germany over L.A. to unveil the series’ fifth installment can speculation cease.
Keeping development under wraps is all well and good, but the developers of Grand Theft Auto 5 had better do something to prevent their radio silence from being misinterpreted as crisis management. It’s been seven months since the first trailer launched, with relatively little else shown since then. We’re not ready to assume that massive delays actually have taken place, but that amount of time having passed does beg the question of whether Rockstar jumped the gun.
In the months since the reveal, reports have surfaced of the studio being assisted not only by the studio that created MAFIA 2, but more recently by Rockstar San Diego, the team behind Red Dead Redemption. It’s entirely possible that the extra staff has been brought in specifically to avoid being delayed further, in which case some sort of announcement at Gamescom in August could be a sign that things are back on track. Either way, we hope this situation is cleared up, both internally and publicly, soon.
What would you rather see from Gamescom: a new GTA 5 trailer, or more details on the new gameplay and protagonist (who we still think might be the series’ first family-man lead)? At this point, we’d settle for some promotional artwork.
Grand Theft Auto 5 is currently in development for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. A Wii U release had been expected, but comments from Take-Two’s CEO may have cast doubt on that possibility.
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Source: Gamescom
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It’s not that they choose “germany” over “L.A”…they are choosing 275,000 people in Cologne(GamesCom) over a mere 50,000 attendance in L.A(E3)
Can anybody else say S.M.A.R.T? I am also mad that I did not know about GamesCom until this year with all the GTA V news. I am mad, it seems like they don’t want us to know about these events overseas..
Rockstar release the 2nd trailer already!!!
Why do Rockstar need to release any details over this game? From what I keep seeing, silence is serving them nicely and building up anticipation expertly.
Also, it’s frankly irrelevant when they release it as it’s a GTA game and will blow everything else out of the ocean.
I agree. I’d like to see them release 1 trailer (which they already did), no information on the game, no screenshots, no anything. They really don’t have to. It’s GTA V, everyone is going to buy it regardless of what is in it, because it’s going to be amazing. Some things can advertise themselves, and I think this game is no exception.
“Grand Theft Auto 5 is currently in development for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. A Wii U release had been expected” is this guy stupid rockstar did not confirmed anything only by a made up by fake rumors.
agent will come before gta 5; gta 5 is the best for last, which means it will be released after agent
maybe it could come next next gen box.
gta 5 needs 4 or 5 years in development like gta 4 n la niore n other games of rockstar games
dont believe in anything unless when rockstar games confirms it
You can choose to do so, but doing so is like not believing the next Infinity Ward CoD won’t release in November 2013 (it will).
You can choose to do so, but doing so is like not believing the next Infinity Ward CoD **will** release in November 2013 (it will).
GTA V will definitely release before the Xbox 720 does. Spring 2013 is the latest GTA V will be released. GTA IV came out in 2008, so Rockstar has been developing GTA V for at least 4 years.
did you meant agent been developed at least 4 years.
did you you meant rockstar has been developing gta 5 for 2 years. 2 or 3 years to go.
Why wouldn’t Rockstar start development on GTA V until 2 years AFTER GTA IV came out? Developers start work on their next game as soon as their last game releases, if not before the release. They don’t just take a 2-year hiatus.
**Why would Rockstar
no life damn dis guy or people dnt get it
rockstar north trying to get agent done first so dey could talk bout gta 5 but no trailer 2
dis why dey are takin so long
get a life fanboy you killing the game
we heard gta 5 will use atleast 25gb take space n we think this is why they takin so long
25 GB?! Yeah right! Skyrim only takes up 6 GB of memory, so even if GTA V was three times as big a game as Skyrim, it would only take up 18 GB! And there’s no way GTA V will be even two times bigger than Skyrim. I’m talking in terms of memory requirements, of course.
we dont know what hes talking bout gta 5 will use 25gb and its been confirmed
plus dey owe us 25gb for gta5
i think this ‘Agent’ was a codename for GTA V so people wouldnt go hardcore asking Rockstar/ Take2 about the game… the two releases window that makes sense to me is this fall and earily next year… if it not out by june of next year, I’m saving up for the xbox 720 to keep my xbl going. If patchter say GTA V is gonna be at gamescom, don’t expect it, he knows nothing of the game, no one except for rockstar and take2 know anything of there games
we dont think so.. we dnt know too many opinions but we just want true facts
What I think would be awesome is if they waited until Gamescom to reveal more information about GTA V and then they announce the release date… November 13th.
There is no way Rockstar wants to spend more money and more time to convert this game over for the next generation of consoles. There is too many problems when do that. Plus, in this economy, not everyone can buy or afford GTA V on the latest console. Remember, Max Payne 3 sold half of what was shipped. It is on the way of being a major bomb. Rockstar needs a hit games this fiscal year to match the projected values they had made prior. If Rockstar doesn’t release this game soon, they will be hit with a lot of fiscal issues. I know they want this game at ASAP at this point.
you no rockstar games owner plus you dont know anything it could come in 2014 oct or late 2013 who knows
Its called history. I’m no expert, but reading is the most important thing is making these predictions. Look up the sales of Max Payne 3, its lower than expected. Look up the demands Take-Two placed on Rockstar Games for this fiscal year. Look at the problems games had when converting a game to the next generation like Scarface (who never got it accomplished) and Duke Nukem (which took 8 years).
its the people that are holding rockstar games other games back beside gta 5
they want max payne 3 to sale 10 million copies but those pepople are saving der money for gta 5 believing that it will come out dis year and they stupid.
Exactly man! That’ll be me alright! I have all the Rockstar games in the past few years; Midnight Club: Los Angeles, GTA IV, Red Dead Redemption, L.A. Noire, and I skipped Max Payne 3.
One problem no one has thought about is the type of game it was, it isn’t a free roam like the first four of my game list, it was purely story-mod.
take 2 dnt care bout u but they want to to reach 20 million copies of max payne 3
It isn’t going to happen unless they tell everyone that GTA V won’t come out until they indeed sell 20 million copies of Max Payne 3. L.A Noire only sold 5 million copies official February 2012. You really think Max Payne can sell 20 million copies? You’re crazy.
Nobody expected Max Payne 3 to sell 20 million copies. Only CoD and GTA can sell that many copies.
gta 5 wont sell 20 million but least 10-16 million copies like gta 4
people r retarded rockstar is trying to take it slow
they dnt need no rush dey are not going to rush gta 5 dis year cause the economy
so next year will be best cause all the good games coming out next year the economy will be better next year
we dont care bout history n no life
no life n we dnt care bout history
Don’t be ratting out people King.
dumb assss bradthebluefich
Nice grammer man. Let me guess… high school drop out?
I’m gay i have no life
I’m gay I have no life.
Is it just me or does it seem like the same person is typing these comments under a different name? The spelling and comments as a whole are just childish-sounding.
Anyway, I think they need to hold it off as long as possible. Find a comfortable release date without competition and polish the game as much as they can. Q2 2013 sounds good. I think 2012 is a long shot.
It’s definitely the same person. Maybe he thinks if he posts under multiple names, it will seem like multiple people all agree with what he’s saying. Or maybe he just likes changing his name every post.
Haha yep. Sorry about that guys, it’s cleared up. Hopefully *they* are done.
For the record, a 25 GB GTA5 would BLOW MY MIND. Put Watch Dogs to shame even.
hopefully it will gta 5 will use 25gb cased closed
Matt, girl is lol trying to be smart assss and make excuses/grammar. we think is matt or atg are the same person
we know that girl was you lol or matt
We know that girl was lol
at atg we know that girl was you lol stop lying
ATG or MATT that’s childish anyway how you’ll do it. I wish I could do that but it’s impossible.
The ip wont work only the web owner knows how.
What are you guys talking about me? Me and ATG don’t even know each other.
gays
off topic
GTAV would be bigger than any games convention. I think they may show something before and attend Gamescon anyway.
Also about release. We all know MS and SONY will most likely show nextgen consoles next year, possibly even release 2013 holiday.
Rockstar will want to make a TON of money and knowing a new console is coming will put people into saving mode so releasing in May would be a bad idea. It will have huge sales no matter what but like GTA4, that had two fairly big DLCs, no doubt Rockstar will want to go bigger this time.
So if a May release, first DLC Sept/Oct, next March, unless GTAV is available nextgen, those won’t sell so great as a lot of people could be on the new consoles already.
An Oct/Nov 2012 release sounds best for sales. March first DLC, end of Summer 2nd DLC
yes it will use 25 gb
but we dont know know that it will come this year cased closed
Next year or 2014 will be best.
I have a feeling gta 5 will come 2014 cause of Agent
You guys must idiots. Why would a company developing a game for four years want to all of sudden spend another year converting it for the next generation of consoles?
This guy is retarded ignored him.
Yeah Brad is an idiot. This gay doesn’t get it cause he’s a big fan of GTA.
People that don’t wait are an ass.
So Dell didn’t anything about next gen.
He’s talking if gta 5 released current consoles in 2013 or early in 2014. I think?..
So Dell didn’t say anything about next gen. lol