Sun, Nov 15, 2009 | 23:35 GMT

Rockstar on GTA V: We need to think of characters and the city first

Speaking in a interview with The Times, Rockstar co-president Dan Houser has admitted that they would need to think of the main location and the main characters for Grand Theft Auto V before it goes into pre-development.

It’s really the first we’ve heard of any kinds of development work in GTA V, although a location for the game was teased in the manual for stand-alone DLC disc Episodes from Liberty City.

“We’ll think of a city first, then the characters,” admitted Houser.

Houser also spoke out on the controversy overshadowing the initial banning of Manhunt 2 in the UK, before it was lifted in March last year.

“Manhunt 2 was not a good situation. When a game gets banned, it means we’re not doing our first job, of making the investors back their money.”

Find the full interview through here.

7 comments

Dralen
16/11/09, 3:29 am

Awwww please do one in London…please.

Jadeskye
16/11/09, 7:35 am

London would be awesome. they’d have to call it something else though i imagine. New york being ‘liberty city’

DarkElfa
16/11/09, 8:08 am

Shit, the probably made more money from the banning than if it hadn’t been banned.

Blerk
16/11/09, 8:16 am

So what he’s basically saying is “we haven’t started yet”. Which would translate to “it’s at least two years off yet” if he’s not spinning us a yarn. He’s probably dragging his heels just to show Pachter up again.