Wed, Oct 26, 2011 | 09:46 BST
GTA V announced, first trailer on November 2
The biggest and best left-field announcement ever: Rockstar Games, out of nowhere, has announced Grand Theft Auto V, with its debut trailer appearing online next week.

The main Rockstar website has a logo on its main page, confirming its first trailer for November 2 – that’s next Wednesday for those not keeping count.
No platforms or date aren’t mentioned, nor which Rockstar-based studio will be making the game. Chances are, considering its done every main installment in the series, it will be Rockstar North in Edinburgh, who are also meant to be working on supposed PS3 exclusive Agent.
The fact its being announced now – and with a trailer to boot next week – seems to suggest a holiday 2012 release is likely. Rockstar already has Max Payne 3 in its books for a March 2012 release.
Last summer, VG247 was told by a source the game’s location would be set in Hollywood.
Since then, signs have pointed towards GTA V being in development under the codename “Rush.”
Web domains and casting calls linked to the game were then unearthed. A report suggested recently a 2012 release was “likely.”
The last main release was Grand Theft Auto iV, which took place in Liberty City, in April 2008. It seen two DLC episodes since its release, both released in 2009: The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony.
Logo is below. Let the internet pant-shitting commence.



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#1
someguy2
25/10/11, 12:07 pm
Oh shit
#2
Raiden
25/10/11, 12:08 pm
OMFG
#3
Johnny Cullen
25/10/11, 12:10 pm
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?!?!?!?!? :O
#4
Razor
25/10/11, 12:10 pm
Fucking finally!
#5
Kabby
25/10/11, 12:11 pm
Why announce it now? Weird.
#6
Shubb9
25/10/11, 12:11 pm
Any wild speculation we can make on the style of the V and it’s dollar style scroll and colour?
#7
someguy2
25/10/11, 12:11 pm
As excited as I am, this leaves me with one question. What about Agent?
#8
Colin Gallacher
25/10/11, 12:12 pm
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD
#9
B.E.S.O
25/10/11, 12:12 pm
YEAH !!!
#10
TheKeyPit
25/10/11, 12:13 pm
Nice move. So now everybody will talk about GTA V and all other games like Battlefield 3 will have to hide?
#11
Shubb9
25/10/11, 12:14 pm
That’s it. You’re a banker and you’ve got to pauperise a nation.
#12
LOLshock94
25/10/11, 12:15 pm
OPWefb kjpa\j gebshaefibefiueiuobfoerobgorbuio
#13
strikkebil
25/10/11, 12:16 pm
fuck yeah!
fap fap fap
#14
Talkar
25/10/11, 12:17 pm
I just hope it won’t suck as much as the 3rd and 4th x)
#15
Gheritt White
25/10/11, 12:18 pm
Fuck me sideways, wasn’t expecting that until Jan.
#16
Shaz37k
25/10/11, 12:19 pm
AWESOME!!
#17
FillRoyy
25/10/11, 12:19 pm
Nice, anything that breaks up the tedium of MORE Battlefield 3 news…
#18
Fin
25/10/11, 12:21 pm
HOLY FUCK
Jesus I am so unbelievably excited.
Q4 2012?
#19
manamana
25/10/11, 12:23 pm
Hmmm…. 16 furious comments for a trailer announcement…..
#20
2plus2equals5
25/10/11, 12:23 pm
After the 4th no thanks.
#21
daytripper
25/10/11, 12:28 pm
brilliant news!!!
#22
GenericShooterSoldier
25/10/11, 12:29 pm
That just came out of nowhere!!!!
#23
Eregol
25/10/11, 12:30 pm
I’m guessing Agent has been permanently shelved.
#24
silkvg247
25/10/11, 12:31 pm
Sorry, will be too busy playing SR3
GTA lost it’s way when it favoured realism over fun. Yes SR2 took it too far for some, but somewhere in between would be the sweet spot.
I don’t see the fun in having to please in game NPC’s by doing mundane things like go bowling. And then again. And then again. Or driving something that feels like a trolley full of cement.. er yey “realism”. Or running from cops because you fire a gun in your own house at a wall.
Seriously you can’t do shit in that game without the cops chasing you, it gets old the 600th time.
#25
Yoshi
25/10/11, 12:32 pm
@6 I’d say by the look of the V they’re trying to do a GTA4 crossed with GTASA
@24 Wow someone clearly sucked at GTA4 XD
I don’t understand the hate around GTA4, it was an amazing game in some respect it took new elements a new way like BF3 with the civvies acting more like real people etc. It’s the small details that make GTA4 unique. Yes it didn’t have as many crazy moments but it had a fair few awesome sauce moments.
#26
LOLshock94
25/10/11, 12:35 pm
this game will definitely come out near summer.
#27
Vitanimus
25/10/11, 12:35 pm
Unexpected!
#28
YoungZer0
25/10/11, 12:37 pm
Is that supposed to be something you’d find on a dollar sign?
#29
Moonwalker1982
25/10/11, 12:37 pm
HELL FUCKING YEAH!!!!!
That’s all i can say!!!!!
Now please have more variety in the missions, a bit more of the fun from San Andreas and please have a countryside with forests, and simply nature.
#30
Joe Musashi
25/10/11, 12:39 pm
Surprise Game Announcements > Games
JM
#31
aseddon130
25/10/11, 12:39 pm
MY FUCKING HEAD JUST ASPLODED!!!!
PLEASE BE SAN ANDREAS PLEASE BE SAN ANDREAS PLEASE BE SAN ANDREAS !!!
#32
Gama_888
25/10/11, 12:40 pm
BOOOYAAAA YAYYYY
im so happy they finally announced it.
funnily enough i was just thinking to myself yesterday, when are they going to announce it
I remember when they announced GTA4 and the servers were so overloaded with people wanting to see the trailer, hopefully they will have planned that out this time.
#33
NeoSquall
25/10/11, 12:41 pm
Now we can actually say GTAV is a Saints Row: The Third rip-off!
#34
G1GAHURTZ
25/10/11, 12:47 pm
meh.
#35
Kigaroth
25/10/11, 12:49 pm
Oh My God! Awesome!
#36
humanfish
25/10/11, 12:51 pm
If this is like San Andreas, I won’t be interested, or not as interested as I would of been. That Snoop Dig shit dont interest me
#37
OrbitMonkey
25/10/11, 12:51 pm
Double meh.
#38
StolenGlory
25/10/11, 12:51 pm
Hmmmm, this could be really, really fucking great.
Or…
It could be merely a good game wrapped up in piss-annoying social activities like the last one.
It’ll be interesting to see which it is.
#39
Dark
25/10/11, 1:03 pm
SR3 feels like an arcade game,and it won’t beat GTA!!
this is like comparing COD to B3
Dark siders to God of war
DMC4 to bayonetta
GTA is REAL open world game
realism >>>> fun
#40
Peetry
25/10/11, 1:04 pm
Aww I thought there was going to be a trailer now, announching GTAV in this manor is like annoucing that tomorrow is Wednesday, everybody already knows its coming. Here’s an exclusive for you guys, I am officially announcing Uncharted 4 – you’re welcome! Still excited mind.
#41
StolenGlory
25/10/11, 1:09 pm
@40
Given that everything else we have heard up until this point about the game has been a mixture of bullshit and conjecture, ANYTHING about the game is welcome
#42
deathgaze
25/10/11, 1:10 pm
Is anyone seriously surprised that Rockstar would announce GTA5? It’s one of the most popular franchises in video game history! Of course they were going to make a sequel. The only question was “when?” and that has now been answered.
#43
YoungZer0
25/10/11, 1:13 pm
@36: WORD!
#44
LOLshock94
25/10/11, 1:24 pm
please be in vegas!!!! but i bet its in jersey
#45
silkvg247
25/10/11, 1:25 pm
@39
If realism >>> fun, then let’s hope that death in GTA is permanent.
Other changes that we need if realism is indeed more important than fun:
* You can’t fall more than 10 feet without breaking a limb, and have to spend 8 weeks of game time recovering.
* If you survive a bullet wound you’ll have to recover for a few months.
* Your car has a chance to just “fail”, and you need to call the garage who will charge you an extortionate amount of money to get it fixed.
* Your hand/wrist will get sore and stiffen up if you use a handgun too much, meaning you can’t fire it for a few days.
* Buying cheap ammo will have a chance to blowback into your face, maiming or killing you (permanently).
* You have to spend 8 hours of gametime per day asleep, no fast forward as that’s not realistic.
All said in jest of course, but I think what you meant to say was semi-realism == fun. Which I agree with, it’s just about knowing where to draw the line. For example if driving a car feels the same as driving my own car.. I might as well drive my own car because that can’t do handbrake turns very well either.
#46
YoungZer0
25/10/11, 1:27 pm
@45: People think shooting shit at houses is stupid. Live with it. There’s a reason why Saints Row sells less.
#47
NeoSquall
25/10/11, 1:36 pm
@45 do it and I’ll buy ten copies
/sarcasm
#48
GenericShooterSoldier
25/10/11, 1:37 pm
If you squint i think u can make out a sasquatch….
(Made u squint)
#49
Erthazus
25/10/11, 1:39 pm
Lol
#50
scratchy69
25/10/11, 1:41 pm
Bothered.
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