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GTA V Spring Release Date Confirmed by European Mega-Chain
The “Spring 2013” posters for Grand Theft Auto V that leaked this weekend were definitely real, as the European retailer GAME went and Tweeted images of the same thing. IGN screencapped a Tweet sent by the retailer. The Tweet has since been taken offline. Platforms for the game are Xbox 360 and PS3. No sign…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 30, 2012 -
Supposed GTA V Posters Promise Spring 2013 Release Date
A Polish website has posted images of what they say are real promotional posters for Grand Theft Auto V. The posters peg the game for a spring 2013 release date for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. We can’t verify their authenticity but have asked a Rockstar rep if he will. This post will be updated…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 27, 2012 -
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Comes To iOS And Android This Fall
To celebrate the upcoming 10th anniversary of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (on October 29!), Rockstar will re-release the popular game on mobile platforms this fall. “Grand Theft Auto: Vice City gave players the freedom of a massive open-world in one of the most iconic and vibrant settings ever realized in a game,” Rockstar founder…
By Jason Schreier Published October 26, 2012 -
In Da Club: A Musical Moment Few Video Games Get Right
Games take us to all manner of fantastical, unlikely places. But as good as video games have gotten at accurately recreating a space-marine shootout or a mountaintop dragon battle, there’s one thing developers are still learning how to create: A dance club. Many games try to create thriving urban environments for players to occupy, and…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 25, 2012 -
This Grand Theft Auto V Artwork Promises “Pest Control” in the San Andreas Sunshine
The art style that Rockstar Games uses to promote its Grand Theft Auto games has been almost as important as the gameplay in the open-world series. Over the years, the publisher has doled out hints as to the sex, drugs and hi-jinx players would get into via posters and other graphic design images, long before…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 24, 2012 -
Kotaku Timeline: Grand Theft Auto V
All video games have a history… a history of rumors and official statements, of leaks, of screenshots, of trailers and other things that excite us, confuse us or do both. So how do we get from the smallest hint of a new game to the real thing? What’s the journey? Today, we’re debuting something a…
András Neltz & Stephen Totilo Published October 15, 2012 -
Kotaku Gallery: Grand Theft Auto V
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András Neltz & Stephen Totilo Published October 15, 2012 -
Looks Like Grand Theft Auto V Is Ready To Be Shown To The Press
Grand Theft Auto V is in playable form, and at least one reporter is getting his hands on it today. Game Informer editor-in-chief Andy McNamara wrote on Twitter today that he’s at Rockstar, checking the next Grand Theft Auto game out for the magazine’s December cover story. This means we could see a release date…
By Jason Schreier Published October 11, 2012 -
Rockstar’s Releasing One Hell of a Compilation Disc
While the cover art appears to be predictably awful, there’s little disputing the quality of the contents of this compilation of Rockstar games that’s turned up on retail sites. Called “Rockstar Games Collection: Edition 1”, it bundles Red Dead Redemption, LA Noire, Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City and Midnight Club Los Angeles: Complete…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 11, 2012 -
Liberty City is One Million Times Larger Than a PS3, and Other Great Mysteries of the Universe
NASA scientist Rich Terrile has a neat way of explaining stuff that you or I should, by all rights, not be able to understand at all: he uses Grand Theft Auto IV as a means of explaining how we might all be living our lives in a giant galactic simulation. Speaking with Vice, Terrile details…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 2, 2012 -
The History of Rockstar’s Game Intros
Similar to companies like LucasArts, Rockstar have always sought to mix things up when their games first boot up. Which is why so many of them, even today, feature their own unique intro sequences, where the company’s logo is either introduced, lit up or blown up. The video above runs for over nine minutes, so…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 27, 2012 -
After a delay, 2001 PS2 classic Grand Theft Auto III is finally available for download on the PS3. File-size: 4.35GB!
By Stephen Totilo Published September 25, 2012 -
GTAIV Brings the Curtain Down on Gangnam Style Videos
OK, I think we’ve all had just about enough of this Gangnam Style business. So let’s tie it all off neatly with what really should have been the first video game parody of the lot: Grand Theft Auto IV’s. GTA IV – GANGNAM STYLE [YouTube, via Rockstar]
By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2012 -
Grand Theft Auto’s Greatest Danger is a Giraffe Driving a Sports Car
You’d think I would be sick of all these weird GTAIV mod videos, but nope. Not when they’ve got giraffes in them. Where the rest of the internet is fascinated by either tits or cats, it’s the noble giraffe that’s closest to our hearts. So videos of giraffes tearing up Liberty City in stolen cars?…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 17, 2012 -
Holy Cow, There’s An Elephant Loose In Liberty City
May they never, ever stop making mods for Grand Theft Auto IV. I’m serious! Never stop. This latest one lets players assume the role of a giant elephant, stealing cars and riding motorcycles around Liberty City. Good thing there are no mice in GTA IV. Though there are peanuts…. We can only hope that the…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 11, 2012 -
Grand Theft Auto IV Gets Unholy Vengeance with This Fiery Ghost Rider Mod
There’s a lot of evil in Liberty City. And, therefore, a lot of victims that need avenging. It’s a good thing, then that Junior Almeida’s Ghost Rider mod turns Niko Bellic into Marvel Comics’ flaming skull-headed, demonic anti-hero. Is the best thing about having Niko Bellic become the latest host for Zarathos the fiery trail…
By Evan Narcisse Published September 10, 2012 -
Grand Theft Auto 2 Lives, Sort of, Inside of GTA IV
The last numerical installment of Rockstar’s open-world crime franchise has proven to be a goldmine of really awesome mods on PC. We’ve seen everything from giant megaladon sharks to Transformers to the Back to the Future DeLorean in Liberty City. And there have been self-referential mods, too, with a GTA IV to GTA III conversion…
By Evan Narcisse Published September 7, 2012 -
5 Ways Sleeping Dogs Improves On Grand Theft Auto
You could be forgiven for wondering what all the hubbub is about Sleeping Dogs. “Just another open-world crime game,” you might think. “Been there, done that, yawn.” I’ve seen a few commenters ask why writers at Kotaku keep talking about this game—the simple answer for that is that we write about what we’re playing, and…
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 27, 2012 -
Here’s Another Hot New Batch Of Grand Theft Auto V Screenshots
Complete with helicopter chasing, garbage trucks, and an old-school propeller plane. This batch of screenshots is called “Business.” Still no word on a release date or platforms for Grand Theft Auto V. This is the third set of screenshots developer Rockstar Games has released this week in what has been an excruciating (yet gorgeous) drip…
By Jason Schreier Published August 24, 2012