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Grand Theft Auto V’s Logo Has Some Real History

And I don’t mean the iconic “Price is Right” font. I mean the way the latest game in the series, Grand Theft Auto V, has a rather interesting employment of antique US currency. As spotted by a Reddit user, the “FIVE” at the end of the game’s logo is lifted almost directly from an old…

By Luke Plunkett Published October 26, 2011

Seagulls, Cool Jazz, and Megadeth: 5 Favorite Tunes From Grand Theft Auto

With Rockstar about to announce the release of Grand Theft Auto V, we’re all abuzz theorizing, postulating, and prognosticating about things that the game will or won’t have. Totilo’s looked at what systems the game might be on, Crecente guessed about possible settings. And then, Stephen got a tip that the game will indeed be…

By Kirk Hamilton Published October 25, 2011

5 Questions the GTA V Trailer Will Hopefully Answer

Above is the first trailer for GTA IV. Remember that? It came out at the end of March 2007 and answered questions about the next GTA, even as it raised a bunch of new ones. It showed graphics that shamed its contemporaries, revealed Liberty City (aka New York City) as the location and introduced us…

By Stephen Totilo Published October 25, 2011

Grand Theft Auto V Will Be Set in Los Angeles, May Star Multiple Characters

Strengthening long-standing rumors for years that the next Grand Theft Auto would be set in Los Angeles or a fictional version thereof, a source familiar with the game told Kotaku today that those rumors are true. GTA V will be set in some version of L.A., bringing the famous franchise to a place that last…

By Stephen Totilo Published October 25, 2011

These Are the Best Cities For the Next Grand Theft Auto

Grand Theft Auto is a franchise driven by stories, with a massive cast of characters and nearly endless replayability. But the thing that most distinguishes one Grand Theft Auto from the next is Rockstar’s glorious, subversive take on each of the games’ settings. The cityscape of a Grand Theft Auto is often the game’s most…

By Brian Crecente Published October 25, 2011

News of GTA V‘s Trailer Hit On Unhappy Anniversary for GTA Foe

Jack Thompson, active nemesis of any video game that he believes causes real world violence, was disbarred on September 25, 2008. Website GamePolitics notes that his disbarrment kicked in Oct 25, 2008 and that, three years to the day later, we get an announcement of GTA V. Jack hates GTA

By Stephen Totilo Published October 25, 2011

The Huge Hardware Implications for Grand Theft Auto V and the Future of Video Games

In a year full of headlines about Apple, Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft, it’s possible to think that the forces that shape the future of what we’ll play and where we’ll play it is now solely in the hands of the people who make plastic and metal boxes. Or maybe it’s in the hands of the…

By Stephen Totilo Published October 25, 2011

Grand Theft Auto V To Be Revealed Next Week

On November 2, Rockstar will release the debut trailer for the fifth main game in the Grand Theft Auto series, according to the developer’s site With the title previously unconfirmed, the above logo is our first official glimpse of anything to do with the game, though there have been strong rumours for a while now…

By Luke Plunkett Published October 25, 2011

Here’s the First Dumbass Thing the Mainstream Media Said About Grand Theft Auto III

Ten years ago today, Grand Theft Auto III released for the PlayStation 2. It became, in the words of Time “a national obsession.” In the mainstream media, it has since served as the No. 1 scapegoat for the corruption of youth through violent video games. Rightfully considered an epochal entry in video game design, the…

By Owen Good Published October 22, 2011

How 9/11 Gave Us Grand Theft Auto‘s Iconic Cover Style

There was Sept. 11. Then there was Oct. 22, when Grand Theft Auto III released, at a time when the United States was extremely high strung about things like the violence and moral relativism for which the series is known. Rockstar Games’ Dan Houser, in a rare interview, said that the game did strip out…

By Owen Good Published October 19, 2011

You May Now Watch Grand Theft Auto III‘s 10th Anniversary Trailer

Behold the 10th anniversary for Grand Theft Auto III, a game that came out on October 22, 2001, back before Halo existed (Halo came out a month later, and, man, we’re all so old!). What version of the game is this? A Rockstar rep says it’s not the new mobile version, which is coming soon…

By Stephen Totilo Published October 19, 2011

GTA III Anniversary Edition Will Come to Non-Bleeding-Edge iOS Devices, Too

Yesterday we reported that the 10th anniversary Grand Theft Auto III will be for iPad 2, iPhone 4S and other cutting-edge devices. What of older iPads/iPhones? Rockstar tells us they’ll bring it to “single core iOS devices in the future.”

By Stephen Totilo Published October 14, 2011

Grand Theft Auto III on iOS Looks Better Than You Remember

Hot on the heels of the announcement earlier today, Rockstar Games made the 10th anniversary edition of Grand Theft Auto IIIavailable for attendees to play. After about 10 minutes of hands-on time with the game running on an iPad 2, there’s no mistaking that GTA III on iOS is a loving port of the game…

By Evan Narcisse Published October 13, 2011

Grand Theft Auto III Getting Android and iPhone 4S Versions, Pricey Action Figure [UPDATE]

Rockstar Games revealed today that it would be honoring Grand Theft Auto III‘s 10th anniversary with a special edition. Later this fall, it’s coming to an array of portable devices for Android, but fewer ones for iOS. “Grand Theft Auto III showed us the potential of open world games,” said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 13, 2011

GTA IV Overtakes San Andreas in Lifetime Sales [Correction]

Grand Theft Auto IV, released in 2008, has just now overtaken its predecessor, 2004’s Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas in total sales, says the top boss over the GTA brand. [Corrected at bottom of story.] Grand Theft Auto IV moved more than 2 million copies between March and now, according to figures cited by Strauss…

By Owen Good Published September 15, 2011

How To Get To Work, With the Laws of Video Games Dangerously in Full Effect

Readers, please don’t try this at home. Let seasoned professionals like YouTube superstar Freddie Wong and crew illustrate the proper way to commute to ones workplace in a bizarre, video game-inspired reality. Using life lessons learned from Frogger, Grand Theft Auto and countless video games in which normal traffic laws simply do not apply, Mr.…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 12, 2011

Vice City Meets 2011 In Vice City Rage

The last we saw of Grand Theft Auto IV mod Vice City Rage, it was looking a little…empty. A few months on and the team behind the overhaul of the 1986 2002 classic have made some good progress. Star Tommy Vercetti is now in the game engine and sticking to the ground, meaning the building…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 6, 2011

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What do Grand Theft Auto and Lemmings Have In Common?

Rockstar North is a video game developer known and respected the world over as the creators and continued custodians of the core Grand Theft Auto series. That’s earned it a reputation as a specialist in the field of mature, cinematic video games. Games where drugs are dealt, prostitutes killed and people say fuck with a…

By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2011

London Riots Inspire Fresh Grand Theft Auto Finger Pointing

What has spurned hundreds to take to the streets of London to riot, burn and loot? According to the London Evening Standard newspaper, the city’s continuing—and spreading—riots have their roots in Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto That tenuous connection between a violent sandbox crime spree of a video game and the very real violence happening…

By Michael McWhertor Published August 8, 2011

You’ve Been Playing GTA IV Wrong

When Grand Theft Auto IV came out, I was swept away. The scope, depth, and scale of the game were almost too much to take in. It seemed like a game in which anything was possible, like a parallel reality, re-created. Three years, two expansions, and countless hours of vehicular manslaughter have provided some much-needed…

By Kirk Hamilton Published August 8, 2011