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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => PS3 Discussion => Topic started by: Kurt Angle on January 06, 2004, 08:38:38 AM
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January 05, 2004 - It\'s not uncommon to find listings for unannounced games on retailers\' lists. Because they have to update databases and prepare for the launch of a game, retailers are often privy to release information earlier than even much of the press. Such is the case with the next game in the Grand Theft Auto series, Sin City.
Rumored for months to be either Sin City or San Andreas, it looks like Vegas won out. A search for Sin City on Amazon\'s UK site will pull up a page for Grand Theft Auto IV: Sin City, scheduled for release on November 4, 2004 in Europe. The console of choice listed is not surprisingly the PlayStation 2, but with last year\'s release of the Double Pack, an Xbox port is not out of the question.
We know absolutely nothing about the game outside of the title\'s implication that the game will take place in Las Vegas-like city - perfect, considering the theme and tone of the previous games. We can only assume that Sin City will use a modified GTA 3 graphics engine, and that the game will be a small evolution for the series as opposed to a revolution.
We attempted to contact Rockstar Games to get an official comment, but the company had nothing to say, not even a "no comment."
http://ps2.ign.com/articles/449/449151p1.html
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Cool we get to drive around and run over people & pretend its Swifdi ;).
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See damnit! Ive been saying it for almost a year, but nooooooo. Who listens? F*ers.:p
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GTA is getting so boring. Same thing from game to game.
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Originally posted by QuDDus
GTA is getting so boring. Same thing from game to game.
I know...I hate that crap...I\'ve been playing it since the first PlayStation. My friend is still trying to convince me it\'s the best game ever :rolleyes: They are milking it for all it\'s worth...
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Yeah i guess you could say that. I dont fully like the direction that they took it in. Sure it was fun the first time around (GTAIII) but id rather get back to a more realistic style. That and a serious plot or action.
I can deal with how it is now. Its fun, and it keeps me busy, but if they would return to their roots and not this goofy crap then id be more than happy.
They need to bring GTA to Chicago :D :thepimp:
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Maybe it\'s just me but I liked Vice City way more than 3.The dirt bikes,helicopters,property and shops to rob.I\'ll be buying the next,I love em\'.
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If the layout is the same as streets here I\'m buying that the day it\'s released.
Let\'s face it, Las Vegas is a great place for crime.
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From IGN;
"Even the trusty IGN editors and Amazon can fall for a hoax, and "that\'s precisely what this is. The Sin City title came from an April Fool\'s joke on another website. And to totally debunk the rumour, Rockstar confirmed that the Amazon listing was a load of twaddle
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Originally posted by Lord Nicon
See damnit! Ive been saying it for almost a year, but nooooooo. Who listens? F*ers.:p
Originally posted by theomen
From IGN;
"Even the trusty IGN editors and Amazon can fall for a hoax, and "that\'s precisely what this is. The Sin City title came from an April Fool\'s joke on another website. And to totally debunk the rumour, Rockstar confirmed that the Amazon listing was a load of twaddle
Owned. :p
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btw, here\'s the link. Go to the bottom for the update
http://xbox.ign.com/articles/449/449090p1.html
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Originally posted by Samwise
Owned. :p
Rain on my parade....
Asshole:mad:
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Originally posted by Lord Nicon
They need to bring GTA to Chicago :D :thepimp:
amen to that :)
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Owned.
I think GTA should go to someplace outside of the US. Hong Kong, or Tokyo, maybe London. I think that would be so awesome.
You could have him from America, "just visiting" ;)
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Yeah set in London in 2002 where the middle aged Tommy V comes over to GETAWAY from things for a bit, Heck they could even model the streets on the REAL LIFE London.
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I think Reykjavík should be the city in the next GTA.
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Originally posted by (e)
Owned.
I think GTA should go to someplace outside of the US. Hong Kong, or Tokyo, maybe London. I think that would be so awesome.
You could have him from America, "just visiting" ;)
Mmmm, GTA in japan or china? Mmmm that wouldnt work quite right IMO. The whole aura of GTA would be messed up in a place like that. Well i guess it all depends on how you do it.
Its something better fitted for other games. Plus, very few domestics:ghey:. You get toy cars and then fewer nice cars. That and nothing but asian people or whoever. The same mold follows for any other place. I can see london but GTA has already been there (not that thats a bad thing). Its all about America. I dont like saying it like that but IMO its partially true.
The only way it could work is if they ditched all connections to the whole mafioso/vercetti thing. Then were all good. BTW Tommy V is :ghey:
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Is not.
But yeah, just thinking about going through Vegas gets me in the mood for a new GTA.
If they play up the casino angle, it could make for an interesting twist on the theme. Plus you could potentially throw in a bunch of gambling mini games.
I hope there\'s a scene where your character gets married at a Vegas chapel. That\'d be neat too. Walking in, maybe you\'d pass Britney Spears coming out. :)
They could go in a couple different places with the real life Vegas setting.
Maybe someone will get mauled by a tiger?
We\'ll see..
-Eik
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I think taking the GTA series to another place would be cool - say London, Rome or Paris.
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I hope there\'s a scene where your character gets married at a Vegas chapel. That\'d be neat too. Walking in, maybe you\'d pass Britney Spears coming out.
Better yet, have the ol classig shoot out scene in the chapel ;)
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http://gamesradar.msn.co.uk/news/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=27971&subsectionid=1585
Following the Sin City \'bombshell\', it looks like the next GTA will have the title we were expecting
Following a week of speculation regarding both the full title and release date of Grand Theft Auto 4, it now seems almost certain that the game will be called GTA: San Andreas following the revelation that Take 2 - parent company of GTA developers Rockstar - registered this name just before Christmas.
Interestingly, they also registered trademarks with the US Patent and Trademark Office for both GTA 5 and GTA 6 at the same time which, we hope, indicates that the series will be with us for some time yet.
While a release date for the next GTA - whatever it ends up being called - has still to be confirmed by Rockstar, they did reveal in a financial report last year that it would be out by the autumn. We\'re currently expecting a late October/early November release.
Finally, we\'re also waiting for news of what era the game will be set in, following the highly stylised \'80s look of Vice City.
Blah. What the hell is so great about San Andreas?
-Eik
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I don\'t expect this one to sell near as much, unless there is indeed, idiot\'s around. I never cared for the series, but you cannot tell me that it progressed much from GTA3 to Vice City and I really doubt it\'ll progress anymore in this "expansion pack".
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Originally posted by Samwise
I think taking the GTA series to another place would be cool - say London, Rome or Paris.
GLASGOW.....
So that way i can dispence some missions.
:D
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They should make one in New Zealand or Haiti. Just to piss off the conservatives.
-Eik
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Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
I don\'t expect this one to sell near as much, unless there is indeed, idiot\'s around. I never cared for the series, but you cannot tell me that it progressed much from GTA3 to Vice City and I really doubt it\'ll progress anymore in this "expansion pack".
What should they have done to progress in vice city then?
As I said before,shops to rob,real estate,helicopters and motor bikes in a new city set in a different era.What did you expect?
Only thing they could do is online,but I think we will not see that till PS3.
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Maybe it is just me, but I don\'t see the appeal of the GTA series. The targeting system is complete shit, the graphics are not all that amazing and the driving control is also terrible. The only thing that the game series has going for it is tons of violence and that gets old fast, if you ask me (which no one did, by the way).
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Don\'t forget the Hookers.
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The only thing that the game series has going for it is tons of violence and that gets old fast
i think that people forget that the whole tons of violence thing as a gimmick when theres a big story behind it. for instance, state of emergency. it was fun causeing mahem and all, but then after an hour or two its all the same. GTA is built on the same idea, but with quite a plot behind it, making it look like more of a full game than just a gimmick.
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I enjoyed the hell out of GTA3, after I got my fix I hadn\'t played it since. Maybe I\'ll pick up the combo set just to get back to it sometime. It didn\'t get old but I might have stopped at a good time. I haven\'t even played Vice City yet. *shrugs*
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The saga continues!!!
January 09, 2004 - Despite what Amazon.com might have registered on its site in recent days -- and has subsequently changed -- Take-Two Interactive, the parent company behind Rockstar Games, has registered a handful of titles through the US Patent and Trademark Office under the GTA name.
After a confusing stir in which Amazon.com posted pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto: Sin City, and then subsequently changed the name to the likes of Grand Theft Auto: Next Version (most likely at the behest of Rockstar Games), we\'ve learned that Take-Two Interactive registered GTA: San Andreas, GTA 5 and GTA 6 in mid-December.
Given that GTA: Vice City is one and the same with GTA 4, since GTA London was not really considered a full sequel (it was a two-pack), GTA: San Andreas is probably GTA 5. Naturally, Rockstar hasn\'t confirmed any of this, nor will it comment on these names, but when ones thinks about San Andreas, and checks those old maps, there is a connection there, no?
Needless to say, Rockstar\'s third PlayStation 2 exclusive GTA title is due in the company\'s fourth fiscal quarter (i.e. third calendar quarter), which means no later than the end of October (right around when the last two appeared in retail stores).
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Originally posted by ooseven
GLASGOW.....
So that way i can dispence some missions.
:D
It would be quite cool to set it in Glasgow there are so many back streets and dodgy areas - yeh then you could fight neds all the time and go to fernhill, kathkin, barhead etc and fight King neds - that would kick ass!!!!!! =]
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Good evening, and here is the news!!! :D
January 12, 2004 - While everyone else was running around doing some last-minute Christmas shopping, Take-Two Interactive registered 10 Grand Theft Auto-related trademarks on December 17 and 21, 2003, including both GTA: Sin City and GTA5. If you have been following the news on GTA recently, you probably already know this.
But there is more to the GTA trademark story than first revealed. More than three or four GTA-related name were registered in December. Eight of these trademarks were registered on December 17. The ones you already know about are GTA5, GTA6 and GTA: San Andreas.
However, several more were registered, including five more trademarked names, GTA: Sin City, Grand Theft Auto: Sin City, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and the entirely unheard of Grand Theft Auto: Bogota and GTA: Bogota.
It gets even better. Four days later, on December 21, 2003, when even fewer people were paying attention, Take-Two Interactive also registered another one entirely new prospective title, GTA: Tokyo and Grand Theft Auto: Tokyo.
It\'s clear Take-Two has long-term plans for GTA, this we knew and expected, given it\'s the most popular series on PS2 and arguably the most influential game in this generation of systems. And, without using too much brainpower, we knew that the franchise would continue moving from town to town, both exciting and smart.
With so many names trademarked at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office web site for the series, it\'s likely that two things are happening: 1) A few of these names are red herrings to keep fans guessing as to the next locale, or 2) they\'re names for games appearing in the long-term future. We tried to contact representatives at Rockstar, but at press time we have not had any official reply. We\'ll have more on the GTA series very soon.
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someone quick give Kurt the title of
PS2 newshound