Rumour: GTA V Release Date Leaked

With several retailers listing different release dates for Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V, it’s hard to get a realistic place holder date or launch period for the forthcoming installment in the franchise. However, a more established retailer has now listed a possible release date for GTA V.

[TheBeast]

I just want this bloody game >.>

[BitbyDeath]

Agreed, i have a feeling they have learn't their lesson with IV.

I'm expecting this to be vastly improved like Skyrim was to Oblivion.

[KwietStorm_BLM]

Learned their lesson?

[rabidpancakeburglar]

KwietStorm
Learnt would still be right if he hadn't put in that apostrophe. Learned of course is also correct.

[BitbyDeath]

Sorry, i'd edit it but I do not have that feature anymore...

[gta2800]

I want this game ASAP too...but considering all the hype the trailer alone has generated I'm not going to believe any more rumors on this game...or at least considering the fact that a lot of rumors have been debunked. Just feel like people are taking advantage of the hype and making up shit just cause they know GTA V rumors are gonna get lots of attention.

[Perjoss]

"i have a feeling they have learn't their lesson with IV"

Yeah, IV being one of the highest rated games of all time, what failure.

[BitbyDeath]

"Yeah, IV being one of the highest rated games of all time, what failure."

You gotta stop paying attention to reviews and start listening to what the majority of people are saying about it, sure it wasn't as bad as FFXIII but it was still a massive step down from San Andreas.

It was smaller, had less vehicles, no bikes, no gangs, poor characters (granted being subjective), poor story (also subjective).

But overall the game was just less from SA and added in a whole heap of really bad features. Like the phone, bowling, dating, getting drunk, flying out of your car whenever you hit something. etc

[AEtherbane]

So the release tentative release date before the game is delayed was leaked? Wow...

[Thrungus]

No way is this game coming out in 2012. Rockstar run atleast 12 months of ads before a game release (like gta iv).

April 2013 here we come.

[DeleteThisxx]

Yeah, Rockstar rarely, if ever, releases two games within the same year. 2012 will be dedicated to Max Payne 3 and GTAV will be the big game from Rockstar in 2013.. Most likely. I'll happily eat my words if I'm wrong.

[hennessey86]

we may never get another game again so i hop they release it before then just incase

[scotchmouth]

. changed mind

[kingdavid]

A general rule of thumb with rockstar games is that they will normally release a year after the first trailer is shown.

[BattleTorn]

Nope. Take Two has already made a prediction of a $2.00 stock increase in their 2012 fiscal year. (which would be over by April 2013)

This tends to the notion of a 2012 release, and as early as summer 2012.

http://www.vg247.com/2011/1...

http://www.reddit.com/r/Gra...

June would be awsome, but Sept-Nov seem more likely.

[Rampaged Death]

2013 ? No chance in hell. I definitely see this coming out in 2012.

[MariaHelFutura]

Actually, GTA games come out approx 6-8 months after the reveal trailer. They're good at keeping quiet....

[MrBeatdown]

You know that GTA4 was delayed six months, right? Rockstar was originally planning to release the game in October, about six months after the first trailer.

Also...

LA Noire
First trailer - November 2010
Release date - May 2011
Difference - Seven months

Max Payne 3
First trailer - September 2011
Release date - March 2012
Difference - Seven months

Seven months from GTAV's first trailer is May. Right in the same timeframe that GTA4, RDR, and LA Noire did so well in. I doubt that's a coincidence.

[Wintersun616]

Let's hope they don't break that habit of releasing ~6-7 months after the first trailer.

[RedDevils]

It's a typo, they meant 2013

[SlickShoes]

You are correct, if it hits 2012 it will be late 2012, they are only now doing interviews for 1 year long QA Tester contracts, they do this every time and the testers usually work for 12-18 months. If they are only just now hiring then there is very little chance of a 2012 release date.

The current QA team is about 40 strong they will be increasing this to about double the size.

[solidt12]

Yep and they already started advertising it so what does that tell you. I expect it to come out sometime after E3 2012 in 2012..

[Blaze929]

Yes, I'm going to believe Walmart of all sources...

I don't understand why we keep getting articles about place holder dates by retailers. "it’s hard to get a realistic place holder date" because it's a PLACE HOLDER...they aren't real to begin with.

[SAE]

i bet it's in november :) ...

[Pwnage18202]

I want this game to be in stores asap... I just love the GTA series.. GO ROCKSTAR GO AND MAKE MORE AWESOME GAMES!!! but im probly thinkin this game will come around September but i hope im wrong

[MeatAbstract]

I hope its summer 2012.

Although not as big as GTA, Max Payne 3 got its first trailer a few months back. Tomorrow we see the first trailers about the design and what went into making the game and its set for March 2012.

R* seem to reveal their games, wait awhile then show you what you will do in the game over several months before the final release. Look at Red Dead as well.

Q3 2012 seems likely as I think R* realised showing a game a long time before its release can be just too painful for their fans.

[vortis]

One thing is for sure...NO ONE has any idea what R* is really planning.

With the release of the Wii U and a lot of speculation over next-gen consoles rumors have run rampant about GTA V's possible port over to the new consoles. There's also the issue like most people mentioned, that during this gen Rockstar isn't keen on releasing games close to each other at all.

If Max Payne 3 wasn't coming out in 2012 then it's guaranteed that GTA V would be releasing but with MP3 on the horizon and no platforms confirmed for GTA V, I honestly have no idea what R* will do.

[Bounkass]

Is that all? This was already known...

[ddurand1]

but can we get some info on agent?

[blackhammer]

I faintly remember Houser said in an interview that the game would be out November of next year. Maybe it was some anonymous person...

Whatever. I'll wait. Lots of games to play anyway at the moment and they will surely last 'till Bioshock Infinite, and then that will last until ArmA III, and then that will last until GTA V. BAM.

[Rock_On_PS4]

November release for this game would be a bad business move. Call of Duty games and big frnachise games in Q4 would adversely impact sales of this action/sand box game.

I expect a Q2 release: April, May or June. 2012 and 4 years after the release of GTA IV in 2008.

[QuodEratDemonstrandm]

Really? You think GTAV can't handle competing with Call of Duty? Both will sell millions, even if they're released on the same day. They're both juggernauts.

And consider this: in November 2012 it will be one year after MW3's release, but over four years since we got a new GTA.

[CaptainN]

I don't know about a leaked release date,but my guess is its going to be a Wii U launch title, that will turn a lot of heads and make a big impact.

[knifefight]

Retailer dates are hot news now? Ugh. I hate this world.

[11122X]

The first trailer for GTA IV came out in March 2007 then the game was released 13 months later in April 2008.

Will GTA V be released on the 2nd of December?

[llMurcielagoll]

My prediction to the release date, is either like the article said sometime in 2012 or probably early or mid 2013

[galgor]

The game looks more than ready for a release next year.

Rockstar should shake things up by instead of having the annual summer of drought, we have the summer of GTA.

That'd be nice.

[user7792788]

it's GTA, they could release it anytime and it will still sell 10 million copy's day 1

[YodaCracker]

Wal-Mart's June 1st is obviously just a placeholder date. And the May 24th speculation is based on the address number "2405" on a curb in the trailer. I mean seriously... talk about overanalyzing things. Neither of those days is a Tuesday either, the day 90% of all 360/PS3 titles release, including GTA IV, RDR, L.A. Noire, etc.