Opinion: Grand Theft Auto V Will Launch On October 9th

Trendy Gamers: With the leak that Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will be launching on November 13th, this essentially solidifies the day when we can expect to see Grand Theft Auto V and that will be October 9th.

[Dante112]

Too close to Resident Evil 6 and Bioshock Infinite for me if it did release on that date. I'd rather them release it the same month as CoD since it's the only real big game coming out that month (GTA5 can hold it's own and may even take away sales from CoD).

[BringingTheThunder]

halo 4 is out in november.

[honkyjesus]

So?

[Shepherd 214]

so, if it were released in november with Halo 4 and cod then theres two much bigger games than RE6 and Bioshock releasing still. Since the first poster mentioned sales and said cod is novembers only big game for some stupid reason Halo 4 should have been brought up.

[Tr10wn]

^ Remember they don't know what Halo is, if is not on PS3 is not a game, to their eyes of course.

[sikbeta]

So smart, GTA5 release first, get a headstart in sales and in November everything non COD or Halo will flop, RE6 can have moderate sales, but everything else XP

[BattleAxe]

I want this game to release head to head against CoD and Halo. It would destroy both of them.

[Dante112]

You're right, still feel like October is a bit too crowded for GTAV's release though. Man, Oct-Dec is gonna be game heavy.

[BringingTheThunder]

Crowded with awesomeness!

[LOGICWINS]

Lets not forgot Assassin's Creed 3.

[h311rais3r]

Can't wait for halo, assassins creed and gta!

[ProjectVulcan]

Other games would get out the way for GTA5. Only COD would really stand toe to toe with it across all platforms sales wise. GTA4 of course held the fastest sales record of all time before MW2 beat it 18 months later no doubt with no small help from a much bigger install base.

Personally i think the game may end up in Spring 2013 like a lot of you. Although other games would move for GTA5, it is most unlikely that Take Two (knowing their dates) would put Bioshock Infinite just one week after their biggest franchise....

That is surely evidence enough that although there is a gap there, it almost certainly won't be filled by GTA5.

[ChrisGTR1]

why is everyone so naive. do you really trust take2 and Rockstar when it comes to releasing games on time. this will be delayed just like every other R* game released in the past 5 years.

anyone remember agent

[The_Devil_Hunter]

Similar to last years Oct - Dec game launches.

[dark-hollow]

what? imagine cod, gta and halo 4 releasing on the same month!! it would be a chaos!

[WetN00dle69]

Id have to go and sell my Kidney to get all three lol

[Strange_Evil]

^^^ You'd sell your kidneys for 180 bucks? Sheez is the economy that bad?

[BlmThug]

@Strange

I fell to the floor Laughing. And really Noodle? Your kidneys for £120?

[showtimefolks]

Not gonna happen its april,may or june 2013 you can take to the bank.

max payne 3
bioshock

2 huge titles for take-two so why would they release another one

[vortis]

Exactly.

Why on Earth would Take Two kill ALL sales for BioShock Infinite with GTA V overshadowing it? That's just out right stupid.

[scotchmouth]

Because most gamers can afford to make more than one purchase in a month.

[360GamerFG]

Oh cause halo 4 isn't a big game huh?

[b163o1]

What the hell is Halo?

/sarcasm

[Moentjers]

depends for how many % they are targetting the same audience.

[CaptainPunch]

GTA V will be the biggest game in the fall.

[Crazyglues]

I think they are hoping to hit with a fall 2012 date but if they can't get it done by then it will slip to early 2013..

-I think that's the real reason they will not announce the date just yet.. Not until they are almost done with the core coding features of the game... once that's done they can lock in how long it will take to finish up the other stuff like graphics on certain things and fine tuning performance and side missions..

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[BrianG]

I'm sure they are finished with the "core coding" part of the game. If they weren't we'd be looking at a late 2013/2014 release at the earliest.

The majority of the remaining months leading up to a games release are Alpha/Beta testing to make sure everything runs correctly. I'm sure with games like GTA (more open, plus multiplayer) have longer alpha and beta phases.

[Muffins1223]

so which one would you buy...i think everyone would buy gta 5 rather than one that jsut had a game on it less than 2 years ago compared to the almost 4 year gta 4 distance

[FACTUAL evidence]

Almost 4? GTA 4 just turned 4 two weeks ago. GTA5 is coming this year for sure.

[YodaCracker]

Actual, believe it or not, TODAY is GTA IV's fourth birthday. It released on 4/29/2008. Today is 4/29/2012.

[gatormatt80]

No way it launches that early in October. GTA 3 launched on Oct. 22 in NA, Vice City launched on Oct. 27, San Andreas launched on Oct. 26, The PSP titles launched even launched in late Oct. I'm sure that GTA IV would've launched in late October if hadn't been delayed. It will either launch on Oct. 23rd or on the 30th IMHO.

[MrBeatdown]

Spot on. My money is on the 23rd, that is, if it releases this year at all.

The article is pretty dumb. The idea that Rockstar would plan the release of a game as massive as GTA around the release of Medal of Honor is just downright stupid.

[Relientk77]

We keep talking about all these big games coming out, but dont forget the Wii U is also launching in Nov. Thats a big deal as well.

[ShabbaRanks]

GTAV to launch in october ...

IMPOSSIBRU !!!!!!!

[joab777]

It will be pushed back. My guess is may 2013. You know, rockstar month. The one that has proven to work over and ovet. I am pretty sure resident evil and bioshock won't stop it from selling well. It will sell in october, november, december and on& on.

Just remember how many games were supposed to release in 2011. Some still havnt released.

[ThichQuangDuck]

As many logical people state, would not really make sense to release bioshock and GTA same month both being 2k games. Also the fact that max payne got delayed and is launching in 2 weeks would lead me to believe that the best move would be to launch GTA V in 2013. This article is opinion and thus should be labeled as such seeing as in its current state this makes it look officially announced by rockstar until you click it. Despite rumors of them working on it for a while I will let them confirm the release date and details whether that be at E3 which they often do not go to or through a trailer. Let's not let N4G become FOX News

[Getowned]

those games will still sell fine as long as people want them, the good thing about GTA tho is it could launch any time they want and sell TUNS, I know I'll be in line day one but I love GTA lol.

GTA, ALL THE WAY!!!!!

[ThichQuangDuck]

@Getowned

I am of course not questioning those games ability to sell. Really Rockstar makes amazing games and I am foaming at the mouth to play another Ken Levine Bioshock. I was more attacking the point that this previously was listed without opinion at the beginning so that this website could get hits and attention. Which in itself is misinformation. When I came on N4G the day of this post I was like well it is only one source thus it is probably speculation since it would cover the whole N4G top page. Click the link and it is rumor, however this is not rumors or speculation for gamers who want to dream about game release dates it is news for gamers. By this logic I could post since GTA V is coming October then Half Life 3 must be coming december 26th it is an imagination at work with no fact.

[farhad2k8]

Resident Evil and Bioshock realistically have nothing on GTA.

[WetN00dle69]

That they dont dont BUT RE6 still looks awesome.

[Relientk77]

This holiday season is gonna rock. We have many huge games that will be coming out btwn Sept - Dec

[TrendyGamers]

And more will likely be added at E3.

[Relientk77]

Thats soo true lol I am gonna be spending so much money :(

I REALLY want:

Borderlands 2
Assassins Creed 3
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale

and in 2013 I want Ni no Kuni

*edit haha I DO HAVE to throw in Ni no Kuni EVERYTIME lol because I really want lol. Give me RPG lol

[TrendyGamers]

You always have to throw in Ni No Kuni!

I'll probably get a game a week from the end of August to November there's so much coming out.

[Relientk77]

Yea I have to budget my money lol

I'm getting Diablo III in a couple weeks. Then after I get that, I'll figure out the rest. It's been 11 years that gets top priority lol

[BringingTheThunder]

it better!

[STEWIE_PLAY_PS4]

Yes I'll stand all day and night at ealry oct 5 joke
I can't wait this one finally.

[S2580]

ha, there is literally nothing behind this story apart from that date. Why would Take Two allow R* release GTA near Bioshock, their other big game? It makes little financial sense to either company. But hopefully I'm wrong

[NYC_Gamer]

I doubt GTA5 will even release this year

[Ravenor]

Ring a ding ding, MP3 + Bioshock + Borderlands 2 means there isn't really space for GTA. Why not push it to 2013 to prop up the middle of the year like GTAIV? GTA will sell no matter what time of year.

[MrBeatdown]

@Ravenor

Good point, but they could also have other stuff in the works for 2013 as well that we don't know about, like another Red Dead game or Agent.

Plus, I'm sure GTAV will have some pretty big expansions as well. If they released GTAV in the fall, then expansions could be released in the first half of 2013.

[Skateboard]

I'm a sucka for GtA games.

[Series_IIa]

Rest assured I'll have it on the day of release, without fayle.

[xruiner89]

While i'd be very happy if it did release this year, think it's more likely we will see it April 2013

[RXL]

i feel like this is gonna be the last year for awesomeness as far as triple A titles go..

then it slows down from next year on out..

[tigertron]

October/November is going to be a sweet time for me. Halo 4, GTAV and RE6. I'll whiz through RE6 which will give me time to play GTAV until Halo 4 comes out. That means I'm going to have a busy christmas playing this games if this rumour is true.

[NastyLeftHook0]

gta games are instant buyers.

[Regent_of_the_Mask]

They used to be before they ruined it this gen. GTA4 was garbage and sacrificed all the fun that the games had last gen for realism. It's obvious that they'll just reuse things from their last game (as that's what a lot of devs do these days anyway) and it will be just as bad as GTA4.

[NastyLeftHook0]

i cant disagree with you there, the ps2 gta games destroyed the new ones.

[ClimateKaren]

"It's obvious that they'll just reuse things from their last game (as that's what a lot of devs do these days anyway) and it will be just as bad as GTA4"

Obvious how? From what? What are you basing these assumptions on, there isn't even any real info on the game? Tell me what your crystal ball is saying!

@tentonsoftube
New ONE. Destroyed the new ONE. One game does not make a trend. And 3 & Vice City being better is very debatable. It depends on what exactly you're looking for in the game. Lots of people loved IV, myself included.

[taint]

You say Rockstar made a 'garbage' game with GTA4, but look at the numbers:

-Vice City sold 17.7 million in 6 years

-San Andreas 21 million is 4 years

-GTA 3 sold 14 million copies in 7 years.

GTA 4 has sold 22 million copies in 4 years. I'm not sure what your definition of 'ruin' is, but that isn't it. If GTA5 is as 'bad' as GTA4 was, I'm sure they'll be more than pleased.

[jizzyjones]

This game has officially been rumoured for every week from october 2012 to may 2013, wait and see (and pray its 2012)

[koh]

Why not use the article's actual title, "Opinion: Grand Theft Auto V Will Launch On October 9th"? Oh yeah, it wouldn't get as many clicks.

[DeeZee]

Yeah, things like this should get an article failed instantly. It's only this hot because people think its actual news.

[jeenyus]

You speak the truth. Article is just speculation garbage to get hits.

[yeahokchief]

What a fucking dumb article.

GTA V won't set it's release date around all of those other peasant games. It'll set its date wherever it damn well pleases and outsell every one of those handily.

[Cablephish]

Yeah man, gotta say, that's pretty dumb logic.

[ClimateKaren]

And it's titled in a scumbaggish way too, that makes it look as if they have info on an announce date. Which, in case anyone hasn't realized, is the entire point of this article existing. Garnering site hits, regardless of whether or not there is anything there people want to see. Sickening.

[DeeZee]

When you see stuff like this it's best to just report the site. So many sites on here just care about getting the hottest article they'll do anything. Like purposely mislead people with crap like this. This is honestly no better than what hip-hop gamer was doing.

It gets the site hits, but in the end their creditably takes a major hit. I wish some of these site owners would realize its a marathon, not a sprint. Quality and well thought out points are the best way to build an audience. That's the path I'm taking, and it's working out pretty well.

[i3eyond the Circle]

IF GTA V was to release around that time...its not GTA V that needs to worry about other releases.....its the other releases that will take the huge blow.

[vortis]

When GTA was born the doc was afraid to smack it on the butt because it came out locked and loaded with a beretta that it stole from it's police officer dad.

[vortis]

When GTA was born the doc was afraid to smack it on the butt because it came out locked and loaded with a beretta and keys to a Banshee.

[CoLD FiRE]

Your comment wasn't funny the first time. You didn't have to repeat it with subtle worse changes.

[cyclonus007]

I would love to see GTA V go up against whatever CoD Activision manages to spit out this year.

I know which one I would be buying.

[i_da_pappy]

gta v most def

[OcelotRigz]

If any game could outsell COD it would be GTA, it would be a sad day for gamers if it doesn't.

Also, i hope it releases this year, releasing the trailer at the time they did makes me think they will BUT, as far as i can remember Rockstar never release two titles in the one year, so based on that next spring could be the date.

I love gaming and play a wide variety of games, but whenever GTA comes out, everything else is put aside. Rockstar games are the pinnacle of gaming for me.

[WetN00dle69]

NOW that is a versus match id love to see. And yeah id choose GTA 5 over ANY COD game any day!

[Quagland]

Thanks for letting us know an internet blogger THINKS Grand Theft Auto V MIGHT release on a certain day.

[stuntman_mike]

i would love to see gta5 this year but i think it will be march next year.

[spektical]

honestly, gta is the biggest name in the business, it will come out on whatever day it wants and it will sell like hotcakes.

[MultiConsoleGamer]

Nope. Announced for fall, delayed until March 2013.

[GamingPerson]

Hope the pc version comes out on the same date. I am not buying ps3 version this time around after seeing the graphics mods.

[ZBlacktt]

So this story has no facts at all and is just a guess....?

[flappersack]

Did Rockstar or TakeTwo state that GTAV will launch on Oct 9? No? Then it's all garbage until we hear it from them.

[b163o1]

^^^^ This guy...

[paybackprahl]

I'm sorry, but Grand Theft Auto V doesn't need to bow to any of those games. Rockstar will release it whenever they feel like.

[attilayavuzer]

Seriously, I doubt R* is worried about the competition. Assuming time travel existed, GTA5 could release on 9/11 at noon exclusively in Times Square and still have the biggest opening day of the year.

[Ace_Man_6]

With all these games coming out towards the end of the year, I think it's just as well that I've got a new job!

[jaymart2k]

GTA 3,VC,SA - October
GTA 4 - March

Also it's been almost 6 months since the GTA 5 Trailer. By comparison the trailer cap is bigger then GTA 4's trailers were.

Just something to think about.

[jaymart2k]

Typo: gap....not cap

lol

[SephirothX21]

GTA V March 2013. The Last of Us October 2013. Let's see if I'm right.

[bubwright]

what about the 8th or 10th? come on really!!!! this article is so stupid!!

[ClimateKaren]

I predict that we're going to see GTA VI in 5/14.

*writes an article for his site*

[jeenyus]

LOL'd hard! Bubble up.

[STEWIE_PLAY_PS4]

Yes I'll stand all day and night at ealry oct 5 joke
I can't wait this one finally....

[LakerGamerEnthusiast]

wow honestly, I think you just killed a bit of your reputation by announcing that you ARE SURE of this being the release date. Better hope your right because if not it could kill some of your fans off and the validity of your website and reputation.

[Adityac]

I thought they actually found something good, wtf is this crap lol?

[Plagasx]

MISLEADING FUCKING TITLE. Jesus, I jumped out of my chair for joy when I read it only to click and find out it was only a fucking OPINION....

STOP TRYING TO GET MORE HITS.

[sabu08]

so you are saying with no proof or confirmation , that it is releasing then because other games are releasing around the previous and following weeks ...... good logic this must be the release date

[Proeliator]

Oh look, another horribly misleading title on N4G that gets approved mindlessly.

[Enigma_2099]

Again... did Rockstar confirm this?

[TBONEJF]

TIME TO HEAD BACK TO LIBERTY CITY TO KICK SOME ASSES. Best part of GTA V NIKO and CJ guest stars. but who's the new guy? can't wait to BUY IT WHEN IT COMES OUT!! Another R* game added to my collection.

[BlackSharinganX]

i just want the game this year

[irish4life09]

asshole needs to change the damn title of the thread

[FarCryLover182]

Do you have proof??? Just because "you now know COD is coming in november???" wasn't that obvious like 2 years ago??? Cod has come out in November every year since 2005.

But anyway if GTA does come this fall, except Borderlands 2 and/or Bioshock Infinite to be delayed til spring. However, I think GTA will come April or May 2013. Not a lot of competition, and this time has been Rockstar's biggest time to release games since 2008. I think they're gonna follow the pattern than jeopardize sales against all these other titles when they can maximize sales and profits against little competition later.

[mt]

I hope they make something similar to GTA San Andreas. or tweaks the game to be something like red dead redemption. GTA4 was good game but disappointment because it wasn't great.

[DeadIIIRed]

I like how the "Opinion:" part of the title was just chopped off when it was submitted to N4G.

[DeeZee]

It's crazy, and the mods are just letting it stay at the top. It's worded like it's a news piece. Maybe they'll take it down by the morning...

[Darth_Bane79]

It's the morning and they haven't. Guess the mods want the hits for their website too..

[DeeZee]

Ha-ha, well they fixed the title.

[honkyjesus]

Fishing for hits/10.

I wouldn't mind them releasing it on the same day as the new COD. Rockstar has a habit of trying to really stick it to other games' release dates.

[SuperBeast811]

It wont come out until next year its not R* style to release two big AAA games a year and this year its all about Max Payne GTA 5 in 2013 youll see.....

[tweet75]

im hoping we get a surprise at E3 and find out GTAV is coming first to wiiu. A surprise nintendo announcement.

[Mattman310]

You know what would be more professional? If the title didn't give off the idea that October 9 was the actual release date, when this is really an opinion piece, so as not to fool anyone. You could do that, you know, have a shred of journalistic integrity, but then how would you get such a high traffic rate on N4G?

[Darth_Bane79]

Exactly, once they have enough traffic then they can convince more peole to advertise on their website. So pretty much this is turning into tabloids..

[TheModernKamikaze]

I know am still going to buy it whenever

[BitbyDeath]

Crap article had me believing that this had been officially announced.

Time to vote you down Trendy, you should know better

[bauer007]

This guy is so dumb! Hes trying to suggest Rockstar should be worried by Resident Evil LOL worried about another generic COD? Rockstar are bigger than everyone else, they dont worry at all when to launch their games!

[TesMgsFan]

I think that Ocotber will be the month of games and Gta 5 will have his place in October!!! :D

[Horny]

I'm counting heavily on black Friday. Too much stuff I want including the Wii u and some vita games. Besides that...
GTA 5
Black ops 2
Bioshock Infinite
Resident evil 6
Halo 4
Assassins creed 3 (maybe)

And Sony and ms haven't announced exclusives yet. After e3 this last can become longer.

[Darth_Bane79]

Why does fake articles get approved like this? I'm tagging Trendy Gamers as the "Esquire" of videogames from now on.

[Arts1000]

conjecture : it should be stated on the front page of this article .

[T3MPL3TON]

Yep. This guy is right there is a gap must be GTA5 what else could it be? Nothing but GTA5. Yep.

/sarcasm

I love the GTA games but I hope this doesn't come out until like 2015 so that people will stop all this foolish speculation for a little bit.

[camehlheon]

I don't think we'll be seeing GTA V in 2012. Maybe not even a trailer. It seems that Rockstar always start teasing their games just a few weeks before their release, and all the recent R* games have been released in the April/May period, we can expect GTA V for Spring.

[danieldeath]

Nope October 9th will be the release of 2nd trailer.

[bnaked]

WTF? GTA5 will be one of the best selling games ever, nobody at Rockstar cares about other releases.. GTA5 is THE game release!

[DirtyLary]

Random opinions are news now, great.

[Bounkass]

I hope not. I hope they put some more time in it! :)

[or3330]

I really think it's a long shot.. the dates of the other games don't tell us anything about our beloved GTA v release.