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No new GTA in 2009, says Rockstar

January 17, 2009 in News comments 18

Rockstar disproves the rumor of a new Grand Theft Auto sequel/prequel to be released in late 2009; The Tokyo location suggestion is put off as a wild guess.

We checked in with the Rockstar folks this week to check out the first downloadable episode, The Lost and Damned, which is due to hit the Xbox 360 next month. A second episode for Grand Theft Auto IV owners is planned to arrive before October 31, 2009, according to parent company Take-Two Interactive, But there is "no truth" to reports that a wholly new retail game, one on par with the scope of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, will arrive before the holidays.
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  • 0
    Existence Jan 17, 09
    Goddamit. They'd BETTER put the DLC on the PStore, too.
    • 1
      Red 9 Jan 18, 09
      quote z fighter
      Goddamit. They'd BETTER put the DLC on the PStore, too.
      Remember the exclusive Microsoft DLC? Remember the huge amounts of money they paid for it? Yeah, never coming to PSN, my friend.
      • 0
        Existence Jan 18, 09
        One can always hope its a timed exclusive. Though I agree that its a long shot.
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    redneonfish Jan 17, 09
    Good, i'm glad. I'd expect longer for a proper quality game. Hope they improve GTA this time round though, put the fun factor back into it. Although, despite how much everyone says GTA IV was shit, it wasn't. I had some fun whilst playing it, sure it got a bit boring, but that's probably because I played it ALL the time when I had it. I wish I hadn't traded it in.
    • 0
      Seproth Jan 18, 09
      That's the thing. I'd love it, if it weren't GTA...it's just not what I want from GTA.
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    Slumpy monkey Jan 17, 09
    Yeah I would have doubted it, I mean a considerable amount of staff would be working on the DLC and when that is released they would only have less than a year to make the full game and release it.
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    Taker4ever Jan 17, 09
    A GTA game hasn't been released a year after the previous one since Vice City. It's still way too early for a sequel.
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    DragoniteBallZ Jan 17, 09
    They're too busy the the DLC episodes right now to put out a new game.
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    Drogo Baggins Jan 18, 09
    I hope that the next GTA game is announced a long time from now, and a very short time before it's release. There are few things that I hate more than long waits for video games.

    And, yes, my life is so devoid of purpose that I obsess and complain over release dates of video games and movies...
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    EOM Bassist Jan 18, 09
    Rockstar have to spend a hell of a lot of time to make a sequel to a game as huge and diverse as GTA IV, and we still have DLC to come. Let's just hope it comes quicker than Microsoft wants it to come to PS3.
  • 0
    Big A2 Jan 18, 09
    Oh no. We have to go a year without a new GTA game. What ever shall we do?
  • 0
    vortis Jan 18, 09
    The longer the better.

    If this were the Sega, PS1 or even PS2 era, one year would have been enough to pop out something half-way decent. During this generation of gaming, though, one year is just enough time to get some pre-alpha stuff done.
  • 0
    vortis Jan 18, 09
    Stupid duel post...what the heck?
  • 0
    abu el 3am Jan 18, 09
    i will agree with vortis the longer the better .
  • 0
    Revenger of Wastelan Jan 18, 09
    As soon as i will be able to run GTA IV i won't need a new GTA for a looooong time, so this announcement isn't really a concern for me.
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    Jagermax Jan 19, 09
    I guess that the longer we wait, the better the new game will be. 2 new DLC's for GTA IV is pretty impressive though...
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    Gamer boy Jan 19, 09
    They could put lost and damned on ps3. remember when Sony said that San Andreas was only for ps2 but later came out on the original xbox I think that's what happened.
    • 0
      Slumpy monkey Jan 19, 09
      quote Gamer_boy
      They could put lost and damned on ps3. remember when Sony said that San Andreas was only for ps2 but later came out on the original xbox I think that's what happened.
      Yeah, not when there is a contract signed and $50 mill has been dropped on your lap...

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