Next Grand Theft Auto out in October

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As expected it'll be called San Andreas and it'll be a PS2 exclusive

Rockstar have announced that the next game in the Grand Theft Auto series will be subtitled San Andreas and that it will be released in the UK on 22 October. The PS2-exclusive game will hit shelves in the US three days earlier.

San Andreas - which first got a mention in the original GTA game on PSone - has widely been rumoured to be the setting of the next GTA game for well over a year and Rockstar registered the name with the US Patent and Trademark Office just before Christmas.

"In the past couple of years, we have put an enormous amount of pressure on ourselves to ensure we do everything possible to exceed people's expectations with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas," says Rockstar president Sam Houser. "Even though we still have eight months to go, we are starting to become very proud of what we have achieved and we can't wait to get the game into players' hands."

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News source: gamesradar.com

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#1 alkaholikc on 01 Mar 2004 - 22:18

I'll be looking foward to this one (:!

#2 h4x0r b4k3r on 01 Mar 2004 - 22:29

w00t!

#3 scaredmogwai on 01 Mar 2004 - 22:31

I wonder if they'll have earthquakes in the game

(2 replies) #4 Cierro on 01 Mar 2004 - 22:33

what about pc version? xbox version? i don't want to buy it for ps2! id rather have xbox or pc version.

#4.1 jaffa™ on 01 Mar 2004 - 22:36

QUOTE (#4.0)

exactly.. ps2 has bad grphx

#4.2 SecretAgentMan on 02 Mar 2004 - 10:18

They are stupid to continue this as an exclusive for the PS2. It looks and plays so much better on the PC and Xbox.

#5 obake on 01 Mar 2004 - 22:36

Yeah, I'd rather have an X-Box version, but hey, what can you do?

#6 BTallack on 01 Mar 2004 - 22:44

They'll likely release it for XBox later.

#7 LiGhTfast on 01 Mar 2004 - 23:00

ps2

#8 DecoyDuck on 01 Mar 2004 - 23:22

So wait, what was the point of making a big thing over releasing the GTA double pack on XBox if they're gonna make the next one a PS2 exclusive again?

I'm wondering if it might have something to do with the UK release date for said double pack being broken and several stores selling it before Sony's contract with Rockstar expired at the end of 2003, rather than on 2nd January like was supposed to happen.

Either way, Rockstar you have stupids.

#9 SirEvan on 01 Mar 2004 - 23:24

can't you guys read? it says EXCLUSIVE...AS IN ONLY FOR PS2

#10 beardedwonder on 01 Mar 2004 - 23:25

THE PS2 is crap...PC PC PC PC

(2 replies) #11 memNOC on 01 Mar 2004 - 23:32

PS2 exclusive? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

seems Rockstar forgot about their roots.. GTA started on the PC, and making GTA: SA PS-exclusive is a kick in the balls for the PC community..

this sucks

#11.1 Phil Gates on 01 Mar 2004 - 23:59

you act like they just started that. its been like this since gta3?

#11.2 memNOC on 03 Mar 2004 - 04:13

umm AFAIK, both GTAIII and GTA:VC are out for the PC.. delayed releases, surely, but out nonetheless..

now what PS2-exclusive means is that it will be only and yes, exclusively, for the PS2.. kiss PC and X-Box goodbye...

(1 reply) #12 riahc3 on 02 Mar 2004 - 00:08

Its not gonna be PS2 exclusive. First of Sony's and Rockstar's contract has ended (as u can clearly see with the Xbox double pack) but since R* i guess feel obligated they'll say its PS2 exclusive so everyone goes buy a PS2 just to play San Andreas. But dont worry it'll almost surely come out for Xbox. and PC 100% but they'll problably do i GTA:VC and release it it several months later (Lets hope a Halo doesnt occur)

#12.1 SirEvan on 02 Mar 2004 - 00:31

so like, you can't read right? cuz the very first line says "As expected it'll be called San Andreas and it'll be a PS2 exclusive"

so uh 1+1, carry the 2, devide by 3, carry the 4... hmm sounds like ps2 EXCLUSIVE to me.. ps2 sucks

#13 TooPackShaker on 02 Mar 2004 - 00:09

yep it'll be out a year later like gta3 and vc

#14 allen1090 on 02 Mar 2004 - 00:34

who cares what system its on (although i do have a PS2 i dont mind the graphics) as long as it comes out on time unlike halo 2

#15 ProF87 on 02 Mar 2004 - 00:39

It's gunna b hots neway ..!

#16 Panorama on 02 Mar 2004 - 00:45

Awesome! Can't wait for it!

#17 pHuzi0n on 02 Mar 2004 - 01:06

There's many interpretations to what they could mean by "exclusive." The initial release could be exclusively on the PS2, it could be that the PS2 is the only console that it'll be on (PC's aren't gaming consoles), or it could be that the PS2 will be the only platform it's ever released for. Judging by their past moves, it will just be initially exclusive on the PS2 with the PC and maybe xbox ports coming out 6 months later.

Now what I'm really wondering is if hippies and gays are going to get as offended as the haitians did. I'm hoping that Rockstar won't hold anything back because if they do then the game will suck. Maybe in this one they'll have transvestite hookers like there are on Polk street in San Francisco; now that'd be real funny. They could have it to where sometimes when you pick up a hooker she'd turn out to be a tranvestite, you'd freak out and hit your head as you're jumping out of the car, and then you'd pass out from the concusion and end up at the hospital without any money because the tranvestite hooker took it all.

#18 Rishdeep on 02 Mar 2004 - 01:27

Look y'all, GTA: Vice City was apparently a "PS2 exclusive" and look what happened with that - it was released on virtually every platform.

GTA: SA will probably come out on the PS2 first, then followed by the other platforms some time later.

#19 process_this on 02 Mar 2004 - 04:53

w00t w00t w00t!!!

#20 SecretAgentMan on 02 Mar 2004 - 10:20

What a waste. Exclusive for a junk console.

(2 replies) #21 jono3000 on 02 Mar 2004 - 15:22

Can't Wait for this...wonder what the soundtracks gonna be like, the 80's music in VC was great

#21.1 dataschmuck on 03 Mar 2004 - 12:59

songs you'll probably hear in San Andreas:

Village People - Y.M.C.A
Diana Ross - I'm coming out
Miguel Brown - So many men, so little time
The Weather Girls - It's raining men
Dana International - Diva
Right said Fred - I'm too sexy
RuPaul - Supermodel (You better work)
Village People - Macho man
Cher - Believe
Village People - In the navy
Whitney Houston - I will always love you
George Michael - Outside
Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer - No more tears (enough is enough)

#21.2 jono3000 on 03 Mar 2004 - 18:35

Some "classics" in that list!

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