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GTA3: Vice City Announced

Posted by Hemos on from the blam-blam-whak-whack dept.

broller writes "According to IGN.com, Rockstar Games announced today that GTA3:Vice City, the next version of Grand Theft Auto will be released in October. GTA3 was released "October 2001 and has rapidly become the fastest selling, highest grossing game for PlayStation(R)2." The PC version of GTA3 hit stores today."

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  1. Why not GTA4? by IRNI · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Kinda seems odd to come out with a new version of the game and keep the version number the same. Has GTA3 become what everyone associates with the Grand Theft Auto series and they don't want to chance having someone go "What is GTA4?". Seems sort of like Intel and their whole Pentium branding. Pent = 5. Yet they kept the name through the 6x86 line. It is odd that version numbers become the product's name eventually when the product really catches on.

  2. Ok, so how much controversy wil this one generate? by 3.5+stripes · · Score: 1, Insightful

    They seem to sell more because of the sheer ofensiveness than actual gameplay (although it is pretty fun), but I doubt it would be half as popular without the protect the children freaks foaming at the mouth..etc

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  3. Oh. My. God. by defile · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The only thing I didn't like about playing GTA3 was that I knew it would end. That saddened me.

    I fear that I'm going to be reduced to a begging junkie sleeping outside of the store the night before it goes on sale.

  4. Re:Ok, how much controversy wil this one generate? by teamhasnoi · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Why not have a level/scene where your job is to escort a bunch of kids to school or some such thing? You could protect them from record lyrics and internet chat rooms.

    Oh wait. Those don't do any harm on their own. Hmmm. How 'bout the object is to make parents pay attention to their kids? Lots of replay value, and since the game is so difficult, only avid gamers need apply.

  5. Consider the source by Rogerborg · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Executive producer, producer, chief executive officer... chances are that none of these people have seen more than a couple of screenshots and concept drawings of the latest evolution. Wake me up when one of the developers is talking about how good and how soon it'll be.

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  6. Re:Mainstream news sites... by brechin · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Grand Theft Auto is now a Sony Exclusive franchise

    Umm... it's coming out for PC. It's running on Windows. It's not as anti-Microsoft as you'd like, it just proves that the Xbox wasn't worth the time MS spent on it.

  7. What GTA3 is missing is... by $beirdo · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The motorcycles! Remember those from GTA and GTA II? (Superbike etc.) They were so fast that you couldn't stay on for more than a few seconds, but they did the coolest jumps and added lots of extra craziness. Bring back the bikes!