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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. And it hit the warez sites yesterday by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting


    And it hit the warez sites yesterday.
    Deviance won the race.

    1. Re:And it hit the warez sites yesterday by Zeddicus_Z · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Article refers to a GTA3 addon pack. The 'warez' version that just came out is the PC version of original GTA3.

      Incidentally, three groups released it. None managed to do a proper release, as all three cracks included on the iso are buggy. Deviance has re-packed one thats *supposed* to work, but doesn't. You can't use savegame after more than four minutes of play.

      So, SafeDisc3 is still secure. Just. Kinda. Maybe.

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  2. Re:Why not GTA4? by aarona · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It's still based on the GTA3 engine. This is kind of like an extra missions pack in a way. It will play as a stand alone game though. The GTA4 name I'm sure will be rolled out at some point in the next year or two but I would expect it to have some significant improvement to the game engine.

  3. Mainstream news sites... by Wind_Walker · · Score: 2, Interesting
    See, this is why I don't go to mainstream news sites for my video game news. Yes, I'm talking about you, Slashdot. You missed the most important thing of the announcement. And, frankly, because of all the anti-Microsoft vibes around here, I have no clue why you missed it:

    Grand Theft Auto is now a Sony Exclusive franchise

    That means that, despite hundreds of reports to the contrary, Grand Theft Auto 3 will not be coming out for the Xbox.

  4. Re:Biggest problems with GTA3 by CaffeineAddict2001 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    No it doesn't. That is what made it so fun. You put grand turismo physics in GTA and it would be dull.

  5. GTA hopes and dreams by British · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I really do hope for an MMORPG version of this. Imagine 20-30 of the main player characters running around in the city causing havok. You could have full-on gang wars, crazy races and several other challenges.

    I heard that Vice city will be taking place in my favorite decade, the 1980s. We can only hope for Crocket and Tubbs references, several genres of 80s music on the radio, and be able to drive Toyota minivans around. I wonder if they'd have a Fiero-like car that starts on fire in the back? Would you be up against a gang of "punks", complete with thin sunglasses and mohawks? Will there be some special Knight Rider car that's cleverly hidden that has special weapons?

    We can only dream for now.

    Another thing I'd like to see is more mini-missions. How about drive a city bus around? The firetruck missions proved to me that driving around a firetruck in a busy city is a real PITA that isn't forgiving to the occasional running over people or smashing other cars.

  6. Re:Why not GTA4? by Gannoc · · Score: 4, Interesting
    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?"

    5 words: Super Street Fighter II Turbo

  7. Mods could be possible by skilef · · Score: 2, Interesting

    A guy edited some GTA3 config-files and found a server entry and a ping entry. There's not much info, but you can find it on this site. This could mean the guys at Rock* were too lazy to remove it, or they left the possibility open to play multiplayer games in the future.

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