Grand Theft Auto 5
The hot topics of the gaming world these past few weeks have been the soon to be launched Battlefield and Modern Warfare 3, but finally, Rockstar has doused the flames with an even hotter game. GTA V.
Short and sweet, Rockstar teased the gaming world with a simple tweet reading ‘#GTAV rockstargames.com’. No information has been given about the launch date, nor the consoles it is to be released on, just the logo and the teaser trailers release date, November 2. This minimalist approach is something to be admired, and something only achievable by such a game series. With so little information, much speculation is already building up.
With a fourteen years of history behind it, the Grand Theft Auto series has gathered a humongous following. Much has changed though since the 1997 game launch where gamers played on a 2D map with a birds-eye view –point, running around the city, as a little rough dot. It wasn’t until GTA III, released in ten years ago this month, that the real groundbreaking game-play was brought to the market. GTA III allowed players a fully immersable 3D game-play, where you played within the map in the third person. Revolutionary at the time, this form of game-play was much less usual, especially in such detail and depth.
Today, 3D style game-play is commonplace, gamers expect nothing less. Follow 4 years since the last major GTA game, which has sold in excess of 22 million units, fans of the franchise have been eagerly anticipating the news of the next in the series.
This fantastic use of minimalist marketing has proved the perfect way to get people talking. Trending on Twitter, GTA has suddenly become one of the most talked about games of the week, despite only four days until the official Battlefield launch in the UK.
So, what MLM wants to know is, which new fictional city are we going to be presented with, and what city will it be based upon? Rumour has it a Hollywood theme may be on the books, however, with so little information, it’s too early to start getting too excited!
So, pencil it in your diary, November 2, the trailers release date, available at Rockstar Games.
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Excitement factor: 11/10
By 'Miss Weeble' @mlmGB.