GTA: San Andreas hits XBOX/PC

[Big Tuna]

Rockstar Games let the good news fly today, announcing that its mega-hit Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas will arrive on Xbox and PC on June 7 in North America. Euro-gamers will receive the fifth game in the series June 10, 2005.

Following Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City in this generation of console systems, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas takes place in the fictitious city of San Andreas and enables players to explore cities much like LA, Las Vegas and San Francisco, all of which take place in real estate that's approximately five times bigger than the landscape found in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

The game follows the African-American Carl Johnson, who escaped from the pressures of life in Los Santos, San Andreas five years ago. Returning to his hometown upon his mother's death in the early 1990s, his family has been torn apart. The game introduces a slew of new features including eating food to survive, the freedom to completely customize your character with tattoos, clothing, and haircuts, a brand new vehicle physics engine, and the ability to swim.

If Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is anything like the GTA bundle pack before it, then Xbox and PC gamers should expect no content changes to the gameplay, but they should look forward to higher resolution graphics, and better overall graphic presentation.

[Hellfire]

Thank god. If Metal Gear Solid 3 would get put on XBox I wouldnt even have to pick up the PS2. I know that won't happen, but I can hope right?

[Your Mom]

Where did you hear this at? Just curious.

[Guest Mr McFarlane]

PC = Good

Xbox = They just want the money

[Animal]

Woooo I was hoping for this on XBOX but I thought they would do it aftr a couple of years just like the double pack. Can't wait to pick this one up.

[apsham]

Take-Two's profits jump, Xbox San Andreas announced

Sales of the latest Grand Theft Auto nearly triple quarterly earnings as the publisher settles an SEC inquiry and evaluates the future of ESPN football games.

Stellar sales from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas filled publisher Take-Two Interactive's coffers for the quarter ending October 31, 2004. Today, the company reported quarterly sales of $438 million, compared to $277.6 million for the same period a year ago. Net income for the quarter was $62.6 million, which also compares favorably to $26.3 million in 2003.

Take-Two's earnings announcement also had some major news for nonfinancial types. First, it revealed that the publisher will indeed release an Xbox version of San Andreas alongside the previously announced PC version during the April-June quarter of 2005. Additionally, the company said today that its upcoming PlayStation 2 title The Warriors, based on the cult classic 1979 gang movie, has been delayed to the same quarter. It also confirmed the delay of Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition to the January-March quarter of 2005.

Source: Gamespot

[Scott McFly]

Is there a source on this? I can't find it on any gaming sites, so I'm a bit sceptical until I do.

EDIT: Just beat me to the punch there.

Edited December 17, 2004 by Scott McFly

[RawIsWar]

GREAT NEWS~

I have been hoping this news would come along soon.

When will it be released in the UK though

[Big Tuna]

My source was IGN, here's the link:

Source

[Scarface]

Have fun waiting half a year? :-p

[Godfatha]

GREAT NEWS~

I have been hoping this news would come along soon.

When will it be released in the UK though

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[Heel Turn]

Yeah, this is pretty much expected, given that the previous releases of GTA games have come the June after their console release. I'll be all over this when it comes out.

[Farmer Reil]

Grrrr.

When you say "GTA hits X-Box/PC", one tends to think you mean NOW.

But no, fucking JUNE. Thanks for that

[Corizzle]

Have fun waiting half a year? :-p

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[Godfatha]

Have fun waiting half a year? :-p

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Have fun playing a far inferior version?

I'm going to pick this up for PC most likely, possibly for XBOX if it's cheaper then $50 CDN

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[Guest Pirate Chasin' Booty]

I've had fun, its funny how people assume this game is going to be any better.

[Heel Turn]

I've had fun, its funny how people assume this game is going to be any better.

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[Corizzle]

I'm going to pick this up for PC most likely, possibly for XBOX if it's cheaper then $50 CDN

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Hahahaha...you're joking.

It'll be like $90 after taxes.

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Edited December 18, 2004 by Corizzle

[apsham]

Well, the graphics will be superior on a high-end PC, the bugs will have been worked out, and there's the addition of a custom MP3 radio station.  For some of us, that makes all the difference.  Plus, I loathe standard controller interfaces, so there's that, too.

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No way that the graphics are going to change in any "groundbreaking" way, I havn't came across a single major bug and adding custom MP3's would fuck up the whole reason behind the track selection in the game.

Have fun playing a far inferior version?

Inferior? Good lord, how much better do you think it'll be?

[Herr Matzat]

Have fun waiting half a year? :-p

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