Jamesadin
2002-08-25, 10:43 AM
I found another short news story on the game.
It's tough to argue that the 1980s were anything but a strange decade. Michael Jackson wore red leather jackets scarred with zippers, popular music reeked of sappy discontent, and hairspray was shamelessly applied in an attempt to defy nature, gravity, and good fashion taste. But we all lived it, and regardless of whether you loved or hated The Breakfast Club or Wham, you can't help but have a soft spot and a fascination for the lost decade. Which is exactly what the minds at Rockstar are betting on with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, the follow-up to the megahit GTA3.
While we don't know much about the new GTA, we can confirm that it will be exclusive to the PS2 and will (hopefully) be released at the end of this year. In fact, Rockstar and Sony shook hands on a deal that will keep the GTA franchise a PlayStation-exclusive through 2004.
We can also confirm that this is not a sequel. That should be obvious, since it's set in the '80s and takes place in a pseudo-Miami (whereas GTA3's Liberty City was a NY/Chicago mix). The music will be ramped up - and we suspect plenty of new commercials are on the way. As for the vehicles, we've found out that both helicopters and motorcycles will be available this time--not to mention some phat Lamborghini clones. A lot of the characters from GTA3 will also be showing up...Vice City is apparently a prequel to GTA3, though Rockstar won't confirm it.
Guess we'll have to wait to find out.
Thanks to Gamers.com for the news
It's tough to argue that the 1980s were anything but a strange decade. Michael Jackson wore red leather jackets scarred with zippers, popular music reeked of sappy discontent, and hairspray was shamelessly applied in an attempt to defy nature, gravity, and good fashion taste. But we all lived it, and regardless of whether you loved or hated The Breakfast Club or Wham, you can't help but have a soft spot and a fascination for the lost decade. Which is exactly what the minds at Rockstar are betting on with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, the follow-up to the megahit GTA3.
While we don't know much about the new GTA, we can confirm that it will be exclusive to the PS2 and will (hopefully) be released at the end of this year. In fact, Rockstar and Sony shook hands on a deal that will keep the GTA franchise a PlayStation-exclusive through 2004.
We can also confirm that this is not a sequel. That should be obvious, since it's set in the '80s and takes place in a pseudo-Miami (whereas GTA3's Liberty City was a NY/Chicago mix). The music will be ramped up - and we suspect plenty of new commercials are on the way. As for the vehicles, we've found out that both helicopters and motorcycles will be available this time--not to mention some phat Lamborghini clones. A lot of the characters from GTA3 will also be showing up...Vice City is apparently a prequel to GTA3, though Rockstar won't confirm it.
Guess we'll have to wait to find out.
Thanks to Gamers.com for the news