Grand Theft Auto V Will Be Set in Los Angeles, May Star Multiple Characters

Strengthening long-standing rumors for years that the next Grand Theft Auto would be set in Los Angeles or a fictional version thereof, a source familiar with the game told Kotaku today that those rumors are true.

[MultiConsoleGamer]

They're re-using LA Noire assets.

[Undeadwolfy]

Interesting. I can see that happening, but any links/proof to suggest that?

[nveenio]

LA Noire assets are based around a very specific time period. If GTA5 was reusing those assets, it would have to be based in the same time period... And I think that would be too obvious. Even though the dynamic and gameplay is different, people would still feel like it's the same game, or they'd at least feel a little cheated.

I don't think Rockstar would risk alienating such a large part of their audience... Unless, of course, they just get too cocky.

[JhawkFootball06]

I just hope the missions are varied. I remember playing GTAIII on the mission where there was a dead body in the trunk. Idk why but I thought that was the coolest thing and will never forget that mission. I loved the drug cartel missions in Vice City and buying your own houses/mansions, and I just thought the whole S.A. experience was amazingly fun. Heres hoping they pull it off!

[scotchmouth]

I doubt they would cut corners so hard. They are a creative team.

What I am doubting is the LA speculation. Sounds like misdirection to me. Let's think back as to why they returned to Liberty for IV. They felt they didn't do it justice with GTA III.

Now if we had to choose to remake something Vice City would be a logical candidate. Wasn't it released in 2002? That makes it ten years old. Redoing Vice on Today's consoles would really do it some justice.

Then they can start preparing GTA VI for PS4 and 720 and put it in LA (if they would indeed see the need to redo it) that would put it probably at the 10 year mark or more from San Andreas.

[jeseth]

An aged Tommy Vercetti would be awesome!

On second thought, lets go back to the 80's and Vice City...add a create a character and have to take down Vercetti's empire!

[Dee_91]

LA = san andreas
Like how everyone calls liberty city newyork
I cant wait to see the trailer
I wonder if itl be like the old san an with mountkialmanjarooooo or how ever you spell it or completly new like liberty city.
I would rather see a new version but I woulldnt even be that upset if they used the old san andreas layout.
But who knows maybe its not gonna be called san andreas.
Rumors are its gonna be about corrupt bankers hence the money green V . That sounds like a modern day story so it might be present day.
Also cant wait for next midnight club

[HardCover]

Why WOULDN'T they reuse those assets? They're going to retexture them, obviously, but it's not like they're going to build everything from scratch when they have a great foundation in their files....

[Dee_91]

What "assets" in particular will they be reusing from LA Noire?
Last time i check main thing Rockstar did on LA Noire was music and voice directing type of stuff.

Thats a legit question btw

[Solid_Malone]

i bet this is definitely bound for the WiiU

[user858621]

wouldnt be surprised if this was a launch game for it, that being said I'd love to see how the game makes use of the touchscreen controller

[multipayer]

Bout time Nintendo get Grand Theft Auto on their home console, that or 3rd party support will be notoriously terrible as always... GTA IV as it is could benefit greatly from a new console or pc, so this is a given with GTA V.

[Soldierone]

Don't see how that is a bad thing and it seems quite obvious to me. There might even be a few "LA Noire East Eggs" to be found like older cars and what not.

proof? Every game franchise recycles certain assets and when you go and build friggin LA why would you not use some of it again for another game based in LA? It'd be stupid to build the entire thing from scratch all over again, its a waste of time and effort that could be spent elsewhere.

[StraightPath]

Hope we see Niko guest appearance that would be so coool :P

[DasTier]

Only if we get to kill him

[sinclaircrown]

I think LA will be great. Vegas would be cool also.

[Jamzluminati]

I want vice city. Fuck LA and LA Noire

[Quagmire]

Damn straight. 1980's Vice City was a helluva lot more fun to drive around than any modern day settings.

[HardCover]

Boo fucking hoo. Don't always get what you want, kid.

[hassi94]

Loved Vice City's setting more than anything - so fun to drive around in.

[Saruman]

I demand GTA: Mordor!

[FunAndGun]

I'm jackin' your carriage b1tch!

[artynerd]

One does not simply demand GTA: Mordor.

[wildcat]

Not with a thousand men could you demand that. This is folly!

[showtimefolks]

i want to find out more but RS knows what they are doing i just hope if they are doing GTA:SA again how about mixing GTA:VC along with that as a different city to drive to for a huge open world experience

I am kind of tired with LA setting 1st it was midnight club:LA than LA:N so we will see

can't wait till 1st trailer so all these rumors could be put to rest and i hope gameinformer covers GTA5 like they did with GTA4 for some inside info

[jriquelme_paraguay]

yeah... 1940 Assets? LOL

[Prcko]

that's nice looking city
I like it!!

[Pikajew]

I want it to be in Canada :)

[SockeyBoy]

I wanted Australia. :(

[SilentNegotiator]

I was hoping Stilwater.

[Quagmire]

I want in Iraq.

[wildcat]

I wanted Beijing.

[lochdoun]

San Andreas 2? Really?
Kinda soon to return to LA.

I really hoped they would think outside the box with this one and go with London, Boston or Toronto.

It won't top RDR, that's for sure.

[-Alpha]

S.A was the best

They need to really change some of the mechanics of GTA though. For example, failing missions should be a possibility and branch out the story in different directions

I REALLY loved San Andreas and I really hope that they can make it FUN again. I really thought the location of GTA III and the huge removals of things built up in the S.A was a huge loss to the series.

I hope they have a gorgeous country/wooded area like in San Andreas

[Getowned]

"failing missions should be a possibility and branch out the story in different directions"

I have killed my self or gotten killed in stupid ways and re-doing the mission a second time helped me figure out what to do,or how to do it better.I like the idea but it's not right for GTA,but it was good in games like Heavy rain.

LA sounds fun to me SA was great,but I hope we see a GTA: Tokyo, I would really love to get into some Yakuza and bakuza ??(for get the name) action :P.

I wonder how big the map will be compared to GTA4 and will we get back all the cool things we could do in SA.

[-Alpha]

Didn't True Crime have that?

I understand some missions are ones you'd fail at easily, but I think crucial moments should have a more dynamic outcome.

IMO some of GTA's mechanics are outdated for its series and I'd like to see some changes

[Getowned]

Well I never played true crime so I'm not sure.

I will agree though "GTA's mechanics are outdated" I hope this time when we drive cars it feels like a racing game after all vehicles are a big element of the game,and they drive poorly.Controls like Midnight Club LA would be really grate for GTA,and Midnight Club LA really dose feel like GTA with out the guns the only thing in Midnight Club I hated was the difficulty.The AI was horrible you could never shake them.To me that would be the best up date they could do other than working on 3ps mechanics.

[Pintheshadows]

I look at it like this. GTA 4 had brilliantly realised city. RDR had detailed countryside. Why not smash the two together.

Does DC have some nice countryside around it? I've never been.

[GoldenPheasant]

Yes yes and yes to the country/wooded area like in SA. and be sure to include a giant mountain that I can go up with a tow truck towing a tow truck towing a tow truck and take it off the side of the mountain *remembers doing this in SA...tears*.

[sinclaircrown]

"It won't top RDR, that's for sure."

Do you have tonights lotto numbers by chance also?

[HardCover]

"It won't top RDR, that's for sure. "

Damn that's some heavy bias.

[maniacmayhem]

I was hoping for Moscow.

Or someplace in Iraq or Libya.

or Tokyo would have been bad a#$.

[sinclaircrown]

COD MW9

[Getowned]

Hell yes Tokyo!!!!!!!!! please!

[ChiVoLok0]

I kind of wanted it in Rio de Janeiro but i heard Max Payne will take place there.

[Grendizer]

lol iraq would of been fun.

[sublIME2s]

Bring back Niko and CJ and I will be happy! LOL

[Angrymorgan]

Yea maybe an older cj set today rather than the 90's, I wasn't to pleased they were re using an old setting at 1st, but thinking about it, it could be a good story

[Snakefist30]

TOMMY VERCETTI!!!

[blind-reaper]

I read in an interview with Houser that they will not bring back any characters from the GTA 3 series (VC, SA, LCS, VCS) because GTA 3 is "different universe".

[BlmThug]

I was hoping vice city and then Los Santos/LA

[CYBERSNAKE]

I'd much rather prefer a sequel to 'Bully' than another GTA.

[SneeringImperialist]

Same. also why are people disagreeing with this guys personal oppinion lol?

[KaBaW]

Even though you gots a ton of disagrees, I agree with you. I loved the first Bully.
And, there is so much that they could go about adding on to the game, or franchise.

[blind-reaper]

I would like a sequel of "Bully" but to say "I'd much rather prefer" it is saying too much.

@TheATIGuy

YES we can disagree with other's people opinion.

[CYBERSNAKE]

I love the GTA franchise just as much as the next guy and I'll probably get this game, but I'd prefer that they would make the next GTA on next generation consoles. Bully is far more unique, there are a dozen GTA games and millions of clones but there is no game similiar to Bully. Hopefully they're working on both Bully and GTA V.

[J5Feedback]

I've had Bully as my Google background for like a year now. There's not a sequel I want more...

....but GTA V got me hype.

[Aclay]

If the next GTA is set in L.A., I'd place my bets of CJ making a return. San Andreas was set in a fictional California, and San Andreas was one of the highest selling GTA titles with CJ at the helm, so I think there's a pretty good chance of him making a return in some fashion if L.A. turns out be the location....I doubt he'd be the main character, but I could totally see him playing a Secondary role (like Lance Vance in Vice City)

I think it would be pretty cool if he returned as a secondary character that you collaborate with in the story...or maybe as an Antagonist that you're competing against. If CJ was to return in GTA5 with the L.A. setting, it would just be HUGE for the GTA series.

It feels good to finally get a GTA announcement after 3+ years though. Just hope it comes out in 2012 without any kind of infamous Rockstar delay.

[saimcheeda]

GTA V will start a new chronology, and instead of being called L.A the city will be San Andreas!

[Shane Kim]

San Andreas wasn't a city, it was the state with the cities los santos, san fierro and las venturas. And to be honest, I don't think we will see all those cities in one game again. It'll probably just be Los Santos.

[lifesanrpg]

I love when sites use "a source close to the game" but don't actually name the source or cite them.

I actually meant to tell you all...a source close to Rockstar told me personally that GTA V will feature an entire underground water level similar to Mario

[DNAbro]

they aren't supposed to reveal there sources or they can risk getting them fired. plus kotaku risks there credibility when they do it, so they have to be at least some what confident in it's validity.

[KaBaW]

Agreed. Don't tell lifesanrpg anything; he'll rat you out ina heartbeat! :P

[scotchmouth]

It's not unusual for a company like Rockstar to have it's employees sign a Non Disclosure Agreement.

Let's say we worked for R*. Would you risk your job to spill the beans on your project to some website?

[solidt12]

For $ some people will do anything. Not saying they payed them, just saying.

[Ocean]

Great news cannot wait..can we also have a sequel to Bully please Rockstar

[xX-StolenSoul-Xx]

I would love to return to los santos. I really hope it's true.

Some other rumors said it may be GTA V with the V meaning Vice. We have to wait till trailer releases i guess.

[Solidus187-SCMilk]

Maybe V stands for Vegas. Robbing a casino would be cool.

[xX-StolenSoul-Xx]

Or Venturas. That's the name they use for vegas

[Dan50]

GTA 1 and London has multiple characters to choose from.

[MorningStar]

I think if its in LA they should get Jeremy Piven to do a spoof of Ari Gold would be so funny!

[SAE]

it could be more then one city , it's possable , xbox360 2 or 3 discs / ps3 blueray / pc.....

if they did that it would be sooooooo amazing especially if they made the gameplay fun just like san andreas with mods , cars from pc to console , online , amazing story { i loved iv story :P }

[Ps3blaze22]

i love rockstar

[Eamon]

I really hope it'll be set in London this time. But I know that's never gonna happen.

[Xalaris]

I guess it was bound to happen sooner or later, Los Angeles is anything but small. I just hope we have to work to get there or something based on what San Andreas pulled with Las Venturas.

[ATi_Elite]

San Andreas 2.....YIPPIE!!!

can't wait to get back into the casinos!

[Ricardoportillo04]

i vote san andreas

[GoldenPheasant]

lol@avatar.
thats like an OG cat.

YO!

[Shadowaste]

it just better be a next gen game, after playing gtaiv with all the tasty graphical mods, there is zero way i can go back to that grungy, last gen looking game, even on pc, if the assests are not also made with next gen consoles in mind it won't even look nearly as good as gtaiv on pc with mods!!

[boricua82]

seriously Los Angeles,goddamn it can we go to another city in the USA besides NY or LA i mean we have 48 other damn states to choose from or other cities in the world like Tokyo or London or Paris.i just pray it doesn't suck like San Andreas.

[Grendizer]

Detroit!!

and you get to play as Eminem

[BitbyDeath]

I hope not LA has been overdone already.

[KentBlake]

If they include mid-mission checkpoints, I'll be glad, even if it's set in the bottom of the ocean.

[Shane Kim]

Give me Vice City in the 80's again.

[slave2Dcontroller]

Yeah baby, the 2nd GTA based in my city. Welcome back to LA GTA!! B)

[FlashXIII]

Personally I'd rather have them use 80s Miami again.. Vice City was easily the best in the series. However, really I don't see why they feel the need to do LA again? Why not focus on a city outside of America.. How about London? Or maybe even Tokyo? I'd like to see a more cultured game.

[Snowii]

they should make it in los santos :D

[Hayabusa 117]

All lies. Firstly they're not going to reuse LA Noire Assets because that would lazy on their part (and Rockstar aren't lazy) And secondly, every GTA from GTA 3 onwards has been set in fictional cities, I don't think they're gona change that now. It's easier to design gameplay around a city that's fictional then having to conform to a real location. And what's so amazing about LA that we want to play it anyway? Certainly they might base it on LA the same way Vice City was based on Miami in the 80s and Liberty is based on New York: in that sense, Los Santos was based on LA, and I think it makes alot of sense to return back to San Andreas or a neighbouring city. It just doesn't make sense why they would re-create a real city for GTA V. It makes sense to base it on LA, sure, but not to re-create it.

[Big_Dom]

An American city again. How totally uninspiring.

[Eiffel]

Honestly, it makes sense. There's no place crazier and one sided than America as far as Rockstars humor goes.

[zero_cool]

Hopefully the saints row series has opened up rockstar's eyes that fun is just as important as visual atmosphere.

[modesign]

does rockstar know theres more cities than LA, NYC, San Fran, miami.etc

[TheEatingVodka]

GTA LAS VEGAS!!!!!!

[makingdamage]

If true, do Rockstar know that there is a whole world outside of USA? Its time they make a gta game with some fresh environment instead of reusing the same cities over and over again.

[PS3gamer4life]

please san andreas 2 0r san andreas b4 cj went to liberty city i want to no the story the story how his bra died

[modesign]

why dont they use the future metropolis of Dubai.