'GTA 5' setting, multiplayer confirmed: Rockstar's biggest game ever

Grand Theft Auto V has been given its first details by Rockstar Games.

Developed by Rockstar North, the game will be set in present day Los Santos and the surrounding countryside, hills and beaches.

The firm also said that Grand Theft Auto V will feature mutliplayer and is "the largest and most ambitious game [we have] created".

"A bold new direction in open-world freedom, storytelling, mission-based gameplay and online multiplayer, Grand Theft Auto V focuses on the pursuit of the almighty dollar in a re-imagined, present day Southern California," read a press release.


Grand Theft Auto V's first trailer debuted yesterday, confirming it will be set in a Los Angeles-style city and will feature planes, mountainous environments and poverty as an ongoing theme.

Analysts have predicted a summer 2012 release date, suggesting that a pre-E3 expo launch in June is likely.

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