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Grand Theft Auto done with Liberty City: Next stop ... photo

With the release of Grand Theft Auto IV: Episodes From Liberty City, Rockstar has declared that this is the end for Liberty City, the game's New York-inspired location. In the manual for the freshly released game, a teaser page bears the message: "Liberty City! It's Over!" Underneath that message is the phrase: "Next Stop."

The image has a pretend rip in the paper, "revealing" the location underneath it. However, all that's pictured is a small bit of landscape and the word "seagull," which gives us no clue whatsoever as to where the next location may be. That said, wasn't Vice City supposed to be famed for its beach, upon which there CAN BE SEAGULLS SOMETIMES!? My journalism sense is tingling ...

Where do you think the "next stop" for Grand Theft Auto will be? Are we returning to Vice City, will we be skipping straight to San Andreas, or does Rockstar have something entirely new up its sleeve? Let the rudderless speculation begin!


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Magesx's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 08:42
Magesx
RELEASE THIS STUFF ON THE PS3 AUAUHSUHGUGHUHGUHG
matty125's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 08:45
matty125
Would be nice if it was London: 1969. That's the only location (besides the GTA2 game) that Rockstar went back to and made a game of.
Are there seagulls in London? During 1969?
Issun's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 08:45
Issun
At this very moment, speculation go as far as France in all the french videogame sites, which could be a funny idea as far as I'm concerned.
DrRockso's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 08:48
DrRockso
Reminds me of Brazil. Don't ask why.
MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 08:50
MrSadistic
AND I RAN
I RAN SO FAR AWAY
LB Jeffries's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 08:50
LB Jeffries
It would be a shame if they didn't go someplace new. London or maybe Hong Kong would be awesome.
Zulu's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 08:51
Zulu
GTA: Bible belt. Make it happen Rockstar.
Senisan82's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 08:54
Senisan82
GTA 5 is set in the Caribbean confirmed.
FatherChesz's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 08:54
FatherChesz
Sadistic is on to something. Seagulls->Flock of Seagulls->I Ran->Iran->ZOMG GTA Middle East CONFIRMED!!!

That might be an interesting concept...
TheToiletDuck's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 08:58
TheToiletDuck
That colour scheme.. could it be? GTA : Jet Set Radio
dj-anon's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 09:04
dj-anon
I don't care unless they make the game fun again.
Cowboy TTop's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 09:04
Cowboy TTop
I think so too Senisan. This colours used underneath look very Jamaican/Carribean to me.

This would prove interesting from Rockstar, as you might have the ability to island hop, each offering something different.
JustLikeBuck's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 09:06
JustLikeBuck
A flock of seagulls, you say? Who's hit song I ran away featured in teh Vice City soundtrack and advertisements?!?!

GOOD HEAVENS!

Can't wait :D
Sexualchocolate's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 09:07
Sexualchocolate
dj-anon - seconded. Moar funs plz!

I don't care where it as, so long as it's not in magic-cars-drive-like-boats-land again.

Also if this doesn't come to the PS3 at the same time as the 360 version i will not buy another GTA game. Timed exclusive (called "exclusive" by Liecrosoft) bullshit is ruining the gaming industry.
TheGlue29's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 09:11
TheGlue29
Wherever it is, I certainly hope they make the game better this time around. GTA IV wasn't even as good as San Andreas, for f***s sake.

And please, please, PLEASE Rockstar...if you're going to one quarter ass online MP like you did with GTA IV, then just leave it on the cutting room floor. GTA IV's online MP is a bad, bad joke.

That being said, Vegas deserves it's own GTA. San Andreas doesn't count...Vegas shouldn't have to split GTA with San Fran and LA. GTA Vegas, baby.

Engage.
ChaosTeaCup's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 09:12
ChaosTeaCup
As if, SC. That sounds to me like throwing your toys out of the pram.

Change the car handling though - clay tires are not as much fun as rubber tyres.

GTA London/Paris/Berlin/anywhere in Europe would be cool...
CRAZYAPE69's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 09:13
CRAZYAPE69
London please!!
Carl Sagan's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 09:18
Carl Sagan
1930s would be fun.
gore on the floor's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 09:19
gore on the floor
@ Sexualchocolate

Not that it really makes a difference either way, but HOW exactly do timed exclusives ruin the videogame industry?
MaxDemage's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 09:20
MaxDemage
Please let it be once again Vice City... please! And back to the 80's and disco and stuff... you all know you want it. You just don't have t3h courage to say it.

Or at least Hong Kong. That would be fresh and new and funny, I think.
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 09:28
Tubatic
I'm calling San Andreas. In the big picture, its a city with a heart under it, and the heart is broken/cracked. Makes me think of a fault line, like San Andreas. how do you one up a huge and well realized city? A huge island/state with three significant cities and a bunch of tiny towns. Wishful thinking I guess: I REALLY enjoyed having to drive for minutes to get between the cities. i love a road trip, I ireckon.

GTA now seems to be squarely about satirizing American for most of its material. Roasting another country would be really fascinating (Yeah, I think I'd REALLY enjoy a London-type city), but I feels unlikely, business model wise.
TheDreadHawk's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 09:29
TheDreadHawk
they need to go someplace that is varied like San Andreas, but detailed and superb like Liberty City. Liberty City's general size made it boring after awhile. It also didn't help that it was basically copy-pasted from Google Maps.
munkee's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 09:32
munkee
GTA Cornwall! :D

come on Jim.. it HAS to be!?
munkee's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 09:34
munkee
my detective work has uncovered that due to there being a seagull [and maybe sand].. yes, it is definitely in cornwall :|
Tha Meat's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 09:35
Tha Meat
I've always wanted a GTA Neo Tokyo.
munkee's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 09:37
munkee
@ the meat

GTA Neo Tokyo [akira] would be amazing! not many seagulls though :(
Oncomouse's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 09:38
Oncomouse
I think a return trip to London would be great. Wasn't there also a New Orleans style city in the original GTA alongside Liberty City and San Andreas? That could be interesting as well.
Bigmoose85's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 09:41
Bigmoose85
I would love to see GTA come to B-more (Baltimore,Md) maybe they'll do something like The Wire? :)
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 09:54
Xzyliac
At first I thought it was a chalkboard and my mind instantly went to Bully. Darn.

I wish I could come up with something. San Andreas and London both sound like good guesses but Vice City sounds like the best.

I'd really love a 1969 remake though. Just to play the era.

@Bigmoose85
San Andreas always reminded me of Baltimore. Minus the huge stretches of farmland of course.
otikik's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 09:57
otikik
I wish it was Hong Kong. Really impressive city.
deaddays's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 10:05
deaddays
Seagull doesn't have anything to do with the new location. The poster is for a fictional PLAY in Liberty City, and it's being show in Theater Seagull, an actual place in Liberty City (I think it's somewhere near Star Junction). So, back to staring at the tiny piece of nothing at the bottom left of the page...
stalydan's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 10:09
stalydan
Would love to see Vice City reimagined. Although I think the London idea sounds ok, it just wouldn't be that much different than Liberty City. Sun, sea, sand. It would make a nice change from dark and gloomy. Hi-def hawaiian shirts here we come!
Ray Tarded's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 10:09
Ray Tarded
They're hinting at it's next star... it's going to be America's number one action hero... Steven Segal.
Fifty Dollar Curse's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 10:10
Fifty Dollar Curse
Seagull, eh?

Grand Theft Auto: Seattle might have some dull scenery, but would be rich in character parodies of Bill Gates and Nintendo.

The musical possibilities are obvious.

It's probably Vice City again though. Yawn.
Drack48's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 10:14
Drack48
Everyone loves Vice City, it's such a win, come on. Have the game take place in the eighties with multiple characters and get Ray Lioata back! ASAP!
Br0th3rGr1mm's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 10:16
Br0th3rGr1mm
If the simply did a graphics update to the orignal Vice City and released it on X360, I'd sell some blood to buy it on release day. Definately my favorite game of the series.
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 10:24
Dexter345
I expect either Vice City or an entirely new location. Perhaps somewhere in South America?
Tarvu's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 10:32
Tarvu
I think it would be based in an english speaking country to keep the language simple. The depicted scenary reminds me of the mountain in the south-west of San Andreas, maybe they are taking a shot at bringing back the fun of a huge map and planes? We can only hope.
Rosseh's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 10:33
Rosseh
Devon
DanlHaas's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 10:34
DanlHaas
I remember there being some oblique references to a Carcer City on the radio in San Andreas. I heard rumors it was supposed to be GTA's Chicago, which could make sense here, being that Chicago is on that big ol' lake.
grasslunatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 10:37
grasslunatic
I want a completely new location.
HiddenAHB's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 10:45
HiddenAHB
Just keep paroding USA and i will keep playing.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 10:54
Holyetheline
Looks like we've figured it out.
surfpunk's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 11:05
surfpunk
Pre Castro Cuba would be great as in Godfather 2.
jplages's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 11:31
jplages
This looks like Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Take a look at this: http://www.hiddenpousadasbrazil.com/imgs_trip/Casa%20Beleza,%20Santa%20Teresa-%20Sugar%20Loaf.jpg
Sexualchocolate's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 11:42
Sexualchocolate
@ gore on the floor

it's causing a high percentage of (mainly young, non blog reading) gamers belive that certain games are only available on one platform, when they are actually just timed. This skews purchasing decisions for consoles in a non-truthful way.

Takes advantage of the idea of a free market.

If 3 kids in one class say the new GTA is 360 only, how many of their mates are going to ask mummy and daddy for a 360 over a PS3 that year?

i heard on the Radio (Radio 1, UK's main station) today that the DJ had spoken to lazarus of GTA radio fame and was asking if "The New GTA" - by which he meant the Gay Tony add on, would come to PS3! - This clearly makes out that PS3 is missing out on major games and does not help the popular myth that the PS3 haz noe gaymz.

----> less sales ----> less support -----> fewer games for me!
ChaosTeaCup's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 11:51
ChaosTeaCup
Hey. Chocs. I'm not following you, honest. What you just said may be true, but what's wrong with that? GTA used to be a PS2 exclusive 'for a time' - Bet that didn't bother you. I think what maybe bothers you is that it gives the impression that Rockstar believe the 360 is the more popular console, and therefore a good return is guaranteed on their extra investment with the episodic content. Which is true, whether that is Rockstars thinking or not.
SneakerElph's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 11:57
SneakerElph
Chicago, set in the 1930's.

An old tyme gangster story. Tommy guns and all. It could be epic, possibly even film noir style (or a parody, of course)

I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
fetusmilk's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 11:59
fetusmilk
did anyone notice it says "opens march everywhere" next to the picture on the bottom. i dont have a larger sized version of this so there might be some text im missing.
Ganjookie's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2009 12:08
Ganjookie
I'm hoping for a N Dakota type city this time around
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