Yes, that headline is not a mistake -- this post is about a clock that has appeared on Rockstar's official site for the ten year old videogame, Grand Theft Auto 2. Wait, make that two clocks. One clock is labeled May 1, with a link to a "present" page; the other is labeled May 22, with a link to a "future" page.
I'm not even going to try to figure out what all of this means. As with most countdowns, there are likely clues scattered all over the site, and I leave it to you guys to figure out. I'm barely a journalist, much less an investigative one. I will say that rumors of Xbox LIVE Arcade and PlayStation Network ports of Grand Theft Auto 1 and 2 have been floating around for awhile -- could this be related?
Dear Internet Matlocks, please pull on your thinking caps and pull out your magnifying glasses. This is a case that we demand you solve.
[Via CVG]
[Update: Call off the search dogs! Rockstar has contacted us regarding this, and it appears we shouldn't fuss over it. Apparently, those clocks are supposed to display the current time, but something is corrupt. The page "hasn't been touched in years," according to Rockstar's web team.
Feel free to keep hunting for clues only if you're really, really bored.]
Contest:
1:34 PM on 05.01.2008
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If this was to be a port i'd love for them to port that London edition one. The only one I haven't played.
And no I really didnt care too much for GTA before 3.
Shame I didn't like GTA2 much...
Like they did with the first one some years ago.
@MrSadistic: I think only GTA1 is free. Not the second one.
Or DS.
my guesses:
-That first countdown is for a trailer or a port
-Yeah, XBLA port, but w/ multiplayer
-London DLC/expansion for IV announced in late may
-3D treatment for PSP/PS2
-Just a straight up PSP port
-Multiplayer version for PC
Its too soon for it to be DLC for IV but I cant help but wish that it was.
I'd love to go back to the old school GTA style for a bit.
Gouranga!
Sorry, you're right.
http://www.rockstargames.com/classics/
I still remember when I first played GTA's shareware demo and how I felt, even my surroundings! Best PC Gamer demo CD evar!
GTA: London!
That would be sweet on PSN!
..but also.. not very likely... :-(
The games were pretty bad when they were new, I certainly wouldn't pay to play them now. They've been available as free downloads for the PC for years anyway.
But who cares. They sucked. I have no idea how they even sold enough keep going.
Oh wait thats right it was the name on the box...grand theft auto, ...
so conversations before the games was purchased must have went like this...
"Look ma I can rob me some of them cars in top down 2d that looks worse than Most of my SNES games, lets buy it! and it's got hookers my gangsta redneck hommies from the south will love it!"
...whatever!
I was playing the series since I was like 11 or somethin'. I'm 21 now, so...10 years.
My friend and I, when we were around 13 or 14, used to say "Man, I wish they had a 3d version of this game that wasn't top-down view..."
...Months later, they announced GTA 3, and we flipped. :P
Surprised no one else remembers.