Prerelease:Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)

This page details prerelease information and/or media for Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3).

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Grand Theft Auto V is known to be one of the biggest video games of all time, both critic and developmental-wise.

Development Timeline

Grand Theft Auto V's development began right after Grand Theft Auto IV, and a lot of things had to be kept behind the scenes during the first few years of development. After the game was officially revealed, they further planned on trying to create a re-imagined Los Santos, with elements inspired and taken from the real-life counterpart of Los Angeles.

Sadly, a lot of content had to be cut either because some things didn't fit in well with the game, the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 had technical hardware limitations (as they considered the game for next-generation consoles) or to make room for Grand Theft Auto Online's exclusive features. Even though so much had to be cut from the chopping block, Grand Theft Auto V managed to become one of the best-selling video games of all time.

2008

• Apr/May - Grand Theft Auto V starts development after Grand Theft Auto IV was released for the PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360.
• Late Jul/Aug - The website domain name for www.grandtheftautov.com was registered by Rockstar Games.
• Dec. 2nd-3rd - Grand Theft Auto IV is released for Windows.

2009

• Jan. - Rockstar Games was prepared to release a new Grand Theft Auto title in time for the holiday season, though they didn't mention anything about Grand Theft Auto V and wouldn't be out by the "holiday season".
• Feb. 17th - The Lost And Damned is released for the Xbox 360.
• Apr. 20th - The earliest date present in the leaked builds.xml file.
• Jul. 14th - Grand Theft Auto V is first heard of and is confirmed to be in development by an industry analyst.
• Oct. 29th - The Ballad Of Gay Tony is released for the Xbox 360.
• Nov. 13th - The first official mention of a new Grand Theft Auto game is seen on The Sunday Times, a British newspaper. Though the setting and characters weren't planned, but Houser stated that the script will be "1,000 pages long".

2010

• Apr. 13th - Episodes From Liberty City (including the two DLCs) was released for the PlayStation 3 and Windows.
• Jul. 26th - The setting for Grand Theft Auto V is rumored at VG24/7, which was rumored to be based in Hollywood. According to Eurogamer, it was revealed that Rockstar developers went there to research locations for the setting.
• Nov. 22nd - The "Rush" casting call was first posted onto the internet.

2011

• Jan. 7th - Mar. - The domain names of the fictitious Grand Theft Auto V websites were registered, and discovered by VG24/7.
• Mar. - The "Rush" casting call is discovered by the public and was rumored to be related to Grand Theft Auto V.
• Jul. 22nd - Brendan McNamara considers using facial recognition technology from L.A. Noire for future titles developed by Rockstar Games, including Grand Theft Auto V.
• Oct. 11th - An official response from Rockstar claims that they didn't have "anything to announce" about a new instalment.
• Oct. 25th - Grand Theft Auto V is officially announced by Rockstar Games on their website and social media feed. Though, rumors of "multiple protagonists" started to build up.
• Nov. 2nd - The very first trailer for Grand Theft Auto V was officially revealed by Rockstar Games.
• Dec. 12th - Dan Houser has commented that the Los Santos will be the only major city featured, and the surrounding countryside according to GameInformer. He further stated that the map will be "very big".

2012

• Feb. 13th - After getting multiple questions for new information about Grand Theft Auto V, Rockstar Games says that more information about the game will be revealed in a "few months' time".
• Mar. 9th & 14th - Grand Theft Auto V is listed with a release date window for Fall 2012, though not officially by Rockstar.
• May 9th - Industry analysts speculate that Grand Theft Auto V could see a release in 2012.
• May 12th - Max Payne 3, a game that uses Grand Theft Auto V assets was released in North America and Eruope.
• Jul. - Take-Two Interactive claims that Grand Theft Auto V is in full development, and the first two screenshots were released to the public. They also confirmed that the game still had a "TBA" release.
• Aug 22nd - More screenshots of Grand Theft Auto V were released.
• Oct. - A leaked poster from UK retailer GAME reveals a release date for Spring 2013.
• Oct. 30th - Rockstar Games officially announces Grand Theft Auto V for a Spring 2013 release date.
• Late Oct. - Grand Theft Auto V is considered for next-generation consoles, though the company still plans on releasing it for the PlayStation 3 first, rather than as a PlayStation 4 launch title.
• Nov. 2nd - The second trailer for Grand Theft Auto V was delayed due to Hurricane Sandy, which was where Rockstar NYC's offices are located.
• Nov. 5th - Grand Theft Auto V is officially open for pre-order, from various gaming outlets.
• Nov. 12th - Grand Theft Auto V is considered for the Wii U, and was the first mention of a PC release, which was expected to come out months after the game is released.
• Nov. 14th - The second trailer (which depicts some cutscenes of the story and characters) came out, this time with a Spring 2013 release. Around that time, Grand Theft Auto Online was teased.
• Nov. 16th - Several questions about the video game was answered by Rockstar Games.
• Nov. 26-30th - A contest was held to win photo-viewers, which contained five exclusive screenshots of the game.
• Dec. 23rd - Five new screenshots of Grand Theft Auto V were released on Rockstar's official website, to coincide with the holiday season.

2013

• Jan. 31st - The game is delayed to September 17 for "polish". Around that time, a lot of fans made conspiracy theories which would later be denied by Rockstar Games.
• Mar. 27th - Ten new images of the game were posted, almost two months after Grand Theft Auto V got delayed.
• Late Mar./Apr. - The iconic cover art was teased by a New York City-based mural designer, and was officially revealed by Rockstar once the mural was complete.
• Apr. 29th - The Epsilon Program website starts to offer fans for a chance to be in the video game as cult members for a limited time.
• May 3rd-7th - Several new screenshots of the game were posted, while select video game critics got to experience the demo version of the game.
• May 17th - The crews feature for Grand Theft Auto V was unveiled, and explained it would be for Online.
• May 23rd - The special edition of Grand Theft Auto V was revealed.
• May 27th - Entries for the Epsilon Program casting contest were closed.
• Jun. 11th - Nine new screenshots of Grand Theft Auto V were uploaded.
• Jul. 2nd - Rockstar Games reveals the Xbox 360 disc-installing requirement for Grand Theft Auto V. While the PlayStation 3 version was mentioned, the final retail release only ended up shipping with one disc. Also, various questions were answered from fans on that day.
• Jul. 9th - Another trailer for the game was released, showing off actual gameplay with minor changes.
• Jul. 15th - An article from Japanese magazine Famitsu reveals the Japanese release date of October 10th.
• Jul. 31st - Grand Theft Auto V earns an R18+ age rating by the MPAA in Australia.
• Aug. 15th - Grand Theft Auto V gets an M age rating by the ESRB, with a trailer for Online being released on the following day.
• Aug. 17th - The Achievements for Grand Theft Auto V were leaked on Xbox360Achievements. Though it only applied to the Xbox 360 version, it would later be the same for the PlayStation 3.
• Aug. 23rd - Parts of Grand Theft Auto V was leaked on the European PSN store, though a lot of them were the same as the final iteration.
• Aug. 25th - Grand Theft Auto V goes gold, thus ending development of the video game.
• Sep. 6th - The winners of the Epsilon Program cult members were revealed.
• Sep. 13th - The official website of Grand Theft Auto V is updated once more, featuring several images with minor changes.
• Sep. 17th - Grand Theft Auto V is released in North America and Europe.
• Oct. 10th - Grand Theft Auto V is released in Japan.

Sub-Pages

2008-2010 Not even putting palm trees in Liberty City would prove those rumors as true.

2011 Los Santos looked palmier than ever!

2012 The year when the game was being hyped to death.

2013 The big delay, save for a few last-minute changes.

Portfolios Things were different back then...

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