Here's the most recent news from IGN in August:
"After having spoken with a handful of people close to Rockstar Games (we were completely unable to attain a single word from Rockstar representatives), IGN has learned that the makers of the Grand Theft Auto series are doing some interesting things with the Grand Theft Auto series. The game, currently rumored with the names Grand Theft Auto: Los Angeles/Sin City/San Andreas, is, as you already know, not coming in 2003. It's believed to appear exclusively on PlayStation 2 in fall 2004. If Rockstar remains consistent with its release dates, that means it'll appear around October 22 -29, 2004.
Apparently Rockstar North (formerly DMA Design) has formed two new-ish developmental teams, not to mention the Manhunt team. One is working on the next GTA, which may very well feature online components. There also is suggestive talk about a new direction for the game, as well as speculation about either heavily revamping the current engine or creating an entirely new one. It's also believed to take place in Los Angeles, with a focus on the movie industry in Hollywood, CA.
Either way, the game is definitely going to be aimed at out-doing Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, it's 7-million-plus-unit selling monster. The second team is in the very early designs with what we'll refer to as GTA5 (for lack of a better name), and is being created for the PlayStation 3 (which we suspect will appear, at earliest, sometime in 2005). Perhaps we'll hear more about GTA after the Xbox version comes out... "
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