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Dan Houser wants to stimulate you

The explosive blowout on information and assets on GTAV this month continues in a New York Times interview with Rockstar Games VP of Creative Dan Houser. While the article doesn’t necessarily dive too much into the press demo of the game that the paper received (probably as a result of their hangover after their boy Obama won the election), it did, however, contain a rather

Community Spotlight: Roundup

It’s all been quiet on the official news front for Grand Theft Auto V, so what have fans been discussing over the last month? Rockstar have been busy promoting Max Payne 3, which has now released internationally on consoles. The revamping of Social Club and introduction of crews has set a high standard of expectations for GTA V multiplayer; you

Community Spotlight: Mapping Los Santos

It’s been nearly 6 months since the announcement of Grand Theft Auto V, and while we were treated to a trailer shortly after, Rockstar have remained tight-lipped on the all-important details such as release date and protagonist. Fans have never been busier, however, and the GTANet Community in particular is rife with analysis and speculation. One of the most detailed

State of Liberty mod requests assistance

X-Seti from the GTA: State of Liberty project has requested assistance with mapping and other modding duties to speed up progress with the mod. State of Liberty is a project designed to bring Liberty City (of GTA3), Vice City and San Andreas to a single game engine. Head on over to the topic at GTAF for more.

Hidden Package 2

UPS just brought Hidden Package #2 from Rockstar. No screenshot this time, but it did contain a Liberty Swingers baseball shirt, which one must presume is the name of a baseball team in the game world. Here’s a closeup of the logo on the shirt:

Hidden Package

I just received “hidden package #1” via UPS from Rockstar. Inside was a Tw@ Internet Cafe mouse pad, a Liberty City lapel pin, wanted posters, and a new screenshot. The Videogeddon Arcade in the background is a nice touch. I wonder how long it takes Jack Thompson to issue a press release about it.. As always, you can discuss the new screenshot at

Community Project: Mapping Liberty City

This map shows a small area of Broker, Liberty City. It is deduced entirely from what is revealed in screenshots and trailers, and therefore is mostly accurate but not entirely accurate. It was produced by the combined efforts of the GTAForums community. See this thread for more details, and feel free to post your own contributions. Click on the red icons to view screenshots taken at the locations indicated

Complete Trailer 3 Shot-By-Shot Analysis

Our partner site PlanetGrandTheftAuto have produced an extensive shot-by-shot analysis of the third GTA IV trailer, “Move up, ladies,” with 80 shots examined in total. Be sure to check it out, and leave any feedback/suggestions/comments at our forums.

The Chain Game

The Chain Game is something which has been running successfully at our forums for more than 20 months now, so we are now giving it some much-deserved recognition. It is currently run by JAJ, and the objective of the game is quite simple – to start a new game from the beginning and achieve 100%. Anybody can contribute by “calling” the