Well yeah. You've just listed a lot of the main franchise games of this generation there. I'd venture a guess and say that most people who are willing to discuss video games on the internet have played them.

I'd really like to play NHL08.

Do you expect Fangerl to ever venture off that path?

Holy shit, I just discovered this game called MADDEN. This game is the fucking shit!

I merely felt bad for not being able to offer him a suggestion, good sir.

Keep using Malkin and Ovechkin on the Canadiens and scoring like 15 goals a game.

This. I'd rather have more buildings to go into, and more unique and detailed neighborhoods, than a larger map.

I will concede my stance to that of Fignuts.

So when the hell is this thing going to be released?

If I blow up like 50 million cars and slaughter a ton of people on the street I want the carnage to remain there for a while

carnage

just tryin to show some carnage before class

Tomorrow.

don't kid.....

Don't be impatient. It'll come out when it comes out.

Current news and rumors state Game Informer has GTA V as their cover for the December issue so have to wait for when that gets released to find out more about the game or even if a potential date is announced.

Prob be next Oct. Doubt they'd hold it for a next XMAS release and don't see a FEB / APR release coming. Sep/Nov is usually filled with sports titles doing their usual releases and maybe a COD that the nabs who like spray and pray will buy.

I dunno. I just see it being some way off yet for some reason.

Ill wait. less then patiently, but ill wait.

I just beat GTA IV again this weekend, and it's making me very antsy.....

I have a file in San Andreas going, I should get on that again.

Remember when Fangerl took pride in his posts?

The RAGE Vice City project looks awesome. Just wish they'd add to it, rather than port it.

Not to mention pretty much every GTA except GTA IV in the main series has had an October release date...R* loves to release GTA games in October. I just don’t know if it will be as soon as next October. They may be considering waiting until the new consoles hit, I don’t know.

I still stand by the late May date.

GTA V is confirmed to be the cover of the December issue of Game Informer, which is the magazine that always gets the "world exclusive" for GTA games, so that's likely the start of the "hyping" and marketing.
Take Two have also set themselves a goal of something like $25 million or some other huge number before the end of the fiscal year (March 2013). The only way they'd reach that target is with GTA V, so it's not too far fetched to think we'll get the marketing starting in December with a release in very late February/early March.

Well until we hear anything from Take-Two and R*, I won't even speculate any further until or unless we see details on GTA V in GI or some official website like R*s or Take Two's.

Thank god. All your speculation was killing me.

Where'd you read that?

It was said at a Take Two share holders conference call, months ago. I think I mentioned it earlier in this thread.

Pretty sure you didn't, as I did a "find" pass on every page since last November. That would be a little under a year ago, and that wouldn't refer to this fiscal year. At least, not in a way that can "only" be attributed to GTA V.

The closest I found were expansions of purchasable shares (not even close to the same) and the announcement that their outlook for this quarter was actually lower than speculated (also not the same, probably the opposite).

There's a podcast of their shareholder meetings, but I'll save that for someone with the interest, attention span, and fixation to check it out. I'm betting Kalyx.

Now, I'm more than happy to see what you're talking about, but maybe you could actually post it so people can see?

Actually there is a huge pattern for GTA games considering October has usually been the month and all GTA IV did was add in March/April as choices.

GTA IV, Lost & Damed, and Chinatown Wars on the DS were released in March/April range while Ballard of Gay Tony, Episodes of Liberty City, and Chinatown Wars on the PSP kept the traditional October range.

Michael Patcher said it, so it's probably 100% wrong.

I'm not actually saying it can't be released in March, but it's Patcher. This guy's an idiot on so many levels. He must either be brilliant when it comes to non-predictive tasks at work or giving the boss 5* blowjobs, because no way is this guy on the payroll for accurately predicting the future. I know analytics are subjective, but you should actually be able to beat a coin toss.

Although a release this fiscal year would make sense if they were trying to stem the tide, so to speak.

What does "going gold" mean? Have seen this phrase before when reading about upcoming releases.

Means its in mass production or about to hit mass production phase. The master copy and the game itself is essentially done.

Once they start printing the game on DVDs, it's about a month toward launch. This is also when piracy picks up.

I feel tingly in my man bits as I am playing San Andreas at the moment.

more specifically, "going gold" refers to the point at which the on-disc content is finalised.

HAIR SPLITTER ATTACK GO!

That wasn't splitting hairs, but it's cute to watch you spazz out.