Grand Theft Auto 5 Features, System Requirements & Release Date

After having successfully launched Grand Theft Auto IV, Rockstar North, the developers of the GTA game series are all geared up to release the next version of the action-adventure open world video game, Grand Theft Auto 5 (GTA 5). The game will be the first major title in the GTA series since the release of GTA 4 in 2008. GTA 5 will mark the fifth “era” in the series, which is to be set in fictional Los Santos in the state of San Andreas and its surrounding areas, mostly based on the modern-day Los Angeles and Southern California.

Rockstar Games had previously published Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas in 2004, which features Los Santos as one of the three cities in the game. Several speculations around the web indicated that the Grand Theft Auto 5 was to be released by the end of 2011, however, that did not happen. On October 25, 2011, Rockstar Games announced Grand Theft Auto 5 via a tweet, which included the #GTAV hash tag and a link to their homepage, which displayed the game’s logo. On October 26, the company put a GTA V trailer countdown on their homepage, which led the shares of Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of Rockstar Games shoot up by seven percent.

On November 2, 2011, Rockstar released the debut trailer for GTA 5, giving its fans a first glance of the upcoming and most-anticipated game. The trailer revealed interesting features, like the setting to be in Los Santos, “Vinewood” (Hollywood) and rural hills and valleys.

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick states the following:

“Looking ahead, Take-Two has the strongest development pipeline in the company’s history. At the cornerstone of our stellar line-up is the recently announced next installment of Rockstar Games’ iconic franchise that has sold-in more than 114 million units – Grand Theft Auto V. The creative team at Rockstar Games continues to set benchmarks for excellence with every new release and we’re confident that consumers’ enthusiasm will be rewarded with a breathtaking entertainment experience that can only be provided by Grand Theft Auto.”



Grand Theft Auto 5 System Requirements
Here are the predicted system requirements:

• OS: Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7
• CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 3 GHz or similar
• RAM: 3 GB
• HDD: 20 GB free disk space
• Graphics: 512 MB Graphics Memory
• Sound Card: DirectX 9 Compatible
• DirectX: Version 9
• Supported Graphics Cards: Nvidia 8600 or ATI 3870

Grand Theft Auto V Minimum System Requirements

• Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 3.66Ghz or equivalent AMD Athlon X2 64 4.8Ghz
• Memory/RAM: 2 GB Ram
• Video Card: 512MB NVIDIA 7900 or 512MB ATI X1900
• Hard Disk Space: 30 – 40 GB
• Operating System: Windows XP SP3 or Windows Vista SP1 or Windows 7 SP1

Grand Theft Auto V Recommended System Requirements

• Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad 3.66GHz or equivalent AMD Phenom X3 4.81GHz
• Memory/RAM: 4 GB
• Video Card: 1GB NVIDIA 8600 or 1 GB ATI 3870
• Hard Disk Space: 30 – 40 GB free
• Operating System: Window XP SP3 or Vista SP2 or Window 7 SP1

Grand Theft Auto 5 Release Date
According to analyst Jesse Divnich, predicts that GTA V would be one of the top five games released in 2012, and it would be one of the biggest releases, coming out ahead of other big releases such as the next Call of Duty series.