Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars coming Mar. 17
- December 15, 2008 08:29 AM PST
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Take Two and Rockstar just hours ago issued a press release confirming some very good news for fans of M-rated gaming on the DS. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is going to ship in North American on March 17th, and Europe on March 20th.
For those not in the know, GTA: Chinatown Wars was announced at E3 this year and is being developed by Rockstar Leeds, the team behind Grand Theft Auto IV, Bully: Scholarship Edition, and... Manhunt 2. Well, everyone has their bad days. Chinatown Wars returns to GTA's famous LIberty City locale and rebuilds it with the DS interface in mind, offering players a massive city to explore and all sort of nasty crimes to commit. Should be good fun, hopefully more news about the game itself breaks as we get closer to Spring.
Press release in full behind the cut, though there's not a whole lot to it besides the ship date announcements.
Rockstar Games Announces Release Date for Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the Nintendo DS(TM)
Critically acclaimed Grand Theft Auto franchise makes its DS debut this March
New York, NY December 15, 2008 - Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), is proud to announce the release date for Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, the latest entry into the genre-defining Grand Theft Auto series. Developed by Rockstar Leeds, in conjunction with series creators Rockstar North, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will be available for the Nintendo DS" on March 17 and 20, 2009 in North America and Europe, respectively.
"Rockstar Leeds have once again created a game that far exceeds our standard for deep and innovative entertainment," said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. "We are incredibly excited to share this enormous and uncompromising Grand Theft Auto experience with DS fans."
Edge Magazine commented, "How does Rockstar follow Grand Theft Auto IV? By rebuilding Liberty City from the ground up on DS - and not compromising its vision one iota."
Nintendo Power added, "...it's undeniable that Chinatown Wars is doing something no other DS game has come close to: creating that living, breathing world the Grand Theft Auto games are known for."
For more information about Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, please visit: www.rockstargames.com/chinatownwars.
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- Dec 15 2008 at 11:19:56:AM PST
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Curious to see how this one will turn out. I gotta say I wasn't impressed by the screenshots, but who knows, it could turn out to be a great game.
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Toneman wrote:
Curious to see how this one will turn out. I gotta say I wasn't impressed by the screenshots, but who knows, it could turn out to be a great game.
I haven't seen any screenshots of this game yet. Did it look any better/worst than the PSP GTA stories?
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AANTHUNDER... Screenshots look like GTA 1 or 2... top view... so probably WAY crappier than PSP games. HERE are the screenshots.
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I had to flush out my eyes with alcohol after viewing that smutty GTA Chinatown War images! Granted its "gameplay over graphics" at the Nintendo fanboy camp but why compremise one for the other. I hope it looks better than them screenshots .
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AANTHUNDER wrote:
I had to flush out my eyes with alcohol after viewing that smutty GTA Chinatown War images! Granted its "gameplay over graphics" at the Nintendo fanboy camp but why compremise one for the other. I hope it looks better than them screenshots .
So it would be better if the game looked great but played like crap? it's not like their making this for the PS3...
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