Posted May 10, 2006 at 03:40PM by Pranav T Listed in: News, Games, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
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GTA:VCS


Well, blame the E3 week. News is coming in thick and fast! We've just received the official Press Release for GTA: Vice City Stories.

Rockstar Games,  is proud to announce Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. Developed by Rockstar Leeds in conjunction with series creators Rockstar North, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories will be available exclusively on the PSP system in North America on October 17th, 2006 and Europe on October 20th, 2006.

"The success of Liberty City Stories on the PSP system was nothing short of spectacular," said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games and Executive Producer. "The incredible PSP system technology allowed us to do things we never thought possible on a handheld system and we are excited to once again give our audience a fresh experience in one of their favorite locales in the Grand Theft Auto series, Vice City. With Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories we look to once again smash expectations of portable gaming, bringing an all new story and exciting new gameplay elements to this classic setting."

"Our collaboration with Rockstar Leeds has been a tremendous experience," said Leslie Benzies, President of Rockstar North. "Together we have been able to create uncompromising experiences on the PSP system that not only stay true to our initial vision for the series but that surpasses our own goals of what could be done on a handheld. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories will thrill longtime fans and excite new PSP system gamers like never before."

"We are proud of what we were able to achieve with Rockstar North on Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories," said Gordon Hall, President of Rockstar Leeds. "By staying true to the high standards of the series and surpassing fans' expectations for a Grand Theft Auto title on a portable machine we feel confident that Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories will redefine what handheld gaming is capable of with the most intense PSP system experience yet."

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories is a new game in the Grand Theft Auto series with an entirely new storyline, new missions and gameplay that brings an unprecedented experience to mobile gaming. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories features the interactive, open environment of Vice City with professional voice talent, a diverse soundtrack and high production values that have become trademarks of this landmark series.

From the looks of the website, pre-orders might have already started, or might start pretty soon. So what are you waiting for? Go pre-order GTA: Vice City Stories now!


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   by RESTLESS (Unregistered) - 2006-05-10
 » FIRST POST

recognize ......anyways ill download this for sho...wish we had more than ports rehashes and remakes though

   by The Phool (Unregistered) - 2006-05-10
 » Hells yeah

GTA is the shiznizzle! I say keep em comin!

Pssst... hey Rockstar, put in another loophole for homebrew on later firmwares.

   by tito0096 - 2006-05-10
 » cant wait for san andreas stories

OMFG i cant wait TY rockstar i hope you have a save exploit avalible for us

   by dumbo (Unregistered) - 2006-05-10
 » cheat device

well i hope sony doesnt get gay and patch the *****ing vice city game and ruin it for all of us and edison carter looks like we got to work on this game becouse i loved gta vice city. it was fun as hell and long so good luck i wanna cheat too. and masterbate so help us edison.

   by monaco (Unregistered) - 2006-05-10
 » awsome

definitely a buy for me

   by unknown (Unregistered) - 2006-05-10
 » loader

could rockstar be generous enough to make the possibility of a new eloader

   by You go buy it silly dumb asses (Unregistered) - 2006-05-10
 » You go buy it silly dumb asses

You go buy silly dumb asses!

   by psp - 2006-05-10
 » cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool

cool

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   by Andre Nickatina (Unregistered) - 2006-05-10
 » stolen

Pranav I emailed you this news and you didnt even give me credit.

   by RaiderX - 2006-05-10
 » guys...

just cuz its another GTA game, doesnt mean its gonna have the same exploit. The game is entirely different code. Its probably not gonna have any kind of exploit in it, possible, but has nothing to do with the code form LCS.

Ill buy this, but I wish we coudl get a BRAND NEW city for our PSPs instead of these rehashes, but I liked Vice City, Miami is my home town! VCS will probably be very good

   by Meh (Unregistered) - 2006-05-10
 » Cheat device Ability Patched, Game wont be as Fun

And thats the sad truth

   by TeamOverload - 2006-05-10
 » Credit

im the one who posted this on the forums almost 12 hours ago, but i get no credit...oh well it doesnt matter...I just wish they would make a new game instead of a rehash of an old game

   by RaiderX - 2006-05-10
 » not true

was GTA LCS not fun b4 the cheat device came out? no, it was still fun, the cheat device just made it better.

Oh and hopefully theyll put in the custom tracks option again, but MAKE IT PLAY MP3s FROM THE MUSIC FOLDER INSTEAD OF THOSE GAY CONVERTED FILES!!

   by The Phool (Unregistered) - 2006-05-10
 » yeah i know...

To RaiderX, yes your probably right, and I'll get this game regardless, but its just a cool thought. Especially if Rockstar really did have control enough to allow homebrew, just to show that they are true gansta!

Also RaiderX, what happened to AOE? I'm despiratly waiting for this.

   by TIME? (Unregistered) - 2006-05-10
 » WHAT TIME IS IT?

I hope it plays in the late 70s, that would rock dude. Led Zepelin on the radio, dude.

   by metalspector (Unregistered) - 2006-05-10
 » Bad news

Well I asked a worker of rockstar north about it ( I knew him from E3 ) and he said to me personally that there will not be another exploit and that sony made it clear but he told me to expect something "controversial" , he cannot assure me 100% that something "controversial" will be in the game but he said they are thinking of sneaking something in to get publicity for the game.

This above is no true so rockstar cannot sue me for revealing any game information , everyone take this as an opinion.

   by Bored (Unregistered) - 2006-05-10
 » So...

Hot Coffee PSP?

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   by spud5467 (Unregistered) - 2006-05-10
 » I wonder why

The success of Liberty City Stories on the PSP system was nothing short of spectacular

Great game but we all no why it was nothing short of spectacular on the PSP.

I properly sold 10x the amount coz of the eloader

   by galgor (Unregistered) - 2006-05-10
 » hmmm

it's gonna kick ass. simple as. hopefullllly somehow there will be a crack to get a cheat device for it..........

and pigs might fly....


but hopefuly......

and sing....

hmm yes.

   by GHenrik (Unregistered) - 2006-05-10
 » Sell more

Rockstar would sell soo many more games with a small bug in it. Thats wierd bu true. But if take-two puts in another glitch i think sony will ban them.

   by pspfan - 2006-05-10

Weren't they going to make a whole new game for the next one...?

   by Jalard123 (Unregistered) - 2006-05-10
 » I hope they'll be able to make CheatDevice for VCS, too!

If Edison Carter didn't make CheatDevice for LCS, my UMD would've been ebay's months ago. Also, it gave homebrew a lot of extra life with the exploit.


   by *****ty (Unregistered) - 2006-05-10
 » *****ty

this is so *****ty how bout making an original game ROCKSTAR instead of shrinking a previous game which requires no work anymore (they learned how to with LCS) and changing the plot. this is so stupid and it will still sell well on the PSP.stupid stupid stupid

   by WorldGenesis - 2006-05-10
 » ^.^

October 17th

is my birthday...

WHAT A TWIST?!?

   by dubuque - 2006-05-10
 » san andreas

next one will be san andreas, il bet my cubs tix on it

   by hehehe (Unregistered) - 2006-05-10
 » funny if an exploit would come out of this

thatd be freaking hilarious, but sadly, i doubt sony would let that happen

   by bob (Unregistered) - 2006-05-10
 » exploit, please

please please please please make a new explot! I'll buy it only if you do that! Please!

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   by galgor (Unregistered) - 2006-05-10
 » eh

for #20.... yeah...sony are really going to "ban them" jesus christ man.

& #21.... they did say that didnt they?!? I'm thinking it'll be a different time period & different landscape.... to make it look/be more different

   by El Miron Chingon (Unregistered) - 2006-05-10
 » Nice..........

I wish it was San Andreas Stories. That was my favorite GTA

   by AWWWW (Unregistered) - 2006-05-10
 » AWWWWWWW

idk wut to do, upgrade my psp to play all these sweet games, or wait for this to come to ps2 :(



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