Rockstar founder talks GTA V for first time
We’ve all moved on from GTA IV now, right? The latest installment of the long-running Grand Theft Auto series was a massive hit last year but the release of Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 means GTA IV has now been superseded as the fastest-selling game of all time. But don’t worry, as GTA V is on the way, although it may be further away than some people have assumed.
In an interview with The Times, Rockstar founder Dan Houser spoke about the series as a whole and how it’s treated by the media and rent-a-quote politicians. He said:
The game evolved out of our love of watching live car chases on TV, or American movies and so on. The game is set in a world that is like the world would be if it were the way the media says it is. The audience is getting past 30 so it all becomes a bit silly. That’s not to say that all games are for all people; we’ve never said that. GTA has always been rated 18 and we’ve always been very happy with that.
He didn’t actually have much to say about Grand Theft Auto V but it appears that the Rockstar team hasn’t actually begun work on the next installment of the game as yet. All Houser said about the game was, “We’ll think of a city first, then the characters.” Which implies GTA V is still at the planning stages and that those rumors about where it’ll be set are hokum.
Still, Houser’s mere mention of the game is enough to get my juices flowing. GTA IV is a masterpiece and GTA V will surely be another gem in the gaming landscape – wherever it’s set and whoever the characters end up being.
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November 15th, 2009
New York was a fantastic city to base IV on. I am not sure where they’ll do the next. LA? Vegas? London?
November 15th, 2009
GTA 4 LiFe
They are too busy also creating AGENT for PS3.
The next GTA should be based on Shambhala.
November 16th, 2009
Banned XBOX 360s means rise of the PS3?
http://asia.cnet.com/blogs/digerati-indonesia/post.htm?id=63014890&scid=rvhm_ms
November 16th, 2009
GTA has always been an awesome (but scarily controversial) game concept. Lets hope that they can imitate crime even better than the last game. That would mean darker and free-er. Either that or they can play it safe and take an arcade approach. Ah well, we’ll say. I can’t say that I’m into GTA, but I’ll accept a new one. Also, yes, Vegas would be a sick GTA location (correct me if they did it before), especially if model it directly after the city itself.
November 16th, 2009
Saber, it would be cool if they did. I wonder if they’ll let us go on the rides at Stratosphere.
November 16th, 2009
I want Manhunt 3 is sequel only for PLAYSTATION 3 so they make it awesome. I love how you can strangle people to death in that game is amazing seen that kind of man brutality being done as a type of media entertainment. Also i wish it was rated AO for Adults Only and that Sony would allow it.
And GTA in this locations will be awesome.
Tokyo, Japan
London,United Kingdom
Hong Kong, China
Columbia
Dominican Republic
Or again in New York City my city.
November 16th, 2009
“We’ve all moved on from GTA IV now, right?”
Yup, for all eternity….and any other future Grand Theft ASS game! I have NEVER seen a company become so fond of Microsoft’s shaft as Rockstar has. Those immobilizing idiots released two exclusive episodes for the 360 while we the PS3 fans were left out in the cold!
And because of that sh%t I will never ever AGAIN purchase a GTA game. EVER!!!….Rockstar consider me as your first time/last time customer. Even your Midnight Club games suck balls now you stupid asses!!! Fuck you Rockstar!
PS: Nobody screws with the Sega Man.
November 16th, 2009
Ivan is right.
Rockstar North are probably way too busy with Agent right now to be developing another GTA. It’ll probably see release on next gen consoles.
November 16th, 2009
“Rockstar North are probably way too busy with Agent right now to be developing another GTA”
they have been working on PS3 exclusive L.A. Noire also
November 16th, 2009
I thought I read somewhere that the PS3 lost exclusivity on LA Noire….
That games is starting to look like vaporware. This with Huxley and Alan Wake have been announced and been in development for over 5 years.
November 16th, 2009
5 years? thats nothing compare to Too Human
Too Human was first announced in 1999 to be released on the original Sony PlayStation and 2 generation laters it came out on the 360 in 2008 and it was a epic fail~
November 16th, 2009
remember the history of Kameo?
November 16th, 2009
I’m not surprised that they haven’t begun work on V yet. They just finished the 2 episodes.
Agent is the confirmed exclusive. LA Noire was a PS3 exclusive, but they haven’t mentioned anythign about it in ages.
November 16th, 2009
“remember the history of Kameo?”
@ Phranc
nope…wanna share it with us?
@ BJ
I believed I read somewhere SCEA is funding LA Noire
November 16th, 2009
Kameo was supposed to be a Gamecube game prior to Rare being bought out by MS. It was in development since sometime in 200o-2001.
November 16th, 2009
I would love to see the creation of games without rating limitations. However, I don’t think this will ever happen.
November 16th, 2009
I wish certain games would chill on the language. It’s almost embarrassing to play GTA games because of this.
I have no problem with some games being more adult orientated but some games take it a bit far. I’m looking at you GTA, Army of Two, and Kane and Lynch.
Just because you can riddle the whole game with a ridiculous amount of profanity, doesn’t mean you should.
I’d take the few instances of “shit” being uttered in Uncharted 2 over the constant barrage of F bombs when you simply drive to close to the curb in GTA and have to listen to the pedestrians ream you out.
But hey…. thats just me.
November 16th, 2009
Lol I actually found Uncharted 2 to have more then just a “few” shit moments. Not to mention a whole rainbow of other swears. Here, I’ll make a list: “Damn!” “Goddamnit!” “Victor Goddamn Sullivan” “Son of a bitch!” “Hey jackass, your ruining the show!” “Ah, shit…” “Bullshit!” “…an ass worth saving” “Adios, assholes!” and my favorite: “I’m sweating more than a hooker in a church”
But since there’s no f-bombs (thank god, I got sick of those after Killzone 2), and the game is more adventure-based than war-based, we got a teen rated game. I remember when Teen meant limited blood and no swearing beyond “Damn”… I guess censorship got a bit looser.
And yeh, I hate ridiculous macho-bonehead-swearing. At least Uncharted uses them in good context. If you aren’t a good swearer, don’t pretend you are…
November 16th, 2009
F*ck, Fu*k, Fu*kedy F**k F*ck…hehehe lol @ Fu*ckin phranc..:D
November 16th, 2009
stop it.. you’re making me upset
November 16th, 2009
Saber has a good point. I think the context that it’s used means a lot.
November 16th, 2009
Saber makes very good points. I forgot about the ridiclousness that was the dialog of Killzone 2.
November 16th, 2009
I’ve learned that point from the years of childhood when my peers discovered the art of swearing. None of them were good at it. Constantly hearing ridiculous phrases such as “Pass it up, BITCHES!” during basketball in a prepubescent voices led me on a constant tightrope walk over a pool of insanity.
The only person I know who can constantly use profanity and still be a serious figure is my grandpa. Although he doesn’t take into consideration WHERE he is saying it and who he’s talking to, he’s still good.
I’m sure that if Nolan North got drunk, put on his Drake voice, and sputtered away every level of vocal HELL, it wouldn’t work. But the swearing context in Uncharted 2 was excellent, I can’t recall one cheesy line.
Killzone 2 on the other hand… oh man. Rico. That’s all I need to say about that…
November 16th, 2009
I curse like a sailor when talking. I never even really notice the swearing in games or movies, unless I have my nephews around, but not so much now that they are both over 13. I naturally drop the cussing when they are around, too, hah.
November 16th, 2009
My only problem with killzone 2 was RICO he was a huge dick all the time it was so annoying and I good place fir the next gta would be Ireland
November 16th, 2009
I love when i hear characters in PS3 games say it bad words.
November 16th, 2009
RobertCarr316:
Ireland what can my GTA ever find there. My places are a little more appropriate.
November 16th, 2009
I hate Rico’s guts. Also, Garza was my favorite good-guy character of the game (Radec was my fav), so… yeh, jump in a lake Rico.
And sailors are awfully good at cursing Jofa, so I’ll figure that you’re fine ;P
November 16th, 2009
The whole concept of ‘mystical words that are bad!!!’ is just retarded imo. ‘curse’ words are just a short way to expess yourself.
I am very very angry right now.
I am fuckin angry.
See, same thing.
November 16th, 2009
That’s exactly what I agree with. What gets on my nerves is over-use of it, simply to look “cool” or “get dem’ bitchez”. Which pretty much only happens in high school. Or in media when it is just ridiculous AKA Killzone 2.
Nearly everyone is desensitized to it. Which is pretty much a good thing. Too big of a subject to discuss in a comment box…
November 16th, 2009
Dude, I use the many variations of Fuck (noun, verb, adjective, pejorative) every day. My workplace is awesome for that, with an even split of males and females, there is no discernable gender who is worse, in fact, some of the best cussers are the ladies. Nothing more awesome than a 30 something hot-librarian-with-glasses acccountant calling a long overdue account “a bunch of filthy cuntbags” with only passing interest.
November 16th, 2009
Ohh don’t even get me started on some of the ladies. They can be great cussers if they want. Just like they can be evil if they want. Look up “Sportsmanship fail” on youtube. Major PMS going on right there.
Girls=time x money
Time=money
So girls=money squared
Money=The Root Of All Evil
So therefore, girls=evil
I forget where I found that, and it might’ve been different, but I found it immensely amusing =D
Oh shit… I just noticed that the male/female ratio here is terrible. Was there ever a female Blorge member?
November 16th, 2009
Exclusing Kev, Ivan, and sega… not that we know of.
November 16th, 2009
Saber_HAHAha:
Dude there’s less then 20 members here LMFAO. Mostly PlayStation users and why would a girl come here. Girls i know would never come here LoL too geeky.
November 16th, 2009
I think I remember when reading a blorge post from way back, some girl came on saying something along the lines of “You’re all morons”. Then you guys desperately tried to keep her here but… well… she was never seen again…
I like how there is a tight community here, plus how you can pretty much go as off-topic as you want. No bitchy moderators. The only people I know who’ve got suspended are Sega and CAD…
November 16th, 2009
Saber_HAHAha:
Never seen her i been here since 2007. There’s no community here is less then 20 members LMFAO. PlayStation fan started this little blog to get traffic then Xbot came out crawling.
November 17th, 2009
Any game that has massive swearing is automatically considered a cool game. What are we all like twelve fuck damnit!??
November 17th, 2009
Ivan-PSP- Ireland what can my GTA ever find there. My places are a little more appropriate.
One of Ivans appropriate places for “his” GTA location.
“Dominican Republic”
Ivan are you shiting me? The Dominican Republic..lol you must be out of your damn mind? What are they going to do there throw rocks at each other while riding around on bicycles?
November 17th, 2009
I suggest Haiti.
November 17th, 2009
London baby…
Yeah yeah its been done, but I want ‘lock stock’ in 3d damn you!!!
November 18th, 2009
Ghost:
Is better then any of your shitty places.
November 18th, 2009
JofaMang:
Haiti is part of the Dominican Republic idiot.
November 18th, 2009
Ivan_PSP- Ghost:
Is better then any of your shitty places.
Ivan I did not list any places yet? But I have to say Ireland is not shitty if that was what you were talking about?
November 18th, 2009
Oh and nobody is bashing on your motherland.
November 18th, 2009
Like i give a shit LMFAO
November 18th, 2009
“JofaMang:
Haiti is part of the Dominican Republic idiot.”
@Ivan, sorry could not resist, usually I will ignore you but just wanted to let you in on something. Haiti IS NOT PART OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC! Haiti shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic. It is a total different country and is not part of the DR! Wow,
Speaking of which, you live in a country with beautiful weather and beaches. Get the hell out and enjoy some of that instead of playing games and posting on blorge all day! lol
November 18th, 2009
Knighthawk:
Dude i live in the USA New York since i was a little never gone back too bad i know. I like winter better and the hot weather for some many reasons. I say D.R. because there’s a lot of characters Dominican in GTA. And who doesn’t know Haiti doesn’t belong to D.R. LoL.
And thanks for this.
“Speaking of which, you live in a country with beautiful weather and beaches.”
LoL i meant to write Haiti was not part of the Dominican Republic again i gotta stop typing like a maniac LoL oops.
November 18th, 2009
Haiti is it’s own country with it’s own issues. That DR and Haiti have strong relations is undeniable, but to claim that one belongs to the other is quite ignorant. Do yourself a favour and learn more about your own culture, it will grow you as a person.
November 18th, 2009
JofaMang:
I said it was a mistake miss spell i always knew Haiti did not belong to D.R. no more since a long time ago. And i don’t care about my own history or anyone else for that matter. Also read my post before writing to me and you will see i already corrected the miss spell mistake i meant to write something else. Also Haiti is barely a country. There’s a movie that depicts them as slave to D.R. LoL is i know but some Dominican people are fucking cruel as hell.