GTA 5 Releases 2013. Grand Theft Auto 5 Is Set In Los Santos (ie LA California)

Grand Theft Auto V (GTAV) will be released in Spring 2013 confirmed Rockstar for Xbox 360 and PS3. This game will arguably be the last of the big-budget AAA titles to be released for the current-generation of systems, as we'll likely learn of the immanent next-gen Xbox 720 or PS4 systems by the time the new GTA hits next year.

This time Grand Theft Auto moves to Los Angeles in a city called "Los Santos" and will feature towns and cities surrounding Los Angeles, California, so we can probably expect to see cities like San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Fresno, Sacremento, San Diego or Long Beach.... That is, Rockstar has tons of locations to work with given that the game is based, essentially, in their version of California. It even features Hollywood, called "Winewood" in the game. Previous GTA games have featured several cities, so you would expect that this one will follow suit.

It will also be interesting to see whether this game has a greater emphasis on Hispanics, given that they make up 30% of the population in California and given the liberal stance of California towards illegal aliens in comparison to their more Conservative neighbor, the state of Arizona. This is ripe political and social material from which to pick for plotlines if Rockstar wants to go in that direction. It would be fitting given that San Andreas had a focus on black Americans, and GTAIV had a focus on non-US immigrants (not to mention the GTAIV expansion, "The Ballad of Gay Tony" which had a gay pride focus, of which California is well-known), I think all of this is likely. But we'll have to see once more information on the game is available.

"Grand Theft Auto V is the largest and most ambitious title in the series to date. Set in the sprawling city of Los Santos and the surrounding area, Grand Theft Auto V delivers a world of unprecedented scale and detail bursting with life, from mountaintops to the depths of the ocean."

"Grand Theft Auto V builds on everything we've learned about open world game design," said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. "We can’t wait to share it with fans."

Pre-orders for GTAV will begin all the way back on November 5th 2012, which is almost here, so get ready to open your pocket books! Next year can't come soon enough!