The fifth installment of the game GTA, developed by studio Rockstar Games, officially out Tuesday at midnight. It cost $ 260 million and could bring $ 1 billion in six months. The fans are already queuing.
Tonight at midnight, party gamers and the opportunity to see people queuing outside stores ahead of the release of the iPhone. The game GTA 5 lands on XboX 360 and Playstation 3, five years after the last installment and 130 million units sold since the first name, released in 1997. This episode also promises to break all records. It has already saved 2.5 million pre-orders in the world (for example it is already sold in Xbox 360 version on Amazon in the UK), and analysts predict it could exceed 25 million sales .
In Paris, some specialty stores have already sold the game before its official release, and Le Figaro quoted testimonies of queues in front of stores involved.
The biggest budget in the history of the game
Even before its release the game studio Rockstar has already broken records and made about him. In its budget, first: $ 260 million in development and marketing (more than the number of American blockbusters). Its content, then. Like other episodes, the script gives pride to violence and crime, but the cocktail is more sulfur it also mixes sex and nudity, money, drugs, vulgar humor, in short everything you need to raise complaints against what is still to a certain game, so for younger children.
The most anticipated game of the year could generate $ 1 billion in revenue during the first six months of operation. Nothing on the year, Rockstar has generated $ 710 million in profits from the franchise.
50 square kilometers to explore, over 100 hours of gameplay
Its characteristic is to propose an "open" world, the player can explore at will. GTA 5 in the city of Los Angeles has been fully modeled and renamed Los Santos. The "map" of the game and covers 50 square kilometers, an area three times that of the previous installment. The developers promise a hundred hours of gameplay, which is huge compared to most games on the market.
The player will play for the first time three different heroes: Michael, a former robber, Franklin, a young crook, and Trevor, unbalanced, which are found to team up for a series of robberies. It will be possible to drive cars, but also fly helicopters, aircraft or jet skis. In early October, Rockstar Games will add to the building with "GTA Online", a new feature that will provide an opportunity for owners of "Grand Theft Auto V" to extend the life of the already substantial game battling other players on the internet to make their gang.
