Grand Theft Auto V release date revealed

Grand Theft Auto V has a release date. That’s the good news. The bad news is it’s not coming in Spring 2013, as previously promised – you’ll have to wait until September 17th.

Perhaps the guys at Rockstar are giving you a chance to actually leave your house and catch some rays over the summer before hitting the roads of Los Santos. Or it could be that they’re testing the living daylights out of a game so big it makes all that’s gone before look like a GameBoy cartridge. 

Either way we’re happy to wait for the chance to fly jets, swim with sharks, rappel down buildings, and generally cause mayhem in high-speed cars. But don’t pre-order just yet – the best deals, with all the extra DLC, are likely still to come.

In the meantime, check out the GTA V screenshots and trailer, and weep softly to yourself at the thought of several extra months of waiting.

Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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