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New Grand Theft Auto V screens show leisure activities

Rockstar unloads three fresh shots from upcoming open-world game highlighting tennis, motorbikes, and parachutes.

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Rockstar Games has shared three new images from the much-anticipated open-world action game Grand Theft Auto V. In an update to the company's news blog titled "Leisure," the developer dispatched shots depicting three individuals racing off-road motorbikes up a mountain pass, a tennis match, and a person parachuting through a gorge (at right).

Just one of the leisure activities in GTAV.
Just one of the leisure activities in GTAV.

These images follow new shots from Monday, which highlighted transportation options in GTAV, including road bikes, fighter jets, and sports cars.

GTAV has been the subject of much speculation, with many analysts believing the game will be on store shelves by March 2013, despite Rockstar having remained silent on its release date.

Last month, Rockstar explained why it has remained largely quiet on GTAV since officially announcing it in October, saying it doesn't want to spoil the game prerelease, and it is simply not ready to show more.

When GTAV does arrive, it will do so with great sales expectations. Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia believes the game will sell 14 million copies at launch, driving $700 million in revenue. For more on GTAV, check out GameSpot's previous coverage.

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i bet this game will be released mid 2013... thought it's good with all the games coming this year

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@eran503 Well, at least before Xbox 720 comes out. That would be prudent.

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@eran503 Im betting Oct 2013, always are in Oct when its such a big title

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@Gonefishing95

Yeah, if early 2013 I reckon probly end of march, but if not early definately october or november.

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Hmmm...maybe I should try and finish GTA4 then... :P

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I'm glad they choose to release small amounts of information prior to release. Theres often too much of a game given away before release these days and it ruins a lot of them.

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One of the only AAA titles I'm actually looking forward to. I hated the series initially, but 4 was really very good.

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Can't wait. Gonna be awesome.

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@Whole-Lotta Nah, probably should be sensible and bash him to death with the racket. Still need to burn the calories...lol

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I have a feeling if I play tennis in a GTA game, if I lose a point, I'm probably gonna jump the net and beat the other guy to death....

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I sure can't wait to get my hands on this game....

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Funny for Red Dead they really started packing on those awesome (if not slightly misleading at times) feature trailers showing examples of what you could do in the world. Tons of info to make you froth at the mouth. Yet GTA has almost always taken the opposite approach. Maybe they were worried a western game would be a hard sell.

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GTA IV is still running on one of my machines. Like a fancy screensaver. I still drive around and listen to podcasts while watching traffic patterns & listening to pedastrians on the streets. GTA IV was a milestone in video game history.

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@sethfrost It was pretty I'll give you that. but the missions were extremely forgettable imo besides Packies bank heist and a few others. Which is a shame.. seems theyve learned a few things between then and now. Like not leaving parachutes out for lame DLC.

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Hey geniuses at GS -- People click on this because they want to see the screens, not read descriptions of them!! Ditch the stupid format rules you guys are following where i can see one picture and one video (that i don't want, and is old), but I have to click three or four more times to see the pics that are the WHOLE reason the article exists.. and i don't give a crap about crediting your sources, thats what the link and mention is for... i don't want to visit them for the news, and i shouldn't have to.

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@snake3rules

i dont even find the pics **** its to complicated

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Can't wait for the radio stations..my fav. part of the game.

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can I say '****' on gamespot?

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You know what I noticed? It was always daytime in those shots.

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Yes... daytime is quite different from nighttime.. good observation. ;D

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actually j17neo, daytime is not very different from nighttime. In fact its just the earth rotating away from the sun.

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@cboyuno Different Pokemon at night time?

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@cboyuno night time is dark, it's pretty different to me

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Nice, judging from the shots I've seen so far, this is going to be goooooood.

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the screen shots with the motorbikes reminds me of mount chiliad lol

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Yo know you have a special game when releasing a couple of screenshots become major news on gaming website. Now that is done PLEASE release some gameplay footage.

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@firehawk998 They are humble enough to expect the game to sell "only" 14 million copies.

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Please let the character be Tommy Vercetti!

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@tommygun6644 Hahahha glad to see some love for tommy :D

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No Five Finger Fillet?

bummer...

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Oh god, ROMAN WANTS TENNIS MATCHES NOW

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14 million copies? That's 9 billion lost sales according to ubisoft!

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@mtouchprod *ohyou.jpg* lol

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@mtouchprod damn pc gamers and their piracy!

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I hope there isn't a ton of sidetracking "buddy" crap this time around.

I don't know what it is but I LOVED RDR and played through it all the way, GTA games however I always play, get sidetracked, lose interest and almost never finish (aside from Vice City). They just dont' have the ability to really grip you like RDR did for me at least.

Hopefully they'll show a new RDR soon/after GTA V.

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@Stiler If they announce a new RDR/Bully after this GTA I will sh*t myself on the spot.

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They boosted the graphics I see. People need to get a grip. If they made GTA 5 look like Crysis, it would run on nobody's PC for the next 5 years.

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@Trickymaster

Well you need to think about it.. the game is for Xbox360 and PS3. Thus this generation hardware. PCs now can run next gen graphics. Running GTAV would be no big deal for a PCs.

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@j17neo @Trickymaster ofc sr. but if u remenber GTAIV...

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@zync- @Trickymaster

That was because they didn't optimize the code.. it wasn't originally built for PC, they probably just did a crappy port.

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@Trickymaster the thing is, crysis pushed graphics cards because hardware really wasn't prepared for such a leap. im pretty sure we'd be able to handle gta5 if it looked as pretty as it actually should.

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@Trickymaster You mean like GTA 4 didn't run on anyone's PC for several years? ;-)

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@jamyskis Dude, Detail and Draw Distance at max was killing PCs back in the day.

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Nice Screenshot. Graphics look good. Can't wait.

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Rockstar is my favorite company. This will truly be amazing. They know how to make GTA's and take their time to do so. Red Dead as well.

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STOP BEING FRUITS AND HAVE PATIENCE!

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Oh, Rockstar you teasers!

Full blown trailer and release date please.

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just stop teasing us and GIVE US A RELEASE DATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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