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The biggest surprise of the show for NintendoDS fans
certainly, perhaps even the biggest surprise of E3 2008 altogether.
Grand Theft Auto is heading to the NintendoDS, in an
exclusive release titled Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.
Although details are scarce currently,
Electronic Theatre
can confirm that the title is being developed by RockStar Leeds,
the same team who developed Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City
Stories and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories for the
PlayStation Portable. “This is a game that will deliver a rich,
fast-paced and intense Grand Theft Auto experience that will
be truly unique to Nintendo’s handheld platform,” said Sam Houser,
Founder of Rockstar Games. “Rockstar Leeds, along with the team at
Rockstar North, has built upon a decade of progressive design on
Grand Theft Auto, and has created something fundamentally fresh
and immersive.”
The title reportedly will retain the open-world design
the series has become synonymous with, and will not only utilise the
Touch Screen, but will also include online play – a feature that was
strikingly absent from the series’ PlayStation Portable outings.
Due for release in December this year, those responsible
are remaining tight-lipped about the plot. “An epic tale of crime
and corruption within the Triad crime syndicate” read the Press
Release and, for now at least, that’s all we’ve got to go on. |
