Rockstar Games Announces Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the Nintendo DS

[wraggster]

Heres the press release:

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Rockstar Games Announces Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the Nintendo DS

The newest entry in the Grand Theft Auto series for Nintendo's handheld system this winter

New York, NY - July 15, 2008 - Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), is proud to announce Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. Developed by Rockstar Leeds in conjunction with series creators Rockstar North, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will be available on the Nintendo DS™ in North America and Europe this winter.

"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."

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is an entirely original entry into the critically acclaimed Grand Theft Auto series, and brings a new level of interactivity to its sprawling open environments. With the use of the DS touch screen, players will navigate their way through the streets as they uncover the truth behind an epic tale of crime and corruption within the Triad crime syndicate, delivering the unprecedented amount of depth that has become a true trademark of the franchise.

For more information about Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, visit: http://www.rockstargames.com/chinatownwars

[vicious1988]

Haha, we get a brand new area...maybe. PSP just gets rehashes.

[Hiei311]

what do u mean??
gta lcs and gta vcs were r not rehashes!! their a complete different story!

[iceman100]

no actually they were rehashes, and did that by recycling the old levels etc....get a clue besides they sucked anyway.

[kcajblue]

i was not expecting a gta for the ds.

sounds interesting.

[.:PSP1.0:.]

Yeeessss!! lol sounds awesome!! lol

[pas]

please be 3d 3rd person with the ability to switch to topdown, cause 2 views are bette than one.

GTA Advance is for all normal gta players there already anyways.

[Joker0693]

I think 3d would be nice, but i doubt that the producers of the game would spend the time making a 3d game that pushes the ds hardware to the max and allows the 3d to look somewhat good. The first Sims ds game didn't have bad graphics and something like that wouldn't be bad but if it turns out like brothers in arms ds this game would suck.

Guess we will have to see how it turns out. If they did do a 2d top view kind of game it wouldn't be bad as long as it looks and plays nice.

[ICE]

There is no way they pull off 3d open world on ds with any quality.

[rbervoets]

DAMN i wanted a PSP version!

[some_guy_named_matt]

uggg, not too excited about this one...

[Matt]

[pas]

hmm, we deserved at least one good 3D title too ! you guys got your 2 psp games, isn't that like... enough already ?

[kravorzlair]

There is no way they pull off 3d open world on ds with any quality.

Are you sure about that ? Just check out the Transformers game and see what I mean

[pokeballer]

im excited for this to come out but its gonna b a very simple version of the original with hardly any free roam just all storyline missions

[ICE]

Are you sure about that ? Just check out the Transformers game and see what I mean

That game was garbage.

[Joker0693]

Check out this homebrew, I would hope to see GTA with these graphics. These are some of the best graphics I have seen for the ds.

http://www.daftcode.net/

[Randa]

Now im looking foward to this!

[Kulawend]

It is possible to have good graphics (with some tricks) on the DS, it has been proven.
It's just easier for developers to make little kiddy games with 2D graphics.

I honestly never thought I'd see the day where I would be playing GTA on my DS though.