wraggster
September 3rd, 2013, 23:56
GAME is to open hundreds of stores (http://www.game.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/HubArticleView?hubId=183532&articleId=183537&catalogId=10201&langId=44&storeId=10151) nationwide at midnight in order to sell Grand Theft Auto (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/nintendo-ds/action/10447/gta-chinatown-wars/) as early as possible on September 17.
For midnight launches, stores generally open their doors between around 11.45pm and 1am. For those who can't make it to a midnight opening, many stores will be opening early the following morning at 8:30am.
http://cdn.medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/dir_3088/image_308809_460.jpg (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/viewer.php?id=308809&mode=article)HMV stores across the country will also be opening their doors in the early hours (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/427045/hmv-to-hold-gta-5-midnight-launches/) to enable consumers to pick up copies of the game at the earliest possible opportunity.
Rockstar has confirmed a US and European GTA 5 release date (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/388902/grand-theft-auto-5-release-date-delayed-to-september-17/) of September 17 on Xbox 360 and PS3. The game will launch in Japan on October 10 (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/419205/gta-5-new-details-japanese-release-date-confirmed/).
Last month the studio revealed GTA Online (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/xbox-360/action/13325/grand-theft-auto-online/) with a debut trailer and the news that it will launch two weeks after GTA 5. For more details read ourGTA Online interview (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/423020/interviews/gta-online-interview-gta-v-oclock-talk-exclusively-to-leslie-benzies-president-of-rockstar-north-please-dont-make-live/), and get our impressions of it in this GTA Online first look preview (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/424264/previews/gta-online-first-look-rockstar-goes-mmo/).
Rockstar also recently released the official Grand Theft Auto 5 trailer (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/426975/new-gta-5-trailer-released/).
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/427596/game-details-gta-5-midnight-store-openings/
For midnight launches, stores generally open their doors between around 11.45pm and 1am. For those who can't make it to a midnight opening, many stores will be opening early the following morning at 8:30am.
http://cdn.medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/dir_3088/image_308809_460.jpg (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/viewer.php?id=308809&mode=article)HMV stores across the country will also be opening their doors in the early hours (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/427045/hmv-to-hold-gta-5-midnight-launches/) to enable consumers to pick up copies of the game at the earliest possible opportunity.
Rockstar has confirmed a US and European GTA 5 release date (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/388902/grand-theft-auto-5-release-date-delayed-to-september-17/) of September 17 on Xbox 360 and PS3. The game will launch in Japan on October 10 (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/419205/gta-5-new-details-japanese-release-date-confirmed/).
Last month the studio revealed GTA Online (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/xbox-360/action/13325/grand-theft-auto-online/) with a debut trailer and the news that it will launch two weeks after GTA 5. For more details read ourGTA Online interview (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/423020/interviews/gta-online-interview-gta-v-oclock-talk-exclusively-to-leslie-benzies-president-of-rockstar-north-please-dont-make-live/), and get our impressions of it in this GTA Online first look preview (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/424264/previews/gta-online-first-look-rockstar-goes-mmo/).
Rockstar also recently released the official Grand Theft Auto 5 trailer (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/426975/new-gta-5-trailer-released/).
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/427596/game-details-gta-5-midnight-store-openings/