Rockstar E3 No-Show, No Next-Gen GTA Expected

Barring any last-minute surprises, Rockstar Games will be a virtual no-show at E3 this year, Rockstar public relation staff have confirmed.

That means no booth tours, no appointments, and no game announcements. And certainly no next-gen Grand Theft Auto.

In fact, aside from showing a demo of the family-friendly Table Tennis at Microsoft's Xbox 360 booth, Rockstar will barely have a presence at E3 2006. The company doesn't even have a booth reserved.

What does this mean for the uber-powerful game developer? Likely, they're hard at work on the next entry in the ever-popular Grand Theft Auto series, which is rumored to debut on a next-gen system. Of course, the company has yet to even suggest they're working on such a title, but considering that a vast percentage of publisher Take-Two Interactive's revenue comes from the Grand Theft Auto series, there's no doubt they're building the technological framework as we speak.

http://gametrailers.com/viewnews.php?id=3184

Clearly Rockstar is afraid of criticism from governments who start wars due to the violent video game legislation :p lol.