Hasta La Gadget!

Back in October, Rockstar officially announced a “spring 2013” release window for Grand Theft Auto V. However, the company announced today that they’re delaying the game, and will see a solid release date of September 17, 2013. The game will be heading to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, but still no word on PC or Wii U availability.

Rockstar didn’t give a specific reason for the delay other than “to allow additional development time.” The development team apologized for the delay, but said that the extra time needed to polish up the game will be well worth the time for those eagerly waiting. The company says that GTAV “is a massively ambitious and complex game and it simply needs a little more polish to be of the standard we and, more importantly, you require.”

Rockstar has been teasing us a good amount throughout these past few months, releasing new screenshots of the game what seems like every other day. They give us a good look at what to expect in the new game, and we’re even told that Grand Theft Auto V will feature Rockstar’s largest in-game world that they’ve ever developed.

The game will feature three protagonists, and it takes place in Los Santos, one of the three cities featured in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The upcoming game should hopefully blow all other past installments out of the water. We really like GTAIV, but we’re hoping for even more with GTAV, considering it will have the largest in-game world to date.

Grand Theft Auto V delayed, arriving September 17 is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Good news Max Payne 3 players, if you’re looking for additional content to further extend your Max Payne 3 gaming experience, you’re in luck as Rockstar has announced that the Deathmatch Made In Heaven DLC is currently available for download. The DLC will be introducing four new co-op and competitive modes to the game’s multiplayer feature, new weapons, new items, achievements and more. It is priced at 800 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360 owners, and those who own the PlayStation 3 or PC version of the game can expect to fork out $9.99 if they wish to get their hands on the DLC. New features include the Dead Man Walking 2 Player Co-Op Mode, Run & Stun Mode, Marked Man Mode, and Time Attack Mode. In any case if you wish to learn more about the modes, new items and such, you can head on over to Rockstar’s blog in the source link below, or if you want to take a leap of faith and just purchase the DLC anyway, you can do so via your respective platforms.

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Welcome to Wednesday evening everyone! We’re back from a brief holiday break and there was plenty of news waiting for us when we returned, so let’s jump into the Wrap-Up. Mark Zuckerberg’s sister Randi found herself with a semi-private photo being shared publicly today, which brought up some debate about Facebook’s privacy policy. Samsung is expected to ship 500 million smartphones in 2013, while we saw a leaked image of a white BlackBerry X10 handset with a QWERTY keyboard. Instagram is facing a class action lawsuit over the controversial changes to its Terms of Service, despite the fact that it has tried to ease users’ minds since the new Terms were announced.

We heard that Windows Blue may still use the controversial Metro UI design, while Mark Cuban spilled the beans on his gadget collection in an AMA on Reddit. Samsung is seeking a ban on Ericsson products here in the US, and the Panasonic P-02E 1080p Android smartphone showed up at the FCC. The expensive yacht that was built for Steve Jobs has been released from the impound lot, and we learned that Netflix will be introducing new social features next year.

Samsung will apparently be showing off a Smart TV UI refresh at CES 2013, and Google has extended free domestic Gmail calls in the US and Canada for another year. Rockstar released a collection of new Grand Theft Auto V screenshots, and we heard that the Samsung Galaxy S III might soon be heading to T-Mobile with LTE functionality. NVIDIA TegraZone landed on Windows RT today, and we heard how loud it is on the International Space Station thanks a new audio clip containing the station’s ambient noise.

Apple has a patent on file for a new kind of curved glass, while Microsoft announced that it will soon be opening six new store locations. The POP charger has been given approval by Apple, which means the project is a go once again, and Google said that it plans to take 90% of Microsoft Office’s audience for itself. Toyota will be paying out $1.1 billion in settlements for cases relating to the floor mat issues with the 2010 Lexus RX, and iPad mini yield problems are starting to look better. Netflix’s Christmas Eve outage was blamed on problems with Amazon’s Web Services, and finally tonight we have a review of the Adorama Flashpoint 500C LED camera light for you to have a look at. That does it for tonight’s Evening Wrap-Up, we hope you enjoy the rest of your night folks!

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: December 26, 2012 is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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We know that Rockstar’s highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto V will only see a release in 2013, but until then and perhaps in the spirit of the festive season, Rockstar has decided to release five new screenshots from the game. As you guys know, GTA 5 will be bigger than all of its predecessors, and thanks to these screenshots we are certainly starting to get a much better idea. The graphics also look pretty stunning and we most definitely can’t wait to get our hands on the game upon its release. GTA 5 is currently scheduled for a release on both the Sony PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Xbox 360, and while the GTA franchise has made its way onto the PC in the past, no support for PC has been announced by Rockstar at the moment, leading fans to launch a petition in the hopes that a PC version of the game will be announced in the near future. While we wait for that to happen, we guess we will enjoy these new screenshots in the meantime.

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We’re sure that many Android gamers were looking forward to downloading Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto: Vice City onto their devices, and while iOS users are probably having a blast with the game, it looks like Android users might have to wait until the next weekend. The game was originally scheduled for a release on the 6^th of December for both iOS and Android, but it seems that due to validating errors with the APK, the game was removed from the Google Play store after having been downloaded by a few hundred users. The Google Play page for Vice City now leads to a “Not found” page. Rockstar has since issued an apology, “Hey guys, due to unforeseen technical issues, the Android release of Vice City will be slightly delayed. Our goal is to get this out for Android by the end of next week. Our apologies for the delay to all our fans on Android devices and please stay tuned for updates.” 

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