February 13th, 2008

The possible reasoning behind the April release

Published at 2:38 AM PST

Looking at the updated official Grand Theft Auto website today I noticed something, the release months for the GTA games. We all know October was 'the month' for game releases since the start, however there was one game before Grand Theft Auto 4 that didn't abide by this unwritten law, that is Grand Theft Auto: London 1969, released April 1999.

Now we may be wrong to think this, but considering the release months are only October and April according to the history, could the April release of Grand Theft Auto 4 of been due to them wanting to keep true to the past releases? Missing October was a major let down, not just because we wanted to play the game so badly, but because October is 'the month' for GTA releases. April is the only other month to have been graced by it's presence, and I'm willing to bet the GTA4 April release was to keep faithful to that. Don't quote me on that though, I'll deny ever saying it...

Related: http://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto/