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Bossman reckons it's the Holy Grail.

Rockstar founder Sam Houser has said he's very keen on the idea of a Grand Theft Auto-themed MMO.

Speaking to EGM magazine, as reported by Massively.com, Houser said a GTA MMO would be "very, very doable" and is a "very, very compelling proposition". Later on in the article, he refers to a subscription-based console MMO as "the Holy Grail".

So Houser's clearly up for it. In the meantime there's Grand Theft Auto IV, coming to PS3 and Xbox 360 on April 29th. Not to mention PC and 360 title All Points Bulletin, from the developer of Crackdown, looking much like a GTA MMO in all but name. Realtime Worlds boss Dave Jones showed the title off at this year's GDC, and it's looking rather impressive.

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Lexx87 #1 4 years ago

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Lalalallallalaal
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jonsaan #2 4 years ago

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Yeah Whatever. Lets try 4 first eh?
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jack_klugman #3 4 years ago

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"He chose... Poorly."
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agparrot #4 4 years ago

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I am fundamentally too mean to buy into subscription-based stuff, although I have no problem paying my nicely-priced Live! subscription.

If they were to charge �40 a year for a GTA-MMO, then I'd be up for that - it's no more than buying a gamesworth a year, but if it is in the �10 a month region - that is �120 a year! I know it isn't *lots*, but I am Mean.
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killest #5 4 years ago

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i would too...

guffaw....
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nickthegun #6 4 years ago

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He should be showing off crackdown 2, goddammit!
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DSKUK #7 4 years ago

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agparrot:

Thats why i'm so keen to buy All Points Bulletin. I wish that people with Gold Live subscriptions would make it free, but thats just wishful thinking In my opinion �40 a year for one game is quite alot, but I would probably do it if Live became free
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steviepunk #8 4 years ago

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Isn't Realtime Worlds boss Dave Jones the original founder of DMA Design and the guy responsible for the first Grand Theft Auto game? Would seem that Dave is already taking the game to it's next logical step.
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muscleblade #9 4 years ago

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APB is going to be fantastic!!
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UncleLou #10 4 years ago

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> 10 million WoW subscribers. I think that pretty much answers it, no?

If there's any franchise in the games industry at the moment that could come anywhere near this number, it is indeed GTA.

Edited by 1 at 10/03/08 @ 17:00
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Les #11 4 years ago

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Given that the full games are boring as hell (as games) adding some grinding seems like a good idea...
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TheDudesRug #12 4 years ago

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I'm "highly doable".
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RandomTerrain #13 4 years ago

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I'm not paying a subscription. That's part of PS3's greatness.
If you make GTA online, or whatever, take after Guild Wars and make it free, otherwise I shan't even be touching it with the world's longest barge pole.

That's a promise.
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UncleLou #14 4 years ago

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Guild Wars isn't an MMO. It's a coop game with a few MM hubs. Might as well argue GTA IV should be free because Fate by Numbers is. If we imagine GTA is a city full of other players, that's a whole different server structure.

I really wish poeple would stop comparing apples with oranges when it comes to MMOs.
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ExplodingClown #15 4 years ago

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If it keeps the chavvy twinks and LOLers off the games where the grownups play, I'm all for it. Now where do I sign up? I've got my 'Pre-Op Transexual Hooker' character all planned out (bonus Achievement Points for unlocking all STDs). Could give 'grinding' a whole new meaning....
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