Vice City Stories delayed

By Ellie Gibson Published 8 September, 2006

It's out in November now.

Rockstar has confirmed that Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories won't be appearing in shops till November now.

The PSP title was down for an October 20 release date, but a spokesperson told Eurogamer that it's now set to go on sale on November 3.

GTA: Vice City Stories will feature a brand new storyline, new missions and gameplay, although the setting will of course be familiar to anyone who's played GTA Vice City on the PC or PS2. Why not watch the trailer over on Eurogamer TV, if you haven't already.

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Since joining Eurogamer in the mid 2000s, Ellie has written about subjects as diverse as the fall of Gizmondo, the rise of Hollyoaks actresses in Red Alert games and the noise a bear makes under NSFW circumstances.

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Comments (22) Latest comment 6 years ago

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  • JetSetWilly #1 6 years ago

    Hmm, attempt at a Wii launch spoiler perhaps?

  • Fat-Boy #2 6 years ago

    Surely the PSP has nowhere near the customer base to spoil the launch of a new (groundbreaking) console with a tthirty quid game?

  • trevd72 #3 6 years ago

    this is another euro only delay apparently. we get stung again!!!!

  • Fat-Boy #4 6 years ago

    Just be thankful you get it at all. You could live in Australia!

  • SeesThroughAll #5 6 years ago

    They did the same with LCS, what's the surprise?

  • Les #6 6 years ago

    You people do know that it's Rockstar delaying the game, not Sony, right? ;)

  • Steroyd #7 6 years ago

    hmmm so it's not just Sony that shuns Europe it's every fricking developer not based in Europe.

    Hell i don't even think European devs launch their titles in Europe first. o_O

  • Zero Beat #8 6 years ago

    No, what are you talking about, it's clearly Sony's fault.

    Sony tease stingrays for laughs, too.

  • Nobuo #9 6 years ago

    The Rockstar studios behind GTA are based in Scotland and Leeds.

  • Triggerhappytel #10 6 years ago

    ...will of course be familiar to anyone who's played GTA Vice City on the PC or PS2.

    Hang on... so it won't be familiar to those who've played it on Xbox..? There's me thinking it's a port of the same game ;)

    I don't know why some people are surprised. Haven't the last 3 GTA incarnations suffered a couple of week's delay?

  • ecureuil #11 6 years ago

    hmmm so it's not just Sony that shuns Europe it's every fricking developer not based in Europe.

    Rockstar are based in Britain!

    I hate the shoddy treatment we get. I live so close to Rare I could walk to their HQ, so imagine how frustrated I was to see Perfect Dark released in the USA months earlier than over here. If this is a euro-only delay, I'm going to be annoyed.

    Why would they have to delay it for us? I don't get it. It's not like they're going to run out of UMD discs.

  • Steroyd #12 6 years ago

    I thought Rockstar Vancouver was making the GTA Vice City game... or do they make the big daddy GTA's???

    ack so many studio's under one name.

  • ecureuil #13 6 years ago

    Rockstar North make the main GTA games (based in Edinburgh, I think) Rockstar Leeds make the PSP versions. (based in, errr... Leeds)

    Complete UK job here. Does anyone really think a USA-based developer could take such a tongue-in-cheek viewpoint on US life? All GTA games are like a pisstake on the entire American dream, but Americans don't seem to realise that all GTA games just scream "look how shitty this country is"

  • TS2610 #14 6 years ago

    I've got my fingers crossed for an eventual PS2 port, because I'm not buying a pissing PSP.

    Can't wait for another taste of the 80s from Rockstar...

  • Mick #15 6 years ago

    ooh bloody hells - its only been delayed by 2 weeks. Stop ya bitchin!

  • hilts #16 6 years ago

    a game to bitch about is Syphon Filter! I have had this preordered for eons. Was meant to be out today but looks like delayed from anywhere between October and 2010 according to some websites. This has been delayed several times since at least June! And before anyone yaps on about getting a US version, my understanding is that the online element won't work over here.

  • Steroyd #17 6 years ago

    If the big daddy GTA is made in the UK why the hell does it get launched in America first :/

    I know it's only by a few days but still...

  • SeesThroughAll #18 6 years ago

    Really, in this case it's only a few days, not the usual 6 months, so it's not a big deal.

    But I still remember those spoiled american brats complaining about Loco Roco coming out in Europe first...

    a game to bitch about is Syphon Filter! I have had this preordered for eons. Was meant to be out today
    I don't understand what's going on with Syphon Filter, I bought the Benelux version last week. And we usually get every release after UK does - sometimes a whole month late!
    Edited by 1 at 08/09/06 @ 15:31

  • Les #19 6 years ago

    "If the big daddy GTA is made in the UK why the hell does it get launched in America first :/"

    USA is a single territory, unlike Europe. Logistics here are way harder. E.g there are no pan-European retailers and most European countries require the game to be translated. Furthermore, we use PAL while the US has NTSC, just like Japan. Because the NTSC market is bigger, the NTSC version is often given first priority.

  • trevd72 #20 6 years ago

    err, group us in with the USA seeing as we speak english too! and its the PSP so no need to change anything else.

  • Les #21 6 years ago

    That's true, I don't really know why they don't make an exception for the UK (and Scandinavia and BeNeLux). Probably because it's part of the business unit catering for Europe and they want to tackle all EU territories simultaneously or something.

  • SharkVLion #22 6 years ago

    Hahaha, the US speak English.. that's funny...

    It's R* Leeds that are developing VCS, they dev all the PSP titles and from what my mate (who's working on it) tells me it's gonna be loads better than even VC was; not that I'm a big fan.