GTA PSP due October 28th

By Kristan Reed Published 13 September, 2005

Euro release date confirmed.

28th October will be the release date for Rockstar's PSP-exclusive Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, the company confirmed today.

The game is being produced jointly by past masters Rockstar North alongside Rockstar Leeds, the company's handheld gaming specialists.

The news follows on from the launch of the game's official website, which featured, among other things, an official trailer, as well as the first screens of the game. The game debuts in North America three days previously on October 25th.

In addition, we got our first glimpse of how the game is shaping up last week, and can happily report that the game is looking every bit as good as fans would hope.

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About Kristan Reed

Kristan is a former editor of Eurogamer, dad, Stone Roses bore and Norwich City supporter who sometimes mutters optimistically about Team Silent getting back together.

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Comments (51) Latest comment 7 years ago

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  • dj-danger #1 7 years ago

    woo, first! Who cares!

  • Royal Fool #2 7 years ago

    "The game debuts in North America three days previously on October 25th."

    So... I'm betting it'll get leaked on the 22nd. Wowzah.

  • trevd72 #3 7 years ago

    Burnout Legends rocks.....crash mode in your pocket. What else do you want....oh yes shooting old grannies from a street corner and setting cops on fire......GTA is gonna kill.

  • myiagros #4 7 years ago

    burnout legends is excellent. picked up my copy at lunchtime.

    Should be working, but can't stop playing.

  • #5 7 years ago

    you bunch of spastards you think you can beat me? mua ha ha haaaa

  • #6 7 years ago

    Slurpy you stinking rancid peice of turd ,you thought you had seen the last of me your master the mighty petay ? you fool ...FOOL !

  • tengu #7 7 years ago

    lol, hello petay! Why can't I see your post? :)

    Nyuk nyuk nyuk
    Edited by 1 at 13/09/05 @ 17:14

  • Furbs #8 7 years ago

    LOL, is he still trying?

  • tengu #9 7 years ago

    Oh yeah :)

  • GitSomE_UK #10 7 years ago

    Oct28th eh... did I read it wrong in an earlier article that they weren't sure how the load times/battery life would be running from a UMD.

    If this is the case... could the 28th be a little bit optimistic? not only that are the Sony UMD presses *that* fast to print zillions of copies in about 6 weeks?

    /confused
    Edited by 1 at 13/09/05 @ 18:12

  • brombeer #11 7 years ago

    Still no Petay...makes you wonder if he finally did manage to get out of the closet and has finally discovered the joy of being gay :o But hurray for GTA arriving in about 6 weeks! Can't wait for this exclusive to play on my PSP!

  • #12 7 years ago

    Shut up you fart sniffing turd licking bum bandit ffs. Tengu I thought you had petay on ignore , maybe thats why you cant read his posts or was that just complete horse sh*t like most of the stuff that spouts from your slightly spasticated face?

    Edit - Mua ha ah ahaaah aahaaaaa
    Edited by 1 at 13/09/05 @ 18:55

  • tengu #13 7 years ago

    No, pete, I took you off ignore after you were banned so I wouldn't have your worthless name on my profile from now here to eternity. Took you long enough to work out how to come back though, most retards work it out in seconds, took you almost 24 hours, well done, and congratulations on having an even MORE gay name than you had before fella. Why not just drop the pretense and call yourself Wendy and go shopping for dresses, hmm?

    I'll be putting you right back on ignore now btw(Until you're banned before the night's out that is), so I won't have to suffer whatever shit you come back with, so NYAH NYAH!

    /Slaps ass at pete

  • #14 7 years ago

    Its funny, when the small fat kid gets bullied at school and cries like a girl ,the teachers always say "oh just ignore them tengu" and it seemd youve (partially) grown up beleiving that its the best thing to do ,heh heh

  • Bates #15 7 years ago

    If you know teachers say that, then obviously you've had some bullying experience yourself petay. Is that what it is that makes you so unhappy? The bullies? Do their taunts hurt?

    Actually, I feel sort of sorry for you now. Poor petay.

  • Furbs #16 7 years ago

    Didnt Gareth think he'd look cool trying to get around his ban? If this is Petay, he must be stupid - far better to keep his head down for a couple of weeks then come back with a new nick and start afresh. Now his IP rather than username will be banned. Although he'll probably say "But I have a dynamic IP" just like Gareth. But oh look...no Gareth either!

    IF its Petay of course...

  • #17 7 years ago

    No bates I know teachers say it because when i was a youngster I heard them comforting a fat ginger lad, Im sure he was called kev.

  • Furbs #18 7 years ago

    In which case they can use the site feedback form to ask why they are banned.

  • brombeer #19 7 years ago

    Tinkay Bell? Good name for a drag queen. I knew it to be true you being a queen, Petay. But of what I wonder? An ant colony perhaps?

  • #20 7 years ago

    Brombeer you speak alot of sh*t ,maybe its because you suck pooy willies?

  • Furbs #21 7 years ago

    Tinkay-Bell, whats your purpose here?

  • brombeer #22 7 years ago

    Yeah, I just wiped my mouth. Thanks a lot for asking.

  • brombeer #23 7 years ago

    Did I upset you in anyway for revealing your true self to yourself? You know that bashing on things is driven by fear of these things. You bash on gays, so you fear gayness, i.e. you are afraid of actually being one. Simple and very robust psychology. You bash on PS2/3,PSP, you finish it yourself...

  • #24 7 years ago

    Furbs its obvious you ppl look up to my wisdom and genuinly love me so stop grassing me up like a little queer yeh.

  • #25 7 years ago

    Nah brom thats just what gays tell themselves so they feel better about being wierdos.

  • brombeer #26 7 years ago

    LOL. How amusing self denial can be sometimes. No, I'm quite happy actually and don't consider myself a weirdo in anyway. A person who pre-orders stuff without actually seeing it in action and just believes everything a manufacturer shouts is considered a wierdo. My sexual preference is not an issue, although I enjoy it everyday :)

  • theiceman #27 7 years ago

    so how is everyone tonight? must admit i'm looking forward to a handheld gta. roll on october 28th! lol

  • brombeer #28 7 years ago

    But truth be told: I missed you the last 24 hours!

  • theiceman #29 7 years ago

    brombeer you missed me?!! thats a nice welcome if its for me. lol. nah just messing around geezer

  • brombeer #30 7 years ago

    Well, ok, I missed you too. I like ice(d) men. Hug.

  • #31 7 years ago

    If your gayness is not an issue then why must you mention it in every post , I wouldnt even know you were a bandit if you hadn't brought it up yourself. Is this the only place you feel excepted, because ppl like furbs and tengu are too kiss arse to tell you what they really think. anyway you smelly panzy Im bored of all you inbreds so im off to the pub. One day if you ppl ever manage to get real friends/lives you could do the same

  • brombeer #32 7 years ago

    The pub. Right. Oh..and do read back on your last, say 100 threads. If there isn't one mentioning GAY, I'm still trying to find it. Gaystation 3, BS3, GayPSP, PSP is for girly-boys. Need I go on? You asked for it. That's all.
    Edited by 1 at 13/09/05 @ 19:55

  • #33 7 years ago

    Aww I just read the post that said you missed me brombeer ! That is soo sweet , I feel bad for being mean now ,shall we make up and be bumfriends ?

  • brombeer #34 7 years ago

    No, you probably haven't got chest hair (yet).

  • #35 7 years ago

    Now now dont be a manbitch , accept my apology so we can kiss bums and make up.

  • brombeer #36 7 years ago

    Well, err..no? Just let's be friends out of one common ground: games. So, dolook me up sometimes on Live. Same gamertag as here.

  • #37 7 years ago

    lol ok hunnibunz

  • brombeer #38 7 years ago

    Thanks sweetie darling.

  • Furbs #39 7 years ago

    Enjoy him while you can folks!

  • Seifer #40 7 years ago

    I actually find him quite amusing sometimes and I guess the rest of you do also or you would ignore him ,right?

  • Furbs #41 7 years ago

    We'll see if you say the same if he ever disagree's with you on something Seifer.

  • Seifer #42 7 years ago

    Pete has already called me childish names and "verbally obliterated me" as he put it furbs,quite a few times actually, I just rise above it and laugh at him, I certainly wouldn't bother getting into a three day post war with him as I for one have better things to do ....Like play games :p

  • #43 7 years ago

    Oh if it isnt smellyl ickle seifer ,you dont rise above it ,your just afraid of getting verbally obliterated again son , scared like an infant in the woods running from michael jackson.

  • Syrette #44 7 years ago

    this guy is.... amazing. greatest tard ever?

    i think so.

    love you Pete.

  • Seifer #45 7 years ago

    I see , so if you liken me to 'the scared infant' one can only assume you liken yourself to MJ , a child 'loving' fallen king of pop who looks like a chinese lady.
    Lol you see furbs thats the wonderful thing about pete, you dont have to call him names,he does it very well on his own.Maybe he took the saying "If you want something done properly,do it yourself" too literally. Good on you petey keep it up.

  • #46 7 years ago

    You ppl arent even worth the dole cheque your on,so i wont bother with you.What happened to slurpy,did his mum catch him looking at gay hentai and ban him from the net?

  • brombeer #47 7 years ago

    Hey, I'm 34. Don't call names at me, son. I'm a daddy ;)

  • PES_Fanboy #48 7 years ago

    I forgot which one was the troll, he's pulled loads of you down to his level...

  • Furbs #49 7 years ago

    But Seifer, you havent risen above it, you've posted about him (and PES_Fanboy) so you've just given him the attention he deserves.

  • PES_Fanboy #50 7 years ago

    But Seifer, you havent risen above it, you've posted about him (and PES_Fanboy) so you've just given him the attention he deserves.

    Eh? What'd I do? Am I a troll?

  • Furbs #51 7 years ago

    No, I'm just saying that its all very well to say "I'm above it all" or "some of you are part of the problem", but simply by commenting on him, it really helps his self esteem issues :)

  • Seifer #52 7 years ago

    Furbs I'm not against sending a reply to pete once in a while or though honestly I dont usually bother ,I just find it odd a person like you furbs who is obviously not stupid would waste day upon day arguing with him. I wasn't having a go at you furbs it's just I cant help but feel you try and put across this aura of superiority ( as you have just shown with your comment towards PES) I dont think it was called for. I just think you should chill out a bit,I hope you have not taken offence of anything I've said as It isn't meant that way.
    Edited by 1 at 14/09/05 @ 09:49

  • jellyhead #53 7 years ago

    I've just had a quick look around and £35 is the cheapest i've seen it in the uk.
    Blimey it's an import for me for sure.

  • #54 7 years ago

    Erm Slurpy I AM PETAY we are the same person you moron ,also son have you noticed that no one actually laughs at your stories, it just makes you look like a retard although you've looked that way for years now so you must be used to it.

  • tengu #55 7 years ago

    "waste day upon day arguing with him."

    I'd hardly call taking a couple of minutes to have a go at someone who is desperately asking for it 'wasting a day'. It's a laugh, nothing more than that, none of us took him seriously, though he did get on my nerves a bit too much, hence him now being on ignore.

    LOL @ Slurpy once again btw :)

  • Seifer #56 7 years ago

    "I'd hardly call taking a couple of minutes to have a go at someone who is desperately asking for it 'wasting a day"

    It's not just a couple of minuites though is it Tengu ,Although I often dont comment, I am here reading the posts and alot of you seem to endlessly return to a thread simply to carry on a pointless feud. If you took it as a laugh and nothing more as you say I would say fair play but some of you dont take it that way and do end up trolling yourselves.You for one obviously did not see it as a 'laugh' Tengu hence the fact you have actually ignored him. I certainly can't fault you for that but it seems you are still kinda obsessed with him as even with him on ignore you have still sent numerous posts regarding him.

  • tengu #57 7 years ago

    Oh, that's harsh... obsessed indeed!:)

    I can't help it if I drop into a thread and he's derailed it like this one and several others, but if I was truly obsessed, why would I ignore him? I don't address him any longer, and the only reason I still have anything to do with the 'issue' of him is that I think he needs to be banned. Again.

    It's more out of disbelief he's still going than it is out of a need for my regular petay fix that I still post about him, not TO him, about him.

    Besides, for someone so above this sort of thing, you seem to have a lot to say about it yourself.


    Edited by 1 at 14/09/05 @ 11:37

  • Seifer #58 7 years ago

    Yes I have an opinion and discussion is fine and good ,it's just the endless/pointless name calling I can't understand, like I said if it really is all in good humor then fine but alot of it seems uncalled for ,c-mon we're here to chat about all things game arent we so whats with ppl like slurpy churning out the 'yo mama so fat' jokes ? I dunno.....

    ps - ok sorry bout the obsessed thing, I admit it was an exageration but still c-mon guys :p
    Edited by 1 at 14/09/05 @ 11:34

  • Furbs #59 7 years ago

    Seifer, you do realise you've probably written the most about Petay in this thread and not mentioned games at all? :p

    (no offense taken from your previous post, I'm kinda thickskinned)

  • tengu #60 7 years ago

    And yes, I am looking forward to GTA as it happens ;)

  • Seifer #61 7 years ago

    I know furbs soz about that but its been festering for a while and like I said I have no problem with adult discussion aslong as it's not making light of things like beating women.I find that kind of thing unpleasant,so for me personally it would be a certain amateur auther put on ignore rathor then the original troll, thats really what I'm getting at.

  • Seifer #62 7 years ago

    Lol and yes I also am looking forward to this title :)

  • Furbs #63 7 years ago

    I'm not, its gonna SUCK!!

    Actually, cant wait...

  • PES_Fanboy #64 7 years ago

    Oh, I don't see what's so wrong with beating women - why, just the other day I beat my girlfriend.

    2-1, on Pro Evo. Yes, a girl scored against me.

  • raikov #65 7 years ago

    After playing some Burnout Legends today, I was really unimpressed with the graphical side of things, the experience also left me quite empty. I'm so used to playing Ridge and Wipeout, which look stunning on the small screen, that Burnout appeared grainy, jaggy, and washed out. I just hope that this is due to the massive amount of data for each course, and that GTA can avoid this ... blandness..

  • Genji #66 7 years ago

    It takes a while for you to realise just how bland the GTA games are. Especially the last one.

  • #67 7 years ago

    Shocker - Slurpy J thinks a Psp game is INCREDIBLE!

    (p.s. It is debatable wether slurpy can actually think or not)