UK retailer GAME is making headlines today with a couple of tweets that saying Grand Theft Auto V on the PC, Xbox One and Playstation 4 has a "provisional release date" of 1 November (this year).
We have good news for you #PS4 and #XboxOne players...GTA 5 has a provisional release date. Want to know when it is? :-p I might tell ya ;-)
— GAME Croydon (@GAMECroydon) August 28, 2014
@VG_Dave November 1st :-) how exciting! If you haven't pre-ordered now is the time! This one will fly out of the shop before I know it!
— GAME Croydon (@GAMECroydon) August 28, 2014
What "provisional release date" is meant to mean we're not exactly sure, but it's mostly likely just a safety measure on GAME's part, so that if the release date does change, they can point to that.
The tweets are also targeted to getting gamers to preorder GTA for PC or one of the next-gen consoles if they haven't already... so we're thinking that this potential release date of 1 November might really be a best case scenario, and that maybe we should expect some slippage.
Officially, all Rockstar Games has said about the new versions of GTA 5 is "autumn" — that's the only official word at this stage.
PS: We realize the tweets didn't refer to the PC version, but given Rockstar has been lumping them into one "release group" so are we!
