Rockstar Games Teases Next GTA Location

As you’ve probably heard, Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony and GTA: Episodes From Liberty City were released today, and as anyone who picked up a copy of latter will tell you, it doesn’t just include bonus radio content. It also includes a terribly cryptic hint at the location of the next Grand Theft Auto (Sadly, the hint doesn’t include anything about it being released episodically).

It’s not much, but located on the bottom right-hand corner of a page in the manual for the game is a small advertisement for a movie called Liberty City, It’s Over! On the lower corner of the ad is a torn away section that shows some mountains bordering a beach that is sprinkled with what appear to be pine trees (but I guess they could just be stand-ins for any old type of tree). And just beneath the graphic is either the word “Theater Seagull” (or “Seagulf” since the last letter is covered up) and a box that says, “Opens March Everywhere.”

What does it all mean? How the hell should I know? Of course, the return of Vice City FM in Episodes From Liberty City seems like a good indication that the next installment will see the series return to sunny South Florida. However, I grew up in South Florida, and mountains are pretty hard to come by, even in the hillier parts of the northern portion of the state. My first reaction when I saw the picture was the pacific northwest, which would definitely put it in the range of San Andreas territory, but there are plenty of places that share the characteristics found in the photo, so I guess we’ll have to wait until March to see what comes of this.

Anyone played Ballad of Gay Tony or Episodes From Liberty City yet? What do you think so far?