While doing a bit of community service, Rockstar wound up addressing why news around Grand Theft Auto V seemed to trickle out at such a slow pace.
"As we have said before, we have often had long gaps between asset releases on previous games and will continue to do so in the future. We are sorry if you find this frustrating, but please understand, we don't do this because we 'don't care about our fans' 'don't respect our fans' 'hate GTA fans etc' - precisely the opposite! We do it because we want to make sure we only release 100% correct information, and because we want to keep plenty back for the actual game release so there are still lots of surprises when you play it. The only things we care about are that you enjoy the experience of actually playing the game and that we release accurate information. We just have not been in a position to show more of the game than the trailer and will not be for a while yet. We did, however, manage to sneak a quick screenshot out for you... it's not much, but we thought it was pretty fun."
The helicopter shot above and a lake-side shot were published on their site. So Rockstar continues to taunt and tease us without ever revealing anything substantial until they're ready. Among the other questions were the intentions of Rockstar setting Max Payne 3 in Brazil ("The reason we did is we thought the city was interesting, both visually and socially, and a logical place for Max to end up, as you can see when you play the game") to one player asking straight up what was Niko supposed to do in Grand Theft Auto 4 since Rockstar essentially designed him.
"The choices that you make in Grand Theft Auto IV while in the shoes of Niko Bellic are completely down to personal preference. Your conscience and curiosity help Niko to make decisions throughout the game, so we really don't have a straight and true path for how the Niko 'character' would react in life or death situations - it's all down to the individual who plays him, and our hope was to have a fairly even split in all of the choices, so they seemed like real dilemmas."
Some of the other questions are just as interesting, for example who really did guest star in Red Dead Redemption and who didn't. Check it out.
