GTA Vice City Stories Front Cover and Details

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To date, the best-selling game for the PSP platform has been Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. Developed by Rockstar Leeds, the game has sold more than a million copies on the platform in the US since it was released in October 2005, generating more than $51.3 million in revenue. The game's runaway success caused it to become the first game ever ported from the PSP to the PlayStation 2. The budget-priced console version has also been a best-seller since it went on sale last month.

Given Liberty City Stories' success, few were surprised when Rockstar Games revealed that a second GTA game was in development for the PSP. At E3 in May, the publisher announced Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories would ship in the US on October 17 and in Europe on October 20. Today, the publisher reconfirmed the ship date, and announced the game would carry a full price of $49.99.

Though it didn't announce a rating for Vice City Stories--though there has yet to be a non-M-rated GTA game--Rockstar did release the final box art for the title (pictured). And while the publisher didn't unveil any new information on the title, the box art indicates that, like LCS, the game will feature characters from its console predecessor, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

In the middle of its left-hand side, the VCS box art shows a swarthy character with long black hair and a handlebar mustache. The person appears to be Umberto Robina, the Cuban gangster voiced by actor Danny Trejo (Heat, Desperado) in Vice City. Robina tasked Vice City protagonist Tommy Vercetti with a variety of missions, from a treacherous boat race to starting an all-out war with his archrivals, the Haitian gang. One such mission was the source of the controversial "Kill all the Haitians" mission, which sparked protests in 2004, two years after Vice City first went on sale.

In the upper-right-hand corner of the VCS box is a picture of a rugged, bearded biker riding a Harley-Davidson-like motorcycle. The character appears to be a more youthful version of "Big" Mitch Baker, the Vietnam-veteran biker-gang leader voiced by the Six Million Dollar Man himself, Lee Majors, in Vice City. From his hangout at the Greasy Chopper Bar, Baker assigned Vercetti several missions, which included motorcycle racing and riot-instigating.

But while both Baker and Robina appear to be on the Vice City Stories box, Rockstar had not responded to inquiries regarding either character's presence in the game. The publisher also had not confirmed whether either Trejo or Majors would reprise their roles. However, the actors' absence does not preclude their characters' return: Several Grand Theft Auto III characters, such as radio magnate Donald Love, were not portrayed by their original voice actors when they appeared in Liberty City Stories.

Cool, cool... If i owned a PSP, i'd be annoyed there keeping the same city as they have had before...

But looks alright... Hopefully it won't be as bad and boring as LSC.

COME ON ROCKSTAR! SOMETHING NEW, NOT VICE CITY!

I new location would be really nice.

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COME ON ROCKSTAR! SOMETHING NEW, NOT VICE CITY!

I new location would be really nice.

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yeh its boring at the moment they r all the same cities

I'll give you Evens on this to appear on PS2.

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COME ON ROCKSTAR! SOMETHING NEW, NOT VICE CITY!

I new location would be really nice.

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yeh its boring at the moment they r all the same cities

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i think the new gt is comin late 2007 called sin city.

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COME ON ROCKSTAR! SOMETHING NEW, NOT VICE CITY!

I new location would be really nice.

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yeh its boring at the moment they r all the same cities

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i think the new gt is comin late 2007 called sin city.

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GTA4 is coming out in October 2007 on Xbox 360 and PS3. There's no final name/city been given as of yet.

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COME ON ROCKSTAR! SOMETHING NEW, NOT VICE CITY!

I new location would be really nice.

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you will have to wait until GTA4 on the PS3 for any new locations.

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COME ON ROCKSTAR! SOMETHING NEW, NOT VICE CITY!

I new location would be really nice.

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yeh its boring at the moment they r all the same cities

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i think the new gt is comin late 2007 called sin city.

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GTA4 is coming out in October 2007 on Xbox 360 and PS3. There's no final name/city been given as of yet.

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lol sorry disregard my previous comment.

i got it from here look at the dates

stuuupid me

Yeah, that was for the GTA: San Andreas version

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Yeah, that was for the GTA: San Andreas version

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ooops i know.

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I'll give you Evens on this to appear on PS2.

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I doubt..

Liberty city stories was a flop on ps2...

My local woolworths don't even sell it..

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I doubt..

Liberty city stories was a flop on ps2...

My local woolworths don't even sell it..

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It's the #1 selling game across all platforms right now...

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It's the #1 selling game across all platforms right now...

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But probably the most traded in

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I'll give you Evens on this to appear on PS2.

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I doubt..

Liberty city stories was a flop on ps2...

My local woolworths don't even sell it..

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It's the #1 selling game across all platforms right now...

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ALL platforms?

LCS? its crap... I didn't even know it was released until i saw it in game like 3 weeks later... Theres no topics on GT about it...

#1 selling game... ugh..

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ALL platforms?

LCS? its crap... I didn't even know it was released until i saw it in game like 3 weeks later... Theres no topics on GT about it...

#1 selling game... ugh..

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I was surprised too. In America the New Super Mario Bros. game sold one every 4 seconds or something but I thought it would be similar in the UK!

It's all the chavs buying the game...

"Ey m8, innit wikid u can liek shuut sum nob in da ed 4 lukin at u, dat iz wikid. Oh n ive got a suuped up Manana in me garige, i iz so cuul."

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It's all the chavs buying the game...

"Ey m8, innit wikid u can liek shuut sum nob in da ed 4 lukin at u, dat iz wikid. Oh n ive got a suuped up Manana in me garige, i iz so cuul."

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Turns out I heard like half my class saying how good it was for the PS2 and when I said it was EXACTLY the same game for the PSP (as they own a PSP too being a chav) and they went "No it's not". I then asked what's the difference between them and he stood there for 4 minutes thinking. I laughed!

Both versions are crap... How can you play the LCS on PSP after SA on Ps2.

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Both versions are crap... How can you play the LCS on PSP after SA on Ps2.

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Change the disc?