Can you say "Holy big world for a GTA game!" This leaked image from GTA 5 shows what looks to be a potentially enormous in-game world. No worries, the game will be out in less than a week in the US, so you'll be able to discover the truth soon enough! I absolutely love the fact that they're finally making the world larger.
If there's one thing gamers know for certain already, it's that "Grand Theft Auto 5," available on Sept. 17, is going to be a big game. Like, really big. "Skyrim" meets "World of Warcraft" except with bikinis and guns instead of swords and dragons big. "GTA" developer Rockstar Games even boasted to Game Informer that the new game is bigger than three of its previous open-world titles — "Grand Theft Auto 4," "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas," and "Red Dead Redemption" — combined.
If there was any reason to doubt Rockstar's claims about its size, a "GTA 5" leak this week put any concerns to rest. Following an alleged early sale of the "Grand Theft Auto 5" strategy guide, a user of the popular gaming forum NeoGAF posted an image of the map of Los Santos, the fictional Los Angeles-inspired city in which the new "GTA" game is set. After that found its way onto a subreddit dedicated to all things "Grand Theft Auto 5," the Internet devoured the spoiler-filled material.
Below is an alleged map showing how much larger the map of GTA 5 is in comparison to San Andreas:
Via NBC News