Grand Theft Auto V was billed by the New York City-based videogame publisher as the "largest and most ambitious" title to date for the franchise that has sold more than 114m copies of the game since its debut in 1997.
"Grand Theft Auto V builds on everything we've learned about open world gaming," said Rockstar founder Sam Houser.
Versions of the game for the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 consoles, or personal computers powered by Windows software, will launch worldwide sometime between March and July, says Rockstar.
Fans will be able to pre-order the game from November 5. Unabashedly criminal, Grand Theft Auto is set in the virtual streets of Southern California.
"The game is another radical reinvention of the Grand Theft Auto universe," Houser said when plans for the game were announced a year ago.
Its setting, in a fictional city of Los Santos, is based on real-world Los Angeles. The videogame has won legions of fans and cadres of critics for depicting acts such as carjacking, gambling and killing.
Play in Grand Theft Auto games has included simulated sex with prostitutes and drunken driving. The franchise's appeal to gamers is fuelled by captivating story lines and an open-world format that lets players go wherever they wish.
Rockstar said that Grand Theft Auto V "focuses on the pursuit of the dollar" in a re-imagined Southern California and promised "bold new direction in open-world freedom, storytelling, and mission-based game playing."
The game will also let people play with or against one another online.
Grand Theft Auto IV blew away videogame and Hollywood records by raking in an unprecedented $500m in the week after its release in April 2008.
Source: AFP via I-NET Bridge
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