Grand Theft Auto V Delayed On PC, Again
"Bad News and Good News From Rockstar "
Rockstar has confirmed
on their newswire that
Grand Theft Auto V will not be coming out on January 27th like it was planned to. Instead the game has been delayed on PC again, the new release date is March 24, 2015.
They apologized for the delay saying that
Grand Theft Auto V on PC needs "...a few extra weeks of testing and polish to make it as good as can be." Rockstar also explained these decisions, delaying a game, are never easy or taken lightly.
In more positive news they announced that
GTA Online heists will be available at launch for PC and will be coming to console in the next few weeks ahead of the PC launch.
Alongside the news that
Grand Theft Auto V on PC is being delayed Rockstar released the PC specs and some screenshots of
Grand Theft Auto V running in 4K resolution. You can see the PC specs below. You can see more of the 4k screenshots by
clicking here.
Minimum specifications:
OS: Windows 8.1 64 Bit, Windows 8 64 Bit, Windows 7 64 Bit Service Pack 1, Windows Vista 64 Bit Service Pack 2* (*NVIDIA video card recommended if running Vista OS)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs) / AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs) @ 2.5GHz
Memory: 4GB
Video Card: NVIDIA 9800 GT 1GB / AMD HD 4870 1GB (DX 10, 10.1, 11)
Sound Card: 100% DirectX 10 compatible
HDD Space: 65GB
DVD Drive
Recommended specifications:
OS: Windows 8.1 64 Bit, Windows 8 64 Bit, Windows 7 64 Bit Service Pack 1
Processor: Intel Core i5 3470 @ 3.2GHZ (4 CPUs) / AMD X8 FX-8350 @ 4GHZ (8 CPUs)
Memory: 8GB
Video Card: NVIDIA GTX 660 2GB / AMD HD7870 2GB
Sound Card: 100% DirectX 10 compatible
HDD Space: 65GB
DVD Drive
Grand Theft Auto V was released on Xbox 360 and PS3 in September 2013 and was then released on PS4 and Xbox One in November 2014. Unfortunately PC fans will need to wait another few weeks before they can play
GTAV. Hopefully it runs better than the last GTA released on PC.