Thanks to leaked images from a Brady Games strategy guide for Rockstar's upcoming Grand Theft Auto V, fans eager to see just how big the game's map can revel in its massive scope. September 10, 2013 3:40 PM PDT (Credit: Rockstar Games) Rockstar Games' highly-anticipated fifth installment in the Grand Theft Auto series, which hits shelves next Tuesday, Sept. 17, has been hyped for the mind-blowingly massive environment it will let players parachute over, sky dive into, or fly and drive everything from fighter jets to speed boats across. The studio has touted the game as being larger than the previous two GTAs and its Western title Red Dead Redemption combined. It turns out that's no joke. Thanks to an accidental early sale of a GTA V strategy guide and its contents leaking their way onto gaming forum NeoGaf, we can now see just how large the game's map truly is. And it is huge, with mountain, desert, and countryside areas that absolutely dwarf the city portion. A Reddit user then published it to the GTA V subreddit where the leak picked up significant traction, whereupon the original poster redacted his or her name and pulled the imgur file. The image is still available from NeoGaf and posted below. Rockstar's official Twitter account for the game confirmed the authenticity and complimented the efforts of fans who were able to recreate the map almost perfectly using only screenshots, going on to confirm that the leaked image was taken straight from the Brady Games guide. Warning: Those who wish to play the game with a fresh mind and blank state should refrain from observing any of the intricacies of the map. It's not a spoiler in the traditional sense, but the map is entirely labeled and reveals many previously unknown details about the game's sprawling recreation of Los Angeles and the surrounding countryside. (Credit: Pandemic/NeoGaf) Just to put it in perspective, a fellow NeoGaf user superimposed the GTA: San Andreas map onto the GTA V one. The GTA: San Andreas map superimposed on top of the GTA V map to illustrate just how massive Rockstar's next installment is. (Credit: NeoGaf) (Via Kotaku; NeoGaf)

Posted by : Unknown Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Thanks to leaked images from a Brady Games strategy guide for Rockstar's upcoming Grand Theft Auto V, fans eager to see just how big the game's map can revel in its massive scope.

September 10, 2013 3:40 PM PDT

(Credit: Rockstar Games)

Rockstar Games' highly-anticipated fifth installment in the Grand Theft Auto series, which hits shelves next Tuesday, Sept. 17, has been hyped for the mind-blowingly massive environment it will let players parachute over, sky dive into, or fly and drive everything from fighter jets to speed boats across. The studio has touted the game as being larger than the previous two GTAs and its Western title Red Dead Redemption combined .

It turns out that's no joke.

Thanks to an accidental early sale of a GTA V strategy guide and its contents leaking their way onto gaming forum NeoGaf, we can now see just how large the game's map truly is. And it is huge, with mountain, desert, and countryside areas that absolutely dwarf the city portion.

A Reddit user then published it to the GTA V subreddit where the leak picked up significant traction, whereupon the original poster redacted his or her name and pulled the imgur file. The image is still available from NeoGaf and posted below.

Rockstar's official Twitter account for the game confirmed the authenticity and complimented the efforts of fans who were able to recreate the map almost perfectly using only screenshots, going on to confirm that the leaked image was taken straight from the Brady Games guide.

Warning: Those who wish to play the game with a fresh mind and blank state should refrain from observing any of the intricacies of the map. It's not a spoiler in the traditional sense, but the map is entirely labeled and reveals many previously unknown details about the game's sprawling recreation of Los Angeles and the surrounding countryside.