GTA 5 Screenshots Reveal Rappelling, Three Protagonists, Motorbike Mayhem

Grand Theft Auto V is easily the most highly anticipated game, surpassing the likes of both Halo 4 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 in terms of its popularity—and possible notoriety, given its penchant for grabbing headlines in the mainstream media.

It goes without saying that Rockstar has made quite a franchise out of the title, which had very humble beginnings unlike Call of Duty and Halo, games which were always triple A titles from their very inception. Grand Theft Auto V will be a continuation of the franchise and an exponentially larger world, offering more content and a bigger environment than Red Dead Redemption, San Andreas, and Grand Theft Auto IV combined—this little tidbit according to details in the recent GameInformer article, which we dissected here.

New screenshots from the GameInformer featured article and those intended for several other publications have since surfaced on the internet, all of which we’ll showcase below with some small amount of speculation as to their contents and context within Rockstar’s upcoming game.

Grand Theft Auto V is slated for release on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in Spring 2013. 

One of the game's protagonists can be seen skydiving within the city of Los Santos. 

One of the characters is rappelling outside an office building. 

Taking shots at a police helicopter with a submachine gun of some sort. 

Parachuting through the city. 

A character looks down from a high-rise he's rappelling from. It's Los Santos from on high. 

An armed man fires rounds into a moving vehicle while on a bike. 

The three main characters have a chat in front of a helicopter.

A flyover the Vinewood sign.

One of the characters does a wheelie on his bike amidst burning wreckage. 

The same bike-riding character is armed with a shotgun, prowling through a chaotic environment. A cop car looms in the distance. 

Rappelling down a high-rise, this time from another angle. 

A yellow sportscar. 

A jetfighter takes out a helicopter with rockets. 

Going for a ride on a bike. 

Yet another sports car.