Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories Boxart!

Posted Jul 24, 2006 at 2:10PM by QJ Staff Listed in: News, Titles, Games Tags: box art, Europe, North America, PS2, Rockstar, Rockstar Leeds
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GTA Vice City StoriesRockstar Leeds have just released the box art for their second PSP GTA title Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. Now usually a bit of box art wouldn't be that interesting, but Vice City Stories is the PSP sequel to the best selling PSP title in the world, GTA: Liberty City Stories. One thing I picked up straight away is the helicopter on the box art that could be hinting at the ability to fly helicopters in this, GTA's second outing on the PSP. After all, Vice City was the first GTA title to have flyable helicopters in, and we all know how Rockstar love a bit of irony.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories will be available exclusively for the PSP in North America on October 17th, 2006 and Europe on October 20th, 2006 for a recommended price of $49.99. In this title we can expect the best of the best in free roaming gameplay and if it's anything like its older brother, Vice City for the PS2, the storyline and missions will blow your heads socks off. The glorious Vice City in mobile format will grace your hands in just a few months time - if you can wait that long. Our advice on this title? Pre-order it whilst you can. Click on the thumbnail for the full hi-res image!

Visit: [Vice City Stories Website]

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Comments

by - 2006-07-24 15:19:07
cool

cool nice stuff, but they could have made a new city up :|
by - 2006-07-24 15:20:19
Tommy?

Is that Tommy driving the boat?
by - 2006-07-24 15:20:29
Sweet

Look much cooler then gta lcs.Cant wait to play it
by - 2006-07-24 15:21:03
yaaaeeaaaah!! 2nd post

I hope its better than liberty city stories! because that game was wakk
by h3inousguy - 2006-07-24 15:23:23
...

I can't wait, as long as i don't have to update ;)
by - 2006-07-24 15:25:54
OMG!!

OH S*HIT, why did they have to show this?, now i can´t wait, i am going to bed and hope to wake up in 20th October 2006. nasty rockstar...
by - 2006-07-24 15:26:24
Yay!

Yeah finally! , looks awesome, i can´t wait to go to Vice City again...
by FLai - 2006-07-24 15:31:29
.

Not to mean that this doesn't look cool but I care more about the Metal Slug Anthology.
by MiddleManiac - 2006-07-24 15:31:34
I want some screens!

Now I want to see some screens!
by - 2006-07-24 15:38:31
Pre Order

I here by pre order an GTA:VC ISO
by CarXCrashXHearts - 2006-07-24 15:39:24
eLoader

Haha watch there be an eLoader for 2.7+ users with a GTA:VCS exploit. XD But I'm buying this right when it comes out! Vice City was my favorite of them all.
by - 2006-07-24 15:42:58
to phil

Sorry man, but 2.8 releases on thursday according to comic con. So no iso for you!
by PSPS1PS2PSPPS3 - 2006-07-24 15:44:34
i heard that sony is going to let you...

run your own cheats like the edison carter cheat device
by - 2006-07-24 15:49:09
heli

just because the heli is on the box doesnt mean its going to have it every GTA box has a heli on the top left
by - 2006-07-24 15:51:29
*chaching*

I hereby register 1 game sale.
by - 2006-07-24 15:56:06
.

true
by - 2006-07-24 15:58:30
cant wait

oh another exclusive gta game for psp!
by - 2006-07-24 15:59:18
Soundtrack

The music in the PS2 Vice City was amazing! I can only hope that they put some great music in it. I was not so much enthralled with the GTA:LCS soundtrack. The GTA:SA soundtrack was good as well but I really think the ViceCity era music was so much better. I really hope they put the website up soon as too see what music will be on it.
by Vecha - 2006-07-24 16:01:07
hmmm..

wonder if this will go on the ps2 as well....
by - 2006-07-24 16:02:44
Not impressed about new vehicles

I don't see what's so exciting about controlling a helicopter since you can already do it in LCS with the Cheat Device. Hell, I got a hovering bus that go from one side of Liberty City to the other in two seconds flat!
by - 2006-07-24 16:04:30
SWEET

I cant wait to illegally download it.
by - 2006-07-24 16:04:34
gta

I don't think gta is a nice game, I don't like bieng in character with such a person. But driving vehicles is fun
by - 2006-07-24 16:05:16
Not impressed about new vehicles

I don't see what's so exciting about controlling a helicopter since you can already do it in LCS with the Cheat Device. Hell, I got a hovering bus that can go from one side of Liberty City to the other in two seconds flat!
by Lambda - 2006-07-24 16:06:06
Can't wait.

Only a few more months! I'm buying it just because I like and want to support R* for their GTA series. Just like with GTA:LCS and Katamari. (1.5 for life)
by Sr_Moska - 2006-07-24 16:06:49
Tommy Verceti is the best

The vice city for PS2 was such a great title, with a great story, BUT I never liked that the city was kind of small. I hope they would fix that in someway... of course I will buy this bad boy!
by yoshinatsu - 2006-07-24 16:07:38
Various...

I will surely be on PS2 too, like LCS. (Will there EVER be San Andreas Stories. Can THIS thing FIT on a single UMD???But I'm almost sure that GTA on PSP has not ended yet... Definitely, there will be a 3rd one too...) About the music, I LOVE IT!80's Rock and Disco! +Unfortunately, I don't think it's Tommy driving the boat (he was the coolest of the all!)
by - 2006-07-24 16:17:28
that dude on the left

did we kill him with a chainsaw.
by Lambda - 2006-07-24 16:40:38
O RLY?

We'll wait an see, Informant.
by - 2006-07-24 16:52:33
We can only hope its still set in the 80s

Look what happened to Miami Vice the Movie: Set in present day. No Pastel Suits. No Don Johnson. Dont fu(k this up Rockstar! And please spend some money on the licensed soundtrack this time.
by - 2006-07-24 16:58:31
...

sigh...guess they were serious about the name then...
by - 2006-07-24 18:05:39
gta on psp sucks balls

gta lcs sucked it was a major let down from san andreas so hopefully the guys at sony wise up and make as near to san andreas as posable. Hopefully someup is able 2 bring it on iso for 1.5.
by - 2006-07-24 18:56:18
Neat

This sounds cool. i by far like dht atmosphere in VC the best. (compeltely irrelevant) how is that ironic?
by - 2006-07-24 19:27:44
asdf

ya thats cool and all but i think the first would be alot better because of the cheat device but without the cheat device hmm idk i think liberty city is alot better than vice thats my opinion
by - 2006-07-24 20:19:57
so dumb

for the retard who wrote this article dont cum ur pants b/c theres a heli on the cover of lcs 2 and for the ppl who want to fly planes forget it b/c if u think bout it ther is only 1 airport so where else can set the plane down
by - 2006-07-24 20:39:41
Umm.

I do not think the sales will even come close to the first...Didn't a lot of people just buy it for homebrew? I know I did. GTA got old after the original 3 for me...
by Erekiddo - 2006-07-24 20:48:34
another exploit ?? 8)

i got rid playing gta on psp so i wont pay 50$ again to get almost the same game.......exept theres another exploit ..... 8) but im on 1.5.....so...
by - 2006-07-24 21:40:31
Music

OMG the music in LCS was horrible! to get any rock on it I had to make me a custom soundtrack! Vice City actually had OZZY! and other great 80's metal. Sony, time for better music on PSP! please
by akuma2099 - 2006-07-24 21:45:58
cool

Even if it does use 2.8 or 3.0 firmware those will be integrated into devhook too. I give it about a week maybe two after 2.8 is released until we see it in devhook. After all how many more ways can sony come up with to try and lock us out? You really don't need to find an exploit in the firmware to get it to work through devhook. I also don't think that this will sell as well as the first since most bought LCS for the exploit. My friend bought a used one at ebgames took it home and downgraded his psp to 1.5 and then took the game back and all it cost him was about 3 bucks in gas.
by - 2006-07-24 21:52:01
Looks awesome but...

GTALCS was a great addicting game but I personally feel that it ended way too quickly and I felt cheated not having any planes or choppers. I hope that they fix these two problems that I feel greatly flawed the last game. -Thanks
by - 2006-07-24 21:54:11
dont u mean "scarface stories"

I think you should change the title to "scarface stories" boxart, go on try telling me Vice isnt Scarface, if u do you obviously havnt seen Scarface.
by - 2006-07-24 22:12:41
last post, last visit, good bye kiddies.

" 32. » gta on psp sucks balls gta lcs sucked it was a major let down from san andreas so hopefully the guys at sony wise up and make as near to san andreas as posable. Hopefully someup is able 2 bring it on iso for 1.5." Thats because you are a moron and don't realise the PSP is no where near capable of GTA SA, and i suppose your the type of user the expects to copy that 700mb 640x352 48Khz DVDRip straight to PMP and expect flawless playback arn't you, or better yet perfect n64 emulation which will NEVER happen.
by - 2006-07-24 23:14:06
Maybe...?

On GTA LCS did they make room for an exploit on purpuse? Well, you know that stupid hot coffee patch... I donno but hopefully, maybe, possibley, (not likely) some sort of exploit in this? I donno but fanjita and ditlew should still be patted on their backs for the eLoader
by - 2006-07-25 00:48:55
Gta online?

nocomment
by - 2006-07-25 00:50:00
Gta online?

I wounder if they are going to do a gta online the would b the best :P
by - 2006-07-25 00:53:06
VC < LC and SA

Vice city was the worst of the worst in the GTA series. Skip this crap and release SA stories ;)
by - 2006-07-25 01:20:05
sdfsdf

Even LCS has pics in it with helicopters, doesn't need to mean anything, but ofc, why would they code the whole controls in LCS and leave it out anyway. O well, we'll see.
by sim - 2006-07-25 01:42:17
obvious

its quite obvious what changes will be in VCS from LCS. It will be the same changes which happened in VC from GTA3. e.g. Helicopter
by - 2006-07-25 02:47:10
Why buy the game.

Why should we buy this game I see no point they will just release it for the ps2 for 19.99 like they did with LCS which pissed me off. I refuse to buy this game for that reason until the ps2 version comes out because at least the ps2 19.99 price saves me 30 bucks. Also I spent 2 days to beat all the main missions in GTA:LCS it doesnt give much for gameplay when it runs that short.
by - 2006-07-25 02:53:47
ahhhmmmm???

watch out to number 52,he's gonna say something!!!
by - 2006-07-25 03:31:27
ahhhmmmm???

SOMETHING! har har. im sooo funny..
by - 2006-07-25 04:02:30
another rehash

to # 52 - sooo not cool. Anyways GTA:LCS was a big let down in the playability stakes. I mean sure it had it's good points (being portable) but the missions were kinda repetitive (drive here, shoot this guy or ram this car). The music also got very repetitive. I realise that the game is meant to be playable on the psp, let's face it, it may be powerful but I believe that it is nowhere near as good as the PS2. It will be interesting to see what rockstar choose to leave out to make the game run smoothly. I surely hope that rockstar have some new and interesting missions. I like going around killing ***** (on the psp) but can't we have that in new, interesting ways and not the same old re-hash?
by - 2006-07-25 04:54:37
@18

indeed my favourite game of all time was vice city for PS2 simply because of the soundtrack. i luved video killed the radio star by the buggles. i hope the VCS for the psp will be similar cos i would def go out and buy it on launch day
by - 2006-07-25 05:53:35
to 53

Repetitive music? That is easily solved with the custom tracks app. You could listen to anything from Gay Bar to My Lollipop while you shoot people. Otherwise, i agree, Its the only GTA that i didn't complete. Becoming an over populated genre. Having said that, has been one of the best PSP games. Says alot for my opinion of the current line up of games.. Bring on Ace Combat X
by - 2006-07-25 07:02:34
cool

this game is going to be cool! You guys just need to give it a chance. Stop complaining like *****es! I wonder what the story will be about this time?
by - 2006-07-25 08:32:45
Which firmware will it work on?

I suppose only over 2.71? 2 baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad
by - 2006-07-25 08:35:17
Hmmmmm

Lets Hope There Will Be Another Exploit Through It.
by - 2006-07-25 08:35:43
I meant 2.8 or above sorry!

nocomment
by - 2006-07-25 09:04:04
It has to be!!

i forget his name right now, but you remember the biker (found in the greassy chopper bar)from vice city who you had to do missions for, and in return he gave the scottish rock band security?? now look at the box-art, the big face on the left!! that is him.. definately.. but a few years younger so i'm pretty sure that VCS will be set like a few years b4 . any one agree with me??
by - 2006-07-25 09:18:11
Dherchk...

Um, hate to rain on you fellows' parade, but, erhm... MY Liberty City Stories game has a helicopter on it, I don't know about yours. *COUGH COUGH COUGH* Yeah, from what I saw there was no flyable (by normal means) helicopter in LCS in spite of the fact that its box art has a helicopter in the EXACT SAME PLACE. Rest assured, Vice City Stories will have flyable copters in it, but this isn't your difinitive proof.
by - 2006-07-25 09:21:14
TO YOU EXPLOIT PEOPLE

if there is an exploit in this game, which i highly doubt there is (sony would kill rockstars ass!), u will be forced to update to 2.8. And sony really arnt stupid enough to not update and secure the kernel mode exploit, so im sorry everyone, but thats sony for you!
by - 2006-07-25 09:51:21
Compatibility

I believe the PSP is strong enough to play San Andreas. I mean look, these are FIRST - GEN games for the PSP, developers aren't used to coding REALLY good games like that yet. Look at the PS2, the first lineup games looked horrible. So, in my perspective, we have a LONG WAY to go before we can start judging whether or not our PSP's can handle this or that.... Oh yeah, and that extra 333mhz still has to be unlocked ;] Just meh 2 cents.... -xExpireD_MilKx
by - 2006-07-25 10:21:35
what i think

yeh No.63 is correct! the games will get better! i think this VCS game will be just like vice city but slightly different missions!! there wont be any major extraz like pains and parachute (stuff from san andreas) but it will be a basic port of the origional but different people and storys! (i think so anyway!) (my opinion anyway [im entitled to it]) cant wait for it anyway vice city was the best of the lo0t! never finished san andreas tho just installing it now!!!! (vicy city was the best on PC windows with the mouse ohhhhhhh!!! killing was so much more fun with total controll woith the mouse!!!! love the sound track to vice city!!! BRING IT ON! dont let us down!!!!!
by Coolv - 2006-07-25 10:33:32
Lol

About time, rock*!
by lansingone - 2006-07-25 13:03:00
nice

i hope thare can be an exploit found to use this on 1.5, i also hope that thay can shrink SA enough to put it on a UMD or make a new city at the largest size possible on a UMD
by - 2006-07-25 13:25:33
Dude!!!

If you don't like it don't buy it!!!! that simple, there needs to be a change in this game. In GTA: LCS there was alot of things that you could do in San andreas, like Running with M4 or selling cars and alot of stuff, but I hope they make who ever the character is going to be "swim" please. And a great story too, I didn't like LCS finally. it sucked, But I had a lot of fun killing my friends.
by - 2006-07-25 18:32:15
OMFG vice city was my life a few years back

soundtrack, city, storyline, setting... vice ciy couldnt have gotten any better. i hope this is just like the ps2 version except with online multiplayer
by - 2006-07-26 08:10:52
Soundtrack

I hope they have a better Sound track then LCS, that one was horrible.

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