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Rumor busted: GTA 2 countdown is Y2K bug

Posted May 3, 2008 at 3:29AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: PS3, Xbox 360 Tags: PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade
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Grand Theft Auto 2 - Image 1We recently had a rumor post reporting the sighting of what looked like a Grand theft Auto 2 countdown in the Rockstar site. We certainly had hopes that this might be a prelude to a release on the PlayStation Network or the Xbox Live Arcade, but the case doesn't seem to be so,


According to IGN, this is a rare manifestation of the Y2K bug that had the world worried almost a decade ago. The source code of the countdown, the site says, is faulty and is actually pointing to the 1999 release of the said game.


"This code does not understand that the 21st century exists," says IGN. "If you've been searching for a Y2K error, you've found one."

Rockstar Games confirmed IGN's explanation by acknowledging the error on their site. The dev site is expected to do some corrections soon.

Via IGN



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# niceMorlander 2008-05-03 04:47
lol

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# ...i said this...kvp1192 2008-05-03 05:34
i said this in the old thread a few days ago...

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# .NarooN 2008-05-03 07:06
Should have sent in a news tip.

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# .kvp1192 2008-05-03 07:58
i tried to, but couldnt figure out how..:)

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# WellStrodemstro 2008-05-03 11:07
at least it's not Armageddon.

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# funnier if...lavino 2008-05-03 11:25
Duke Nukem news is also a Y2k bug...

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