PC Players, Keep Waiting: ‘Grand Theft Auto V’ Delayed To March

Briefly: While console players (especially those pesky PS3 and Xbox 360 owners) have been playing Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V for some time now, PC players have been waiting for, first an announcement, and then a release, for well over a year at this point.

Sadly, it looks like the master race will be waiting a little longer to experience this one. The game was finally slated to hit the platform on January 27th, but this release has now been pushed to March 24th. Here’s what Rockstar had to say about the delay (via their official blog):

As we head into 2015, we would like to share the first screens and system specs of Grand Theft Auto V for PC as well as a new release date of March 24, 2015.

 

Our apologies for the slight shift in the date but the game requires a few extra weeks of testing and polish to make it as good as can be. Moving a release date is never a decision we take lightly and is a choice we make only when we know it is in the best interests of the game and our fans. Thanks everyone for your understanding and we assure you these few extra weeks will be worth it when the game does arrive in March.

 

GTA Online for PC, which will support up to 30 players, will launch alongside GTAV for PC and will include GTA Online Heists. Online Heists for consoles will be launching in the coming weeks ahead of the PC launch.

The first screenshots for the PC version debuted alongside the delay announcement, and boy do they look gorgeous. Take a look below (head back to the blog for full 4K resolution… wow), and let us know if you’ll be picking up Grand Theft Auto V for PC when it finally launches!