GTA: SA coming to PC in 2005

Rockstar will port San Andreas to the PC next summer; no Xbox port on the horizon.

Today, Take-Two Interactive' s earnings report had PlayStation 2 owners complaining about having to wait an extra week for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. However, the same report informed PC gamers that they' ll have a whole year to kill (no pun intended) before they can play the epic crime game.

Buried at the bottom of Take-Two' s financial report was the following line: " Additional products planned for fiscal 2005 from Rockstar Games include Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for PC in the third quarter." Take-Two' s fiscal third quarter runs from May to July 31, 2005, so the game should arrive in that time frame.

While welcome, news of the San Andreas for the PC was not unexpected. PC versions of GTA III and GTA: Vice City similarly followed suit after several months. Unfortunately for Xbox purists, no mention was made of a version for the Microsoft console.

Japanese fans of the GTA series also got good news, since Take-Two also said that, " Rockstar also plans to release Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas in Japan in fiscal 2005."

By Tor Thorsen -- GameSpot