GTA V listed by Gamestop: 2012 release date mentioned

We all knew, Rockstar was already developing the next iteration of Grand Theft Auto, but a formal announcement is yet to be made. However, Gamestop Germany has now listed the game up for pre-order and marked it for an 2012 release.

The pre-order page can be found here, and it has 15 Jan, 2012 as the game’s release date.

Since, the page is in german, we couldn’t make much out of it, but it also has a description of the game, and translating it using Google Translate, produces this:

Rock Star is now the first official information about GTA V coughed up! In an interview with the Times , said Dan Houser, that even on the fifth GTA is in progress. But before the characters are created, developers look after the the city, the whole play is in the. Houser is co-author of the screenplay for the story line be, the sites will comprise about 1000.

Although, it’s difficult to deduce what this mean, we would request one of our German readers to translate it for us, if they happen to view this post. We’ve grabbed an screenshot of the listing, since it might be taken off the website, very soon.

Since, Gamestop has already listed the game for pre-order, it’s obvious that an announcement is due soon. E3 2011, anyone else wanna bet?