This past week Rockstar has released 10 new GTA V screenshots (transportation, leisure, business). With everyone pouring over the shots and many websites providing their own analysis of the images, we’ve noticed that even they missed a few details which we’ll share with you now.

So, let’s get started with this shot first:

1. The plate sticker on the left clearly spells out “OCT”. Does that indicate that the game will be released this October? Maybe, but then…

Rockstar has released the last batch of screenshots, titled “Business”, for Grand Theft Auto V.

According to R*, they will be back “with some more to see in a few weeks or so.” We’ll just have to wait and see!

As promised earlier this week, Rockstar has followed up the newly released screenshots with 3 more shots under the title “Leisure”.

There are still 3 more empty spots remaining on the official GTA V website, which might indicate that Rockstar intends to release more screens later this week (or sometime soon). Stay tuned!

Rockstar has released 3 new GTA V screenshots on the official website showing off the different transportation methods in the upcoming game.

Looks like bicycles and planes are back, along with the iconic “Cheetah”! Rockstar promises more screenshots later this week so stay tuned, perhaps it will be released this year after all!

If you are the only person on the planet who has not tried Diablo III, here is your chance! The all-new Diablo III Starter Edition is now available exclusively via Battle.net. The Starter Edition allows you to fight your way up to the Skeleton King boss in Act I, and advance all the way to level 13, without having to purchase a copy of Diablo III.

How do you get it? Well, there are a number of ways:

· Log in to your existing Battle.net account at http://www.battle.net, and sign up for the Diablo III Starter Edition through the “Your Game Accounts” section.

· Create a new Battle.net account and the Diablo III Starter Edition license will be added to your account automatically.

As of today you can now sign up for the SimCity closed beta by visiting the link above.

While the site advertises that you’ll “Get an early chance to play SimCity”, there is no word on when beta keys will be available. Nevertheless, it is great to see Maxis making progress on the next installment in the franchise.

The typical video game box cover is supposed to interest and excite you, with the whole purpose of making you want to buy the game. That is unless something goes horribly wrong in the marketing department and you are left staring at one of these in your local GameStop:

Um… no, thank you. Because if I was to imagine party babyz, the FBI would be at my door within minutes.

This “state-of-the-art” game has everything you’d ever want, including a shiny metal dildo for a hand.

The “lubed-up” bikini-clad models were so distracting that back in the day protesters of this game focused on sexual aspects of the packaging rather than decapitations and other violence within the actual game. Now if only R* would learn from their lessons, we wouldn’t have any of those in-game GTA controversies.

With all of the hype surrounding GTA V lately, we can all speculate on when we think the game will be released. But rather than just guess a date without any supporting facts, we got an idea to go back and find out how long it took various GTA titles to be released after they were officially announced.

We considered all major GTA title releases starting with Grand Theft Auto III. After finding the exact date on which each game was first announced (official press release/trailer/screenshot/interview) we calculated how many days passed until it was released in North America. Here is what we found:

Both of the major franchise titles, GTA III and GTA IV, took just about a year between the official confirmation and the actual release. Expansions and DLCs have a shorter cycle, with the exception of The Lost and Damned which was delayed by Take-Two.

Activision released the first multiplayer trailer today, for this year’s Call of Duty sequel: Black Ops II.

Call of Duty: Black Ops II takes multiplayer to 2025 and will be yours come November 13, 2012.

Update: Now that it’s been a day since the trailer was released, gamers on YouTube and Twitter have been pitching in with their reactions. Some are positive, while others weren’t so pleased with what they saw. With 52,696 likes and 10,997 dislikes on YouTube as of this article, we picked some of the best comments to give you a sample of what people think:

They need a better sprint animation, if he swings his hands any higher hes gonna take off! - QBZxELITEZ on YouTube

Screw my grades. I’m ready for some all nighties - XxScaryBlackManxX on YouTube

I wanted to rip my eyes out. Same physics as BO, same weaponry and tactics as Halo. LOL? - @Monkeii_ on Twitter

So I am sure that by now you’ve read by now that Valve fansite ValveTime.net has published a post revealing multiple references to “Source 2” in the Valve’s Source Filmmaker program.

A piece of uncovered code, reads: “Return an str with the current engine version. If key doesn’t doesn’t exist, assume ‘Source,’ otherwise invalid – assume next-gen ‘Source 2.’”

So does that mean the next-gen Source engine is in development? Perhaps. While we can speculate all we want, we should take note of some comments made by Valve as little as a year ago in regards to Source and Source 2:

In a May 13, 2011 interview with Develop, Gabe Newell of Valve had the following to say when responding to “Is Source undergoing a major update?”

CD Projekt RED, the developers behind The Witcher games, has launched their studio blog today, which you can visit by clicking the link above.

Developers hope that the blog will inform fans about the studio and its products through a series of “making of” articles, inside materials and fun facts. The blog launched with a “making of” post from Pawel Swierczynski, cutscene lead from CD Projekt RED’s cinematic team.

Ubisoft released a new Assassin’s Creed III trailer, showcasing the capabilities of the AnvilNext engine.

As you watch the trailer, you’ll hear some impressive numbers: over a 1,000 new animations have been added for Connor alone, allowing for more freedom and fluidity when fighting and climbing. Up to a possible 2,000 NPC’s can be present in one area at any time and 4 seasons of weather have been introduced to change landscapes thus forcing you to adapt to differing combat situations.

The folks over at Rockstar have quietly released two new screenshots for the upcoming installment in the GTA franchise.

Without revealing too much information; Rockstar is showing that airborne vehicles will be returning to the Grand Theft Auto franchise in what will be their “biggest open world game to date”.

Mark the date and the location in your calendar because the Entertainment Software Association confirmed that E3 is coming back to Los Angeles (and will stay there at least until 2015).

If you remember earlier in June as E3 2012 wrapped up, there were rumors that the ESA was thinking of moving the show somewhere else next year. As Micheal Gallagher, President of the ESA put it:

...we have a number of issues that still need to be resolved. If we can’t resolve them, we are preparing to go elsewhere.

Looks like they did resolve those issues, so tune in June 11-13, 2013 for our E3 2013 coverage from Los Angeles, California!