Game Informer's GTA V Issue Out Now

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The first of many GTA 5 previews is now available digitally from Game Informer! Their 18 page spread reveals what makes GTA V so awesome... And it starts with three protagonists!

Trevor, Franklin, and Michael

Quick breakdown from iGTA5.com:

Biggest world in the series' history. Aaron Garbut says it is larger than RDR, GTA IV, and SA combined including interior spaces - that's friggin' big!
Map includes city, wilderness, desert, Mt. Chiliad, military base, and fully detailed ocean floor including coral beds
Can switch between three protagonists at any time off-mission, certain missions allow changes during them
Multiple protags chosen due to IV+EFLC success
Switching reduces "flat spots" during stories
Play as protagonist and antogonist, stories cross each other
Switching protags is like entering Google Earth
- Michael: Old guy from first trailer, retired bank robber, in witness protection, lives in Rockford Hills (Similar to Beverly Hills), has wife (Amanda) and children (Tracy the teen and Jimmy the 20-year-old)
- Trevor: Balding guy living in a trailer in the desert of Blaine County, friend of Michael
- Franklin: repossesses cars, possibly one of many tasks from his boss.
Pedestrians have more reactions to you (giving the middle finger, etc)
Can douse things in gas and leave a trail for later ignition
Ammunation is back
All protags have lives outside of your control
Each protag has skillsets and personalities
Complex missions happen earlier
Many heist missions
Protags can work together in certain missions, sometimes all three
Rappeling, possibly off-mission ability
Planes available very early
Many side missions and minigames including yoga and a full golf course. Some minigames specific to a protag.
No RPG elements (fat/muscle) but you can change clothing like GTA IV
TV will return among other "odd" things for a video game
No girlfriends but there are regular friends/family for each protag:
- Lamar: crazy friend of Franklin
- Amanda: Michael's wife in a rocky relationship
- Jimmy: Michael's pothead son
- Ron: Trevor's paranoid neighbor
Some familiar faces from GTA IV will return but no Niko and no PS2-era characters.
No property but plenty of other stuff to do with money throughout your gameplay experience
The phone makes a return
Random, optional side quests like in RDR will return. Talk with hitchhikers, nab a purse-snatcher, etc
Crews will be improved for GTA V's multiplayer
Less celebrities in the cast like GTA IV
Extremely detailed world including pedestrians and lawn sprinklers.