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Summary of new information

Features / Gameplay

The game was demoed on a PS3
Car modding makes a return! Pay 'n' Spray's now offer the ability to swap out license plates, as well as performance upgrades and cosmetic options such as new spoilers, grilles, and window tints. Suspension and brake upgrades can also be carried out.
Weapons can be customised with laser sights, scopes, silencers, and high capacity magazines.
Property purchasing makes a return from Vice City - houses, garages and businesses can all be purchased as additional sources of revenue. Different characters will purchase different types of business.
Player customisation includes haircuts, tattoos and of course clothes
The in-game phone, iFruit, can be used to take pictures and upload them to Social Club or your own social media page.
The iFruit is a smartphone and even has its own apps: internet, contacts, social media, calendar, and a replay missions app. There are three more Rockstar hasn't yet detailed.
You can combat roll in and out of cover. There is also a "combat jog".
You can run and gun fluidly while retaining control of the aiming reticle
The reticle changes from white to red when targeted at an enemy
Activities you can do include stunt jumps, flying challenges, yoga, golf, tennis and bike races. You can also pick up hitch-hikers.
It is possible to rob ATMs and liquor stores

Combat

You can combat roll in and out of cover. There is also a "combat jog".
You have a better view of oncoming targets thanks to a wider, Gears of War-styled field of vision
You can run and gun fluidly while retaining control of the aiming reticule
The reticule changes from white to red when targeted at an enemy, and flashes an X when the enemy is dead

Environment

Rockstar say the land mass in GTAV is three and a half times the size of Red Dead Redemption, with the total play area becoming five times as big once you factor in the ocean
Wildlife spotted included deer and mountain lions
Fully explorable ocean includes "circling sharks, deep underwater ridges, schools of fish, a barnacle-encrusted wreck and shafts of sunlight shimmering through the water"
You can even dive for treasure (NPCs will do this too) but there are no waypoints, you'll have to explore yourself
The ocean has amazing wave physics, especially noticeable when boats speed past you
Some boats will include gear such as wetsuit, flippers and tanks for diving
The population of GTAV will be 5 times that of GTA IV
The game has a "crazy level of detail": You can board buses for a tour of celebrity homes, there are humourous film posters are on walls, men in costumes will accost you outside the Cathay Theatre, one character was Impotent Rage (like a "crappy version of Superman") and Space Ranger.

Characters

Each character has a unique set of attributes: Stamina, Shooting, Strength, Stealth, Flying, Driving, Mechanic, Lung Capacity
In addition to the above, each character has a "Special". Special meters drain after use, and recharge slowly in the aftermath
Franklin: adrenalin junkie and can slow down time while driving
Michael: his own version of bullet time
Trevor: frenzy mode, where he's does double damage, takes half damage, and has a unique melee attack
The character selection wheel is split into four triangles: Franklin, Trevor, Michael, and your own multiplayer character
Each character moves in a slightly different way, reflecting their different builds and styles
Google Earth style transitions between characters are very stylish. Going from your character, to above him, to very high above him, and then in reverse to the character you are transitioning to.
Character switching can be done during cutscenes, manually, or automatically when AI takes control for you.
Although you can choose to switch when you want, in-game dialogue will suggest moments when it would be a good time to switch.
The relationship between single and multiplayer is much closer. You can quickly drop in and out of multipayer simply by pressing Down on the D-pad - Rockstar said more will be revealed on multiplayer in the future
Trevor has an ongoing feud with The Lost.

Mission Details

Heists are an integral part of the game, and require a lot of preparation
Michael has an obsession with classic films and comes up with heists based on them, which are in turn based on real world movies. In the demo Michael organises a heist similar to the one from Heat.
Smaller heists are used as preparation. Players must secure vehicles, outfits, masks, getaway vehicles and locations, and even a crew.
These smaller heists build up to a bigger heist. They'll require the right crew and players will have to decide between cheaping out and getting less skilled people, or paying more for highly skilled crew members that could result in a larger cut in the end.
Crew members, who include gunmen, wheelmen, technical hackers etc. who survive the heist will continue through to the next one and receive a skill boost
Each of the three characters has their own job to do, it's up to you how much you want to do with each one.
If you die the game reloads to the last checkpoint, even if the other two characters are still alive

In the big ones, there can be no mistakes: you need the right weapons and gear; you need to choose the right approach, whether it's brute force, or stealth, and plan out your tactics via a pre-mission corkboard; and you need to have hired the right crew for the right job - that's crew in addition to Michael, Franklin and Trevor. Choose to pay less and you get less qualified personnel; pay more, and you get more reliable drivers, gunmen and technicians - but they take a bigger cut. It's a balance, and it's through missions like 'Blitz Play' that you find your best approach.