Former Rockstar Director Reveals Details of Scrapped GTA: Tokyo

Former Rockstar North technical director Obbe Vermeij said GTA: Tokyo was planned as a GTA III-style game with samurai swords, with development to be handed to a Japanese studio on the Bully model. Contracts were never signed and the project never reached production.

• Game was planned in the GTA III formula with a focus on samurai swords
• Development was to go to a Japanese studio on the Bully model
• Contracts with the Japanese team were never signed
• Tokyo was considered alongside Rio, Moscow, Istanbul, London and Paris