What is this? THIS IS VEGAS

by Andrew Yoon { Apr 19th 2008 at 2:15PM }

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Grab a gun and a car, and get ready to play in a city filled with vice. No, this isn't Grand Theft Auto. This is THIS IS VEGAS -- another open world adventure, this time set in the City of Sin itself. The setting easily lends itself to video games: expect fighting, gambling, racing and the occasional shoot-out. You're going to make Vegas the "adult playground" it was always meant to be.

You'll have to make connections and raise your reputation if you want to become a somebody in this world -- and that means partying, racing and seducing women. Players will have to raise their rank with the four factions that control the city: The Hearts, Diamonds, Spades and Clubs. And if players are feeling particularly lucky, they can try to win it all by cheating the casino ... but who knows what the consequences of failure would be?

Check out our screenshots in the gallery below, and then see the trailer after the cut.

Gallery: This is Vegas

Tags: midway, this-is-vegas

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

andreas @ Apr 19th 2008 2:35PM

pretty cool

Random1448 @ Apr 19th 2008 2:43PM

Ok... this seems more like an ad than news

PSRT @ Apr 19th 2008 3:36PM

I was just going to say that exact same thing. It sure sounds like press release material.

The all-caps didn't help much either.

Jeff H @ Apr 20th 2008 3:05AM

Let's all remember, this is an AOL site we are reading. I completely expect blatant copy and paste from press releases here to up the post count and suck in more ad revenue. adblock FTW.

Vincent @ Apr 19th 2008 2:45PM

Sounds cool, I'll wait on the reviews though. Do we have an expected release date yet?

Hashbrown Hunter @ Apr 19th 2008 3:13PM

I'm more excited for the sequel:

THIS IS SPARTA

Ty @ Apr 19th 2008 11:52PM

Damn you, you beat me to it. Whatever, this is gay.

Flubba @ Apr 19th 2008 3:55PM

that was funny

not

Shannin @ Apr 19th 2008 4:30PM

if those are in game graphics... wow
they look good to me

Marc @ Apr 19th 2008 4:52PM

If those are not in-game graphics, Midway needs to be buried
once and for all!

Fullmetal Salchemist @ Apr 19th 2008 5:09PM

What is this? THIS IS... A fairly stupid-looking game.

Twinturbo120 @ Apr 19th 2008 5:45PM

another GTA wanna-be....gawd why do they keep trying?

Ptrack_Git @ Apr 19th 2008 6:09PM

Wow Leisure Suit Larry meets GTA, in Vegas! What an (un) original idea...

[MXL] Billy @ Apr 19th 2008 6:53PM

This is "GTA" Vegas?

Daniel @ Apr 19th 2008 9:25PM

You guys are so harsh, for no reason...this game looks great. GTA style games are always fun in some manor or fashion, even if just for running around shooting people. This game should be good. Probably not a frist day buy or maybe not even a $60 buy but definitely will be worth playing...I hope so anyway...