(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); This week's issue of ShortList magazine carries the first solid information about Grand Theft Auto V's main character.

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"The protagonist is an East Coast gangster" who moved to the game's Los Santos setting (Rockstar's take on LA and southern California) for a fresh start, the mag says.

"But, as in The Godfather III - just as he thought he was out, they pulled him back in."

GTA V is set to be revealed in full later today via the latest issue of Game Informer. At 11am Central time (5pm GMT) the magazine will unveil its cover art and offer a breakdown of the issue's 18-page GTA 5 preview.

Last week Rockstar finally confirmed that the GTA V release date will fall in spring 2013 on consoles.
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