New GTA 5 artworks leak, "spring 2013" release date looks all but certain

Grand Theft Auto 5 pre-order materials have shown up in a Brighton branch of GAME, emblazoned with the same "spring 2013" release period spotted on Polish GTA 5 posters over the weekend. By all means apply your salt shaker - but do it gently. This one's getting dangerously close to official.

The artworks include new shots of a policewoman arresting a voluptuous blonde in a suggestive kind of way, and a man sitting on a quad bike holding a rifle. Not necessarily in a suggestive kind of way, though this being Rockstar you never know. They were published to GAME Brighton's Twitter account, and have now been removed. Thanks, EG.

We think May could be the launch month, as per a admittedly questionable rumour. Fellow 2K release Bioshock Infinite is out earlier in the year, and Rockstar can't leave it later without falling foul of the summer games quiet period. Post your suppositions, as ever, and don't forget our grand round-up of GTA 5 rumours, which explores the reasoning behind various potential GTA 5 release dates.