No, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 2 Isn’t Coming 2015

More than 42,000 people have shared a fake press release apparently confirming the release of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 2.

The press release – which obviously shouldn’t be shared any further – was supposedly posted in full at Grand Times:

NEW YORK, NY – Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 2 has finally been confirmed this week after Rockstar made the surprising announcement at the Playstation Experience event in Las Vegas, the day after The Game Awards. The game will take place in 1999, 7 years after the events of San Andreas. CJ will return as the main character, again being voiced by Young Maylay.

During a brief gameplay demonstration shown to a select few journalists at the event, single player mode was shown off on the Playstation 4 console. Several elements that players will be making a return.

Like the first game, players can eat at Cluckin’ Bell and get fat, then work it all off at the gym and put on some muscle. With next gen graphics the results can be humorous and disturbing at the same time.

Players can again recruit and lead members of their gang to aid in crimes, or just to hang out and shoot some hoops. This time around, basketball games can be played for money. If you lose and decide not to pay up, your gang members may turn on you.

Several celebrities will voice characters in the game including rappers Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Ice Cube, and actors such as Kevin Hart, Larenz Tate, and Mike Epps.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 2 is set to arrive on PS4, Xbox One, and PC in 2015.

Grand Times, which has only around ten articles on it, largely consists of either wildly inaccurate or obviously clickbait headlines and poorly written articles backing them up. Not satire, it’s obviously an attempt at getting people on the site and, unfortunately, it’s working.

We reached out to Rockstar for comment.

Update

San Andreas 2 is currently trending on Twitter