Grand Theft Auto 5 is set to be released in Spring 2013, and about time too. This is one game that has taken far too long to arrive. However, the new trailer shows why… because it’s going to be spectacularly good.

This video shows the brand new trailer for GTA V, as released by Rockstar earlier this week. This is only the second trailer, the first (more of a teaser) having shown up online over a year ago.

Grand Theft Auto 5 sure looks to be ambitious. The size of the playing area looks to be gigantic, the story now has three different characters whose lives all intertwine, and the set-pieces look spectacular.

This is one game that I will happily pre-order and traipse to my local game shop to buy at midnight.