[Rpg_]

So I was looking at www.grandtheftauto5.com and realized that the WHOIS was by Rockstar Games. So then if you look at the DNS IP it is 38.126.9.134.

I decided to look at all the other websites hosted on that block. I went to http://www.robtex.com/ip/38.126.9.134.html

So a list of website's load up if you go there.

Some that caught my eye were:

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babehardcore.com baitman.com bicyclecommuter.com (possibly ride bikes again?) boobstop.com californiahomesbyowner.com (california setting?) carolinabrokers.com (not sure what the relation to carolina would be) cookinganything.com couchparty.com drcarlton.com edrugs.com famouszone.com f*ckyew.com getamexican.com indepthappraising.com justcanoe.com loadoffmymind.com pregnantandalone.com majorflava.com (possible radio station) myrtlebeachattorney.com (Carolina?) outrageouslife.com sexomy.com stacysmail.com thebetter.com   { Possible Group/Gang } themaniacs.com { Possible Group/Gang }     thetangible.com { Possible Group/Gang }     thewhitefox.com { Possible Group/Gang } westernescapes.com (Westcoast setting?) whattheysay.com

A lot of those domains sound like something that Rockstar would use. If you look at the WHOIS for most of them, they were registered long ago. It is possible they had a lot of this planned out in advance. I analyzed them to the best of my knowledge and maybe someone on here can contribute to this thread with their opinion.

Edit: I messed up the thread description and wrote For GTAIV instead of For GTA V. If a mod can change that then that would be cool.

This post has been edited by Rpg_ on Tuesday, Mar 22 2011, 19:59

[gta_rulez]

. Here, have some cookies! Great find!

[The N. Bellic Man]

They sound very GTA-esque. Nice find!

[valensim]

Nice find

[pcguytech]

It has GTA written all over it.

[StoneHead37]

First day on GTAForums and he discovers one of the best GTA V finds ever!

Don't just have a cookie , have the whole damn jar!

[Realazio]

Hm..from the domains i see...alot of intresting stuff coming..some domains represents groups or gangs like he already said...but some represent islands(meybe one, or more of them) and at last we see something about west coast..thats a bit strange...islands and west coast?? also about california and carolina??hm...

Lets see what we can dig in future about this:)

[Mati]

This sounds just like GTA. And westernescapes.com is just another hint to the west coast.
Amazing find.

[Toup]

Someone will come up and kill hopes, i hope not tough.

Anyway have a kiss.

[kizzck]

I can only see white screens, i see so much gta.

[Kimd41]

Only a few of them were created in 2010, but most of them are updated last year. So maybe.

[Kirsty]

Some very good finds! I've looked up using your method the domains that were first registered (sixfiguretemps.com etc) and there are lots of domains on their IPs that could fit GTA ... but some lead to real websites so I wouldn't be so sure they are ALL registered by R*.

[bammargera]

Welcome to the forums, enjoy your stay and great find

[Toup]

Are we able to see if they did this with previous GTA games?

[Rpg_]

QUOTE (MissCloud @ Mar 22 2011, 20:27)

Some very good finds!  I've looked up using your method the domains that were first registered (sixfiguretemps.com etc) and there are lots of domains on their IPs that could fit GTA ... but some lead to real websites so I wouldn't be so sure they are ALL registered by R*.

That was a good idea on your part. A lot of those are also blank domains.

americangarageband.com
newgreengrove.com [remember orange grove in SA?]

and there's a bunch more on the same IP as sixfiguretemps.com so maybe we have something here.

Nothing in this thread is to be taken for granted - it is all theory/rumor that is backed up with some good points.

[Toup]

Sorry, can someone check if there are some domains related to the game in IV's ip? Because i haven't understood how to find.

[Snake Without a Tongue]

getamexican.com LOL

Great find.

[Rpg_]

QUOTE (Toup @ Mar 22 2011, 20:34)

Are we able to see if they did this with previous GTA games?

Well, what Rockstar will do is when the game comes out, they will put the domain on the same nameservers as all of their other domains.

For example:

http://who.is/whois/grandtheftauto4.com/ that is the official domain for GTA IV. If you look at the DNS, it has the ip of 63.236.94.38 and that's all on their main block (see: http://www.robtex.com/ip/63.236.94.38.html)

Grandtheftauto5.com will be moved to that block but not at the moment since it's too early and the game isn't due for release yet.

Sorry if this sounds complicated to any of you.

What my best guess is:

They make up a bunch of domains beforehand and then when the game is about to come out, they will select a few handful and put them inside the game via in-game web browser or radio and the rest of them won't get chosen and will be discarded.

[maxopower]

Great and welcome to the forum. I don't care if these are fake or not. At least it's something. Something more than wishlists or flash rumors.

[Spider-Vice]

Holy crap nice find I actually believe the GTA 5 one, why?

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Registrant: Rockstar Games   622 Broadway   New York, NY 10012   US   Domain Name: GRANDTHEFTAUTO5.COM   Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:      Rockstar Games Email Masking domains@take2games.com      622 Broadway      New York, NY 10012      US      212-334-6633 fax: 123 123 1234