Big Deal In Little China News

In what could prove to be sensationalist fodder for the inner pages of Britain's tabloids, Rockstar's Dan Houser has revealed that there will be a drug dealing mini-game in the upcoming Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for Nintendo's DS.

"We wanted to have a drug-dealing mini-game in lots of the GTA games. We played with it a little in Vice City Stories, because it worked really well juxtaposed with the main story," Houser comments in this month's issue of Edge (via CVG).

The mini-game will reportedly allow players to sell exotic and illicit substances such as heroin, ecstasy, cocaine, downers, and marijuana. We can just about see the headlines now: DRUG DEALING SIMULATOR FURY; GAME SENT MY SON TO JAIL, etc.

"It works well with what GTA is," Houser continued, "with driving around the map, and it gives you another thing to think about - another layer or piece of the puzzle to keep you motivated."

Rockstar has linked the mini-game into Chinatown Wars' main plot-arc in parts as well, as the publisher's Vice-President of Creativity explains once again: "It does intersect with the main story and things you learn from it work with the story, but it mostly runs on its own."