We’ve tried to make this game a much more arcadey experience. We wanted to have nearly all of the gameplay play out onscreen in a visceral way. Taking the cops out in any way you can, fit this goal perfectly. It feels really cool to ram another car into a tree, or if you’re good enough, force it over a ramp and into the sea. While playing, some of the guys here have managed to bail out of their car whilst jumping a ramp, having the car blow up a police helicopter in midair — these are the kind of moments game designers and players alike love.
Read the full interview here: 1UP interview with Gordon Hall
GTA: Chinatown Wars will be a Nintendo DS exlcusive and is currently scheduled to be released in Q2 2009 (before the end of April).