The Unluckiest Grand Theft Auto Player In The World
I'm sure this guy has had some good games of Grand Theft Auto Online, where everything just went his way. This was not one of those games.
GTA Online, Summarized In 3 Minutes
When you play a game for long enough, you start noticing patterns, as well as certain types of people you seem to encounter regularly. In the case of GTA Online, you can basically expect a lot of death, chaos, and little kids trying to act tough.
Take the Bloody Shot with Skyfall Recreated in Grand Theft Auto
Over on the subreddit GTA Adventures there's a weekly challenge to film a recognizable scene from a movie. Up this week: the opening sequence from Skyfall.
Grand Theft Auto Online will be down for maintenance beginning tonight at 9 p.m. EST. Rockstar Games says it will return "within 24 hours" after then.
Ten Grand Theft Auto Online Jobs Get Rockstar's Seal of Approval
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Ten user-created jobs in Grand Theft Auto Online were "officially certified" by Rockstar Games yesterday, meaning all players on all platforms will be able to play them. They're the first gigs to get the Rockstar stamp of approval since the GTA Online Creator toolkit released.
It's Snowing In Los Santos (Tomorrow)
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A beautiful sight, we're shooting each other in the face tonight, walking through Grand Theft Auto Online's magical holiday snowfall. I'm sorry. I probably could have resisted if I'd tried harder. Let's just unwrap Rockstar's Christmas gifts. (Update: Rockstar says the snow is tomorrow only.)
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Today's update introduces the all-new Capture game mode to Grand Theft Auto Online. Capture adds twenty new jobs across four capture the flag-esque team-based modes: Raid, Hold, GTA, and Contend. Read more over at Rockstar's Newswire here, and check out the full update notes here.
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Grand Theft Auto Online's free race and deathmatch creation tools are live. As teased earlier in the week, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 players can now create and share custom vehicle races and kill everybody matches in Grand Theft Auto V's online playground. Check out the full content of the update over at Rockstar's…
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Nobody wants your Black Friday discounts, Grand Theft Auto Online. Judging by the comments under Rockstar's news post, most players would prefer an experience boost or news of new and upcoming downloadable content than 50 percent off hunting rifles and black clothing.
Rockstar Delaying GTA Online Stimulus Package Until Bugs Get Fixed
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Been waiting for the first chunk of that $500,000 in-game cash infusion that Rockstar promised as a make-good for the bumpy launch of GTA Online. You’re going to have to wait a while longer. The makers of Red Dead Redemption don’t want to throw all that money out in the world until more bugs get killed.
New GTA V Patch Claims to Fix Missing Vehicles, Many Other Problems
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The latest title update for Grand Theft Auto V goes up today and it’s supposed to do away with one of the game's most annoying bugs. Hopefully, players won’t have to worry about cars and other vehicles disappearing from garages.
GTA Online Players Get $500,000 In-Game Make-Good for Unstable Launch
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If you've played GTA Online over the last few days, you might have noticed that things feel a bit better than when the multiplayer portion of GTA V first opened its doors. It takes patience to stick around during a launch as creaky as the one GTA Online had. So Rockstar wants to say thank you by throwing wads of…
New GTA Online Patch Promises No More Missing Characters
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Your missing character issues may be going away—Rockstar says they've got a patch coming that promises to fix game progress issues in Grand Theft Auto Online, which has been facing serious problems since it launched last week.
Perhaps President Obama Can Fix the GTA Online Issues
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Grand Theft Auto Online is facing post-launch glitches and headaches. Government shutdown shmutdown, the GTA Online issues are bad enough that the President of the United States had to call an honest to goodness meeting to address the issue.
Rockstar posted a list of known GTA Online bugs, which you can view here. Keep in mind, Rockstar is working on these known issues.
Grand Theft Auto Online Makes A Superb Second Impression
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I gave Grand Theft Auto Online a chance to make a second impression this morning by spamming on the "retry" button. I had to. The first impression at 7am wasn't so hot. Server woes and all that. But I wasn't going to let Rockstar Games' overburdened online infrastructure keep me from trying this game out. Eventually,…
A Warm Welcome To The Playable Ladies Of Grand Theft Auto Online
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Three out of my four playable GTA V characters might be male, but not one of them was greeted upon arrival in Los Santos with a rose and clumsy sexual advances.
GTA Online Is Now Live on Xbox Live and PSN [UPDATE: Server woes]
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The multiplayer portion of GTA V, dubbed Grand Theft Auto Online, is now live on Xbox Live and, according to Sony, the PlayStation Network.
Rockstar Is Expecting GTA Online To Be A Bit Rough At Launch
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Rockstar has just dumped an armored-truckload of info about Grand Theft Auto Online, confirming in-game microtransactions and cautioning that the first few weeks might not be all that smooth for the upcoming multiplayer service, which launches on October 1.
Data Leak Hints At Microtransactions In GTA Online
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The upcoming Grand Theft Auto Online may let you buy in-game money with real money at some point—files found on a Rockstar server hint at the possibility, and it's an interesting one.