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CultureRockstar Pays Modder $10,000 For Fixing GTA Load Times
Remember how yesterday we told you about the modder who found a way to greatly improve GTA Online load times on the PC? That fix, identified and approved by Rockstar, has already gone live, and the modder responsible has been paid for their work. GTAV Title Update 1.53 is out now, and on PC it…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2021 -
CultureFan Fixes GTA Online Load Times, Rockstar Makes It Official
Earlier this month, GTA Online player t0st found a way to cut down the game’s load times by 70%. It must have been a clean, effective fix, because Rockstar themselves have taken a look, agreed with it, and will soon make it part of an official update. As PC Gamer report, Rockstar investigated t0st’s work,…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 15, 2021 -
CultureGordon Hall, Rockstar Leeds Founder, Dies At 51
Gordon Hall, one of the founders of Rockstar Leeds, has died, Games Industry reports. He was 51. While at Rockstar Leeds, the studio developed Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, Vice City Stories, and Chinatown Wars. The studio was originally Möbius Entertainment and was acquired by Take-Two Interactive, Rockstar’s parent company, in 2004. The studio…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 11, 2021 -
CultureTwitchTwitch Star Quits GTA RP After In-Game Jobs Become Too Much Like Real Jobs
Does life imitate art, or does art imitate life? It’s the chicken or egg question for the modern age, but after a certain point, the answer ceases to matter. That point, it turns out, is when you’re really fucking sick of doing real jobs inside a video game, as Twitch mainstay Chance “Sodapoppin” Morris can…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 1, 2021 -
CultureTake-Two Goes After Reverse-Engineered Grand Theft Auto Code
Last week we shared the good news that the source code for Grand Theft Autos III & Vice City had been reverse-engineered, allowing folks to port the games and come up with cool new mods. Now, we bring you the predictable news that publisher Take-Two Interactive are not happy. The company, listing themselves specifically in…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 21, 2021 -
CultureVice City & Grand Theft Auto III’s Source Code Has Been Reverse-Engineered
A team of fans have managed to reverse-engineer the source code for both Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto Vice City, making the files available for download This is great news! We’ve seen recently what reverse-engineered games can mean to modders, with Mario 64 being the biggest example, allowing it to be “ported”…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 15, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsGTA Online Player Pulls Off Amazing Escape
In Grand Theft Auto Online, bad things can happen at any moment. And when these bad moments surprise you, rarely can you get out of them, let allow survive in style. But every now and then someone gets very lucky. For example, Reddit user MagicBeans69420 uploaded a short clip of them barely surviving something that…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 6, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsGTA V‘s Slink Johnson Shows Us Around The Hollywood Walk Of Fame
In the debut episode of PlayStation Haven’s GTA V Real-Life Comparisons video series, actor, rapper, and comedian Gerald “Slink” Johnson, AKA Lamar Davis, gives us a tour of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Vinewood style. Warning: He gets a little physical. Following up on the live-action recreation of the popular Lamar and Franklin scene from…
By Mike Fahey Published January 29, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsGrand Theft Auto V Actors Recreate ‘Lamar Roasts Franklin’ Scene
Grand Theft Auto V, now available across two platform generations with a version for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on the way, refuses to die. The game’s latest contribution to the online zeitgeist is the brief scene where side character Lamar Davis roasts protagonist Franklin Clinton, which has become the basis of an exceedingly…
By Ian Walker Published January 12, 2021 -
CultureFans Think This Strange Road In Virginia Is Connected To GTA 6
Middle Mountain Trail is a quiet dirt road located in the middle of nowhere in Virginia, with nothing but trees surrounding it. But, according to some Grand Theft Auto fans, it might be a clue connected to GTA VI, the long-rumored sequel to one of the best selling games of all time. Late last week,…
By Zack Zwiezen Published November 23, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsNow For Some Beautiful Grand Theft Auto Poetry
Here is a beautiful idea. An idea involving writing down the off-hand stuff people will mutter at a TV screen while playing video games, and turning it into literature. This is Reb Day, who in addition to singing catchy pop tunes also has no idea why she’s being shot at: If you’re on mobile and…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 7, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanLive-Action Recreation Plays Homage To GTA, Yakuza, And Metal Gear Solid
YouTuber Komazawa Isolation took advantage of empty Shibuya streets to do a live-action open-world recreation that pays tribute to Grand Theft Auto, Yakuza, and Metal Gear Solid Have a look! It’s pretty great.
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 6, 2020 -
ReviewsMultiplatformGrand Theft Auto Online: The Kotaku Review
Rockstar never meant to support GTA Online for nearly a decade and counting. That was never the plan. Yet GTA Online continues to be updated, and oddly, now in 2020, it’s bigger than ever. Grand Theft Auto Online launched as part of something else. It was the multiplayer mode attached to Grand Theft Auto V,…
By Zack Zwiezen Published June 29, 2020 -
CultureHackers Take Full Advantage Of GTA Online Going Free
Grand Theft Auto Online on PC has always had a problem with hackers and modders. But the situation has gotten much worse after the game became free on the Epic Games Store last week. It’s been a wild few weeks for GTA Online. The month started off nicely with a fun alien war that players…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 18, 2020 -
This GTA V Graphics Mod Makes The 7-Year-Old Game Look (Almost) Photorealistic
Over the years, many talented modders have improved the visual look of Grand Theft Auto V on PC. But this new mod is the most impressive I’ve seen yet, with a trailer that rivals anything put out by big game studios. This mod is called NaturalVision Evolved and it seems to an overhaul of a…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 16, 2020 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryUsing GTA Online To Return To A Normal World Of Movie Theaters And Stores
With most of the United States stuck at home, I’ve relied on Grand Theft Auto Online to virtually leave my home and do things I miss, like seeing a movie. Over here in Kansas, for the last few weeks, most of us have been staying home if we can in isolation. This is the smart…
By Zack Zwiezen Published April 5, 2020 -
Culture11 Year-Old Grand Theft Auto Fan Caught Driving Real Car
An 11 year-old in Blackpool, England has been caught by local police driving an actual car, all because a family member “was fed up with the child playing Grand Theft Auto all day on the Playstation”. Lancaster Police say the boy was driving this Vauxhall Astra (pictured below) around a car park, having been brought…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 3, 2020 -
No, That Robot Image Isn’t Teasing GTA 6
I understand a lot of you want Grand Theft Auto 6 news or information, but this isn’t it. And this isn’t how you will learn about GTA 6. Recently, the exact date isn’t important, Rockstar updated their website to include some new images. Two of these images caught the attention of Reddit and some GTA…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 29, 2020 -
CultureGrand Theft Auto IV Returns To Steam Next Month Without Online Multiplayer
Removed from sale on Steam in January due to an issue with Microsoft’s now-defunct Games for Windows Live service, Grand Theft Auto IV returns to the service on March 19 as Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition. The new version of the game includes the core game and Episodes From Liberty City but no longer…
By Mike Fahey Published February 19, 2020 -
CultureGrand Theft Auto V Is On Game Pass Now
Grand Theft Auto V is available on Xbox Game Pass today. In other news, I kind of regret not having an Xbox now? Xbox Game pass is a subscription service that allows players to pay for monthly access to hundreds of games. Grand Theft Auto V is now part of that catalogue. For players who have…
By Gita Jackson Published January 3, 2020