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Modders Are Adding The Entirety Of Liberty City Into GTA V
OpenIV was used to start cracking open Grand Theft Auto V back in 2015, and now the Russian developers behind the modding tool have set their sites on bringing GTA IV’s Liberty City into the series’ latest entry. The group made the announcement yesterday, stating, “The Liberty City will not replace Los Santos or Blaine…
By Ethan Gach Published January 2, 2017 -
Once You Can Afford It, GTA Online‘s Newest Expansion Is Terrific
Last week I started sizing up the new GTA Online update, Import/Export. It added a ton of new missions and wacky cars. But a lot of this content was inaccessible if you didn’t have a lot of in-game money. You’d have to be rich (virtually, at least) to play it. So I spent the last…
Zack Zwiezen Published December 23, 2016 -
The Debate Over Cheating In Grand Theft Auto Online, Waged By Two Friends Who Disagree
Dirty Worka and Carbine King—not their real names, as you may have guessed—are two Grand Theft Auto Online players who clash about one important thing. Dirty Worka hates the rampant cheating in the game. Carbine King is a boastful cheater. Despite this, they’re friends and sometimes play against each other. “Dirty Worka is a great…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 12, 2016 -
Years Later, Rockstar Releases New PC Patch For GTA IV
If you’re anything like me, you’ve been sitting around wondering when the next next Grand Theft Auto IV PC patch is going to hit. Wait no longer. I’m actually not entirely kidding—I’ve been wanting to replay GTA IV for a while now, and have been bummed to find it so difficult to even start the…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 30, 2016 -
10 Wild Ways GTA V Players Have Tried To Stop A Train
For years now, GTA V fans have tried their best to stop a digital train by any means necessary. Some schemes are logical. Others…not so much. Here are some of the most ridiculous ways GTA V fans have tried to stop the train. Spoilers, most of them didn’t work. But, as all good trainwrecks prove,…
Zack Zwiezen Published November 30, 2016 -
GTA Online, Now With Tron-Style Lightcycle Battles
Today’s Deadline update for Grant Theft Auto’s ever-expanding multiplayer component transforms GTA Online into GTA Tronline, with futuristic light-trailing motorcycles and a new adversary mode in which to crash them. At the center of the Deadline update is the Nagasaki Shotaro, a decidedly Tron-looking machine that comes in a variety of glowing neon colors. The…
By Mike Fahey Published November 8, 2016 -
Rockstar Cracks Down On GTA Online Cheaters, Deletes Trillions Of ‘GTA Dollars’
Grand Theft Auto Online players who amassed mountains of in-game money through exploits and mods woke up today to gargantuan deductions from their virtual bank accounts. Rockstar Games started the day with a new offensive against players who break the game’s terms of service to their advantage. On forums for the game, players who freely…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 25, 2016 -
GTA V Player Sinks A Yacht With 100 Bodies
Ah, yes, Grand Theft Auto V: where destruction is crowd-sourced. Recently, GTA V player RZED was curious about whether over a hundred people could sink a yacht in-game. With admirable scientific rigor, RZED collected a mass of bodies onto the bow of a large boat. He used a mod to make it drivable. What happens next is…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published October 24, 2016 -
YouTube Blocks Samsung’s Takedown Of GTA V Note 7 Bomb Video
Yesterday, Samsung filed a copyright claim on a viral video of a Grand Theft Auto V mod that turns the notoriously explosion-prone Galaxy Note 7 into, well, a bomb. The video got taken down, even though it clearly wasn’t in violation of any copyrights. After the video got taken down, the video’s creator, who goes…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 20, 2016 -
Samsung Gets GTA V Video Taken Off YouTube, Because It Turned A Note 7 Into A Bomb
Earlier this month, a mod that added Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 to Grand Theft Auto V started making the rounds. The twist? In the game, it was meant to be used as a bomb, because the real Note 7 can get a little explode-y from time-to-time. Samsung, apparently, did not love the joke. If you…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 19, 2016 -
The Video Game Horror Of HBO’s Westworld
HBO’s new series Westworld has probably got a lot of people reconsidering their most recent Grand Theft Auto V murder spree. Reconsidering, though probably not regretting. On the one hand, the first two episodes of HBO’s new sci-fi drama have asked us to at least entertain the idea that the computer-controlled civilians we just mowed…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 10, 2016 -
A Few Hours With GTA Online’s Ridiculous Biker DLC
GTA Online’s recent biker update has stuff you might expect, like new clothes, new vehicles, and some new weapons. The update also has a few surprises up its sleeve, however, making it a great excuse to return to Los Santos. Biker gangs have been a part of GTA V and GTA Online for years, but…
Zack Zwiezen Published October 5, 2016 -
Two Wild Nights In GTA Online Finally Made Me A Fan
I’m finally into Grand Theft Auto Online. It took me a while. The game launched in late 2013, though I’m not sure I could have been excited for it sooner. What’d it take? Two nights of chaos and a revelation about what Rockstar’s multiplayer game actually is. For some time I have been a GTA…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 28, 2016 -
Stunning New GTA V Mod Beset With Claim That Some Of Its Code Was Stolen
A few days ago, we covered GTA 5 Redux. It is an intense overhaul mod that rebuilds Los Santos with new textures and effects. It is the work of modder Josh Romito but now the makers of another mod are claiming it uses stolen files and code. The issue in question rests around the files…
By Heather Alexandra Published September 20, 2016 -
Bikers Update Brings Motorcycle Clubs To Grand Theft Auto Online
Coming soon to the multiplayer side of Grand Theft Auto V, the Bikers update will allow players to recreate their Sons of Anarchy fantasies in real-time with up to seven fellow motorcycle enthusiasts. Detailed in a news post over at the Rockstar website, the Bikers update introduces motorcycle clubs to the game, allowing players to…
By Mike Fahey Published September 19, 2016 -
Gorgeous New GTA V Mod Is The Work of One Person
Grand Theft Auto V, already one of the prettiest, most immersive sandbox games to-date, now has a mod that turns everything up to 11. The GTA 5 Redux mod not only improves things like lighting and contrast, but also little, slightly more morose details like how NPCs act as they’re falling to the ground after…
By Ethan Gach Published September 17, 2016
