Grand Theft Auto

GTA V Mods Just Keep Looking Better

The PC version of Grand Theft Auto V looked good enough as it was. Mods improved things. Mods continue to improve things. This is the newest trailer for GTA 5 Redux, a “graphics and world enhancer” mod package that will bring new weather effects, new visual tweaks, real-world ads and company logos (like Netflix and…

The Hunt For GTA V’s Cut Content

Over the years, players have tried to examine nearly every pixel of GTA V. These super fans have found hidden symbols, UFOs, a memorial, and even Bigfoot. While those secrets are cool, Rockstar always intended for fans to find them. Los Santos hides even more, if you know where to look. For two years, some…

GTA V Getting LGBT Pride Parade Mod

One of the least politically correct video game franchises is getting its own LGBT Pride parade, the Daily Dot reports. Yesterday, Scandinavian LGBT advocacy group Stockholm Pride released a trailer for their new unofficial “Los Santos Pride” mod for Grand Theft Auto V The trailer features exuberant LGBT folks of all races and genders celebrating…

Months Later, Players Finally Solve GTA V’s Bigfoot Mystery 

Last year, fans found a golden peyote plant in GTA V that could transform players into Sasquatch. This discovery was actually the tip of the iceberg of a much larger, way more ridiculous mystery. First, some recap, just to get you up to speed. The initial discovery of the golden peyote was made possible by…

GTA Online’s newest big free add-on is out today. Further Adventures In Finance and Felony adds the ability to serve as an in-game CEO as well as a “trading places” PvP mode that swaps you and the person you kill from one team to the other–if you were in the losing team. Sounds crazy! More…

Seven Steam Games Whose Reviews Have Changed A Lot

Valve recently overhauled Steam’s review system, putting a larger focus on recent perspectives. The move made sense. Games are no longer static works. They constantly evolve thanks to updates and programs like Early Access. The system is, by and large, very useful, providing percentages that give narrow and wide snapshots of games. But numbers only…

Tank Murder Is A Very Funny GTA V Video

Tanks aren’t just in GTA V for shooting stuff and evading cops. There’s so much scope to do more with their heavy, swinging bodies. Like slapstick murder. AwesomeAlvin’s video here covers a lot of GTA V escapades (some of it a bit much), but it’s any part with a tank that’s the highlight.

GTA Producer Leslie Benzies Embroiled In $150 Million Lawsuit With Rockstar

The “sabbatical” that former Rockstar North president Leslie Benzies was on has proven to be far more complicated than it first appeared. When Kotaku reported that Benzies had left Rockstar North back in January, the company told us he’d been on a sabbatical for several months and had “decided not to return to work for…

GTA V Mod Lets You Play as The Flash

Here’s a GTA V mod, in case you ever wanted to run so hard that you create a tornado and suck up all nearby objects. In GTA V This script mod which, of course, turns you into The Flash, was made by JulioNIB (via DSOGaming), he of legendary status in the modding community and purveyor…

Modded Deer Is Running Buck Wild In GTA V

Welcome to San Andreas Streaming Deer Cam, where viewers can watch a very special deer wander the wilds (and streets) of Los Santos. Frolicking along the sidewalk, stopping traffic, getting shot up by the cops, he does it all. The deer is actually running on a slightly modified version of GTA V, which replaces the…

11 Years Later, GTA San Andreas Is Still Being Modded

Looks like the HD version of GTA San Andreas has been blown out of the water. Thanks, mods! What you’re looking at above is a screenshot of 2004’s San Andreas, tweaked for better graphical output. Over at the GTA Forums, a few players have shared screenshots of the ways they are keeping this classic alive…

Ten Spectacular Ragdoll Fails In GTA V

Watch as Franklin completely breaks GTA V’s missions with nothing but an intense ragdoll. YouTube comedian Criken2 has struck gold with his latest video, where he uses a mod to force Franklin into ragdolling at the worst moments. What follows are a collection of hilarious mission fails that would never be possible under normal conditions.…

The GTA Series In The Style Of Pokémon

CJ, Niko Bellic, Tommy Vercetti and GTA III’s Claude, all together, in a fantastic demake by Hat-Loving Gamer. And it’s not just a demake. The battles and other mechanics are now all similar to classic Pokémon games. It’s a tougher world, so the gym is no longer used for Pokémon battles. To contact the author…

What Grand Theft Auto III Looked Like on the Drawing Board

Today Tokyo saw the opening of Game On, an exhibition showcasing the history of video games and exploring the question “Why are video games so interesting?” One exhibit is a recreation of the planning board used to visually plot out the missions of PS2 classic Grand Theft Auto 3 Each of the three whiteboards represents…

Damn it, Franklin! That could have ended much worse. Watch out next time.

No Wonder GTA V Hasn’t Gotten Any Single Player DLC Yet

Rockstar hasn’t made any single player DLC for Grand Theft Auto V, and this long after the game’s release, it’ll probably never happen. One reason why? The game’s publisher, Take-Two Interactive, keeps bragging about how much money Grand Theft Auto Online is making. Take-Two recently held its quarterly financial call, where it talked a big…

Carl Sagan’s Incredible Pale Blue Dot Speech, Recreated In GTA V

And now, a moment for us to be humbled by our place in the universe. By now, it’s possible you’ve heard this timeless excerpt of astronomer Carl Sagan’s audiobook. Here it is again, coupled with footage of Grand Theft Auto. Somehow, it works. That’s just how on-point Duggy’s cinematography is. Now, if you’d like to…

Players Are Recreating The Entirety of GTA V In Minecraft

Los Santos has never looked so…blocky. What you’re looking at above is the creation of N11cK and friends, who have endeavored to created the latest ridiculous Minecraft construction: a 1:1 scale recreation of GTA V inside of Minecraft. Damn. The map is still a work-in-progress, and they estimate it will be 7,500 by 7,500 blocks…

15 Small Things GTA IV Does Better Than GTA V

Grand Theft Auto games are all about attention to detail. A million little things come together to form the massive simulations we’ve come to know and love—and it’s fascinating to look at what, specifically, goes into defining a GTA space. CrowbCat has a comparison video that pits GTA V against GTA IV, and in doing…

Rockstar North Boss Leslie Benzies Is Out After Nearly Two Decades

The man in charge of the regional Rockstar studio long credited with handling the bulk of development for the Grand Theft Auto games is no longer at the company, Rockstar confirmed to Kotaku today. The company said Rockstar North studio head Leslie Benzies had been on sabbatical for much of the past 17 months. Rockstar…