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Hero GTA Player Hunts Down Cheater, Makes Them Rage Quit

How do you deal with hackers that are dead-set on making everyone’s GTA Online experience awful? You return the favor by making their life a living hell, too. As any GTA player can tell you, GTA Online is full of cheaters who break the game. Pluxar is a player who won’t stand for that shit.…

By Patricia Hernandez Published April 27, 2015

GTA V PC Mod Lets Players Explore Snowy North Yankton

Not satisfied with the short trips taken to Grand Theft Auto V’s version of North Dakota during story mode, PC modders have created a way to make every day a North Yankton day. There’s a nice little chunk of frozen North nestled in Grand Theft Auto V’s files, as evidenced by a since patched glitch…

By Mike Fahey Published April 26, 2015

GTA Players Try To Survive The Worst Taxi Drivers Ever

Fun fact: drivers in GTA are kind of awful. Creative players have decided to use GTA’s poor driving AI for amusement, resulting in a special type of mini-game that’s very entertaining to watch. As Indycoone details in this Reddit post, the way the mini-game works is, you have tell the taxi driver to take this…

By Patricia Hernandez Published April 24, 2015

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Grand Theft Auto V Just Broke My Heart

Thanks a lot, AVEENTOR. I didn’t need these eyes for not sobbing salty waterfalls everywhere or anything. The Steam Community Showcase is a regular look at the cream of the Steam community’s boundless crop. Art, videos, guides—whatever. Each installment highlights a specific piece or person. If you find anything cool on Steam or would like…

By Nathan Grayson Published April 21, 2015

Grand Theft Auto V PC Mod Gives You Super Powers

Look, sometimes you just gotta kick the shit out of a car. And the people behind it. And the better part of a city block. (First, a brief warning: tread lightly with GTA V PC mods. Word is that you can get banned for using them online. Single player should be OK, but you never…

By Nathan Grayson Published April 21, 2015

Nintendo, And Other Banned Words You Can’t Use In Grand Theft Auto

Oh god. I had the most embarrassing thing happen last night during a game of GTA. Let me explain. Right now there’s a list floating around of banned words in GTA V—that is, words that Rockstar does not allow you to use for one reason or another. Here is the list in its entirety, courtesy…

By Patricia Hernandez Published April 21, 2015

GTA V’s PC Graphics Settings, Compared

We’vebenchmarked GTA V on PC, but if you’re wondering just what kind of difference moving the settings around actually makes, here’s a very helpful comparison video. wiliextreme’s clip goes through everything from texture quality to shadows to MSAA to ambient occlusion, showing the same spot in the game and showcasing just how much better/worse everything…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 20, 2015

PSA: Update Your Rockstar Social Club Password To Avoid Hijacking

Since late last week the Rockstar support Twitter account has been hammered with reports of Social Club account hijackings keeping folks from playing games like Grand Theft Auto V. There’s a simple way to ensure this doesn’t happen to you—change your password. Judging by the volume of tweets the support team is fielding andc the…

By Mike Fahey Published April 20, 2015

The Best Fan-Made GTA V Movies (So Far)

PC players have been making good use of GTA V’s Rockstar Editor this week, a feature that lets people make their own movies inside of the game. Let’s take a look at what people have come up with, shall we? The Police Chase rechyyy ☆ PC Gaming ☆ makes it easy to see how the…

By Patricia Hernandez Published April 15, 2015

GTA V PC Runs Pretty Well In Ultra HD, If You’ve Got The Hardware

Having played Grand Theft Auto V on the Xbox 360 and again on the Xbox One, I didn;t grab a copy of the PC version for the story or the multiplayer—I got it for those sweet 3840 x 2160 ultra HD graphics. So far I’m very pleased. After Rockstar released the first set of 4K…

By Mike Fahey Published April 15, 2015

The GTA Ghost That Became An Obsession

I don’t remember how I came across the clip. Maybe someone sent it to me. Maybe I had opened it earlier in the day, while looking for something else. It was just… there, in the middle of a sea of other browser tabs. “GHOST CAUGHT IN GTA,” the title promised. Of course I watched it.…

By Patricia Hernandez Published April 14, 2015

GTA V Streamers Get Their Games Stolen By Viewers

Those of you thinking of streaming GTA V on PC might want to finish the entire installation process before going live—or you might find yourself at the mercy of your viewers. Now that GTA V has launched for PC, lots of people are celebrating by streaming the game. Thing is, after you install GTA V…

By Patricia Hernandez Published April 13, 2015

GTA Players Search For Secret Jetpack, Find Touching Memorial Instead

Some GTA players have been scouring every inch of Los Santos in the hopes of finding a fabled jetpack or an alien mystery for two years now. So far, they haven’t found their treasure—but they have found some other poignant things along the way. As spotted by New World Notes, last month players trying to…

By Patricia Hernandez Published April 10, 2015

The GTA Players Who Push Cars To Their Limit

Last weekend, over a dozen players met up in GTA Online. They were all in decked out in trucks, jeeps, and other rugged four-wheel vehicles. They had one goal in mind: to cross the entirety of the Los Santos wilderness—rivers, mountains, forests and all. The rules were simple. The players would go on a cruise…

By Patricia Hernandez Published April 6, 2015

Watch Grand Theft Auto V On PC At 60 FPS

Rockstar today released a new trailer for the upcoming PC version of GTA V, which comes out in two weeks. In the video, you can see what their gargantuan open-world game looks like while running at a buttery 60 frames-per-second. Unsurprisingly, it’s stunning. Watch right here while I go look up how much it would…

By Jason Schreier Published April 2, 2015

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Damn, That GTA Mugger Is Bulletproof

On today’s Highlight Reel we have the lifesaving notes in Bloodborne, bulletproof GTA NPCs, skydiving, stunts, and more! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. AC Rogue – Assassin’s Creed Rogue glitch…

By Chris Person Published March 30, 2015

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Nothing’s Gonna Break This GTA Driver’s Stride

On today’s Highlight Reel we have stylish aerial maneuvers in GTA, deadly assassinations, powerful jumps and much more! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. Battlefield 4 – great shot recker…- V0lton…

By Chris Person Published March 23, 2015

The Good (And Bad) Of GTA V‘s Extraordinary New Online Heists

I peer through my night vision goggles. The hall ahead seems clear. “Evan, you good?” Standing to my left, my partner indicates he is. “Let’s move up.” Just then, the building shakes from an explosion. Our support team in the helicopter above must be keeping the guards outside occupied. “Air team, you guys doing okay?”…

By Kirk Hamilton Published March 19, 2015

GTA Players Beat All of The Heists Without Ever Dying

GTA Online’s “Heists” update has a special challenge that most players will find impossible to pull off. Called the “Mastermind Challenge,” the task requires players to complete every heist in order, with the same team members, on hard, with no deaths. At all. No pressure! This weekend, the challenge was completed for the first time…

By Patricia Hernandez Published March 16, 2015

Someone Actually Tried Testing Out If GTA V Cops Are ‘Racist’

Back when Grand Theft Auto V was originally released, one particular theory about race started floating around. According to some players, the cops in GTA didn’t treat all of its protagonists the same. Some players thought that Franklin, the African-American character, got racially profiled by cops. This belief became widespread among some players largely because…

By Patricia Hernandez Published March 13, 2015