Grand Theft Auto

Not Exactly the Grand Theft Auto TV Show You Want

Today, the BBC put out a press release stating that it was making “a new BBC Two drama based on Grand Theft Auto.” Make that, a poorly worded press release. Because this isn’t the GTA drama you’re hoping for. That being said, it still sounds promising. In the original statement, details about the show are…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 12, 2015

GTA Online Heists Bring About Server Issues [Update]

As has become par for the course with this sort of thing, the much-anticipated launch of GTA Online‘s multiplayer heists has resulted in some woeful server troubles. We’ve been unable to connect or play all day, and we’re definitely not alone. Rockstar Support is reporting “limited” access to servers across all four platforms: “We are…

By Kirk Hamilton Published March 10, 2015

GTA IV‘s Story Is Better Than GTA V‘s

The Grand Theft Auto series is the ultimate commentary on modern America. Greed, lust, money, and crime are wrapped together into a Las Vegas buffet of a game that is entertaining, insightful, and overwhelming in its sheer variety. What fascinates me most is the way GTA represents the tempo of modern culture better than almost…

Peter Tieryas Published March 10, 2015

It Ain’t Easy Being A GTA Superhero

The stuff we see in superhero movies is usually the action, or things relevant to the story. What about everything that happens in-between those moments? What is that stuff like? One GTA machinima series finds out. Here’s the story of Commandoflauge‘s “Pigman,” a superhero in GTA that has it tough. He’s not that fit, for…

By Patricia Hernandez Published February 13, 2015

Remember, GTA V NPCs Are People Too

It can be easy to forget when you spend most of your time treating them as obstacles and target practice, but the NPCs of Grand Theft Auto V are people too. They’ve got their own lives to live, their own conversations to have, their own problems to solve. This great video by Incredible91852 and FishyDizzle…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 12, 2015

GTA V’s Car Crashes Are Almost Too Realistic

I’ve always gone looking for trouble in GTA games. When Grand Theft Auto III first came out, my friends and I would get together and take turns going on rampages—competing to see who could survive the longest against the cops. With the new version of GTA V out, I’ve found another way to test myself:…

By Yannick LeJacq Published February 11, 2015

The Bests

The Best (Licensed) Video Game Soundtrack Of All Time

Vice City was a time machine powered chiefly by its incredible sountrack

By Luke Plunkett Published February 10, 2015

How People Actually Play Grand Theft Auto V

Rockstar always tries to sell its Grand Theft Auto games with fancy trailers. Moody music, social commentary, beautiful sunsets. The thing is, that’s not how anybody actually plays Grand Theft Auto. They usually play it like this. With lots of car crashes. And senseless violence. And…axes to the butt? This fantastic video was put together…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 9, 2015

GTA V’s Los Santos vs The Real Los Angeles

Los Santos in Grand Theft Auto V may be a caricature of Los Angeles, but that doesn’t make it complete fiction. Like the bestcaricatures, it shares its foundations with the real thing, as you’ll see in these imageswhich compare certain landmarks in the game with their LA counterparts. Sure, some of the scenery around them…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 2, 2015

Grand Theft Auto V Looks Incredibly Creepy Without Textures

This isn’t the Los Santos from Grand Theft Auto V that I remember, but it’s one I’d like to visit. Artist Kim Laughton has stripped the open world game of its detailed textures, resulting in a bold, creepy version of Los Santos. Anyone else getting the sense we’re now on an alien planet? The piece,…

By Patrick Klepek Published January 29, 2015

GTA Player Breaks Physics With His Bike Skills

For GTA players that know how to shred, the laws of physics just don’t apply. ErasableNinja spent 2014 doing all sorts of cool BMX stunts, and now that the year is over, they’ve shared a compilation of the best tricks they managed to land. Twenty seconds into the video, I couldn’t help but ask myself,…

By Patricia Hernandez Published January 27, 2015

Latest GTA IV Mod Reminds Us That PC Games Always Look Best

The PC version of GTA V might be just around the horizon, but PC gamers are still happily modding GTA IV to make it look incredible. Here’s the latest update to the well-known iCEnhancer GTA mods, which, while not finished, still makes the 2008 game look like it was actually released in 2015. Kind of…

By Patricia Hernandez Published January 26, 2015

Turns Out Old Folks Don’t Hate GTA V, They Dig It

When I saw that the React folks had done an “Elders Play Grand Theft Auto V” video, I expect looks of abject horror. I certainly didn’t expect “Cops? Who gives a shit about the cops?!” In a way I am envious of these elderly ladies and gentlemen. They’re getting their hands on a Grand Theft…

By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2015

Are You Still Playing GTA Online?

If you own GTA V, you’ve probably spent a fair bit of time playing it… in single-player, anyway. But are you playing GTA Online? Rockstar’s multiplayer version of Los Santos is a weird and wooly place, and requires a pretty steep time commitment, at least at first. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t fun to…

By Kirk Hamilton Published January 20, 2015

GTA V’s San Andreas vs 2004’s San Andreas

We’ve seen charts, and galleriesfrom the street, but it’s only when you see the size of the game world in both GTA titles laid bare that you start to appreciate a few things you might have otherwise missed. Like how small the modern Los Santos, which feels like an endless metropolis, really is. Or how…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 19, 2015

Grand Theft Auto V Delayed On PC

Sorry, PC owners—you’ll be getting Grand Theft Auto V a little late this year. Rockstar has delayed the upcoming PC port of their massive open-world game to March 24. The good news: Rockstar says the much-anticipated heists are (finally) coming to GTA Online before then. Heists will launch on consoles “in the coming weeks” before…

By Jason Schreier Published January 13, 2015

GTA V Skydiving Stunts, Brought To A New Level

Two minutes of some of the best skydiving stunts around, all done by one player. I’ve seen my share of skydiving montages before, but some of the landings that RedKeyMon nails here left me stunned. Even stunts I’ve seen before—like the classic Liquor Hole one above—have an added twist. It’s pretty amazing! Check it out:…

By Patricia Hernandez Published January 12, 2015

GTA In Portland Is A Terrible Idea

The Grand Theft Auto series has taken us to destination cities like London, New York, Miami, and Los Angeles. There has not, however, been a GTA game set in Portland, Oregon. That is probably for the best. Over at the blog of real estate company Movoto (via NeoGAF), writer Willie Clark has published an article…

By Kirk Hamilton Published January 8, 2015

A Tarantino-Style Movie About GTA V’s Biggest Bastard

Meet El Bastardo. He’s spent 20 years in jail, all because of some rats. But now he’s out—and he’s going to get revenge. Check out this great fake movie trailer by 8-BIT BASTARD—it’s really well done, and it takes inspiration from Quentin Tarantino. Between this and the goofy comedy trailerwe posted about earlier this month,…

By Patricia Hernandez Published December 31, 2014

One GTA V Player’s Absurdly Cool Plane Stunts

Most of these stunts are legit on-the-edge-of-your-seat harrowing, but the payoff is always worth it. The clip comes from one half of the YouTuber duo Venus & Nightmare—Nightmare, specifically—who recently shared an awesome three-minute montage of him doing various stunts with various planes. It’s really great. You might have noticed the title, Feather II. The…

By András Neltz Published December 30, 2014