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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 -
GTA V Players Celebrate Christmas With Deadly Snowballs
How do you celebrate Christmas the GTA way? In a word: murder. Okay, maybe it’s more like two words. Festive murder. Now that it’s snowing in GTA Online, players are finding all sorts of funny things to do with snowballs. In Los Santos, people pack snowballs with rocks and razer blades, apparently. Watch as majestic_steed…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 24, 2014 -
Guy Turns Grand Theft Auto Into Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
It’s been a while since I was really into a skateboard game, but I have to say, the idea of Grand Theft Auto‘s massive world as the mother of all skateboard parks hits me right into the Tony-Hawk-shaped portion of my nostalgia. JulioNIB is doing that which not even Rockstar dared attempt: teaching grouchy old…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 22, 2014 -
GTA Online’s Gingerbread Mask Makes Everything Better
This week, Rockstar released a holiday update with all sorts of seasonal goodies. One of those things included a gingerbread mask—and players are using it to great effect. Turns out, the happy-go-lucky face looks amazing in just about any context you can think of. Parties and get togethers? You bet. (Click on the thumbnails or…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 20, 2014 -
It Ain’t Easy To Recreate The Star Wars Trailer In GTA V
Star Wars features things like the Millennium Falcon, lightsabers and droids. Grand Theft Auto does not. You’d think this would make recreating the new Star Wars trailer impossible in GTA V, especially without the use of mods, but no. People just had to get creative! Props to Powerlight-13 for finding a way to remake the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 19, 2014 -
GTA V’s Version of Operation Is Way More Explosive
Remember the board game Operation, where you have to do your best to extract all sorts of stuff from a patient’s body without touching the edges of the cavities? This is sort of like that, except way more unsafe. AH Community takes the time to show how you can ‘recreate’ the classic game in GTA,…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 18, 2014 -
Film Trailer Made in GTA V Is Better Than Some Real Movie Teasers
Y’know, Rockstar’s open-world games would be a great place to make a goofy comedy about bumbling crooks… The Most Wanted trailer clip from the folks at YouTube’s Commandoflauge channel hits all-too-familiar beats that are standard fare for loads of criminal caper flicks. But, something about seeing those familiar plot points done in GTA V makes…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 15, 2014
