Grand Theft Auto

Inside The World of GTA Online’s Intense Biker Gangs

Of course people playing GTA Online have formed digital gangs—the “crews” feature, which allows everyone to assign special roles and ranks within a group, is practically built for this. But damn, some people take crews in GTA Online really seriously. Take the Reaper Lords, for example. They are a biker gang that only exists inside…

GTA Online Glitch Lets You Walk on Water

Bugs in the online component of Grand Theft Auto V have let players walk underwater before. Now, a new glitch lets them amble over Los Santos’ bodies of water. As documented by YouTuber Big Spaz, the glitch looks simple enough to replicate. It doesn’t let you heal the lame or resurrect the dead but you’ll…

In GTA Online, Today Is Basically ‘America, F*** Yeah’ Day

In many places in the United States today, the Independence Day holiday will be marked by solemn speeches and somber remembrances about what it means to be American. Not in Los Santos. Folks in GTA Online have already started driving monster trucks, shooting guns and firing off their fireworks. Looks like fun! Rockstar dropped their…

​GTA Online Music Video Is About Getting Rich. Of Course.

What else is there to do in Los Santos, really? A hit Pet Shop Boys song gets the GTA Online treatment in this machinima music video from YouTubers Vader2K and TK7554. Something about the long shots of suited-up dudes walking and Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous-style glamour pans reads as very 1980s to me.…

Lindsay Lohan Is Suing the Makers of Grand Theft Auto

The actress best known for her controversy-filled personal and professional lives has claimed before that Rockstar Games based a character in Grand Theft Auto V on her, without permission. And now she’s suing them. According to an AP report on Yahoo! Finance, Lohan’s lawsuit claims that GTA V character Lacey Jonas is based on her,…

Please Don’t Ever Fix the Physics In Grand Theft Auto V

Nine months after release and Grand Theft Auto V is still pregnant with ridiculously impressive stunt potential. In the latest from Nomad Union, absolute insanity happens. I’ve actually put my Grand Theft Auto V plans on hold, pending the release of the PC version of the game. I see a video like this, imagine what…

These Guys Re-Created A GTA V Trailer In Real Life

A group of Spanish filmmakers called Zapruder Films put together this sweet live-action re-creation of the original GTA V teaser trailer from way back in 2011. Also, they set it in Madrid. The whole thing is pretty great, and they put the original trailer in the bottom left corner for reference, so you can see…

How I Learned I’m as Bad as Everyone Else in GTA Online

The world of GTA Online is a violent and unforgiving place. It is a realm of meaningless deadly violence – like Watford high street on a Friday night. Other players just want to shoot you or steal your stuff, or shoot you and then steal your stuff. They rampage through the city streets committing acts…

First Person GTA V Would Make Me Buy It Again

Until now thenext-gen/PC GTA V didn’t really interest me all that much but if it includes this first person mod I will be in there like a shot. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK This FPS script is the work of XBLToothPik (via CVG) and uses a modded Xbox 360 to hack the game’s…

Wondering when GTA Online will get those heists that Rockstar had promised for this spring? “We are very sorry for the delay, and are working hard to bring them to you as soon as we can,” Rockstar wrote on their blog this morning. No word on a new release date yet.

​One Thing Watch Dogs Does Better Than GTA V

The open-world DriveShoot games Watch Dogs and Grand Theft Auto V have enough in common that they beg a certain amount of comparison. Despite GTA V‘s generally higher production values, Watch Dogs handily outdoes it in one crucial way. Back when GTA V came out, I wrote an article about how the game’s shooting doesn’t…

​GTA V Looks Better On PS4—Or At Least The Trailer Does

Now that the inevitable has happened and versions of Grand Theft Auto V for PS4, PC and Xbox One have been announced, it’s time to discuss what’s on everybody’s minds: how’s the 2014 version going to look? Pretty good if the trailers are any indication. Digital Foundry spliced together footage from last year’s GTA V…

Sony: GTA V Will Have Some Sort Of Special Perk For PS4 Owners

This is going to be vague, but it’s too intriguing not to share. During my interview with PlayStation’s North American marketing v.p., John Koller, we were talking about exclusive perks for PlayStation 4 owners for multi-platform games and we got to the topic of GTA V We’d just discussed how Activision and Bungie’s Destiny game,…

The Terminator 2 Motorbike Chase Recreated In Grand Theft Auto V

Starting with the foot-chase in the mall, this video shows Terminator 2’s motorbike chase recreated in Grand Theft Auto V: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

American Roads and Game Design: A Love Letter

In California there’s always a Full Throttle sunset waiting for me in the middle of the road. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK There are never Lucasarts toy bunnies waiting to disrupt my ride, no credits roll over the windscreen. But there’s that thick, clotted layer of Californian tarmac. That wide, husky yawn of…

There’s a pretty cool glitchy trick in GTA V that makes planes on the ground take off and chase you around the map. The only thing you need is one of the super cars and a little preparation. It is explained in detail how to pull this off below in this short tutorial, made by…

‘Bong Animation Did Not Sync Properly’ And Other GTA V Patch Notes

Software patch notes usually make for dry reading. Other times, as with The Sims, they’re pure poetry. The patch notes for Grand Theft Auto, like many things in Rockstar’s popular series of open-world mayhem simulators, are pure insanity. I stumbled upon the latest set this morning when looking into Rockstar’s new updates forGTA Online, and…

Rockstar Is Making It Easier To Find GTA’s Craziest Players

“Encouraging civility in online behavior” might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a blockbuster video game franchise that’s best known to the general for introducing multiple generations of children to soliciting and then brutally murdering prostitutes. But leave it up to the Grand Theft Auto masterminds at Rockstar…

Grand Theft Auto V Plus Goat Simulator Equals Chaos

Grand Theft Auto V isn’t even out for PC, and the game is already getting some very…unique takes from the modding community. Just take this one, which looks like a hybrid Frankenstein monster made of spare parts from GTA, Tokyo Jungle, and Goat Simulator: My favorite part is when the wolf tries to get into…

There’s A Flyable Spaceship In GTA V, Thanks To Modders

You can collect spaceship parts in GTA V. You can even spot some UFOs in-game, if you play your cards right. But now modders have found a way to make spaceships actually playable in GTA V, which is amazing. You can see the mod in-action in this footage by TwoDynamic—mostly, he just flies around Los…