Grand Theft Auto

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…

Frozen’s ‘Let It Go,’ Done Grand Theft Auto Style

Things would have happened a little differently had Frozen taken place in Liberty City. Things might’ve been a bit more…violent. Okay, yes, Anna doesn’t actually sing the song in the movie, even though this video by boblester122 still pairs her with the tune. But hey, if you wanna play as Elsa the Snow Queen instead,…

Professor Layton Would Be The Perfect Mastermind In Grand Theft Auto

Professor Layton is getting a proper crossover game this year, but the talented animators at Polaris have let their imagination run wild and put the archeologist gentleman and some puzzles into Grand Theft Auto V If you think about it, the professor’s calm, passive-aggressive behavior fits into a world full of mad criminals after all.…

Here’s Franklin Jumping Over 28 Exploding Buses In GTA V

It may not be the single craziest Grand Theft Auto V stunt I’ve ever seen. But this video of an enterprising GTA V player who jumped over 28 exploding buses still earned a special place in my heart for the clever reference to Evel Knievel. Remember: in October 1975—less than six months after Knievel had…

Iconic Album Covers, Recreated in… GTA V

It’s a really great way to prove how big and popular GTA V is, when someone uses it to recreate some classic album covers. Here’s PizzaBagels‘ gallery, with Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon on top and Blondie, The Beatles and The Ramones below. No Skrillex this time—must be the effect of the…

Crazy Stunts Like These Are the Best Reason to Keep Playing GTA V

Every time I think I’m ready to relegate Grand Theft Auto V to the video game archive closet, another insane video stunt montage is released, and I’m drawn right back in. The Nomad Union crew have established themselves as masters of crazy GTA V stunts, pulling off amazing feats to aerial acrobatics that no vehicle,…

GTA Online Was Made For Heists Like This

The best players on GTA Online realize that if they’re going to commit a robbery, they should either go big or go home. A proper heist takes planning and a good, committed crew. LetsPlay here has the right idea—this is the most elaborate, ridiculous heist I’ve seen on GTA Online. Granted, for all the organization…

GTA V PC “Beta” Is A Hilarious Scam

There’s a scam going around trying to trick people into thinking they’ve been accepted into a beta test for a PC version of Grand Theft Auto V. Surprise! There is no beta. An email doing the rounds asks people to click on a URL and download a .zip file, the latter of which contains malware.…

​Life in Grand Theft Auto Sure Is Hell for NPCs

You live in a big, crazy metropolis. You’re going down the street for groceries or to meet some friends for a drink. Then a dude runs down the street, yanks an old lady out of her car and starts shooting stuff up. This keeps happening. All the time. What the hell?! One character in a…

GTA Online, Summarized In 3 Minutes

When you play a game for long enough, you start noticing patterns, as well as certain types of people you seem to encounter regularly. In the case of GTA Online, you can basically expect a lot of death, chaos, and little kids trying to act tough. I guess that could describe any game with an…