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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.…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 18, 2014 -
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…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 14, 2014 -
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…
By Patricia Hernandez Published March 6, 2014 -
GTA IV Modder Creates Gaming’s Most Gorgeous Clouds
Skybox of dreams This is, of course, the work of the very talented person behind the iCEnhancer graphics mod for GTA IV, who posted new footage of some really darn purty HD clouds on his YouTube channel after several months of inactivity. Take a look: gta4_clouds_test [Hayssam Keilany@YouTube, via DSOGaming] Questions? Comments? Contact the author…
By András Neltz Published March 5, 2014 -
Take the Bloody Shot with Skyfall Recreated in Grand Theft Auto
Over on the subreddit GTA Adventures there’s a weekly challenge to film a recognizable scene from a movie. Up this week:the opening sequence fromSkyfall The re-enactment takes some liberties, probably because it’d be hard to plunge a backhoe’s claw into the caboose of an indestructible train. Overall, it gets my Oscar nomination for stunt coordination.…
By Owen Good Published March 1, 2014 -
Grand Theft Auto IV Looks Marvelous in Black and White
Grand Theft Auto IV may be almost six years old, but its age doesn’t stop folks from doing all sorts of amazing stuff with it. Take, for example, this excellent noire “walkabout series” by gaming’s best screenshot artist, Dead End Thrills. The game looks gorgeous like this, no? At first glance, some of these excellent…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 27, 2014 -
Grand Theft Auto Online‘s next big update hits next week and it’s all business, never personal. Out on March 4th, the Business Update will include new cars, masks, clothing options and new Heavy Pistol and Special Carbine weapons. Get all the details over at Rockstar’s site.
By Evan Narcisse Published February 27, 2014 -
Mobster’s Daughter Sues, Says Grand Theft Auto V Copies Her Life Story
The daughter of the mobster who brought down John Gotti is suing the makers of Grand Theft Auto V for $40 million alleging a minor character in the game was based on her life story and it was used without her permission. Karen Gravano says “Antonia Bottino,” (pictured in the background above) whom the player…
By Owen Good Published February 26, 2014 -
Lego Grand Theft Auto V Needs To Happen
Lego City Undercover was great and all, but there’s just something about the contrast between GTA’s gritty world and adorable Lego figures that makes me wish a game like this were really happening. One day. One day. (via Dorkly)
By Jason Schreier Published February 24, 2014 -
Fans Transport GTA V‘s Snowy North Yankton To PC
Modders don’t wait. They take action. So while everyone else is waiting, waiting, waiting for Rockstar Games to make/announce Grand Theft Auto V for PC, enterprising modders are trying to transform the last official GTA released on PC into GTA V. First they brought the entire GTA V version of Los-Angeles-styled San Andreas to GTA…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 24, 2014 -
Someone Made It So All The Cars In GTA V Try To Kill You
The only thing better than Grand Theft Auto V is Grand Theft Auto V with cars that go crazy and try to murder everyone on the streets. The GTA V Carmageddon mod has been around for a while, and this new video by taltigolt does an awesome job of showing it off. Watch and enjoy:…
By Jason Schreier Published February 19, 2014 -
If Trevor From GTA V Were Using Facebook (Thank God He’s Not)
The fine YouTubers at GTA Series Videos created a highlight video on Trevor Philips’ life in the style of Facebook’s 10th anniversary “Look Back” compilation. They used Trevor’s Lifeinvader profile, and I have to say the result is pretty hilarious. He’s had it rough! GTA 5 – A Look Back at Trevor’s Life (Facebook Parody)…
By Gergo Vas Published February 19, 2014 -
Rockstar keeps adding content to Grand Theft Auto Online. Today, fittingly, they’ve added a slew of Valentine’s Day content with a criminal twist. Players are getting a chance to grab new guns, cars, clothes…a lot of it themed to fit the 1929’s notorious Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre. Details about the update are on Rockstar’s site.…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 14, 2014 -
Trevor’s Voice Actor From GTA V Sure Looks Scary On TV
Miss GTA V‘s Trevor yet? Well, the character’s voice actor, Steven Ogg, had a guest appearance last night in a new show called Broad City. He played a psycho locksmith, and while it’s not as mental as Trevor’s usual antics (he’d have set the door on fire), it’s hard not to see the similarities. It’s…
By Gergo Vas Published February 13, 2014 -
Grand Theft Auto V‘s publisher still isn’t talking about a PC release. “At this point there’s really nothing for us to say about that,” Karl Slatoff, the president of Take-Two Interactive, said in a conference call with investors about the matter. Earlier in the call, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said that “We are going to…
By Owen Good Published February 3, 2014 -
The Ocean Has Evaporated in This Grand Theft Auto V Mod
Last week modders showed Los Santos submerged beneath thesea. This week, they’ll show you the opposite. Here is Grand Theft Auto V with the ocean removed, leaving behind an almost otherworldly landscape. Why anyone want that? For starters, it speeds up underwater exploration tremendously (find that submerged UFO in a jiffy!). But also think of…
By Owen Good Published February 1, 2014 -
Very Pretty GTA V Pictures Make for a Super-Depressing Letter
You thought the stories you play through in Michael, Franklin and Trevor’s lives in Grand Theft Auto V were grim, didn’t you? Well, you haven’t met Sarah yet. And, guys, I don’t think she’s built for life in Los Santos. Redditor berdu took snapshots of life in Rockstar’s broken-mirror version of Los Angeles and stitched…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 31, 2014 -
Yes, You Can Punch Birds In GTA V
Why would you want to punch a bird in GTA? Because it’s both kind of difficult to do, and because it’s funny, that’s why. Bird punching isn’t the only thing that DefendTheHouse discovers is possible in GTA V in this mythbuster video. You can, for example, land a fighter jet upside down…assuming you have the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 20, 2014 -
Grand Theft Auto Online Has an Unofficial ‘Combat Photographer’
The snapshot feature of Grand Theft Auto V isn’t just for taking selfies on the top of the Maze Bank. Some have used it to create gorgeous landscapes, and this gamer has taken it upon himself to be the “combat photographer” of Los Santos. Redditor cy_sperling on r/games today, says he wanders the city in…
By Owen Good Published January 18, 2014
