Grand Theft Auto

GTA Online Bug Changing Characters’ Race and Gender in Japan

Today, Rockstar released the Beach Bum update in Japan for Grand Theft Auto V. It’s made players’ characters appear… different. On 2ch, Japan’s largest forum, and Twitter, GTA V owners showed how the update was changing their GTA Online characters’ looks. White characters are turning black, young characters are turning old, and female characters and…

Virtual Grand Theft Auto Looks Like A Lot Of Hard Work

In this video, we see a dude playing Grand Theft Auto IV’s PC version using one hell of an elaborate virtual reality rig. The highlight is not the gameplay footage on the right. It’s the dude footage on the left. While the idea of being sucked into Liberty City may sound appealing on paper, when…

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is going mobile next month. iOS, Android, Amazon, and Windows Mobile gamers will soon be able to dive into an enhanced version of early 90s Los Santos, where protagonist CJ will have another chance to follow the damn train. Expect enhanced graphics, controller support (woot), and a distinct lack of…

No need for a mod to go Ghost Rider and do justice in Grand Theft Auto V Just a few tricks here and there, and you are good to go—Los Santos just got a new spirit of vengeance. There’s even a tutorial out there, and the only thing missing is Johnny Blaze’s chain. Dayshot is…

You Can Rob A Store Using Your Dog’s Ball In GTA V

You couldplay fetch with your dog in Grand Theft Auto…or, you could use the ball to threaten people and force them to give you their money in a robbery. Because that’s possible in this game, for whatever bizarre reason. Dunno why this is possible, but either way, the latest round of myths tested by the…

GTA V Mansion Is An Aircraft Carrier For The 1%

Bless glitches: not only can you launch cars into the air using gates in Grand Theft Auto, but you can also do the same with aircrafts judging by this mythbusting video by DefendTheHouse. And that’s not all. You can also take Amanda’s yoga ball and make it into a rolling bomb—I bet there’s a lot…

GTA V Comes To PC And Mac… As A Screensaver

You might not be able to play Grand Theft Auto V on your computer yet, but you can at least enjoy hundreds of user-taken photos of GTA V and Grand Theft Auto V with Rockstar’s official Snapmatc Screensaver. This kind of makes me wish I had another PC on my desk, set up specifically slip…

GTA Online $500,000 Stimulus Package Starts Now

Starting today, you should begin to see money filling up your delicious virtual Los Santos coffers—Rockstar just announced that the GTA Online stimulus package will kick off today. Anyone who played GTA Online in October will get a free $500,000. It’s Rockstar’s way of saying sorry for all the launch woes and technical difficulties in…

​See If You Can Name All These GTA V Movie References

Grand Theft Auto V frequently captures the look, vibe and vehicles of the best California-based crime fiction. If you so desire, it’s not too difficult to hop into a CHiPs motorcycle or a Joy Ride truck and recreate your favorite cinematic scenes. Can you name all the references in this new video from CinemaSins? I…

If you live in Japan and own Grand Theft Auto V, good news. GTA V Online is finally rolling out in the region on November 7. It gets its own server, which might bother some players. Others won’t care.

Alec Baldwin Turned Down The Chance To Be In Grand Theft Auto

Alec Baldwin, he of 30 Rock, Hunt For Red October and Beetlejuice fame, was once offered an “incomprehensible amount of money” to lend his voice to a Grand Theft Auto game. And he said…no. “[The makers of] ‘Grand Theft Auto’ came to me to do a voice of some mobster, many years ago, for ‘Grand…

A Game Where You Torture Someone Because They Want You To

Torture sequences in games are old news—many major franchises have included it in some capacity, from the classics like Metal Gear Solid to some more recent big titles like Grand Theft Auto and Splinter Cell. The context is usually the same—torture is explored as a military practice (or a critique of military stuff), performed on…

GTA V Hits 29 Million Sales In Six Weeks. TWENTY-NINE MILLION.

Grand Theft Auto V has officially hit “preposterous” levels of financial success: Rockstar has sold-in close to 29 million copies of their latest open-world monstrosity, the corporate overlords at Take-Two announced today. 29 million. Twenty-nine million. I’ll let you stop and pick your jaw up off the floor now. (Note: “sold-in” means they sold the…

One Fun and Easy Way To Sic The Cops On Unsuspecting NPCs In GTA V

Poor Grand Theft Auto city dwellers. They mostly exist so that we can carry out elaborate and ridiculous schemes—for example, schemes that orchestrate fights between the police and NPCs. Because chaos, that’s why. You can add one more method to the list of ways to accomplish said fights, according to this mythbusting video by DefendTheHouse—turns…

This one is real, not a fake. Weeks after someone tried to dupe unwitting folks with a bogus app, GTA V’s iFruit companion app is out now for Google Play

Have you noticed the GPS goes out in a tunnel in Grand Theft Auto V? Or that nasty-ass backsweat on your character? How about water pressure that crushes your submersible? GermanScientistTV has, in this third installment of the little things in GTA V. Of course Donald Love has a star on the Vinewood Walk of…

Rockstar Delaying GTA Online Stimulus Package Until Bugs Get Fixed

Been waiting for the first chunk of that $500,000 in-game cash infusion that Rockstar promised as a make-good for the bumpy launch of GTA Online. You’re going to have to wait a while longer. The makers of Red Dead Redemption don’t want to throw all that money out in the world until more bugs get…

It Is Awfully Difficult To Catch A Boat With A Helicopter In GTA V

As you can see in this video from Rooster Teeth, it is actually quite difficult to catch a ramping boat with a helicopter in GTA V. Which, naturally, makes it all the more satisfying when you finally do. (Skip toward the end to get to the good part.)

GTA V Is Actually About Loneliness

Look, Franklin, you really need to sort your life out. Taking your dog for a nice, serene walk is all well and good. But randomly murdering some poor innocents outside of Taco Bomb is just wrong. You’re letting your “friends” get the better of you. But it’s not your fault. It was all preordained. Wish…

Downloading the “GTA V PC Torrent” is 18GB Worth of Bad Ideas

About the only thing I can see that’s wrong with this diabolical plot is the fact suckers have to download an 18GB torrent before the malware is unleashed. Otherwise, there’s a bogus torrent of Grand Theft Auto V‘s nonexistent PC version that’s claimed several victims of late. It bears mentioning one should not download this.…