Grand Theft Auto

Two Important Things GTA V Is Still Getting Wrong

There are plenty of good things to say about Grant Theft Auto V. As a digital creation, it’s remarkable to behold. But it also has its share of problems: For all the things Rockstar has gotten down to a science, GTA retains some fundamental flaws that its developers just can’t quite seem to fix. I…

Do It By The Book: In this fine, thoughtful article at Quarter to Three, critic Tom Chick explains why he thinks GTA V‘s much-discussed torture mission is successful satire.

GTA V Physics Look Even More Stupid In Real Life

There should really be a QWOP mini-game in GTA V; sometimes the physics are just as hilarious. And if you ever wondered what these failed parkour attempts would look like in real life, well, thanks to Vine your wish is now granted. Luckily the footage doesn’t involve vehicles, only two empty trash cans. GTA V…

The Most Surreal GTA V Glitch So Far: Clones, Clones Everywhere

Franklin, Michael and Trevor, the protagonists of Grand Theft Auto V, are one of a kind…well, kind of. If you don’t happen to get hit with a glitch that clones characters, then sure! A few people over at Reddit have shared pictures and videos of a bizarre cloning glitch that you’ve gotta see to believe.…

Declare Your GTA V Allegiance: Michael, Franklin or Trevor?

Three men enter. One man leaves. It’s time. Grand Theft Auto V has three main characters. Three sweaty, gun-wielding dudes, all vying for your precious attention and energy. “Play with us,” they implore. “We’re so lonesome without you. Come and play!” By now, most of you with the game have probably played enough to have…

18 Very Funny Grand Theft Auto V Glitches

Any game as sprawling as GTA V is gonna have some bugs and glitches. As it turns out, some of those glitches are very amusing. This video, compiled from a number of YouTube videos by AmazingFilms247, has some glitches that I sort of wish would happen in my game. I didn’t know Michael could ride…

Rockstar Is Expecting GTA Online To Be A Bit Rough At Launch

Rockstar has just dumped an armored-truckload of info about Grand Theft Auto Online, confirming in-game microtransactions and cautioning that the first few weeks might not be all that smooth for the upcoming multiplayer service, which launches on October 1. When GTA Online launches, you’ll be able to explore the world and rob stores with up…

Don’t Look At Cops In GTA V. They’ll Kill You.

The sign clearly says “No loitering” in the video above, but it’s still nothing compared to, say, breaking into a military base. JaltoidGames shows us how weird and funny the police AI in Grand Theft Auto V can be, and how extremely serious they are about keeping order. Well, this is just how things work…

GTA V‘s Weather Is Even More Beautiful In Time-Lapse

Grand Theft Auto V‘s Los Santos is easily one of the most gorgeously rendered, thriving digital creations put on a disc. So it was only a matter of time before someone made a time-lapse video showing the game’s shifting weather in all its glory. This video, directed by Ben Buja, comes to us from Machinima.…

Five Ways You Can Make Grand Theft Auto V More Immersive

Much of the joy of Grand Theft Auto V comes from a sense of freedom, of exploring an entirely different world. The story missions are fine, the heists are neat enough, but the bustling state of San Andreas is the game’s crowning achievement. Too bad it’s far too easy to run through it and miss…

If Grand Theft Auto Took Place In Breaking Bad‘s Albuquerque

I have a good time picturing a Breaking Bad video game: Basically, nothing would go according to plan and you’d keep losing more, and more, and more. So how would a GTA-style game built around Breaking Bad work? Surely we’ve all been thinking it over the last week. After all, GTA V and Breaking Bad…

Want to listen to the Grand Theft Auto V soundtrack when you’re not in front of a console? Rockstar’s just announced that three albums collecting tunes from the hit game are up on iTunes now. And you can listen to portions of each station on the web, too.

Data Leak Hints At Microtransactions In GTA Online

The upcoming Grand Theft Auto Online may let you buy in-game money with real money at some point—files found on a Rockstar server hint at the possibility, and it’s an interesting one. A Redditor says he found the files, which you can read here, by trying to access the store section of the game’s pause…

Rockstar Warns GTA V Players To Avoid Using Garages Until Bug is Fixed

This past weekend in GTA V, my buddy Franklin finally made some real money on a heist. The guy loves to drive, so I decided to buy him a nice new sports car. But when he got back to his house and checked the garage, the car was nowhere to be found. Had master car-thief…

No, These Aren’t Vacation Photos. They’re GTA V Screenshots.

This isn’t a postcard or a promotional shot for the Union Pacific Railroad. It’s a picture taken within Grand Theft Auto V by a professional photographer looking for the beauty of Los Santos and Blaine County instead of taking crass selfies and vulgar crotch-shots. Phil Rose, a photographer with more than two decades’ worth of…

I Sold Too Many Copies of GTA V To Parents Who Didn’t Give a Damn

Dear Parents… We need to talk. There is something that has been eating at me for awhile, and I have had enough. I have been working in video game retail for almost 10 years now. I love my job. Some of my best memories begin with loving, bewildered parents walking into our store, naïve to…

Cool Short Film Puts Ryan Gosling Inside Two Grand Theft Auto Games

What’s the mystery connection between Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto V? It might be Ryan Gosling’s no-name character from Drive. Gamebill Studio’s Nabil Ayari captured footage from GTA IV and GTA V and stitched them together with shots from the 2011 miniimalist action thriller. The result? A moody, well-edited clip that throws…

What a time to be alive! Thanks, GTA V! Now let’s wait till someone does this with a forklift—or puts it on a truck, tows it with the tow truck and lifts the whole thing with one of the larger cargo helicopters. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the…

Towing Cop Cars, Stabbing Sharks and Other GTA Myths Put to the Test

YouTube’s DefendTheHouse put out a Mythbusters-style video for Black Ops 2 earlier this year, and now returns with some sage advice for managing Grand Theft Auto V‘s bigtime threats—from sharks to police choppers. My favorite protip is lighting a gasoline trail with your turbocharged sedan’s backfire. It’s such a passive-aggressive way to blow up a…

Users of Older Xbox 360s Say Grand Theft Auto V Crashes Their Console

It seems the launch week of a hotly anticipated game can’t pass without a problem keeping some folks from playing. Several tips and complaints we’ve received, and a long forum thread backing them up, allude to a specific problem facing Grand Theft Auto V: the game appears to crash on older models of the Xbox…