Grand Theft Auto

How to Explode a Car with Your Body in GTA V

It was only a matter of time before the dudes at Rooster Teeth found something silly to do in GTA V. In today’s edition: the front flip that can, surprisingly, be used as a weapon. And a pretty powerful one at that. Watch Michael and Geoff goof around with their newfound ability in the video…

The sleaziest thing you can do in GTA V? No, it’s not stealing a Jumbo Jet, but parking like a jackass. Bonus points for Trevor being dressed like a grumpy, bad grandpa. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest,funniest game-related screenshots and art that we can find. Send…

The Best* GTA V Review Is Now A Catchy Song

There are plenty of serious, lengthy, thorough reviews of Grand Theft Auto V. But one review stands apart—probably because the person who wrote it didn’t even play the game. That person was critic, journalist and sometime Kotaku contributor Leigh Alexander, who wrote a sight-unseen “review” on her website satirizing some of the discussion and controversy…

Pay Attention, GTA V‘s Cell Phones Are Great

Grand Theft Auto V is an incredibly detailed game. How detailed? Well, it features three protagonists: Three men with different lives, different outlooks, different incomes… and different cell phones. Up top, we’ve got a shot of all three phones. At left there’s Michael, the retired bank robber with cash to burn. He owns an iFruit,…

Grand Theft Auto V and Women

If you’re driving north, up the west coast of Grand Theft Auto V, as I did in the 40th hour I was playing the game, you might spot a crashed car smoldering in the long ditch between the northbound and southbound lanes. The car doesn’t appear there every time. The man who was in the…

Yep, Grand Theft Auto V Is Making A ****Load Of Money

$800 million. That’s the first-day sell-through number for Grand Theft Auto V—the highest in GTA history, the corporate overlords at Take-Two say. $800 million. In 24 hours. Via Take-Two: “All of us at Take-Two are thrilled with the initial response to Grand Theft Auto V. Once again, the team at Rockstar Games have outdone themselves,…

They Waited Hours For GTA V

Tuesday night I went to interview dedicated fans of Grand Theft Auto about the series they love enough to stay up all night for. Like most fans they were jovial, amiable and more complicated than I would ever assume. In the video above, they told me why they love the series so. In the middle…

When GTA V Dreams Become All Too Real

If you play enough Grand Theft Auto, you might start to have dreams about it. Dreams that may turn out to be… all too real. This super-slick fan film from GrittyReboots imagines Grand Theft Auto V as a sort of twisted psychological thriller, complete with bloody ultraviolence and some unexpected narrative twists.

You Can Play GTA V As Breaking Bad‘s Heisenberg, Basically

When it comes to pop culture, this week people are mostly talking about two things: Breaking Bad and Grand Theft Auto V. So, like clockwork, someone has figured out how to make one of the characters in GTA V look just like Walter White from Breaking Bad. Of course they have. This comes to us…

How To Use GTA V‘s Cheats

Cheats are a hallowed part of Grand Theft Auto history. If you have fond memories of the ol’ Infinite Ammo or Full Armor cheats, you’ll be happy about these new ones that show up in GTA V. A handy video from the folks at VideoGamer shows off a handful of codes in action, showing the…

Angry Birds Gloms Some Of Today’s GTA Hype With One Terrific Drawing

This was tweeted today by the people behind Angry Birds. Their new game comes out on Thursday. The Tweet followed an attempt by the folks behind Saints Row to bottle some of today’s GTA V buzz for themselves. And here’s a new promo for Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs, the new contender in the open-world genre that…

The Funniest GTA V Review You’ll Watch Today

The very funny folks at College Humor have put together what might be the best Grand Theft Auto V review to date. Watch and enjoy. Warning: video may not actually include footage from Grand Theft Auto V

The Best Video Game Radio Stations

Did you guys know Grand Theft Auto V is out today? Oh, you skipped work and you’re playing right now? Well, how’s that radio sound? One of the most enjoyable things to do in an open-world game is to simply drive around, awkwardly-rendered hair in the wind while flipping through radio stations looking for just…

These Are the Guys Who Brought GTA V’s Thug Trio to Life

You’re going to become intimately familiar with these men’s voices over the next few days. So it’s only fitting that we see the faces of the men who gave their vocal cords to the main characters of Grand Theft Auto V, isn’t it? Steven Ogg, Shawn Fonteno and Ned Luke are the actors who performed…

Tips for Playing GTA V

Grand Theft Auto V is a very good game. It’s also really large and complex. Tons of things to do. Many sights to see. Lots of options. Think of it as a vacation. Can we give you some advice? Here are some tips for getting the most of out of GTA V. No spoilers, just…

An Open-World Military Shooter, Modded To Feel Like Grand Theft Auto

There are a few out there who just couldn’t wait for the PC port of Grand Theft Auto V. So they decided to mod another fresh open-world game, ArmA III, to give it a much more GTA-esque flavor. Not bad for a start. With civilian characters, rally stages and other kinds of mods in the…

How To Install GTA V On Xbox 360 Without Hurting Performance

Today, Rockstar support advised Xbox 360 players not to install Grand Theft Auto V‘s second “play disc” to their hard drives. Doing so, they suggested, would affect performance. The 360 version of GTA V comes on two DVDs. One is an 8GB “install disc” that you must install, and a second one is a “play…

How To Get A Tank, Fighter Jet And Passenger Jet in GTA V ASAP

Alright, I know there’s a bunch of you out there who don’t care about what happens to Michael, Franklin and Trevor in Grand Theft Auto V. You need to know how to blow up as many things as possible, as soon as possible. Well I’m here to help, with two convenient videos! If grabbing a…

Speeding Coast To Coast Through GTA V Takes About Six Minutes

Grand Theft Auto V is very large. But after the game’s map leaked last week, I noticed some people speculating that, no, it’s not that big. How about if we hop in a car and drive from end to end? Up top, you can see a drive from the southern tip of the game’s massive…

Grand Theft Auto V: The Kotaku Review

Rockstar Games has scaled a mountain with Grand Theft Auto V, creating the best-looking, best-sounding and, most importantly, best-playing version of gaming’s most notorious franchise. Scaling one peak, however, reveals another—their cloud-piercing ambition to create a great ensemble video game drama, an epic of intersecting, interactive lives. Rockstar doesn’t summit that new peak as impressively…