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Watch Far Cry 3’s Vaas Tear Up Liberty City On A Snowcross Bike
Sure, Jason Brody is also featured here—he’s the protagonist of Far Cry 3—but who cares? He’s riding in the back anyway. This bizarre video by insanegaz proves that the main characters from Far Cry 3 can be just as cool outside an island paradise as they are inside of it. Well, not Jason. He just…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 25, 2013 -
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is coming to the PlayStation Network next Tuesday. $10.
By Jason Schreier Published January 24, 2013 -
Modder Creates The World’s Coolest Iron Man Video Game (Inside Grand Theft Auto)
Grand Theft Auto IV modder H1Vltg3 has built this incredible Iron Man mod for the PC version of the game, which does so much more than just reskin the main character. The mod also contains a script which dramatically alters the way you can play the game, giving him proper hand repulsor beam effects and…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 13, 2013 -
The 13 Movies That Inspired Vice City’s Perfect 1980s
Rockstar’s 2002 classic Vice City remains so popular today as much for its bottling of mid-80s culture and excess as it does the actual game The game’s soundtrack rightly gets a lot of credit for this, as does the colour palette, but have you ever wondered which movies served as the inspiration for the neon-infused…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 10, 2013 -
Culture
Fantastic Grand Theft Auto V Art Brightens Up Your Monday Morning
Over the weekend, Rockstar collected every piece of promotional art so far made available for Grand Theft Auto V, cleaned them up, made sure each had a nice big background behind them then then scaled them to wallpaper size. Some feature the game’s main protagonists, some don’t. Some give us a good look at locations…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 7, 2013 -
Sorry Buddy, This Horse Needs To Make A Quick Getaway
You’d think the horse stealing the car would be the funniest bit. But no. I like the dude’s obvious disappointment at the overall outcome at the very end. “aaww”. For more horse-in-Grand-Theft-Auto-IV madness, see here Horse [Premium Gifs]
By Luke Plunkett Published January 4, 2013 -
Grand Theft Auto IV Now Looks Even More “Next Gen”
Thanks to a dedicated community, the PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV has been continually polished and upgraded since its release all those years ago. To the point where, now, it looks like something from the future The iCEnhancer series of mods, which we’ve featured before, are being updated to 2.5 (this is an…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 30, 2012 -
Download Your Own Copy of Grand Theft Auto’s Colourful Maps
Despite the ease of Steam and the comfort of my couch, I still own physical copies of both Vice City and San Andreas on PC. Why? Because of the maps It’s long been a tradition with Rockstar’s open world games, right through to GTAIV and Red Dead Redemption, to include physical maps of the game…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 27, 2012 -
Lazlow Saved Grand Theft Auto‘s Radio Station Master Recordings from Superstorm Sandy
Lazlow Jones co-wrote the radio scripts for all the Grand Theft Auto games (save Chinatown Wars, of course) going back to III, and appears as a radio personality in all of the games. He also, evidently, has all of the master copies of the recordings. In his home. Which is on Long Island. Or, well,…
By Owen Good Published December 24, 2012 -
Merry Christmas! Here are Five New Screens of Grand Theft Auto V.
Rockstar Games’ next giant crime caper is going to be massively huge, big enough to warrant lots of air travel. This we know. But it looks like players will be getting up to no good in the oceans, too. The bathysphere, scuba gear and colossal frikkin’ shark in these new screens hint that you’re also…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 24, 2012 -
What Are Splatterhouse, Kindergarten Killer and the Other Games the NRA Slammed Today?
Names such as Mortal Kombat and Grand Theft Auto are longtime punching bags in an often-clueless discussion of violent video games in the mainstream. So it was no surprise to hear Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, invoke them in a rambling attempt to deflect blame from the assault weapons that…
By Owen Good Published December 21, 2012 -
The NRA’s Absolutely Unhinged Response to Newtown Condemns Video Games as a ‘Shadow Industry’ that ‘Sows Violence Against Its Own People’
Reports suggested that the National Rifle Association, backed into a corner since a gun massacre last week killed 20 six- and seven-year-olds, would come out swinging at video games and other violent entertainment in a news conference today, and boy, they did not disappoint. Wayne LaPierre, the NRA’s executive vice president, gave a teeth-sucking condemnation…
By Owen Good Published December 21, 2012 -
Is Shawn Fonteno the voice actor for Franklin in GTAV? This GTAForums thread makes a decent case. Judge for yourself.
By Owen Good Published December 19, 2012 -
Reacquaint Yourself with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas—The Introduction
Eight years and one month ago, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas released on the PlayStation 2. It begins rather abruptly—C.J. in an airport, saying that after five years on the east coast, it was time to return to San Andreas. The game’s official soundtrack included a DVD of “The Introduction,” a 20-minute in-game cinematic explaining…
By Owen Good Published December 16, 2012 -
San Andreas (2004) vs San Andreas (2013), a Visual Comparison
Using official screenshots and stills from the game’s trailers, a Polish fan site has done a cracking job comparing the San Andreas of 2004 to the one we’ll be getting our hands on in 2013’s Grand Theft Auto V As you can see there are… more trees. And shinier cars. But one thing I will…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 13, 2012 -
Rockstar Wants to Connect All the Grand Theft Auto Cities In One Big World
Eight-year-old-spoiler: In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas you can fly to GTA III‘s Liberty City. You can’t explore much of Liberty City but the intent in the 2004 PS2 game was clear: Rockstar’s GTA cities are connected, and players should be able to travel between them. And that’s just what Rockstar wants to let us…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2012