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Your Grand Theft Auto V Multiplayer Experience Begins With Max Payne 3
The friends you make in Max Payne 3 this May can be the same friends you roll with in Grand Theft Auto V thanks to Rockstar’s Crew mechanic, a new multiplayer feature that keeps your camaraderie and rivalry alive even after you’ve moved on to a different game. The multiplayer clan is a close-knit group…
By Mike Fahey Published March 23, 2012 -
When Transformers Attack Grand Theft Auto IV‘s Liberty City
Here’s one of the best Grand Theft Auto IV mods I’ve ever seen: a look at what happens when Transformers hero Optimus Prime invades Liberty City. Optimus fits right in. You could almost call it… Grand Theft Autobots GTA IV – Optimus Prime (Transformers Mod) HD [YouTube — thanks, Shashwat!]
By Jason Schreier Published March 22, 2012 -
Rockstar Games’ Co-Founder Spent $12.5 Million for Crime Writer’s Brooklyn Home
Dan Houser must really, really like In Cold Blood. According to The New York Observer, one of the minds behind the best-selling Grand Theft Auto just dropped a mob-boss-worthy load of cash on the one-time abode of Truman Capote. Capote’s perhaps best known as the writer of the legendary true-crime non-fiction book In Cold Blood.…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 21, 2012 -
First-Person Grand Theft Auto is Kicking Everyone’s Bananas
While this clip showing Grand Theft Auto from a first-person perspective is a little slower – and less explosive – than you’re probably accustomed to, it at least gets the spirit of the series less scripted moments right. Except for those hands. Not really sure what’s going on there.
By Luke Plunkett Published March 18, 2012 -
Retailer Shoots Down Grand Theft Auto Vita Rumors
Earlier this week, we reported a rumor that retailer Play.com had accidentally leaked the existence of a Grand Theft Auto for Vita and three other games. In a statement to Eurogamer today, Play.com confirmed that this report was false. [Eurogamer]
By Jason Schreier Published March 9, 2012 -
Grand Theft Auto Would Be Much More Exciting if the Carjacking Victims Sought Revenge
Every day millions of innocent people are ripped violently from their vehicles, left sprawled out on the street as a gruff anti-hero with a twisted sense of right and wrong makes off with their ride. No more, says internet movie maker Freddie Wong. In his latest special effects-laden spectacular, Freddie Wong takes on an issue…
By Mike Fahey Published March 6, 2012 -
Grand Theft Auto IV Mod Turns 2008 Graphics Into 2012 Graphics
Grand Theft Auto IV’s iCEnhancer series of mods and tweaks takes a Rockstar PC game that looked pretty good already and turns it into – relative to the scale and size of GTAIV – the prettiest video game on the planet. At least, if realism is your thing. And if your PC can handle it.…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 13, 2012 -
The Week in Unbelievably Gorgeous Screenshots: Grand Theft Auto IV
Since we ran a feature on Duncan Harris, the groovy “video game photographer” behind the website DeadEndThrills, I’ve been sharing some of his work each week here. This week Harris brought in some great shots from a modded version of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV. Let’s take a look! (Small note: This week, the full…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 10, 2012 -
This GTA IV Terminator Mod Says ‘Hasta La Vista, Bellic’
When you play Grand Theft Auto games, do you ever feel a bit like The Terminator? Walking forward in an ungainly way, absorbing more bullets than a human ought to be able to absorb, shooting cops in the knee with reckless abandon? YouTube user taltigolt has uploaded this video of the “Terminator T1” mod for…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 11, 2012 -
9/11 Changed Grand Theft Auto III, But Only a Tiny Bit
It’s long been a subject of fan speculation as to how much Rockstar Games changed Grand Theft Auto III in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. In the decade-plus since GTA III came out, rumors have abounded: cut sequences where planes hit buildings, a supposedly removed pair of Twin Towers-style skyscrapers and the erasure of…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 5, 2012 -
You Can Use PC Mods On Grand Theft Auto III’s iOS and Android Version
Merry (belated) Christmas, owners of the recently-released Grand Theft Auto III on iOS and Android. That mobile version you bought is actually, in almost every respect, the old PC version of the original, meaning if you can get at its file structure, you can use PC mods on it. For Android users it’s as easy…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 2, 2012 -
How to Cook Your Own Grand Theft Auto Burger
Grand Theft Auto’s famous Cluckin’ Bell chain of restaurants have a mainstay menu item called the Fowl Burger. Looking like a filthy chicken burger, costing only $1 and regenerating health makes them magical. So magical it’s worth trying to prepare your own, in the real world. Website Gourmet Gaming, who we’ve featured before, have the…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 29, 2011 -
GTA III’s Missing Missions, How Claude Got His Look And More You May Not Know About Rockstar’s Classic Game
You might be celebrating GTA III‘s 10th Anniversary by playing it on your iOS or Android device, with that version freshly out today. Rockstar’s celebrating in a different way, though. On their official site, the developer’s revealing all kinds of trivia and minutiae about the open-world crime game that put them on the map. For…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 15, 2011 -
The New Portable GTA III Has the Entire Original Soundtrack, Rockstar Says
We’ve shown you how today’s 10th anniversary edition of Grand Theft Auto III runs on an iPad. But we haven’t been able to listen to all that much it. So we turned to Rockstar Games today and asked them if the iconic soundtrack of the original 2001 GTA III was in the new game. Rockstar…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 15, 2011 -
It’s Time for a Lady Hero In Grand Theft Auto
Drawing on familiar media representations and cultural histories for the sake of building a female gangster actually seems pretty difficult. The standard hullabaloo has, of course, arrived following the release of the trailer for Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V. One bit of disappointment that some fans expressed in seeing the video for the first time…
G. Christopher Williams Published December 15, 2011 -
Wow. GTA III is On My iPad, and It Really Works
Very few games are as iconic as Grand Theft Auto III, and it’s recent release to iOS devices does not tarnish its reputation whatsoever. I played the game on an iPad 1 this morning. I found the controls far more intuitive than I could have hoped for. The game is still a full experience, and…
By Chris Carolan Published December 15, 2011 -
$5 Grand Theft Auto III Hits Android and iOS (Yes, iPhone 4 Too) Next Week
Grand Theft Auto III: 10 Year Anniversary Edition hits the iPad, iPad 2, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S and a variety of Android devices next week for $4.99, Rockstar said today. Here’s a complete run down of the Android devices you will be able to play the game on: Android Phones: HTC Rezound, LG Optimus 2x,…
By Brian Crecente Published December 6, 2011
