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enThu, 19 Sep 2024 16:48:32 +0000GTA Online is no longer supported by Steam Deck thanks to a slightly baffling Rockstar anti-cheat updatehttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-online-is-no-longer-supported-by-steam-deck-thanks-to-a-slightly-baffling-rockstar-anti-cheat-updateEdwin Evans-ThirlwellThu, 19 Sep 2024 16:48:32 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-online-is-no-longer-supported-by-steam-deck-thanks-to-a-slightly-baffling-rockstar-anti-cheat-updateMultiplayer CompetitiveXbox OneGrand Theft Auto VShooterFirst personXbox 360Take-Two InteractivePCGrand Theft Auto OnlineThird personOpen WorldSingle PlayerRockstar GamesMultiplayer CooperativeAction AdventurePS5Xbox Series X/SPS3Rockstar NorthPS4

GTA Online is no longer officially supported by Steam Deck, thanks to the introduction of some anti-cheat software which can, in fact, be made compatible with Steam Deck. Say what now?

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GTA5 nearly had story DLC that made Trevor a 007-style spy - until it was cancelled and turned into a GTA Online heisthttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta5-nearly-had-story-dlc-that-made-trevor-a-007-style-spy-until-it-was-cancelled-and-turned-into-a-gta-online-heistMatt JarvisWed, 24 Apr 2024 17:18:33 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta5-nearly-had-story-dlc-that-made-trevor-a-007-style-spy-until-it-was-cancelled-and-turned-into-a-gta-online-heistShooterRockstar GamesMultiplayer CompetitiveSingle PlayerFirst personRockstar NorthTake-Two InteractiveMultiplayer CooperativeAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto OnlineThird person

As a somewhat deflating example of the money-churning might of GTA Online becoming the sole focus of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto 5 efforts over the last decade, the actor who played Trevor in the ridiculously well-selling crime epic has teased some details of planned story DLC that would have turned the controversial protagonist into a James Bond-style spy. The pack supposedly got as far as shooting with the actors, only to end up cancelled and folded into a GTA Online heist.

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Our New Year gaming resolutions for 2024https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/our-new-year-gaming-resolutions-for-2024Katharine CastleFri, 05 Jan 2024 17:08:42 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/our-new-year-gaming-resolutions-for-2024Family-friendlyFromSoftwareMultiplayer CompetitivePuzzleResident Evil 4 RemakeXbox OneDragon's Dogma: Dark ArisenGrand Theft Auto VBird view / IsometricShooterBiowareFull productElectronic ArtsIndieNintendo SwitchFirst personGrand Theft Auto 6Tantalus MediaXbox 360Xbox Game StudiosTake-Two InteractiveAge of Empires II: Definitive EditionElden RingPCLarian StudiosShooter: Third PersonStrategyMintRocketInto the BreachThird personStrategy: Turn-Based StrategyBandai Namco EntertainmentCard GamesDave the DiverModern DayRPGOpen WorldFantasySingle PlayerStrategy: Real-Time StrategyFinal Fantasy XVISquare EnixMultiplayer CooperativeAction AdventureRockstar GamesBaldur's Gate 3Side viewPS5MacSimulationXbox Series X/SPixel ArtPS3Dragon Age: InquisitionRockstar NorthRoguelikeCapcomCutesyPS4

The first week of January is always one of my favourite times of the year. It's a time for making plans, setting goals, thinking about all the cool new games I'll be playing over the next 12 months (while also looking nervously at the pile of games I missed over the last 12 months and placing them very, very gingerly on the teetering and totteringly tall pile of my backlog). And, of course, making some new year's resolutions. Traditionally, I don't often set myself too many resolutions - I always give myself a reading goal (35 books is what I'm aiming for this year), for example, but the rest I usually play pretty fast and loose with - more 'nice to haves' rather than 'musts', I'd say.

This year, though, I do have a few gaming-related resolutions on my list, and in discussing them with the rest of the RPS Treehouse, it turns out we all have some games-themed goals this year. So I thought it would be fun to share them with you all below. And if you've also made some gaming resolutions for 2024, tell us about them in the comments. We can hold ourselves accountable together, like that big curtain of eldritch eyeballs up there in the header from good game Norco.

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Was GTA 6's trailer release date revealed by GTA Online T-shirt in June?https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/has-gta-6s-release-date-already-been-revealed-by-a-t-shirt-in-gta-online-some-fans-reckon-soMatt JarvisMon, 04 Dec 2023 19:36:15 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/has-gta-6s-release-date-already-been-revealed-by-a-t-shirt-in-gta-online-some-fans-reckon-soShooterRockstar GamesMultiplayer CompetitiveSingle PlayerFirst personGrand Theft Auto 6Rockstar NorthTake-Two InteractiveMultiplayer CooperativeAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VThird person

We’re mere hours away from the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6, the simple teaser image for which has already sparked an internet-wide meme and thrown infinite fuel on the ever-burning GTA 6 rumour fire. Big questions remain, of course. Not least: when will GTA 6 actually be out? Yet some eagle-eyed internet detectives reckon GTA 6’s release date has been staring us all in the face - and nips - for months.

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The biggest question GTA 6 has to answer is: what to do about GTA Online?https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-biggest-question-gta-6-has-to-answer-is-what-to-do-about-gta-onlineEdwin Evans-ThirlwellWed, 08 Nov 2023 18:22:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-biggest-question-gta-6-has-to-answer-is-what-to-do-about-gta-onlineShooterRockstar GamesMultiplayer CompetitiveSingle PlayerFirst personGrand Theft Auto 6Rockstar NorthTake-Two InteractiveMultiplayer CooperativeAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto OnlineThird person

When first I played GTA Online back in the Xbox 360 days it felt like an afterthought, a chance to play some random good-for-nothing in GTA 5's sizzling alt-Los Angeles, securely cloistered away from the events of the all-important singleplayer story. Having built yourself a no-name crim, you galloped around cranking out cash and XP by means of glorified sidequests handed down by headliners such as Lamar. Skip forward to 2023, and as Alice0 observed when we discussed Rockstar's GTA 6 announcements this morning, GTA Online is effectively an MMO with ten years of updates, expansions and community projects under its belt. The no-name crim has become the star attraction.

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GTA 6 fans desperate for an October reveal are convinced Rockstar are trolling themhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-6-fans-desperate-for-an-october-reveal-are-convinced-rockstar-are-trolling-themEdwin Evans-ThirlwellTue, 24 Oct 2023 16:32:50 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-6-fans-desperate-for-an-october-reveal-are-convinced-rockstar-are-trolling-themShooterRockstar GamesMultiplayer CompetitiveSingle PlayerFirst personGrand Theft Auto 6Rockstar NorthTake-Two InteractiveMultiplayer CooperativeAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto OnlineThird person

A few weeks ago I wrote about Grand Theft Auto players describing the movement of planes in random GTA promotional art as evidence of a forthcoming GTA 6 reveal, timed to intersect with the waning gibbous moon. I thought that the furore might die down after GTA 6 failed to materialise in accordance with the lunar cycle, but it turns out this rabbit hole has no bottom.

Come now, gaze upon the above, just-posted Rockstar promotional image for a new Red Dead Online outfit. To my eye, that picture looks like a weird dude in a mask, gazing at you through piles of skulls. Standard Halloween gamer fare. But it turns out that when you draw lines on it using MS Paint, you end up with the below.

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GTA VI will be revealed this week, if you believe the fanshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-vi-will-be-revealed-this-week-if-you-believe-the-fansEdwin Evans-ThirlwellMon, 02 Oct 2023 11:53:58 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-vi-will-be-revealed-this-week-if-you-believe-the-fansShooterRockstar GamesMultiplayer CompetitiveSingle PlayerFirst personGrand Theft Auto 6Rockstar NorthTake-Two InteractiveMultiplayer CooperativeAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto OnlineThird person

Rockstar are about to properly announce Grand Theft Auto VI, going by some hectic speculation surrounding a TwiX image for GTA Online's upcoming in-game Red Happy Moon Tee festival. A child in the ways of the internet might glance at said image and merely conclude that if you play GTA Online at any point this week, you can scoop up a seasonal cosmetic. But look again with unclouded eyes, young one. What does your heart say to you?

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GTA 5 AI mod shot down by Take-Two, even as Rockstar relax policy on moddinghttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-5-ai-mod-shot-down-by-take-two-even-as-rockstar-relax-policy-on-moddingEdwin Evans-ThirlwellFri, 18 Aug 2023 11:26:48 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-5-ai-mod-shot-down-by-take-two-even-as-rockstar-relax-policy-on-moddingShooterRockstar GamesMultiplayer CompetitiveSingle PlayerFirst personRockstar NorthTake-Two InteractiveMultiplayer CooperativeAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VThird person

A single GTA 5 mod has rekindled the age-old shouting match about the precise legality and contribution of videogame mods, in the eyes of developers, publishers and players - while also threatening to trigger fresh debate on the use of large language models, aka AI, in game development. The mod in question, "AI Powered GTA V: Story Mode with AI NPCs" sees you investigating a cult of weirdo AI worshippers, with characters who speak AI-generated dialogue. It's now been struck from several sites by GTA 5 publisher Take-Two Interactive.

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Rockstar co-founder and GTA writer Dan Houser founds new company Absurd Ventureshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rockstar-co-founder-and-gta-writer-dan-houser-founds-new-company-absurd-venturesLiv NganFri, 16 Jun 2023 09:46:30 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rockstar-co-founder-and-gta-writer-dan-houser-founds-new-company-absurd-venturesShooterRockstar GamesMultiplayer CompetitiveRPGSingle PlayerThird personFirst personXbox OneRockstarPCRockstar NorthMultiplayer CooperativeAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VTake-Two InteractivePS4Red Dead Redemption 2

Dan Houser, the co-founder of Rockstar Games and former head writer at the company, has founded a new company called Absurd Ventures. Houser left Rockstar in 2020, after co-writing some of the company's biggest games including GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2. He's now returned with Absurd Ventures, headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

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Rockstar aim to fix GTA Online's current security problems in upcoming Title updatehttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rockstar-aim-to-fix-gta-onlines-current-security-problems-in-upcoming-title-updateCJ WheelerTue, 24 Jan 2023 16:33:46 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rockstar-aim-to-fix-gta-onlines-current-security-problems-in-upcoming-title-updateBlockbusterOpen WorldRockstar GamesGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto Online

A fix is on the way for the security vulnerabilities discovered earlier this week in Grand Theft Auto Online, Rockstar have said today. Players began efforts to alert Rockstar to the issues en masse over the weekend, after some nefarious types took advantage of the issues to disrupt the game for other people. Rockstar Support have tweeted that a security-related update is coming, but didn't give a specific timeframe for it yet.

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You might not want to play GTA Online right now due to security vulnerabilitieshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/you-might-not-want-to-play-gta-online-right-now-due-to-security-vulnerabilitiesCJ WheelerMon, 23 Jan 2023 12:11:15 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/you-might-not-want-to-play-gta-online-right-now-due-to-security-vulnerabilitiesStory RichSandboxBlockbusterOpen WorldRockstar GamesGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto Online

Grand Theft Auto Online players on PC are reporting corrupted accounts and being locked out of their games due to remote code exploits that are being abused by modders. Rockstar-focused Twitter account Tez2 highlighted the issue at the end of last week, before news of the situation spread onto the GTA Online subreddit. Rockstar Support hasn’t officially acknowledged any potential the exploits have to affect GTA Online players and their accounts, although Tez2 claimed that the company were already aware of what was going on.

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You can finally run a taxi service in GTA Online and feel guilt-free about your drivinghttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/you-can-finally-run-a-taxi-service-in-gta-online-and-feel-guilt-free-about-your-drivingCJ WheelerFri, 20 Jan 2023 15:40:24 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/you-can-finally-run-a-taxi-service-in-gta-online-and-feel-guilt-free-about-your-drivingStory RichMMOSimulationOpen WorldRockstar GamesAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto Online

Grand Theft Auto Online’s been around for the best part of a decade, but you can now become a taxi driver at long last. You’ll probably need to do some light robbery to afford to buy a taxi from Warstock Cache & Carry for the most authentic cab driver experience. Still, it’s relatively straightforward to start your latest, and uncharacteristically honest, money making venture. If you don’t have a taxi then you can still start taxi work jobs, and completing 10 in a row unlocks the cheaper trade price to nab a legit taxi. You can even call a cab from your iFruit phone to fast travel, if you don’t fancy driving your own.

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GTA Online’s new weapon shop is essentially an ice cream van that flogs railgunshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-onlines-new-weapon-shop-is-essentially-an-ice-cream-van-that-flogs-railgunsCJ WheelerFri, 13 Jan 2023 11:17:57 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-onlines-new-weapon-shop-is-essentially-an-ice-cream-van-that-flogs-railgunsStory RichBlockbusterMMOOpen WorldRockstar GamesGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto Online

You know that bit in The Matrix where Neo says he needs lots of guns, and racks of them pop out of nowhere? Well, Grand Theft Auto Online’s latest addition is the Gun Van, and it’s going for a similar vibe. You can flag down the entrepreneurial van driver to buy pieces from a weekly rotating selection of what Rockstar calls “top-of-the-line weapons, ammunition, and armor”. It’s pretty much just the GTA equivalent of an ice cream truck, but for guns. Witness a short snippet of the Gun Van in action below.

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What's better: calling found phone numbers, or giant swords?https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/whats-better-calling-found-phone-numbers-or-giant-swordsAlice O'ConnorWed, 04 Jan 2023 17:27:34 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/whats-better-calling-found-phone-numbers-or-giant-swordsFinal Fantasy VIIBlockbusterWhat's the best thing in video games?Dark SoulsIndieElden RingGrand Theft Auto V

Before our Christmas break, I left you with a big winter decision, and I return to see that you have dynamic snow is better than seasonal events. Having hugely enjoyed recent real-world snow but not really done much in terms of seasonal events, yes, this feels correct. Well done. Now our hunt for the best thing resumes, with a choice between rill rill and cold steel. What's better: calling found phone numbers or giant swords?

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GTA Online's Christmas treats include being mugged by The Goochhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-onlines-christmas-treats-include-being-mugged-by-the-goochMatt CoxFri, 23 Dec 2022 22:22:19 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-onlines-christmas-treats-include-being-mugged-by-the-goochGrand Theft Auto VOpen WorldGrand Theft Auto OnlineRockstar Games

Hear that? Christmas bells are ringing, carolers are caroling, and GTA Online players are being pounced on by an atrociously-named Grinch parody. He's one of several Christmas treats now stocked on the streets of Los Santos, which also pack snowmen to destroy, rooftop shootouts and, for some reason, superpowered beasts getting chased by serial killers.

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GTA Online's Drug Wars update sets you up with an acid lab truckhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-onlines-drug-wars-update-sets-you-up-with-an-acid-lab-truckMatt CoxWed, 14 Dec 2022 20:24:14 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-onlines-drug-wars-update-sets-you-up-with-an-acid-lab-truckRockstar GamesSimulationShooter: Third PersonGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto Online

GTA Online has kicked off the Los Santos Drug Wars, launching six new story missions where you help some hippies chase down the equipment they need to set up a mobile acid lab in their truck. I say hippies, I mean bloodthirsty thugs who happen to like psychedelics.

The update has also increased security for the popular Cayo Perico heist, which was one of the main ways people earned their money, so folks are understandably grumpy. Maybe they can sell some acid instead?

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GTA 5's Nervous Ron returns in GTA Online's trippy next updatehttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-5s-nervous-ron-returns-in-gta-onlines-trippy-next-updateCJ WheelerThu, 08 Dec 2022 16:38:21 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-5s-nervous-ron-returns-in-gta-onlines-trippy-next-updateBlockbusterOpen WorldRockstar GamesGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto Online

Rockstar have teased a new story update coming to GTA Online next week, which pits players against a ramshackle bunch of rival drug dealers. The Los Santos Drug Wars kick off on December 13th with the first part of the update. The short post on Rockstar’s Newswire blog isn't exactly awash with details at the moment, but it does give an idea about the kind of dodgy characters and shenanigans you’ll get to encounter, including an angry looking luchador and the return of GTA 5’s Nervous Ron.

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Rockstar ban crypto and NFTs from GTA Online roleplay servershttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rockstar-ban-crypto-and-nfts-from-gta-online-roleplay-serversCJ WheelerWed, 30 Nov 2022 14:07:22 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rockstar-ban-crypto-and-nfts-from-gta-online-roleplay-serversShooterGrand Theft Auto VBlockbusterMMOSimulationOpen WorldBlockchainTake-Two InteractiveRockstar GamesCryptocurrencyGrand Theft Auto OnlineNFTs

Grand Theft Auto Online players are forbidden from using the game’s roleplay servers for “commercial exploitation”, according to new guidelines set out by developers Rockstar which includes selling loot boxes, virtual currencies, corporate sponsorships, and anything to do with cryptocurrencies and NFTs. Sorry, crypto bros. The ban on crypto and NFTs echoes Mojang’s statement from this summer scuppering players who wanted to incorporate the controversial technologies into Minecraft.

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GTA 5 Heists event wraps up with a $2 trillion challengehttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-5-heists-event-wraps-up-with-a-2-trillion-challengeCJ WheelerWed, 23 Nov 2022 10:49:43 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-5-heists-event-wraps-up-with-a-2-trillion-challengeSandboxBlockbusterMMOOpen WorldRockstar GamesGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto Online

GTA Online’s month-long Heists event concludes on November 30th, and Rockstar are setting the game’s community a challenge to steal a total of $2 trillion in-game over the next week. That would be double what GTA Online players managed during the last Heists Challenge two years ago, when the target was set at the much lower amount of $100 billion. Rockstar are promising a “special reward” later this year if the community hits that $2 trillion total in stolen cash. Buy out Twitter in time for Christmas, maybe?

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RPS Time Capsule: the games worth saving from 2015https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rps-time-capsule-the-games-worth-saving-from-2015Katharine CastleTue, 22 Nov 2022 11:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rps-time-capsule-the-games-worth-saving-from-2015Colossal OrderMultiplayer CompetitiveLittle PartyPlayStation Vita80 DaysCD Projekt REDXbox OneCD ProjektGrand Theft Auto VBird view / IsometricTextRhythmLife Is StrangeShooterThe RPS Time CapsuleTechlandIndieNintendo SwitchPoint and ClickFirst personXbox 360SportsPsyonix StudiosTake-Two InteractivePCStrategyWarner Bros. GamesKonamiThird personStrategy: Turn-Based StrategyBandai Namco EntertainmentDying LightKojima ProductionsPS4RacinginkleRocket LeagueRPGSingle PlayerParadox InteractiveSquare EnixToby FoxSOMAMultiplayer CooperativeAction AdventureCities: SkylinesRockstar GamesPS5Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom PainThe Witcher 3: Wild HuntFrictional GamesUndertaleSimulationXbox Series X/STri SynergyPS3FrogwaresRockstar NorthMacDONTNOD Entertainment

How time flies, eh? We were so busy putting together The RPS 100 last month (including the first ever Reader Edition), that we clean ran out of time to do another RPS Time Capsule. But fear not! Our written repository of games we've deemed worthy of saving from the eternal hell bin of the future has returned, and this time it's a good 'un. The year is 2015, folks, and cor, has there ever been a better year for video games? Of course, with only 11 slots to fill in our RPS Time Capsule, it also means we're having to say goodbye to some real gems. Come and see what's transcended to the higher plane of Capsule existence.

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Teen suspect in GTA 6 hacking case pleads not guiltyhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/teen-suspect-in-gta-6-hacking-case-pleads-not-guiltyGraham SmithTue, 27 Sep 2022 21:01:59 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/teen-suspect-in-gta-6-hacking-case-pleads-not-guiltyGrand Theft AutoBlockbusterGrand Theft Auto 6Rockstar GamesAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto V

The 17-year-old suspected of hacking Rockstar Games and leaking footage of Grand Theft Auto 6 has pled not guilty to the charge of computer misuse. He has reportedly pled guilty to breaching bail conditions however and is now being held in a youth detention centre.

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GTA5's best graphics mod is now available for free downloadhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta5s-best-graphics-mod-is-now-available-for-free-downloadGraham SmithTue, 30 Aug 2022 20:42:39 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta5s-best-graphics-mod-is-now-available-for-free-downloadShooterBlockbusterModsRockstar GamesAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto V

Most 'realistic graphics' mods make games look worse, but that's not the case with NaturalVision Evolved. The long-in-development Grand Theft Auto 5 mod is a comprehensive revamp of lighting, textures, models and much more, but it remains faithful to the art direction of the base game.

You can now download a Single Player Beta of the mod - and even if you don't plan on doing that, it's worth watching the trailer below.

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GTA Online’s Criminal Enterprises update will make you an offer you can’t refuse on July 26thhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-onlines-criminal-enterprises-update-will-make-you-an-offer-you-cant-refuse-on-july-26thCJ WheelerThu, 21 Jul 2022 15:57:44 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-onlines-criminal-enterprises-update-will-make-you-an-offer-you-cant-refuse-on-july-26thBlockbusterMMOOpen WorldRockstarRockstar GamesGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto OnlineComedy

It’s a good time to be bad. At least, that’s what GTA Online’s Criminal Enterprises update coming July 26th would have us think. Not only does the update offer some fresh opportunities to make money for all kinds of criminals, but there’s also some changes requested by the GTA Online community inbound too. Check out your options by watching the trailer below.

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GTA Online offers a lovely bicycle ride, murder asidehttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tour-de-jeux-gta-online-offers-a-lovely-bike-ride-murder-asideAlice O'ConnorMon, 18 Jul 2022 16:40:26 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tour-de-jeux-gta-online-offers-a-lovely-bike-ride-murder-asideBlockbusterTour de JeuxRockstarAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto OnlineVG247

The game I've done the most virtuacycling in is named after a whole other form of transport, but it is also a great place to ride a bike. When I'm visiting Grand Theft Auto Online for funsies, just to watch mayhem unfold, I like to do it atop a BMX. Sure, everyone in Los Santos wants to murder me, but players are a little friendlier when you're pulling sikk tricks. A little.

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GTA V and RDR2 VR modder receives DMCA takedown from Take-Two Interactivehttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-v-and-rdr2-vr-modder-receives-dmca-takedown-from-take-two-interactiveCJ WheelerThu, 07 Jul 2022 13:34:23 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-v-and-rdr2-vr-modder-receives-dmca-takedown-from-take-two-interactiveModdingOpen World2K GamesRockstarTake-Two InteractiveAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VDevil May CryRed Dead Redemption 2

A modder working to overhaul GTA V, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Mafia: Definitive Edition with VR support says he’s received an unexplained DMCA takedown notice from publisher Take-Two Interactive. Known as LukeRoss, he says the DMCA will force him to remove all content relating to games produced by Take-Two's subsidiaries such as Rockstar and 2K, including his VR mods. However, he also states the notice provides no clarification from Take-Two about how he's actually breaching their copyright.

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Now you can ride your real bike around Grand Theft Auto in multiplayerhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/now-you-can-ride-your-real-bike-around-grand-theft-auto-in-multiplayerAlice O'ConnorMon, 04 Apr 2022 16:34:25 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/now-you-can-ride-your-real-bike-around-grand-theft-auto-in-multiplayerBlockbusterModsSportsGrand Theft Auto VVG247

One of the coolest mod ideas is GTBike V, which basically lets you turn Grand Theft Auto V into Zwift, pedalling a bike in the real world to ride a virtual bike around Los Santos. Now a new version has added multiplayer, letting you trundle around the same city independently or join up for group rides. It almost makes me want to get the kit to hook my bike up.

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Does Grand Theft Auto need a story when it's the world's best sandbox?https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/does-grand-theft-auto-need-a-story-when-its-the-worlds-best-sandboxSiobhán CaseyTue, 15 Mar 2022 17:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/does-grand-theft-auto-need-a-story-when-its-the-worlds-best-sandboxSandboxBlockbusterRPGSimulationRockstar GamesGrand Theft Auto V

It’s been 45 minutes since we started our attempt to access the new co-op missions in Grand Theft Auto V and my friend is hiding behind a car while he furiously Googles a solution. He’s on the cusp of figuring out the next required step when he’s incinerated by a rocket launcher.

Every few months we hop into GTA Online with the intention of checking out some Hot New Content. Last time, we ended up running each other over with go-karts while the party leader tried to set up a mandatory LLC and email a tax return to Rockstar. We never did reach the High Octane Bank Heist.

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Work on a new Grand Theft Auto "is well underway", Rockstar sayhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/a-new-grand-theft-auto-is-well-underway-rockstar-sayAlice O'ConnorFri, 04 Feb 2022 15:44:52 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/a-new-grand-theft-auto-is-well-underway-rockstar-sayGrand Theft Auto 6Grand Theft Auto VRockstarRockstar Games

Eight years after the launch of Grand Theft Auto V, Rockstar Games have finally confirmed yes, they really are making a new GTA. For eight years they've focused on adding new content to the MMO-y GTA Online mode, which seems a licence to print money by selling in-game cash for real cash. This has made some fans ornery, wondering if they'll just keep on plugging away at GTAO forever, especially with GTAV coming to next-gen consoles this year. But no, really, Rockstar say they really have been making a new one.

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GTA Online is bringing back singleplayer star Franklin, and Dr. Drehttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-online-is-bringing-back-singleplayer-star-franklin-and-dr-dreAlice O'ConnorWed, 08 Dec 2021 17:34:14 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-online-is-bringing-back-singleplayer-star-franklin-and-dr-dreGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto OnlineRockstar

Ever since Grand Theft Auto V launched eight years ago, fans have pleaded for Rockstar to release a singleplayer expansion, and received only multiplayer additions. Well, they still haven't announced more singleplayer GTAV, but today they did announce one of the singleplayer stars will return in multiplayer. The next GTA Online update, named The Contract, will focus on campaign co-star Franklin, now running a 'fixer' agency and needs our help dealing with a big client, Dr. Dre. Yup, it's the D-R-E, and he's bringing unreleased new music with him.

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This AMD FSR mod makes GTA 5 look super sharphttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/this-mod-sharpens-up-grand-theft-auto-v-with-amds-fidelityfx-super-resolutionCraig PearsonThu, 01 Jul 2021 16:21:02 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/this-mod-sharpens-up-grand-theft-auto-v-with-amds-fidelityfx-super-resolutionGrand Theft Auto VAMDBlockbusterRockstar Games

Despite being released eight years ago, Grand Theft Auto V can still use help with performance. It’s just that sort of game. You can use the in-built upscaler (running the game at a lower resolution than your monitor's native resolution then upscaling to the correct size) to do so, but the image quality definitely suffers from it. Thankfully, a better method has appeared in the form of AMD's DLSS-alike, FidelityFx Super Resolution (or FSR). It's been ported over to GTA V by a fan, and when you compare the two side-by-side AMD’s image quality definitely wins out.

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Rockstar are launching an actual record label called CircoLoco Recordshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rockstar-are-have-helped-launch-an-actual-record-labelLauren MortonMon, 24 May 2021 18:28:07 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rockstar-are-have-helped-launch-an-actual-record-labelRockstarRockstar GamesAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto Online

What are Rockstar launching this week? No, it isn't Grand Theft Auto V on another platform. It's also not another nightclub inside of GTA Online, but that is warmer. Rockstar have actually partnered with club music event hosts CircoLoco to launch CircoLoco Records. Yes, in real life, not in GTA. The label's first compliation record, Monday Dreamin’, releases on July 9th but they've already debuted the first track off the album.

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Intel AI makes GTA 5 look photorealistic but not betterhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/intel-ai-makes-gta-5-look-photorealistic-but-not-betterGraham SmithSat, 15 May 2021 17:17:52 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/intel-ai-makes-gta-5-look-photorealistic-but-not-betterGrand Theft Auto VIntelRockstar Games

Yesterday saw the release of Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, a remaster which used AI to upscale many of the original game's textures so they look better at 4K.

That's nothing compared to what Intel are working on, however. In a video called "Enhancing Photorealism Enhancement," embedded below, Intel show Grand Theft Auto 5 after it has been run through a neural net to make the streets of Los Santos look more photorealistic. It works.

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A Steam hiccup pulled Rockstar's games, then briefly brought back Midnight Club 2https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/midnight-club-2-briefly-returned-to-sale-after-a-steam-hiccup-pulled-rockstars-gamesAlice O'ConnorTue, 20 Apr 2021 13:23:32 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/midnight-club-2-briefly-returned-to-sale-after-a-steam-hiccup-pulled-rockstars-gamesGrand Theft Auto VSteamRockstar

Yesterday afternoon, Rockstar's games suddenly weren't available to buy on Steam. Were Rockstar pulling out in a big store scloosie hullaballo? Had Ian Gun, the inventor of guns, finally sent in his lawyers to demand royalties? Naw, looks like it was one big daft mistake. It did have one bright side, though. When Grand Theft Auto and the rest returned, so did Midnight Club 2, the racing game they actually had intentionally pulled from sale in 2018, giving people a fleeting opportunity to buy it again.

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GTA Online will improve loading times, thanks to fix found by playerhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-online-to-improve-loading-times-thanks-to-fix-found-by-playerAlice O'ConnorTue, 16 Mar 2021 10:37:30 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-online-to-improve-loading-times-thanks-to-fix-found-by-playerGrand Theft Auto Vloading screensGrand Theft Auto OnlineRockstar Games

The seemingly endless loading times of GTA Online will soon become less loathsome, because Rockstar have confirmed they're implementing a fix for an issue found by a player. At the end of February, someone known as "t0st" had a good rummage in GTA's code to figure out why Online loaded so much slower than singleplayer, and came up with a solution that made it 70% faster on their PC. Well, Rockstar say they've investigated, confirmed the issue, and made some changes we'll see in a future patch. Amazing scenes.

Update: It might now be live? Surprise!

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It's cute when GTA Online players name yachts after the man they robbed to pay for ithttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/its-cute-how-gta-online-players-name-yachts-after-the-drug-lord-they-rob-to-pay-for-themAlice O'ConnorFri, 05 Mar 2021 17:44:13 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/its-cute-how-gta-online-players-name-yachts-after-the-drug-lord-they-rob-to-pay-for-themGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto Online

GTA Online has historically been a stingy game. Making money s largely a grind to afford better tools to grind more efficiently, with the dream of one day maybe actually buying something fancy just for funsies. That grind became a bit friendlier in December with the launch of the Cayo Perico Heist, a mission to rob the party island of drug lord Juan "El Rubio" Strickler. It's so lucrative that many players can now buying the game's novelty superyachts, and as thanks (or insult to injury?) to El Rubio, some name them in his honour. Not a huge thing, but always makes me smile.

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Why does GTA Online load so slowly? Someone thinks they can make it 70% fasterhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/why-does-gta-online-load-so-slowly-someone-thinks-theyve-found-an-answerAlice O'ConnorMon, 01 Mar 2021 16:39:53 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/why-does-gta-online-load-so-slowly-someone-thinks-theyve-found-an-answerGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto OnlineRockstar

While I do occasionally dabble in GTA Online, the problem keeping me from playing more isn't the endless grind for money, it's the endless wait for loading. Five minutes or longer on an SSD seems ludicrous. While many (myself included) have assumed the wait is related to its peer-to-peer lobbies, one intrepid player has been rooting around in the code and discovered it might actually be something quite different. And their tweaking supposedly managed to cut load times by 70%. I'm wary of jumping to conclusions, but god I'd kill for faster loading.

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Would you actually want a Grand Theft Auto remaster?https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/would-you-actually-want-a-grand-theft-auto-remasterGraham SmithTue, 09 Feb 2021 20:42:31 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/would-you-actually-want-a-grand-theft-auto-remasterRPS asksGrand Theft Auto IIIGrand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive EditionRockstar GamesGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto IV

During an earnings call, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick was asked, given the likelihood that many Grand Theft Auto 5 players had never played earlier games in the series, what the company's view was on possible remasters of older GTA games.

Zelnick dodged the question, and so I am bringing it to you: would you want remasters of older Grand Theft Auto games? I would not.

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Yakuza's Kiryu roasting Franklin is a GTA meme at its sweetesthttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/yakuzas-kiryu-roasting-franklin-is-a-gta-meme-at-its-sweetestAlice O'ConnorThu, 07 Jan 2021 14:45:53 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/yakuzas-kiryu-roasting-franklin-is-a-gta-meme-at-its-sweetestBlockbusterYakuza 0Rockstar GamesAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto V

The hot meme in Los Santos right now is replacing character models with folks from other games and across pop culture, giving Grand Theft Auto V cutscenes a very weird energy. Folks are focused on the scene where Lamar roasts Franklin, swapping in all sorts of characters and voices for silly effect. But in a video game full of dickheads, the one that most warms the cockles of my heart is Yakuza's Kiryu popping up to serenade Franklin with a song. Even in sweary memes, Kiryu is the goodest boy.

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GTA Online welcomes us to a new island for a new heisthttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-online-welcomes-us-to-a-new-island-for-a-new-heistAlice O'ConnorTue, 15 Dec 2020 18:09:30 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-online-welcomes-us-to-a-new-island-for-a-new-heistBlockbusterMMORockstarAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto Online

A whole new Caribbean island has arrived in GTA Online with the launch of The Cayo Perico Heist today, inviting us to completely rinse the drug lord El Rubio. Yes, sadly, his party island is only for the heist, not a place we can visit any time. It's an intriguing heist though, and one we can actually complete solo for once. And we get our own submarine. Also, Dr Dre pops up for like 30 seconds.

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GTA Online shows off more of party island Cayo Perico heisthttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-online-shows-off-more-of-party-island-cayo-perico-heistLauren MortonWed, 09 Dec 2020 16:30:36 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-online-shows-off-more-of-party-island-cayo-perico-heistAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto OnlineRockstar Games

Grand Theft Auto Online players are in store for another heist next week that'll take you off to a warm island crimecation. Rockstar have revealed more about the Cayo Perico heist in a new trailer proving that this island does indeed conform to the one true purpose for privately-owned islands: hosting absolute ragers for dudes with more money than sense. You'll be captaining a new submarine to launch your heist from when it arrives next week.

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GTA 5's next heist is a solo-able caper on a drug lord's private islandhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-5s-next-heist-is-a-solo-able-caper-on-a-drug-lords-private-islandLauren MortonFri, 20 Nov 2020 19:47:11 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-5s-next-heist-is-a-solo-able-caper-on-a-drug-lords-private-islandAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto OnlineRockstar Games

Rockstar have finally tipped their hand on the big, new heist they have planned for GTA Online, which they've previously said would take you crime lot to a whole new location. No, it's not Vice City, but you will be leaving Los Santos. The Cayo Perico Heist will send you off to a drug lord's private island and you can even fly solo if you like.

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GTA Online is giving players $1,000,000 free (in fake money)https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-online-is-giving-players-1000000-free-in-fake-moneyAlice O'ConnorFri, 13 Nov 2020 16:19:14 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-online-is-giving-players-1000000-free-in-fake-moneyGrand Theft Auto VBlockbusterGrand Theft Auto OnlineRockstar

It's great fun to pootle around GTA Online, taking in the sights and doing casual crimes. It's less fun to grind the millions of virtuabucks you need for cool crimetoys and hot crimefashion, especially when Rockstar also sell the in-game cash for real money and it can sure feel like they're pushing you to buy. But, good news: this week they're offering a chance to get one million in-game dollars for free, just by logging in. It's worth doing even if you're not currently playing, what with the "biggest ever update" promised later this year.

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Take-Two boss thinks they charge "much less" than their games are worthhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/take-two-boss-thinks-they-charge-much-less-than-their-games-are-worthImogen BeckhellingFri, 06 Nov 2020 16:57:09 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/take-two-boss-thinks-they-charge-much-less-than-their-games-are-worthBlockbusterPrivate Division2K GamesRockstarBusinessTake-Two InteractiveGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto Online

2K's Borderlands 3 still costs £50. Rockstar's seven year-old GTA V costs £25. Just some food for thought. Anyways, Take-Two Interactive, the mega corporation who own the likes of 2K and Rockstar, think they're charging players a lot less than their games are worth.

"We deliver the highest quality experiences in the business, and we charge much less for them than we believe they're worth to consumers," CEO Strauss Zelnick said in Take-Two's earnings call yesterday.

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Rockstar have indeed turned Ruffian Games into Rockstar Dundeehttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rockstar-have-indeed-turned-ruffian-games-into-rockstar-dundeeLauren MortonWed, 14 Oct 2020 17:42:31 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rockstar-have-indeed-turned-ruffian-games-into-rockstar-dundeeGrand Theft AutoRuffian GamesGrand Theft Auto 6Rockstar DundeeRockstarTake-Two InteractiveAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VRed Dead Redemption 2

Rockstar have announced today that, as was previously rumored, they have indeed acquired Ruffian Games, makers of Crackdown 2 and helping hands on Halo: The Master Chief Collection. Ruffian is getting less ruff, adopting the new corporate family name Rockstar Dundee. Both say they look forward to working together on future projects, though they've not said yet just what those will be.

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Rockstar have reportedly grabbed Ruffian Games, making them Rockstar Dundeehttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rockstar-have-reportedly-grabbed-ruffian-games-making-them-rockstar-dundeeAlice O'ConnorTue, 13 Oct 2020 10:57:26 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rockstar-have-reportedly-grabbed-ruffian-games-making-them-rockstar-dundeeGrand Theft AutoBlockbusterRuffian GamesRockstar DundeeRockstarTake-Two InteractiveGrand Theft Auto VRed Dead Redemption 2

It seems that Rockstar Games, the makers of Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption, have snapped up Ruffian Games. The Dundee studio are known for making Crackdown 2, and most recently helped out with Halo: The Master Chief Collection. While neither Rockstar nor Ruffian have announced anything publicly, records filed with Companies House say that Rockstar parent company Take-Two Interactive now own at least a majority stake in Ruffian. Apparently they're now renamed to Rockstar Dundee, and I'm disappointed they didn't give a nod to Rockstar North's office down south in Edinburgh by taking the name Rockstar Norther.

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Everything you need to know about VR before you starthttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-vr-before-you-startCraig PearsonWed, 26 Aug 2020 16:00:16 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-vr-before-you-startShooterFeatureShadow of the Tomb RaiderRocket LeagueBLARP!Beat SaberVRLOW-FItheBluSUPERHOT VRAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VElite DangerousHalf-Life: Alyx

Ever since I squeezed my face into David Braben's Rift hole (humblebrag), I've been a VR convert. I've moved house three times since then, and each time I've managed to tether up some sort of VR system, from the pokiest of rooms to my reasonably spacious home office. That last one is not a humblebrag, as I'm far too humble to do two in one paragraph. It's just a brag.

I've been using VR for a long time, so I thought I'd ask myself what people might be worried about before committing to it themselves. What about those awkward tangibles, like wires, space, and PC power? Or troublesome intangibles, like what you look like when you watch a John Travolta movie in VR.

Here's what I've learned in the past eight years.

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Fly a plane in Grand Theft Auto by holding your arms out like wings with these Kinect controlshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/fly-a-plane-in-grand-theft-auto-by-holding-your-arms-out-like-wings-with-these-kinect-controlsAlice O'ConnorWed, 12 Aug 2020 10:52:35 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/fly-a-plane-in-grand-theft-auto-by-holding-your-arms-out-like-wings-with-these-kinect-controlsBlockbusterControllersRockstarGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto OnlineKinect

I don't know what's more surprising: that someone has set up a Kinect to control aeroplanes in Grand Theft Auto V by holding his arms out like a kid pretending to be a plane on the playground, or that he didn't make speed controlled by how loudly he shouted "Nyoom!" This is the latest work of Eric "Insert Controller Here" Heckman, a YouTuber known for his weird custom controllers (including one to ragequit by pouring literal salt). Now he's here T-posing, pretending to be a plane through Microsoft's motion sensor. And yes, absolutely he's planning to do this for Microsoft Flight Simulator too.

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GTA Online adds races, cars, and more in the Los Santos Summer Specialhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-online-launches-the-los-santos-summer-specialAlice O'ConnorTue, 11 Aug 2020 12:37:11 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-online-launches-the-los-santos-summer-specialGrand Theft Auto VBlockbusterGrand Theft Auto OnlineRockstar

With the "biggest update ever" for GTA Online still promised for later this year, Rockstar today released a smaller content update to tide crimers over. The 'Los Santos Summer Special' update, now live, adds news bits and pieces across existing modes and activities rather than something entirely new. That still includes new cars, new F1 race tracks, new PvP maps set inside the Diamond Casino, and more. Some handy quality-of-life changes too, like the Casino's Lucky Wheel saying when you can next spin again.

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GTA Online promises "biggest ever update" with heist in "entirely new location"https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-online-promises-biggest-ever-update-with-heist-in-entirely-new-locationAlice O'ConnorFri, 24 Jul 2020 15:18:01 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-online-promises-biggest-ever-update-with-heist-in-entirely-new-locationBlockbusterRockstarAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto Online

Rockstar have opened up a little about future plans for GTA Online, saying that later this year they will launch its "biggest ever update" including "our latest take on Heists in an entirely new location." That's mega-vague but potentially quite exciting. You could read a lot into that, dreaming that they'll be adding Liberty City. Or you could guess it'll be, like, adding a new bank to Los Santos. I'll wait before getting too excited but I am glad to hear Rockstar have big plans ahead.

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The 10 best cars in videogameshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-10-best-cars-in-videogamesBrendan CaldwellFri, 10 Jul 2020 16:00:06 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-10-best-cars-in-videogamesShooterFeatureJalopyRacingRocket LeagueSatisfactoryFar Cry 4IndieBatman: Arkham KnightSimulationHalo: Combat EvolvedBurnout ParadiseMy Summer CarOne Off The ListSportsAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VMad Max

From an early age, humans know that if they want to be taken seriously, they must learn how to deliver a convincing car noise. Vrrrrummm, they might say. Or perhaps: brrrrrr-bp-brrr. These are the nascent efforts of the budding speed freak, and they must be respected. But once again the realm of videogames encroaches upon the germinal life of the human with pitiless velocity. Car games put a stop to make-believe noise, and introduce fully realised cars on a screen, ready for the racing, shiny bonnets and vrrrrummm noises included. Thus, the imagination dies, and these, the 10 best cars in PC games, are born. Beep beep.

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GTA Online content updates will continue into the next console generationhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-online-content-updates-will-continue-into-the-next-console-generationAlice O'ConnorFri, 12 Jun 2020 11:49:43 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-online-content-updates-will-continue-into-the-next-console-generationBlockbusterE3 2020RockstarAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto Online

Sony opening their big E3 pressblast last night with the news that Grand Theft Auto V is coming to PlayStation 5 was perhaps a damp squib for them but good news for us on PC. With the game now confirmed for next-gen consoles, Rockstar have committed to continuing content updates for them - and PC. They're also making a standalone version of GTA Online, though it's not yet confirmed for PC. As for the new crimes we might get up to in future updates, ah, Rockstar aren't saying yet.

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The 10 sunniest getaways in PC gameshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-10-sunniest-getaways-in-pc-gamesBrendan CaldwellFri, 05 Jun 2020 08:00:35 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-10-sunniest-getaways-in-pc-gamesMetro ExodusGrand Theft Auto VTropico 6Elite DangerousShooterThe Sims 4 Island LivingIndieVacation SimulatorOne Off The ListStrategyFeatureBlockbusterDying LightHitmanRacingRPGSubnauticaAction AdventureSimulationMy Summer Car

Wow. Look at that summer sun slapping the face of the planet, like a big 12-hour camera flash. So hot, so clear-skied. A blessed day of walks in the park, trips to the beach, picnics by the litter bins. What a glorious day for wasps it is out there. Let’s all go to the...

Oh right. Forget I said anything. Go back inside, lock the doors, and consider some of these perfect virtual holiday destinations. Please, trust us with your fake vacation. After all, what is a games journalist but a sort of really dodgy travel agent?

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Ride your GTA bike by pedalling your real bike with this modhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ride-your-gta-bike-by-pedalling-your-real-bike-with-this-modAlice O'ConnorWed, 27 May 2020 15:09:16 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ride-your-gta-bike-by-pedalling-your-real-bike-with-this-modGrand Theft Auto VBlockbusterMods

Oh sure you've played Dark Souls with your Donkey Konga bongos and Untitled Goose Game with a goose costume, but this new weird controller mod could give you a serious workout. Someone has modded Grand Theft Auto V so you can ride its bicycles by pedalling your actual real bicycle, using one of those smart bike trainer kits with sensors. It's a bit like virtual races in Zwift except you'll race round fake Los Angeles instead of generic Yorkshire, plus you might get hit by a car.

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GTA Online crashed so Epically this weekend that someone built a robot to retry connectinghttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-online-pc-servers-crashedAlice O'ConnorMon, 18 May 2020 10:06:30 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-online-pc-servers-crashedBlockbusterEpic Games StoreRockstarGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto Online

Rockstar have finally managed to get GTA Online back up, after a weekend where the game was basically unplayable due to overwhelming numbers of new players. The Epic Games Store is giving GTA V away free at the moment, see. So many people came to claim it that Epic's own servers collapsed during at the start the giveaway, so I guess it's only fair that Epic players crash Rockstar's servers in return. Having spent some time sat staring at error messages hitting retry myself, I admire the ingenuity of the person who built a wee robot to keep hitting the spacebar for them.

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Epic Games Store started a sale with free Grand Theft Auto V, and immediately fell overhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/epic-game-store-started-a-sale-with-free-grand-theft-auto-v-and-immediately-fell-overAlice O'ConnorThu, 14 May 2020 15:54:56 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/epic-game-store-started-a-sale-with-free-grand-theft-auto-v-and-immediately-fell-overEpic Games StorePC Gaming DealsGrand Theft Auto VBlockbuster

As expected, the Epic Games Store is giving away Grand Theft Auto V for free this week. Unexpectedly, this attention-grabbing act was to kick off another Mega Sale with some big discounts and more coupons. And perhaps predictably, the offer of free GTA apparently raised enough interest for Epic's Store and client to fall flat on their cyberfaces. The sale does sound well worth a look once the Store does stand up, with discounts including 50% off Control, 35% off The Outer Worlds, and 40% off Red Dead Redemption 2.

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Looks like Grand Theft Auto 5 will be free on the Epic Games Store todayhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/looks-like-grand-theft-auto-5-will-be-free-on-the-epic-games-store-todayAlice O'ConnorThu, 14 May 2020 12:13:39 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/looks-like-grand-theft-auto-5-will-be-free-on-the-epic-games-store-todayBlockbusterEpic Games StoreFree gamesRockstarGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto Online

Keep your eye on the Epic Games Store today: the next free game they're giving away is almost certainly Grand Theft Auto V. That's a real solid get for free. Epic have been playing it coy, teasing a mystery game instead of announcing the next one as they usually do, then they seemingly blew the surprise by tweeting the announcement early. Welp. The freebie should be with us in only a few hours.

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GTA 5 cheats: all console commandshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-5-cheats-all-console-commandsDave IrwinThu, 14 May 2020 11:26:55 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-5-cheats-all-console-commandsShooterRockstar NorthRockstar GamesAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VFeaturedGuides

Did you get Grand Theft Auto 5 for free on the Epic Game Store? If you're just looking to mess around in the world of Los Santos, there are plenty of cheats that can be used in the singleplayer part of the game. You can do a whole host of different things, such as spawning cars from the ether, to enabling "super jump" to leap over buildings.

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GTA Online alien suits are free this week, fuelling the green vs. purple warshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-online-alien-suits-are-free-this-week-fuelling-the-green-vs-purple-warsAlice O'ConnorThu, 07 May 2020 12:32:13 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-online-alien-suits-are-free-this-week-fuelling-the-green-vs-purple-warsBlockbusterRockstarAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto Online

Inviting chaos into GTA Online, Rockstar today started giving away free green and purple alien bodysuits. Over the past few weeks, Los Santos has been invaded by violent aliens. First, gangs of players dressed as green aliens were jumping unsuspecting people with baseball bats and pool cues. Then, gangs of purple aliens started fighting the green aliens in sprawling street brawls. But the invasion was somewhat contained because suits are not cheap. Now anyone can be an alien at no cost - and pool cues are free too. Watch your back.

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GTA Online is giving players free cash - enough to buy an alien suithttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-online-free-cash-this-monthAlice O'ConnorFri, 01 May 2020 16:41:34 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-online-free-cash-this-monthGrand Theft Auto VBlockbusterGrand Theft Auto OnlineRockstar

Play GTA Online any time during May and Rockstar will wang you $500,000 of in-game cash within a few days. While that's not a huge amount of money on the scale of things, but it's a decent chunk for doing nothing. It won't buy you a new business or a top-end car but could help you save up. Or... you could use that free cash to buy an expensive alien bodysuit and join the delightfully daft alien beatdown gangs and green alien vs. purple alien wars that are raging across Los Santos this week.

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Now purple aliens are fighting GTA Online's green alien beatdown gangshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/now-purple-aliens-are-fighting-gta-onlines-green-alien-beatdown-gangsAlice O'ConnorThu, 30 Apr 2020 15:37:54 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/now-purple-aliens-are-fighting-gta-onlines-green-alien-beatdown-gangsBlockbusterRockstarAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto Online

The hottest craze amongst GTA Online players is donning a green alien suit, picking up a baseball bat, and riding around with their alien friends in a van looking for people to beat up. In a game where death usually comes from some walloper on a hoverbike raining missiles, it's delightfully silly. But aliens could never hold the streets of Los Santos forever. While attempts to fight them as Men In Black (in black suit with the black Ray-Bans on) haven't really caught on, a surprising credible opposition has emerged: other aliens. Purple alien gangs have arrived, and they have come to rumble. I dropped into an alien street war myself today.

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GTA Online's latest craze is alien gangs in vans delivering surprise beatingshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-onlines-latest-craze-is-alien-gangs-in-vans-delivering-surprise-beatingsAlice O'ConnorMon, 27 Apr 2020 10:32:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-onlines-latest-craze-is-alien-gangs-in-vans-delivering-surprise-beatingsBlockbusterRockstarAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto Online

Aliens are terrorising the streets of Los Santos, bursting out of vans to beat players to death with baseball bats, pool cues, and their little green fists then fleeing the scene. This isn't a new GTA Online expansion, it's the hot new craze amongst players. Over the past fortnight, as videos of alien van gangs have spread online, more and more players have bought the silly green alien suit and joined up with other pranksters for old-fashioned beatdowns. I've not yet encountered the visitors myself but am enjoying watching everyone's close encounters.

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Turn into animals in GTA Online by taking peyote this weekhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/turn-into-animals-in-gta-online-by-taking-peyote-this-weekAlice O'ConnorWed, 08 Apr 2020 21:14:15 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/turn-into-animals-in-gta-online-by-taking-peyote-this-weekBlockbusterIndieRockstarGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto Online

I've found myself oddly envious of pigeons lately, watching them strut around without a care, and I feel fully vindicated after becoming a pigeon myself in GTA Online. For funsies, Rockstar have re-enabled the peyote plants which let players transform into random animals, from dogs and deer to pigs and pigeons. My favourite so far is becoming a cougar, burly enough to bowl pedestrians over without even attacking, though the stingray had a nice 'nature documentary' vibe rippling around beneath the waves.

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The most satisfying physics in PC gameshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-most-satisfying-physics-in-pc-gamesBrendan CaldwellFri, 27 Mar 2020 21:00:35 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-most-satisfying-physics-in-pc-gamesPartycrayon-physics-deluxePuzzleGrand Theft Auto VShooterIndieOne Off The ListSportsHuman Fall Flat 2SessionFeatureJust Cause 4Action AdventureHalf-Life: AlyxBesiegeKerbal Space ProgramLine RiderSimulationPlatformerTotally Accurate Battle SimulatorPortal

An obscenely rich teenager throws his VR controller across the room in a fit of blind panic while playing Half-Life: Alyx. It leaves the window of his bedroom at 5m/s. It falls 10m vertically and hits his neighbour’s greenhouse, smashing the glass. How many metres did the controller travel horizontally before coming to a stop in the tomatoes? Use a kinematic formula to determine your answer and show your wor--

UGH, physics. Here are 10 games where physics is not boring, but good.

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Watch out: GTA Online's most reviled griefmobile is cheap this weekhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/watch-out-gta-onlines-most-reviled-griefmobile-is-cheap-this-weekAlice O'ConnorFri, 13 Mar 2020 13:17:13 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/watch-out-gta-onlines-most-reviled-griefmobile-is-cheap-this-weekGrand Theft Auto VBlockbusterGrand Theft Auto OnlineRockstar

On the highways and flyways of GTA Online, no vehicle more clearly flags a player as a potential dickhead than the Oppressor Mk II. This jet-powered hoverbike can whizz round streets, fly high over the city, and rain homing missiles, making it a top pick for the sort of wrong'un who wants to grief everyone. Bad news, gang: the Oppressor Mk II has a 30% discount this week, meaning we'll be seeing more of them over Los Santos. Brace yourself.

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GTA Online has added Formula One races, and it's a bloodbathhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-online-has-added-formula-one-races-and-its-a-bloodbathAlice O'ConnorThu, 27 Feb 2020 18:14:02 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-online-has-added-formula-one-races-and-its-a-bloodbathGrand Theft Auto VRacingGrand Theft Auto OnlineRockstar

A legally-distinct series of races which are definitely not Formula One featuring no official F1 vehicles arrived in GTA Online, and it's as messy as you'd expect from an open-world murder simulator. Up to 16 murderers can compete in the new Open Wheel Races, whipping around at tight tracks at 120mph while fighting their honed instincts which scream to ram and kill everyone. At least, that's what I imagine other players are experiencing when I see six cars pile up at the first corner. While you can buy an F1 car for keepsies, the races will provide one so all are welcome. Ish. Welcome-ish. Unless you get in my way.

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In GTA Online, F1 cars really can drive upside-downhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/in-gta-online-f1-cars-really-can-drive-upside-downAlice O'ConnorMon, 24 Feb 2020 16:56:42 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/in-gta-online-f1-cars-really-can-drive-upside-downGrand Theft Auto VRacingGrand Theft Auto Online

It's said that the aerodynamic design of Formula One cars generates so much downforce that you could, theoretically, drive one upside-down. In reality, nobody seems willing to risk vehicle and vertebrae to attempt this stunt. But in GTA Online, we're mere bytes so of course driving on the ceiling (oh what a feeling!) was one of the first things people tried when the first F1 car arrived last week. It is possible, and it's great fun. I won one myself and frankly am now more interested in F1 stunting than the F1 races launching this week. Come see.

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GTA Online's Formula 1 racing will start next weekhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-onlines-formula-1-racing-will-arrive-next-weekAlice O'ConnorThu, 20 Feb 2020 18:12:07 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-onlines-formula-1-racing-will-arrive-next-weekRacingBlockbusterRockstarGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto Online

A series of Formula 1-y races are coming to GTA Online on February 27th, Rockstar announced today. I say 'Formula 1' because that's the one I know, but I suppose the upcoming Open Wheel Race Series could be inspired by F2, or IndyCar, or... look, it's those weird cars shaped like fighter jets, okay. While those races don't start until next Thursday, crimepeople do have the opportunity to win one of its new cars now. The Progen PR4 is the grand prize on the Diamond Casino's free-to-spin prize wheel this week, see, and that's the only official way to get it before the launch.

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After years of driving wacky novelties in GTA Online, I finally bought a good car and realised I've been a huge foolhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/after-years-of-driving-wacky-novelties-in-gta-online-i-finally-bought-a-good-car-and-realised-ive-been-a-huge-foolAlice O'ConnorFri, 14 Feb 2020 16:16:55 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/after-years-of-driving-wacky-novelties-in-gta-online-i-finally-bought-a-good-car-and-realised-ive-been-a-huge-foolGrand Theft Auto VBlockbusterGrand Theft Auto OnlineRockstar

This week in GTA Online, the shiny Dewbauchee Vagner supercar has a tidy 35% discount. I've heard it's a good car and, being flush with cash from the recent giveaways, I thought I'd treat myself to one. Oh! Yes, that's a good car. That's a really good car. That's great. I've never driven a good car before. If I'd known GTA Online's expensive cars were actually great, not just flashy, I wouldn't have spent literal years of ill-gotten gains on novelty cars and wacky trash. I have amassed sensible family cars, crapmobiles, and racing hearses when I could have been travelling with style, speed, and luxury. And yet, I am still proud of my garage of garbage and wish to show you what I've been suffering through.

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The 25 best action games on PChttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-action-gamesKatharine CastleFri, 07 Feb 2020 15:01:41 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-action-gamesBinary DomainMultiplayer CompetitivePuzzleHack & SlashMotion TwinSegaSEGA CorporationNintendo SwitchActivisionBestest BestsTake-Two InteractivePCRed Dead Redemption 2Single PlayerApe OutDevolver DigitalVirgin GamesMultiplayer CooperativeSide viewDevil May Cry 5NieR: AutomataSimulationXbox Series X/SCapcomFightingMaddy ThorsonHyper Light Drifter505 GamesFromSoftwarePlayStation VitaHeart MachineXboxDC EntertainmentBayonettaNintendo GameCubeGrand Theft Auto VBird view / IsometricKatana ZEROResident Evil 2Assassin's Creed OdysseyAndroidStrategyFeatureBlockbusterRPGControlRockstar ViennaAction AdventureMax Payne 2: The Fall Of Max PaynePS1Dead CellsVanquishRockstar NorthArcadeRocksteady StudiosSekiro: Shadows Die TwiceMonster Hunter: WorldCastlevania: Lords Of ShadowRemedy EntertainmentSupergiant GamesHadesFirst personXbox 360KonamiHarmonixYakuza 0Square EnixPS5Dennaton GamesPlatformerSEGA EuropeNex EntertainmentRemedyAbstraction GamesShadow of the Tomb RaiderXbox OneCrystal DynamicsNuclear ThroneExtremely OK GamesShooterTowerFall AscensionIndieWarner Bros. GamesThird personBatman: Arkham CityEidos-MontrealHotline MiamiMercury Steam EntertainmentRockstar GamesPS2Nintendo Wii UNintendoVlambeerPS3PlatinumGamesRoguelikeMacPS4

Everyone loves a good action game. It's the driving force behind so many of our favourite PC games, but only a few can lay claim to being the best action games of all time. That's why we've compiled this list - to sort the pulled punches from the bestest biffs that PC has to offer. Whether it's the joy of pulling off a perfect combo, riding the wave of an explosive set-piece or the hair-raising thrill of dodging enemy attacks in slow-motion that gets you going, there's an action game here for you.

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Rockstar co-founder and head writer Dan Houser is leavinghttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rockstar-co-founder-and-head-writer-dan-houser-is-leavingAlice O'ConnorWed, 05 Feb 2020 13:10:01 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rockstar-co-founder-and-head-writer-dan-houser-is-leavingGrand Theft AutoBlockbusterGrand Theft Auto IIIMax Payne 3Red Dead RedemptionGrand Theft Auto: Vice CityRockstarBusinessTake-Two InteractiveGrand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty CityGrand Theft Auto: San AndreasGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto IVBully: Scholarship EditionRed Dead Redemption 2

After 21 years as a Rockstar Games big cheese, Dan Houser will leave the company in March. He's co-written almost every Rockstar game since 1999, including Grand Theft Auto from London through to V, Bully, Max Payne 3, and the Red Dead Redemptions. That's made him a big influence on the tone of Rockstar's games. I wonder how that might change once he's moved on. Where he's going and what he'll do next, we don't know. He can probably afford to eat pizza while watching Heat on loop the rest of his life, to be honest.

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GTA Online and Red Dead Online are giving away free cash and gunshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-online-and-red-dead-online-are-giving-away-free-cash-and-gunsAlice O'ConnorTue, 28 Jan 2020 17:26:29 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-online-and-red-dead-online-are-giving-away-free-cash-and-gunsRed Dead OnlineBlockbusterRockstarGrand Theft Auto OnlineGrand Theft Auto Vbig numbersRed Dead Redemption 2

Across the next fortnight, GTA Online players can claim $2,000,000 of crimecash for free just for logging in, while Red Dead Online players can scoop a free Bounty Hunter license as well as some free guns and ammo. Rockstar announced the freebies today while crowing about "another record-breaking holiday season" for both multiplayer modes, spaffing all sorts of claims against the digiwall. For example: December 2019 was GTA Online's "largest month ever in terms of player numbers," which is pretty impressive considering how old it is. But mostly I'm here for the free stuff.

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The 25 best co-op games on PChttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-co-op-gamesAlice BellFri, 24 Jan 2020 11:05:36 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-co-op-gamesMultiplayer CompetitivePartyBohemia Interactive Simulations s.r.o.PuzzleTurtle Rock StudiosHack & SlashFatshark GamesMMORPGKeep Talking and Nobody ExplodesNintendo SwitchXbox Game StudiosBestest BestsTake-Two InteractivePCEA PartnersRacingCard GamesSingle PlayerUbisoftMultiplayer CooperativeSide viewTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's RevengeSandboxChucklefish GamesSimulationXbox Series X/S2K GamesGearbox SoftwareFightingNamco BandaiSpelunkyFromSoftwarePlayStation VitaTom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2Grand Theft Auto VBird view / IsometricVirtual RealityDiablo IIIStory RichAndroidMultiVersusStrategyLife SimulationBandai Namco EntertainmentBlockbusterKinetic GamesRPGBlitWorksBlizzard EntertainmentAction AdventureCoffee Stain StudiosValve CorporationValveNamco Bandai PartnersRockstar NorthArcadeRocksteady StudiosBorderlands 3MojangDark SoulsStealthValve SoftwareGears 5Ubisoft MontrealFirst personXbox 360Player First GamesBohemia InteractiveCoffee Stain PublishingSquare EnixStunlock StudiosPS5ValheimMicrosoft StudiosV RisingPlatformerMossmouthPortal 2PhasmophobiaXbox OneShooterElectronic ArtsIndieDivinity: Original Sin 2ConcernedApeLarian StudiosWarner Bros. GamesHazelight StudiosMinecraftThird personDotEmuStrategy: Turn-Based StrategyAuditoryiOSStardew ValleyRockstar GamesTribute Games Inc.Warhammer: Vermintide 2PS3Left 4 Dead 2MacArma 3PS4It Takes Two

Playing games with other people is one of the beloved traditions of liking video games at all, and if you're the friendly type like us at RPS, then you'll enjoy games where you work with others, rather than against them. That's why we've put together our list of the best co-op games on PC for you to find common ground with your besties. Whether you want to shoot monsters together, shoot robots together, or get a divorcing couple to work together as they run around their own home as tiny doll versions of themselves, then you can find something to enjoy on this list of co-op games.

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Bike about Vice City in GTA V with this modhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/bike-about-vice-city-in-gta-v-with-this-modMatt CoxMon, 06 Jan 2020 11:41:49 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/bike-about-vice-city-in-gta-v-with-this-modModsGrand Theft Auto: Vice CityRockstarAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto V

There's always a man, a lighthouse, and a city. Sometimes, those cities are sucked from 2002 and splatted into modern videogames, like the Vice Cry: Remastered mod that takes the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City map and plops it into Grand Theft Auto V. Bet Ayn Rand didn't see that one coming.

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Rockstar let it snow, let it snow, let it snow in GTA Online and Red Dead Onlinehttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rockstar-let-it-snow-let-it-snow-let-it-snow-in-gta-online-and-red-dead-onlineAlice O'ConnorFri, 20 Dec 2019 11:05:22 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rockstar-let-it-snow-let-it-snow-let-it-snow-in-gta-online-and-red-dead-onlineRed Dead OnlineBlockbusterChristmasRockstarGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto Online

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the Online modes of Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2. Rockstar started the Christmas events yesterday, dressing the sandbox worlds in Christmas finery, placing presents under our trees, and firing up the snow machines. I have already won a GTA Online snowball fight to the death while dressed in my Christmas warms so my season is looking very merry indeed.

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Grand Theft Auto V has added a casino heist and a new radio stationhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/grand-theft-auto-v-has-added-a-casino-heist-and-a-new-radio-stationCraig PearsonThu, 12 Dec 2019 17:33:29 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/grand-theft-auto-v-has-added-a-casino-heist-and-a-new-radio-stationBlockbusterRockstarAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto Online

The writing was on the wall when the Diamond Casino & Resort opened in GTA Online in July. A casino in a city of thieves was always going to be a target, and Rockstar have just crafted a new heist for players to rob the place. From today, you can take part in the Diamond Casino Heist, which Rockstar are claiming is their "biggest, most audacious, most complex criminal operation ever."

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The greatest PC games of the 2010shttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-best-games-of-the-decade-on-pcRPSFri, 06 Dec 2019 16:16:13 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-best-games-of-the-decade-on-pcRising Star GamesMultiplayer CompetitiveVirtuosPuzzleCD ProjektObsidian EntertainmentHack & SlashSegaMMORPGStar Traders: FrontiersKlei EntertainmentBiowareVisual Novel & DatingHumble BundleDaybreak Game CompanyActivisionNintendo SwitchPoint and ClickBestest BestsTake-Two InteractivePanic ButtonDeadly PremonitionEA PartnersPCCard GamesSingle PlayerApe OutAspyrDevolver DigitalToby FoxMultiplayer CooperativeNidhoggSide viewSimulationXbox Series X/S2K GamesBernbandSid Meier's Civilization VTri SynergyActivision BlizzardFightingFeral InteractiveSlay the SpireNamco BandaiSpelunkyid SoftwareFromSoftwarePlayStation VitaFactorioAnnapurna InteractiveGrand Theft Auto VBird view / IsometricTextStory RichDota 2Bethesda SoftworksFTL: Faster Than LightAndroidCosmo D StudiosStrategyInto the BreachUntitled Goose GameFeatureBandai Namco EntertainmentBlockbusterKojima ProductionsRPGDishonored 2BlitWorksRimWorldBlizzard EntertainmentMarvelous Entertainment Inc.Action AdventureCities: SkylinesFiraxis GamesArkane StudiosUndertaleMesshofGiant SparrowHidden Path EntertainmentValve CorporationOverwatchFrogwaresLucas PopeNamco Bandai PartnersRockstar NorthArcadeInvisible Inc.MOBAValveFootball Manager Touch 2019Colossal Order80 DaysDark SoulsDevil DaggersFallout: New VegasValve SoftwareApex LegendsQLOCWube SoftwareAtariAppleMastertronicFirst personHitman 2Xbox 360KonamiHarmonixMicrosoftIO InteractiveStrategy: Real-Time StrategyYakuza 0Square EnixSony Online EntertainmentPS5Dennaton GamesCrusader Kings IIPlatformerMobius DigitalMossmouthNEO ScavengerRespawn EntertainmentAbstraction GamesWith Those We Love AlivePortal 2Counter-Strike: Global OffensiveAccess GamesElizaHumble GamesCD Projekt REDHouse HouseNintendo GBABethesda Game StudiosXbox OneSports InteractiveDark Souls: RemasteredShooterParadox Development StudioMass Effect 2Electronic ArtsPlanetSide 2Outer WildsIndieDivinity: Original Sin 22:22AMSportsLarian StudiosCataclysm: Dark Days AheadWarner Bros. GamesSecret HabitatThird personStrategy: Turn-Based StrategyThe Norwood SuiteWhat Remains of Edith FinchDoominkleThe Elder Scrolls V: SkyrimParadox InteractiveiOSHotline MiamiPapers PleaseRockstar GamesWarner Bros.SorathMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom PainXCOM: Enemy UnknownThe Witcher 3: Wild HuntReturn of the Obra DinnPS3MacPS4

It's been an eventful decade for PC games, and it would be hard for you to summarise everything that's happened in the medium across the past ten years. Hard for you, but a day's work for us. Below you'll find our picks for the 50 greatest games released on PC across the past decade.

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The 7 most needless minigameshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-7-most-needless-minigamesBrendan CaldwellFri, 22 Nov 2019 09:00:08 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-7-most-needless-minigamesFeatureStory RichMass Effect 2PreyRPGShenmue IIIShenmue I & IIYakuza 0BioShockMortal Kombat 11One Off The ListAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VBully: Scholarship EditionRed Dead Redemption 2

Minigames are the coffee Revel of videogames. They are harmless, infrequent and unpleasant to think about. We accept their presence, yet no one has ever eaten a pack of Revels and wished for more coffee nuggets. Nobody completed Final Fantasy X and thought: “Needs more Blitzball”. That minigames exist as a mild distraction inside the glowing guts of other games is itself ridiculous. Imagine you were on a golf course, and hole 12 turned out to be its own 8-hole pitch ‘n’ putt. “This is stupid,” you’d think, and then you would play pitch ‘n’ putt for the rest of the day in a mindless stupor.

Here are the 7 most gratuitous minigames - but do they all deserve to be here?

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Steam Charts: Put Out Of Its Misery Editionhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-put-out-of-its-misery-editionJohn WalkerMon, 18 Nov 2019 10:27:22 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-put-out-of-its-misery-editionFeatureBlockbusterHalo: The Master Chief CollectionStar Wars Jedi: Fallen OrderPlanet ZooSteamAge of Empires II: Definitive EditionGrand Theft Auto VFootball Manager 2020Halo: Reach

This is, really and truly, the last ever Steam Charts.

Which, I realise, is something I've said before. More than once. But this time it's really true!

Erk, I'm not really sure how to convince anyone of this. I'm the boy who cried last ever Steam Charts.

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Inside the free GTAV mod giving Los Santos a realistic glow-uphttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/inside-the-free-gtav-mod-giving-los-santos-a-realistic-glow-upBen GriffinMon, 11 Nov 2019 17:00:08 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/inside-the-free-gtav-mod-giving-los-santos-a-realistic-glow-upFeatureBlockbusterModdingRockstar GamesAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VInterview

The next phase of Grand Theft Auto V’s PC glow-up is coming, like a beautiful high schooler in a teen movie taking their glasses off to reveal they were even more beautiful all along. Scheduled to launch in December via GTAV-mods.com, a massive update to the astounding (and free) NaturalVision mod will overhaul the game’s already age-defying looks. We’re talking a remodelled sky, reworked shadows, enhanced textures, transformed lighting (both interior and exterior), and realistic window reflections, amongst plenty of other juicy additions.

So who makes this mod, and where do they get off releasing it for free? To find out, I spoke with NaturalVision creator Razed, real name Jamal Rashid. The 28-year-old Miami native has been working on NaturalVision’s latest update in his spare time for the past 12 months, having spent over three years on the project in total. He and his three-person team do it purely out of passion.

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Steam Charts: Schteam Schmarts Editionhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-schteam-schmarts-editionJohn WalkerMon, 11 Nov 2019 16:43:52 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-schteam-schmarts-editionFeatureMiddle-earth: Shadow of WarVRDestiny 2: ShadowkeepStar Wars Jedi: Fallen OrderDestiny 2PUBG: BattlegroundsPlanet ZooDisco ElysiumSteamAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VFootball Manager 2020

The results are in! The links between the longevity of Steam Charts and the decreases in violent crime, the improvement of sanitary water supplies, and sudden global drops in serious health issues, are no coincidence at all!

To quote from the paper recently published in Nature, "Causal links have been shown connecting Rock Paper Shotgun's Steam Charts articles to a remarkably number of positive worldwide trends, with strong suggestion that a global dependence on the column has been established, such that its weekly appearance is vital to humanity."

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Steam Charts: Recycled Air Editionhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-recycled-air-editionJohn WalkerMon, 04 Nov 2019 14:00:29 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-recycled-air-editionFeatureMonster Hunter: WorldThe Witcher 3: Wild HuntDestiny 2: ForsakenVRDestiny 2: ShadowkeepDestiny 2PUBG: BattlegroundsSteamAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VFootball Manager 2020

There is nothing worse for a world-leading chartologist (PhD) like me than a Steam sale. All sense is lost, all decorum thrown to the wind, as the same few games come stamping all over everything like an uninvited six year old whose parents let him go to bed whenever he wants. And we're entering Sale Season, people. It's going to get stampy.

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Steam Charts: Suspicious Mole Editionhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-suspicious-mole-editionJohn WalkerMon, 14 Oct 2019 15:28:05 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-suspicious-mole-editionFeatureDestiny 2: ForsakenIndivisibleVRDestiny 2: ShadowkeepDestiny 2PUBG: BattlegroundsSid Meier's Civilization VI: Gathering StormAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VSteamCode VeinNo Man's Sky

Everything you thought you knew to be true has been undermined by the Great Revelation. Please read on to learn about your new role in society, and how this affects the games you will be allowed to play.

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Steam Charts: Baseless Controversy Editionhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-baseless-controversy-editionJohn WalkerMon, 07 Oct 2019 11:13:15 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-baseless-controversy-editionFeatureBlockbusterDestiny 2: ForsakenVRDestiny 2: ShadowkeepDestiny 2PUBG: BattlegroundsPlanet ZooGrand Theft Auto VSteamCode VeinCube World

Has your account been hacked? Have your favourite game's servers been compromised, revealing private data about you and your family? Are your bank details at risk?

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Steam Charts: All This Happened Editionhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-all-this-happened-editionJohn WalkerMon, 23 Sep 2019 19:12:22 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-all-this-happened-editionFeatureCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveMonster Hunter: WorldShadow of the Tomb RaiderVRDestiny 2: ShadowkeepGreedfallPUBG: BattlegroundsDead by DaylightDivinity: Original Sin 2 Definitive EditionAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VSteam

What’s Another Thing You Could Buy Instead Of GTA V Again?

A Jurassic Park VHS tape lamp

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You can now play Grand Theft Auto V offline againhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/grand-theft-auto-v-offline-play-fixedAlice O'ConnorFri, 20 Sep 2019 13:53:59 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/grand-theft-auto-v-offline-play-fixedGrand Theft Auto VBlockbusterRockstar Games LauncherRockstar Games

After Rockstar launched their new wee store client doodad this week, folks who wanted to play Grand Theft Auto V offline on PC were finding themselves unable to. Did Rockstar sneak in a new DRM measure when wedging the new Rockstar Games Launcher into the game's guts? Naw, they say it was a bug, and now it's fixed. The fix does involve going online one last time, mind.

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Rockstar launch their own Launcher, offering GTA San Andreas for freehttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rockstar-launch-their-own-launcher-offering-gta-san-andreas-for-freeAlice O'ConnorTue, 17 Sep 2019 19:56:45 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rockstar-launch-their-own-launcher-offering-gta-san-andreas-for-freeBlockbusterRockstar Games LauncherMax Payne 3Free gamesRockstar GamesGrand Theft Auto VRed Dead Redemption 2

Just when the Epic Games Launcher seemed like it might have been the final salvo in the launcher wars, along come Rockstar Games with a launcher of their own. The imaginatively-named Rockstar Games Launcher lets you launch Rockstar Games games, and also buy them. Okay? And? Why would I want that? Well, Rockstar are hoping to tempt people to install it by initially offering 2004's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas as a freebie.

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Steam Charts: Hard Boiled Wisdom Editionhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-hard-boiled-wisdom-editionJohn WalkerMon, 16 Sep 2019 15:43:21 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-hard-boiled-wisdom-editionFeatureCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveMonster Hunter: WorldNBA 2K20VRGreedfallGears 5Total War: Warhammer IIAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VSteam

We've had a few people asking how to get these stupid annoying articles out of the news feed for their favourite games on Steam. Read on to learn more...

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Steam Charts: Falsifiable Evidence Editionhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-falsifiable-evidence-editionJohn WalkerMon, 09 Sep 2019 16:00:15 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-falsifiable-evidence-editionSpyro Reignited TrilogyFeatureCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveThe Witcher 3: Wild HuntNBA 2K20VRDestiny 2PUBG: BattlegroundsGears 5Action AdventureGrand Theft Auto VSteamRemnant: From the Ashes

Exciting news! Steam Charts is proud to announce it's to be an Epic exclusive! From now on you can read your favourite article about the top selling games on Steam exclusively on the Epic Store!

But don't worry, long-term readers - you'll still be able to read the articles right here on RPS, after just one year. Everyone's a winner!

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Steam Charts: Paternal Doubt Editionhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-paternal-doubt-editionJohn WalkerMon, 02 Sep 2019 15:00:32 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-paternal-doubt-editionFeatureCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveVRTom Clancy's Rainbow Six SiegeDestiny 2PUBG: BattlegroundsSteamAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VHunt: ShowdownNo Man's SkyRemnant: From the Ashes

URGENT: Disparaging words have been said about the game you like by people who like the other game you don't like.

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Steam Charts: Subdued Editionhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-subdued-editionJohn WalkerMon, 26 Aug 2019 11:31:21 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-subdued-editionFeatureCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveMonster Hunter: WorldVRRemnant: From the AshesDestiny 2PUBG: BattlegroundsAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VSteamNo Man's SkyAge of Empires: Definitive Edition

Why, what's this? Oh I say, a Steam Charts you say? How intriguing.

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Steam Charts: Do As You're Told Editionhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-do-as-your-told-editionJohn WalkerMon, 19 Aug 2019 09:00:54 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-do-as-your-told-editionFeatureMonster Hunter: WorldWarhammer: Vermintide 2 - Winds of MagicArk: Survival EvolvedVRPUBG: BattlegroundsSteamAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VSekiro: Shadows Die TwiceNo Man's SkyRemnant: From the Ashes

Hi, it's me! Yeah! No, nothing's wrong, all's good. I was just calling to see if you wanted some Steam Charts? ... STEAM CHARTS ... Yeah, that's right. No, no it's not. You don't? Oh, um, I already sent them over.

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Steam Charts: Win A Free Car Edition!https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-win-a-free-car-editionJohn WalkerMon, 12 Aug 2019 14:10:56 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-win-a-free-car-editionArk: GenesisFeatureAge of Wonders: PlanetfallMonster Hunter: WorldOxygen Not IncludedWarhammer: Vermintide 2 - Winds of MagicVRPUBG: BattlegroundsAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VSteamNo Man's Sky

Hello, I'm high school sweetheart, John Walker. Welcome, if you can, to Steam Charts.

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Rockstar North operate within capitalism, says reporthttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rockstar-north-operate-within-capitalism-says-reportSin VegaMon, 29 Jul 2019 18:07:30 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rockstar-north-operate-within-capitalism-says-reportBlockbusterTax reliefRockstar NorthBusinessGrand Theft Auto OnlineRockstar GamesTake-Two InteractiveGrand Theft Auto Vtaxbig numbersRed Dead Redemption 2

Rockstar Games have paid £0 in UK corporation tax over the last ten years, despite making Actual Billions in profit, according to a report released by Taxwatch UK.

Rockstar's parent company Take-Two Interactive are using the Video Games Tax Relief provision to legally save an estimated £42,313,047 in corporation tax. Which is what it's for. Sort of.

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Steam Charts: Summery Summary Editionhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-summery-summary-editionJohn WalkerMon, 29 Jul 2019 13:28:45 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-summery-summary-editionFeatureDoomThe Elder Scrolls V: SkyrimVRWolfenstein: YoungbloodPUBG: BattlegroundsFallout 4Action AdventureGrand Theft Auto VSteamNieR: Automata

It's never a good sign when Skyrim's back in the Charts. It means mischief is afoot. And not the good kind. In this case, it's Bethesda's Quakecon sale, meaning a whole bunch of the dreariest of usual suspects return to droop our eyelids and weary our souls. And Nier and Flibble Glibble Pants are both on sale yet again. In fact, this week's top 10 features precisely one game released in the last TWO YEARS.

So this week I think I shall describe to you the feelings I feel when I see these games appearing once more.

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GTA Online's casino is now open for business, though not in all countrieshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-onlines-casino-is-now-open-for-business-though-not-in-all-countriesAlice O'ConnorTue, 23 Jul 2019 14:26:34 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-onlines-casino-is-now-open-for-business-though-not-in-all-countriesGrand Theft Auto VBlockbusterGrand Theft Auto OnlineRockstar Games

The Diamond Casino & Resort opened in GTA Online today, bringing new cooperative story missions and new ways to gamble away your ill-gotten gains. It's a social space along similar lines to the nightclubs, only dealing cards rather than pulling shapes. If you live in certain countries, mind, you'll be blocked from playing the casino games, presumably because of gambling laws. The casino also sells fancy penthouse apartments we can decorate more than other homes, slapping up pictures and slamming down sculptures.

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Steam Charts: Carpathian Editionhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-carpathian-editionJohn WalkerMon, 22 Jul 2019 09:43:55 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-carpathian-editionFeatureOctopath TravelerTotal War: Three KingdomsPreyKillsquadEarth Defense Force 5GloomhavenVRPrey: Typhon HunterPrey: MooncrashPUBG: BattlegroundsAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VSteam

Here's a fascinating fact: Steam Charts has never won an award. I KNOW. If there's nothing else that demonstrates the corruption of the entire system, it's this. High quality, groundbreaking, Woodwardian journalism, are just some of the terms I use to describe this most esteemed of columns. And yet the silverware shelf gathers dust. It's a disgrace.

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Grand Theft Auto Online gets into the casino business next weekhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/grand-theft-auto-online-launches-its-big-casino-next-weekDominic TarasonThu, 18 Jul 2019 15:29:02 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/grand-theft-auto-online-launches-its-big-casino-next-weekBlockbusterMMORockstar GamesAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto Online

It has always amazed me that Grand Theft Auto Online (and its parent game, Grand Theft Auto 5) hasn't had a casino until now, what with it being all about a life of vice and high-stakes action. Next week on Tuesday the 23rd, Rockstar are fixing that, and opening the doors to the Diamond Casino & Resort. As with other GTA Online expansions, players will have to buy in with in-game money to access its new story missions and high-stakes tables. For everyone else, there'll be a bundle of new minigames to play, including poker, blackjack, roulette and betting on horse races. Below, the update trailer.

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Steam Charts: Bubbling Trousers Editionhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-bubbling-trousers-editionJohn WalkerMon, 15 Jul 2019 15:28:09 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-bubbling-trousers-editionFeatureMonster Hunter: WorldOctopath TravelerThe Witcher 3: Wild HuntTotal War: Three KingdomsEarth Defense Force 5VRRustPUBG: BattlegroundsCyberpunk 2077Action AdventureGrand Theft Auto VSteam

It's another dire old week in Chartland, with the last breaths of the Summer Sale ensuring, with the exception of spots #4 and #5, that all the usual suspects dominate. But we won't let that change us! We're better than this! We're going to have fun anyway!

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Steam Charts: Got The Runs Editionhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-got-the-runs-editionJohn WalkerMon, 08 Jul 2019 13:27:50 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-got-the-runs-editionFeatureMonster Hunter: WorldThe Witcher 3: Wild HuntTotal War: Three KingdomsVRRustPUBG: BattlegroundsStarboundDivinity: Original Sin 2 Definitive EditionSteamAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VSekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Yes, yes, it's me. I know, I know, but calm down. While it's obviously very exciting to have a celebrity as handsome and excellent as me writing you some Steam Charts, I'm still just a regular ordinary guy underneath it all. I leap into my trousers both legs at once, same as anyone else.

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Holding an Independence Day party in GTA Online remains fraught with undesirable explosionshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/holding-an-independence-day-party-in-gta-online-remains-fraught-with-bad-explosionsAlice O'ConnorThu, 04 Jul 2019 17:35:21 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/holding-an-independence-day-party-in-gta-online-remains-fraught-with-bad-explosionsAction AdventureGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto OnlineRockstar Games

I think I have everything necessary for an ace Independence Day beach bash.

☑ Sexy Uncle Sam outfit. ☑ As many beers as can fit into the pockets of a Sexy Uncle Sam outfit. ☑ Stars & stripes face paint. ☑ Stars & stripes monster truck. ☑ Flare gun. ☑ Homemade firework launcher.

So why am I being riddled with bullets, bumped by hoverbikes, and crushed by my own starry striped monster truck? Ah, it's just another Independence Day in Los Santos.

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