Tag: rockstar

  • AMT: Why Was 2013 a Terrible Year for Videogames? Part Two

    Michael draws his conclusions.

  • GTA Online Ready to Capture Even More of Your Time

    GTA online, while a fantastically fun time sink, has yet to really live up to its potential. Rockstar are seemingly edging it ever closer to this endgame, though, with constant releases of new content. The latest update includes new game modes for players to sink their teeth into, all based around the idea of capturing…

  • Highly Questionable – Grand Theft Art-o

    James asks whether you can spell ‘art’ without the letters GTA? Er…

  • GTA Online Updates for a Day at the Beach

    GTA Online, after a somewhat bumpy start, has proven itself to be a fantastically fun experience at times. However, it isn’t without a sense of repetition after a few hours. The same game types on the same maps with the same vehicles. Such a huge open world and so little (relatively) to do it. Rockstar…

  • Grand Theft Auto Online’s Stimulus Pack is Going Live

    The Stimulus Package, which takes the form of an in-game $500,000 cash deposit, acts as an apology to fans who lost the progress of their online avatars due to early game stability issues. $500,000 is enough to purchase some of the best cars and equipment in the game, hopefully allowing new and old players alike to…

  • Rockstar confirms halving GTA Online repeat mission payouts

    Rockstar has confirmed over the weekend that it has reviewed the payouts players get for playing GTA Online missions more than once, reducing it by 50%. This confirmation comes after many fans blamed the developer for introducing this new alteration on the latest game’s patch without making any mention of it. The following statement can…

  • GTA V crashes older Xbox 360 consoles

    Owners of older Xbox 360 consoles – manufactured between 2006 and 2008 – claim that Rockstar’s GTA V game doesn’t run quite as smoothly as it does on newer models of the machine. Though it isn’t clear what’s the cause behind the issue experienced by these players, the problem seems to start at the beginning of…

  • GTA V Sells $800 Million on First Day

    The headline says it all really, though I suppose it should probably be mentioned that by “First Day” it does include all sales that were finalised and paid for before the launch, such as pre-orders that get paid at posting, then break street day. But yeah, all those minus days and launch day grouped together…

  • Don’t install GTA V’s play disc on 360

    Rockstar advises Xbox 360 players that installing the GTA V’s play disc onto their machine will negatively alter the performance of the game. The company’s support team tweeted earlier today that “For optimal performance, we recommend not installing that disc. We will have more info on our Support Site at launch.” The game will come with…

  • GTA V assets leak online over the weekend

    It has emerged that some people who downloaded the digital pre-order of GTA V via the Playstation Store in Europe gained access to game’s assets and information which were then leaked online. Sony published a statement about the incident on the PlayStation Blog: “Regrettably, some people who downloaded the digital pre-order of Grand Theft Auto…