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Tuesday8th Mar 2022
News GTA Online Players Transferring from PS4 Get a Free Car Supercharged for PS5
Will go faster than anything on last-gen
We already know that the PlayStation 5 version of GTA Online will feature a new location at the LS Car Meet, which will allow you to upgrade select cars with performance improvements that will make them faster than was possible on the PS4. And now Rockstar has confirmed that anyone who transfers their...
News GTA 5 PS5 Will Steal a Chunk of Your SSD's Storage Space
Security concern
We all know that the greatest game on the PlayStation 5 so far is managing your storage space – it’s certainly the one we’ve spent the most time playing. Grand Theft Auto 5, which will be cheaper than expected when it launches on new-gen consoles next week, will steal a chunk of your SSD’s capacity, with the file size...
News GTA 5 PS5 Price Is Just $10 Until 14th June
For three months at least
Update: #2: Now pre-orders are live in the United States as well we have the full range of GTA 5 prices for PS5, and it’s supremely generous really. While a free PS4 to PS5 upgrade would have been preferred, we don’t think many will be grumbling about what Rockstar’s offering here. So here’s the full range of...
Saturday5th Mar 2022
News GTA 5's PS5 Controller Support Will Allow You to Feel the Weather, Road Surfaces
Why does it always rain on me?
One use of the DualSense controller that we adored in Astro’s Playroom is the way some levels allow you to feel the sensation of raindrops in your hands. It’s something that developers have been hesitant to replicate, so hats off to Rockstar for going the extra mile in GTA 5. The developer’s upcoming next-gen...
News GTA 5 PS5 Screenshots Bring Los Santos Back to Life
City living
After the disappointing GTA Trilogy last year, it’s fair to say there’s a little scepticism aimed at GTA 5’s upcoming remaster. We haven’t seen a lot of the PlayStation 5 re-release – in fact, last year’s reveal trailer was roundly criticised when it aired during a
Friday4th Mar 2022
News Is GTA 5 on PS5 a Free Upgrade for PS4 Players? Probably Not
No word on pricing, either
Rockstar has just dropped a load of new details regarding the PlayStation 5 version of Grand Theft Auto V — and you can read all about them by clicking this link. But there's still one important question that Rockstar hasn't properly answered: will there be any kind of upgrade path for PS4 players? There's no mention of...
News GTA 5 on PS5 Features Three Visual Modes, Faster Loading, Enhanced Graphics, Much More
Rockstar spills the beans
Grand Theft Auto V — and GTA Online, which will be available separately — are making the leap to PlayStation 5 a little later this month. Rockstar Games has finally given us a few details on what to expect, and it seems as though the studio has added plenty of bells and whistles. The PS5 version of the ever-popular...
Tuesday8th Feb 2022
News Busted PS5, PS4 GTA Remasters Sold Around 10 Million Copies
GTA 5 now up to 160 million units
There’s a wee bit of numberwang involved in these sales statistics, but stick with us because the figures are eye-opening. So, Rockstar overlord Take-Two has posted its latest financial report, and in it is an update on Grand Theft Auto’s sales performance. The headline is that GTA 5 has now sold 160 million...
Sunday6th Feb 2022
News GTA Online Will Add Hao's Auto Shop on PS5 for Elite Driving Performance
Fasten your seatbelt
There’ll be a new in-game retailer exclusive to the next-gen version of GTA Online, as previously teased. Hao’s Special Works auto shop will allow you to upgrade a total of ten different cars at launch: five new ones and five existing ones. Once modded, these cars will allow for “elite driving performance that takes full...
Friday4th Feb 2022
News PS5 GTA 5 Officially Releases on 15th March, with Raytracing and More
DualSense haptic feedback and vastly improved performance
The announcement that Grand Theft Auto 6 development is underway is perhaps the bigger headline, but after rumours of a potential delay, Rockstar’s commitment to a 15th March release date for the next-gen version of Grand Theft Auto 5 is worth mentioning. Remember,
News GTA Online Free for PS5 Owners for Three Months
Starting from 15th March
Rockstar has reiterated that GTA Online will be free for PlayStation 5 owners to download and play, beginning from its launch on 15th March. You’ll have three months to claim the game and add it to your library. It’s worth pointing out that you will need a PS Plus subscription in order to take advantage of this offer,...
Friday8th Oct 2021
News GTA Online Adding New, Exciting Adventure with Familiar Friends This Year
Also, look out for commemorative GTA 3 content
Rockstar may have delayed its GTA 5 re-release on the PlayStation 5, but the GTA Online factory keeps on-a-churnin’. Stuffed at the end of its blog post about the newly announced
Monday13th Sep 2021
News GTA 5 Is One of the Most Disliked PS5 Trailers Ever
Inducing Trevor-esque rampages
To say GTA 5 fans are not happy with Rockstar’s re-release of the open world classic is an understatement: it’s now one of the most disliked PlayStation 5 trailers on Sony’s channel. At the time of writing, the 75-second clip has 1.5 million views with 23k up-votes and an eye-watering 94k down-votes. It’s one...
Friday10th Sep 2021
News GTA 5 Fans Are Not Happy with Expanded & Enhanced's PS5 Reveal
Los San-dross
We got our first glimpse of Grand Theft Auto 5 running on the PlayStation 5 during Sony’s big PlayStation Showcase last night, but the response has not been kind. The series’ various Reddit pages are filled with memes alluding to the fact that the re-release looks the same, while major series
Thursday9th Sep 2021
News GTA 5 and GTA Online Delayed to March 2022 on PS5
Late to Los Santos
Finally, a first look at Grand Theft Auto 5 and GTA Online running on PlayStation 5! Rockstar has been keeping this one close to its bullet vest, and that’s because it’s been delayed: it’ll now release in March 2022 on Sony’s next-gen console, as opposed to November as originally planned. The trailer reveals improvements...
Friday27th Aug 2021
News New GTA Character Casually Outed by Voice Actor
It's a police chief, apparently
A new Grand Theft Auto character, “police chief Captain McClane”, has been outed by a voice actor on his official Facebook page. Dave Jackson, a performer who’s worked on games like mobile spin-off Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff, told his followers that “it’s official” and that
Tuesday3rd Aug 2021
News GTA 5 Has Now Sold an Eye Watering 150 Million Copies
Red Dead Redemption 2 crosses 38 million units
Grand Theft Auto V will span its third console generation when Rockstar re-releases the PlayStation 3 title on the PS5 later this year. It’s a game that’s achieved unrivalled success, with the open worlder surpassing 150 million units sold-in to date. This reflects both digital downloads and Blu-ray...
Thursday15th Jul 2021
News GTA Online Adding PS5 Exclusive Car Speed Tune-Ups This Year
Los Santos Tuners update coming on 20th July
GTA Online players will be able to unleash their inner petrol head this summer, as Rockstar readies the release of the game’s next major expansion: Los Santos Tuners. Due out on 20th July, this digs deeply into car culture, and promises a “gigantic, shared social space” where you can mingle with...
Tuesday18th May 2021
News GTA 5 PS5 Releases 11th November, GTA Online Free for Three Months
Just like that
The promised PlayStation 5 version of Grand Theft Auto V (along with GTA Online) will release on 11th November 2021, Rockstar has confirmed. The developer casually let the release date slip in its latest blog update, promising an "expanded and enhanced" edition of the ridiculously successful open world game. It also sounds like GTA...
Thursday4th Mar 2021
News Why GTA 5 on PS5 Will Be More Than Just a 'Simple Port'
Rockstar will deliver a great experience
Grand Theft Auto V is still one of the biggest games in the world, despite first releasing on the PlayStation 3 all the way back in 2013. To date, the release has shipped over 140 million units, and that number is only going to grow when Rockstar brings the title to the PS5 later this year. And speaking as...
Monday1st Mar 2021
News GTA Online Player Boosts Hopes of Faster Loading on PS5
The wait of a lifetime
There’s nothing quite like GTA Online, with its ever-evolving multiplayer sandbox, but by the grace of the Epsilon Program, it sure takes its sweet time firing up. Originally, it was assumed this could be a handicap of the PlayStation 3 – and later PS4 – hardware, but even installing it on the PS5’s uber-fast SSD fails...
Tuesday4th Aug 2020
News GTA Online Gets Exclusive Content on Next-Gen Consoles, GTA 5 Will Be 'More Responsive'
Coming in 2021
We've all had a good laugh about the fact that Grand Theft Auto V will now be launching on a third console, but what will this port actually do for a game that still has its roots buried in 2013? Well, as part of its latest earnings call, Take Two states that it will come packaged with a number of technical improvements which make it...
Monday6th Jul 2020
News Is GTA 5 Getting a VR Mode on PS5?
LinkedIn post suggests so
An updated version of Grand Theft Auto V is confirmed to be coming to PlayStation 5 next year, but could one of the upgrades it sports over the current-gen edition be a VR mode? That's the current speculation as the studio who put out L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files states that it is hiring for a "AAA open world VR title for...
Sunday14th Jun 2020
News GTA 5 PS5 Will Be More Beautiful and Responsive Than Ever Before
GTA Online will snag exclusive next-gen content
We didn’t get to see Grand Theft Auto 5 running on the PlayStation 5 during Sony’s big press conference this week, but Rockstar Games has confirmed that the title will be “more beautiful and more responsive than ever” on the next-gen console. As part of a
Thursday11th Jun 2020
News GTA V Is Coming to PS5 with an Enhanced Edition, GTA Online Free for PS Plus Members
The game that never ends
Grand Theft Auto V is coming to PlayStation 5. The very first announcement made during Sony's PS5 reveal event, the enormous Rockstar title is getting an "expanded and enhanced" edition on the next-gen machine in 2021. It started on PS3, survived the entire PS4 gen, and now it's hitting PS5 -- there's no stopping this...
