Tag: Rockstar Games
News As Fans Eagerly Await Updates on GTA 6, Rockstar Promotes New Danny Dyer Film
'Avin' a laugh
Grand Theft Auto 6 is no doubt the most hotly anticipated game on the horizon right now, and while fans are patiently waiting for more news about the open world crime drama, it seems Rockstar Games has other plans first. On its social channels, the GTA developer has been promoting Marching Powder, the latest movie starring Danny Dyer...
News Rockstar Acquires Remaster Dev That Fixed Awful GTA Trilogy
Video Games Deluxe becomes Rockstar Australia
GTA 6 developer Rockstar Games has today confirmed its acquisition of Video Games Deluxe, a team it's been working with over the years to remaster the company's back catalogue of games. The two firms began working together on the PS4 version of L.A. Noire, and was most recently drafted in to fix the GTA...
News GTA 6 Reportedly Wants to Be the Next Big PS5 Metaverse
Rockstar allegedly targeting Fortnite, Roblox creators
While the metaverse has generally become a nebulous Silicon Valley buzzword designed to raise investor capital, elements of it have been realised in releases like Roblox and Fortnite. These are colossal, cross-platform experiences predominantly played online, where you can engage in all kinds...
News The GTA 6 2025 Release Window May Have Just Gotten Smaller
We have to thank Borderlands 4 for something
Rockstar Games currently has GTA 6 slated to launch in the Fall 2025 window, but last night's State of Play event could have inadvertently reduced that timeframe by a little. From the same company putting out GTA 6, it was confirmed that Borderlands 4 will release for PS5 on 23rd September 2025. In...
News Max Payne PS5 Remakes Enter 'Full Production' in Latest Remedy Update
Working with Rockstar towards key objectives
As open about its development efforts and future pipeline as ever, Remedy has announced its Max Payne 1 + 2 Remake project has now entered "full production". The update is sourced from its latest financial statement to investors, where it confirmed it's making "steady progress" as it works alongside...
News GTA 5 Sells an Utterly Ludicrous 210 Million Copies
5 million units sold in final months of 2024
GTA 5 has now sold more than 210 million units since its PS3, Xbox 360 release in 2013, Take-Two revealed in its latest quarterly earnings call. An unfathomable statistic on its own, what's perhaps even more mindblowing is that five million copies of the game were sold in the final three months of 2024...
News GTA 6 Publisher Reiterates a Fall 2025 Release Window
Take-Two confident GTA 6 will launch this year
Take-Two, the publisher of GTA 6 and owner of Rockstar Games, has reiterated the firm's intentions to release the game for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S in the Fall 2025 calender window. The update comes from the company's latest financial earnings call, where it is said: "Looking ahead, this calendar year...
News Some Think GTA 6's Multiplayer Mode Could Be Sold Separately on PS5
Not impossible
There’s growing belief that Rockstar may sell GTA 6’s online multiplayer mode separately from its main single player campaign. This wouldn’t be unprecedented for the label, as it already flogs standalone versions of GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2’s multiplayer modes. It tends to offer these at a later date, however, rather...
News GTA 5 Actor Wants Trevor in GTA 6 So He Can Be Killed Properly
"Pass the torch, stomp Trevor's head in"
GTA 5 voice actor Steven Ogg, who plays Trevor, has expressed his desire for the maniacal protagonist to appear in GTA 6... so he can be killed properly this time. Speaking to Screen Rant, the actor pitched the scene as passing the torch on, where Trevor could be killed right at the start of the game by one...
News Stop Guessing GTA 6 Trailer 2 Release Date, Demands Red Dead Redemption 2 Voice Actor
"You haven't got the first f***ing clue"
The GTA community has become somewhat infamous as of late thanks to the absurd conspiracy theories it's attaching to the eventual release of GTA 6 Trailer 2. Fans are predicting Trailer 2 release dates based on seemingly unrelated GTA Online updates, and the latest theory is so ridiculous that it's prompted...
News GTA 6 Fans Have Convinced Themselves Rockstar's Teasing Another Trailer
"[The numbers] have to mean something"
GTA 6, which industry money-types are predicting will kick off some unprecedented economic orgy of game consumption, is having a fascinating effect on people. In a sign of the trapped state in which the industry finds itself, others "hope" the quality and quantity of Rockstar's next will be such that the price...
News Would You Pay $100 for GTA 6?
Some of the games industry hopes so
There is apparently "hope" within the games industry that Rockstar Games will increase the price of Grand Theft Auto 6 to as much as $100 so that other developers can feel justified in raising the cost of their own games. Documented in a report from analyst Matthew Ball of Epyllion (via VGC), it's claimed that GTA...
News PS5 Users Can't Play Enormous GTA 5 Liberty City Mod, But GTA 6 Will Be 'Worth Waiting For'
World Travel releases super ambitious mod as new game looms
As we enter 2025, one game is already dominating the conversation: Grand Theft Auto 6. Following up the massively successful Grand Theft Auto 5, which first launched way back in 2013, Rockstar Games' latest will no doubt be another momentous release. Until then, modders have cooked up...
News Leaked GTA 6 Image, Reportedly from Rockstar's Own Office, Surfaces
Truly AAAA; review scales will need to be recalibrated
A reputed former Rockstar employee with no fear for the consequences has seemingly leaked an image of Grand Theft Auto 6. More brazen still, the image appears to have been taken inside the developer's San Diego office; it's also allegedly three-and-a-half years old, a low-res image of the...
News GTA 6 Fans Are Obsessed with a Better Version of the PS5 Game's First Trailer
As the wait for more info rumbles on
Unsurprisingly, there was no new GTA 6 trailer on 27th December as some fans had convinced themselves would be the case. Officially, the title’s still on course for a 2025 release date, however, so enthusiasts are driving themselves wild trying to find as much information as possible. One discovery that’s...
News GTA 6 Fans Have Convinced Themselves a New Trailer Is Coming on 27th December
Big brain thinking
It’s been over a year since we last got a look at GTA 6, and fans are driving themselves utterly insane convincing themselves a new trailer is due to drop on 27th December. <related ids="175585"> The obsession with the number ‘27’ started when Rockstar North employees started posting pics of the holiday swag they’d...
News Developers Not Nailing Down Release Dates Due to GTA 6 Launch Window
They want to stay "far, far away" from GTA 6
Developers aren't willing to commit to release dates that could clash with the Fall 2025 launch window GTA 6 has set up for itself, a new Bloomberg report claims. The outlet states (via Jason Schreier) teams want to wait as long as possible to see whether the next Rockstar game does indeed release at the...
Random Impatience for GTA 6 Reaches New Heights with Grand Taking Ages on PS Store
Parodying a parody
Grand Theft Auto 6 is on its way, but while Rockstar Games takes its sweet time with 2025's hottest game, anticipation and impatience have reached such fevered heights that it's bleeding onto the PS Store. What does that mean? Well, try looking up Grand Taking Ages VI, a recently listed game on Sony's digital storefront that...
News With GTA 6 Still Months Away, GTA Online Is Getting Another Huge Expansion
Aw sh*t, here we go again
While you wait patiently for a crucial update on GTA 6, Rockstar hopes to keep you busy with another GTA Online expansion. Due out on 10th December, Agents of Sabotage will see you snap up the Darnell Bros Garment Factory – a location which may be familiar to you from the main campaign – where you’ll set up a new...
News Remedy Is Aiming for Excellence with Max Payne Remake
Rockstar an "esteemed partner"
Remedy Entertainment has a fair number of projects on the go, and one we've yet to hear much about is its Max Payne 1 and 2 remake. Announced in 2022, the developer is bringing back the first two entries in the action shooter series. While publishing and marketing will be handled by Rockstar Games — which still owns...
News GTA Trilogy Dev Implies Rockstar Made a 'D*ck Move' Removing Its Name from PS5, PS4 Remasters
Grove Street Gone
Grove Street Games, the original developer of the GTA Trilogy, has unfollowed Rockstar on social media – and its boss has implied the company made a “d*ck move” removing its name from the splash screen of the bundle. <related ids="174373"> Thomas Williamson, perhaps trying to retain some semblance of professionalism,...
News GTA Trilogy Massively Upgraded on PS5, Patch Out on PS4 Now Too
Grove Games' name removed from project
Update #2: Players on PS4 are now reporting they too have received the new patch for the GTA Trilogy that implements the original art direction. It's a 4.054GB update on PS4. Update #1: While the GTA Trilogy has been massively upgraded on the PS5, restoring its original art direction, the patch is not...
News This Time Next Year, You Could Be Playing GTA 6 on Your PS5
Rockstar's almost ready to report a robbery
In some ways we can’t believe we’re even writing this sentence, but this time next year, you could already be playing GTA 6. The anticipated open worlder has always had a tentative release date of 2025 attached, and Take-Two insists it’ll be out “in the fall of calendar 2025”. That’s more or...
News Fan-Made GTA Online Hamlet Production Coming to Cinemas, Streaming Services
To thine own self be true
A production of Shakespeare's immortal play, Hamlet, produced entirely inside GTA Online, is getting a limited theatrical release in the U.S. and UK and gracing various streaming services. The above trailer gives you a taste of the drama to come, and Eurogamer has the details via Deadline.
News GTA Online's New Halloween Mode Is So Popular Rockstar's Had to Keep Adding New Rewards
Treats or treats
It’s spooky season, and Rockstar’s added a new event to its eternally popular GTA Online mode. The game takes you back to the snowy peaks of North Yankton, where the familiar backdrop of the Ludendorff Cemetery has been transformed into a battleground against the undead. Effectively this is a co-op mode where you need to...
News PS5 Pro Probably Won't Run GTA 6 at 4K 60FPS, Tech Expert Claims
Digital Foundry pours cold water
For months now, it's been speculated and theorised how the PS5 Pro will really start to justify its power (and price) once GTA 6 lands next year. As the biggest game of the generation releases, people will be looking to experience it in the best possible way. It still sounds like the PS5 Pro will be the console...
News 80s Synthpop Stars Heaven 17 Resist the Temptation of PS5's GTA 6
"Go f*ck yourself"
A huge part of the GTA experience is its banging radio soundtracks, and we wouldn’t expect anticipated sequel GTA 6 to be any different. In fact, it sounds like Rockstar is slowly starting to assemble the audio you’ll be listening to while you explore Vice City next year – but not everyone is impressed by the cash the...
News We're Already Mourning the GTA Tokyo Game on PS2 That Never Was
The Japanese dream
Did you know that Rockstar briefly considered releasing a Grand Theft Auto game set in Tokyo? Speculation about a Japanese edition of the crime sandbox caper has been rife for several years, especially after Take-Two famously filed trademarks for a game based in the city shortly after the release of GTA: San Andreas in 2004...
News Bully Receives New Taiwanese Rating for PS5, PS4 Ahead of Imminent GTA+ Release
School's in
Rockstar's beloved boarding school adventure Bully has been awarded fresh ratings in Taiwan. With new ratings for numerous modern platforms, including PS5 and PS4, they've sparked conversation online about what they could possibly be for. While a remaster or remake would be very welcome, it's much more likely these ratings are referring...
News Sony Seemingly Leaks PC Port for Red Dead Redemption in PS Store Listing
Okay then
News can be sourced from practically anywhere, but it's not too often that one gaming platform will leak information about another. Today, though, Sony's digital storefront PS Store appears to have revealed that Rockstar Games is planning to bring Red Dead Redemption to PC at long last. Earlier today, the PS Store page for Red Dead...
News Outstanding Academic Open World Bully Being Added to PS5, PS4 Sub GTA+
Can't beat a bit of Bully
Bully, also known as Canis Canem Edit, is one of this author’s all-time favourite games – and now it’ll be exposed to a whole new audience as part of GTA+. For those not familiar with the Grand Theft Auto subscription, it’s actually a recurring revenue stream for GTA 5 which awards exclusive in-game items,...
News GTA 6 Not Affected by Current Union Strike Over AI Issues
Not a struck game according to SAG-AFTRA
Next year's Grand Theft Auto 6 won't be impacted by the decision to call a SAG-AFTRA union strike — effective today — over concerns surrounding AI replacing video game performers, like voice actors. Confirming to Kotaku, a spokesperson for the publishers included in negotiations said GTA 6 "is exempt"...
Criminal
Not content with selling many millions of copies, Rockstar is looking to wring every last drop of income out of the decade-old GTA 5 and its popular multiplayer mode GTA Online. A new feature, added to the game today as part of the Bottom Dollar Bounties update, locks some crucial quality of life features behind the release’s monthly GTA+...
News GTA 6 Is Still At Least a Year Away, But GTA Online's New Free PS5, PS4 Update Looks Decent
Bounty huntin'
The wait for GTA 6 rumbles on and on, but Rockstar will keep you occupied with yet another major GTA Online update. This is a big’un, bringing another new business to the shadowy backdrop of Los Santos. You’ll be teaming up once more with Maude Eccles, as she looks for a new recruit to take command of her Bottom Dollar Bail...
Random Rockstar's GTA Trilogy Racks Up Over 30 Million Downloads on Netflix
Tommy Vercetti, remember the name
In news that probably shouldn't be surprising but remains mildly interesting, Rockstar's GTA Trilogy has surpassed 30 million downloads on streaming service Netflix. Who would have thought that iconic games, made so readily available, would be played so widely? Grand Theft Auto III, Vice City, and San Andreas...
News Classic GTA Game Now Part of PS Plus Extra on PS5, PS4
Another bonus from Days of Play
As the Days of Play initiative from Sony continues, so too do the bonus game additions for PS Plus Extra. Next in line is GTA: San Andreas - Definitive Edition on PS5 and PS4, which is available to download now for all active members. The game is playable on the service for as long as it remains part of the...
News GTA Online PS5, PS4 Is Never Going to Stop Getting Bigger and Better
Another huge new update announced
The world is waiting not-so patiently for GTA 6, but with the game not due out for at least another year, Rockstar has once again committed to the continued evolution of GTA Online. For those out of the loop, that’s the multiplayer component for GTA 5, the game which first released on the PS3 (!!!) all the way...
News GTA 5 Makes Up Almost Half of Series' Sales, 200 Million Copies Sold
Heist of the century
Rockstar continues to print money through GTA 5, with publisher Take-Two revealing that the open world crime caper has sold over 200 million copies across all platforms since launching in 2013. This lovely round milestone is second only to Minecraft, which has an incredible 100 million copy lead on Michael and company. Take-Two...
News GTA 6 PS5 Release Window Narrowed to Fall 2025
Aiming for September-November next year
Take-Two has announced in its financial earnings for the end of Fiscal Year 2023 that Grand Theft Auto 6 will release for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S during the Fall of calendar year 2025. Therefore, the open worlder from Rockstar Games could release anywhere between September and November of next year. After...
News Minor GTA 6 Website Update Pushes Community Closer to the Brink
Screenshots coming in hot
Perhaps the most anticipated game of all time, and considering developer Rockstar's secretive nature, even the most minor GTA 6 morsels can send the series' legions of starving fans into a tizzy. Case in point: GTA 6 has been added to Rockstar's website database, with placeholders for four screenshots, cover art, and a...
News Rockstar's GTA+ Membership Putting Its Price Up
As new offers and games are bundled in
Rockstar Games has announced it's joining EA in raising the price of its GTA+ subscription service, from £4.99 / $5.99 per month to £6.99 / $7.99. Representing a 40 per cent increase in the UK, new users will immediately be charged the new price while existing members will begin paying extra from 11th June...
News L.A. Noire, Bully Both Coming to GTA+ Subscription Service This Year
Plus extra cash for GTA Online players
Rockstar has announced its GTA+ subscription service will be further bolstered later this year with the inclusion of L.A. Noire and Bully. The £4.99 / $5.99 per month membership is primarily for GTA Online players, handing them more cash and bonus items. However, with the PS4 version of the original Red Dead...
News Red Dead Redemption Is Now Included with Subscription Service GTA+
Darn tootin'
Good news, everyone — our favourite subscription service has recently received a brand new perk. That's right: GTA+ now includes Red Dead Redemption, John Marston's tragic Western tale, alongside the other games in the collection. In all seriousness, we have a suspicion not everyone will know what GTA+ is, so let's go through it...
Rumour GTA 6 Could Slip as Far Back as 2026 Due to Development Issues
Spring 2025 is the target right now
Rockstar Games could be forced to delay GTA 6 as far back as 2026 if production problems continue due to a mandate forcing remote workers to return to the developer's physical offices. A new Kotaku report says employees are struggling with the "unwanted return-to-office mandate", which could invite crunch. Having...
News The First Red Dead Redemption 2 PS4 Patch in Over a Year Isn't What You're Hoping For
But it does fix a stable glitch
With more than 61 million copies sold, Red Dead Redemption 2 is one of the best-selling titles of all time, but good luck getting it to run on your PS5 any better than the resolution and frame rate designed for its original PS4 edition. For years now, fans have been begging Rockstar to give the open worlder an update...
News Arthur Morgan Actor Narrates Upcoming Historical Red Dead Redemption Audiobook
“We’re thieves in a world that don’t want us no more.”
Arthur Morgan actor Roger Clark will narrate an upcoming audiobook called Red Dead's History, written by historian Tore Olsson, which looks at the history of the American West through the lens of Rockstar's masterful Red Dead Redemption series. Clark will narrate the book as the...
News GTA 6 Is Coming, But GTA Online Is Getting Another Massive Update on PS5, PS4
Cluckin' bell
You could forgive Rockstar for focusing its full attention on the upcoming GTA 6, but that’s not the case. Starting from 7th March, it’ll be launching another major content update for its existing sandbox, with GTA Online adding the Cluckin’ Bell Farm Raid. Only chickens would shy away from this new multi-stage mission, eh?...
News GTA 6 on PS5 Will Seemingly Include ScHoolboy Q's Music
T-Pain recently teased involvement
It's been a little quiet on the GTA 6 front, with Rockstar presumably enforcing a strict no-speak policy. NDAs, however, don't apply to actual rockstars like rapper ScHoolboy Q, who appears to have confirmed his musical return for the eagerly anticipated Grand Theft Auto sequel, which analysts don't expect to...
News GTA 6 Is Unlikely to Release Before April 2025, Analysts Advise
The wait goes on
Rockstar has officially dated GTA 6 for release in 2025, but there was some optimism evidenced by parent company Take-Two’s financials which suggested the title may arrive early next year. However, updated guidance from the organisation suggests that’s no longer the case, as discussed by Wedbush Securities analysts Nick McCay...
News Remedy Has Clarified Logo Issue, Recently Resolved Amicably with Take-Two
Nothing to see here
In case you needed a hand, Remedy's logo is on the left and Rockstar's is on the right. Update (18/1/24): Remedy has reached out to Game File reporter Stephen Totilo with a statement about the logo dispute between it and Rockstar. In a nutshell, it's nothing to worry about: A representative of the studio said: "...this was a...
