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News GTA Online Embraces Black Friday with Big Discounts
How low can you go?
GTA Online will embrace the spirit of the season this Black Friday by discounting a bunch of sought-after vehicles across a range of Los Santos’ dealers. You’ll also be able to save this week on Nightclub properties, Garages, and Special Cargo warehouses. Meanwhile, there’s a cracker up for grabs at the Diamond & Casino...
Rumour Red Dead Redemption Collection Leaked, But It's Almost Certainly Fake
Oh boah
Update: We've since been informed that this supposed leak is almost certainly a fake. On closer inspection, there are a couple of small inconsistencies in the text. We told you not to get your hopes up! Original Story: Here's a juicy new rumour that we pray is real. Apparently, an Amazon listing for something called 'Red Dead Redemption...
News GTA Online Adds an Entire Island in Biggest Heist Update Yet
Due out 15th December, and can be played solo
GTA Online’s biggest ever update will launch on 15th December on the PlayStation 5, as Rockstar Games readies the Cayo Perico Heist – a massive branch of missions set on an entirely new island. The press release teases: “Prepare to infiltrate the remote island compound of the world’s most...
News GTA Online's Next Big Update Coming in December, First Teaser Trailer Released
A new Heists experience beckons
Update: Rockstar has released a new teaser trailer for its upcoming major GTA Online update which is due out in December. Fans think they've already spotted a new island, which will expand upon Los Santos' map. We're looking forward to learning more. Original Story: GTA Online is going hard with its weekly...
News Red Dead Online Rolls Out Creepy Halloween Pass with Exclusive Rewards
Pale rider
It's not quite Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare, but Red Dead Redemption 2 will be celebrating Halloween through Red Dead Online this year. The 'Halloween Pass' can be purchased for 15 gold bars, and it'll give you access to a bunch of exclusive, reasonably spooky rewards. The Halloween Pass will be available until the 16th...
News Rockstar Acquires Ruffian Games, Rebrands Rockstar Dundee
Rockin' out
In a move that’s almost sure to guarantee more Grand Theft Auto Online content, Rockstar Games has acquired Ruffian Games, the developer of Crackdown 2. As is standard procedure for the juggernaut label, it’s rebranded the studio Rockstar Dundee – and you can see confirmation of that courtesy of a Companies House listing on the UK...
News Bank $250k in GTA Online When You Win Any Diamond Adversary Series
Cash injection
Rockstar’s continuing to promote the new modes from Grand Theft Auto V's Los Santos Summer Special, with double rewards on the Diamond Adversary Series all week. Win any game mode and you’ll bank a bonus GTA$250,000 – deposited straight into your Maze account within seven days. There’s also double rewards available on...
News Work Hard for Double Rewards in GTA Online This Week
Influence what happens next week
Criminal masterminds can earn double rewards playing as either a Motorcycle Club leader or VIP this week, as Rockstar is doubling the GTA$ and RP that you’ll earn for grafting in Los Santos. Whichever activity gets more attention over the next seven days will influence next week’s bonuses, as the studio explains:...
News Grab a Free Tw@ Tee in GTA Online, Earn Double Rewards on Yacht Missions
Six Figure tee also up for grabs
Liberty City’s seedy Internet café heydays will never feel too far away when you’re rocking your free Tw@ tee, which Rockstar is generously giving away to anyone who plays GTA Online this week. Available until 26th August, the branded threads will be added to your wardrobe whenever you login, which should prove...
News Why Didn't GTA: Liberty City Stories, GTA: Vice City Stories Release on PS4?
Rockstar classics were rated
Sony’s desperately short-lived PS2-to-PS4 programme was strongly supported by Rockstar, and a couple of years ago it looked like it was set to complete its Grand Theft Auto pentalogy by deploying PlayStation Portable ports Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories on Sony’s...
News GTA Fans Are Going Gaga Over Vice City Online Domain
Miami vice
Grand Theft Auto fans have been losing their collective minds over a Vice City Online domain name that developer Rockstar updated earlier this year. The site – GTAViceCityOnline.com – was registered by the company all the way back in 2009, a year after the release of Grand Theft Auto IV. However, the address was updated in March of...
News GTA's Legendary Radio Host Lazlow Jones Has Left Rockstar
Fame or Shame
Should we ever actually get another Grand Theft Auto game, it’s going to have a very different vibe to its predecessors. Key creative personnel Dan Houser and Leslie Benzies have already left the company, and now Lazlow Jones has joined them. You’ll probably know the name from the various radio shows that appear in the series, but...
News GTA Online Fans Can't Believe How Low the Payout Is on the New Yacht Missions
Sinking feeling
GTA Online players were understandably excited to learn that the pricey Galaxy Super Yacht incorporated into the title several years ago would finally be getting its own branch of missions as part of the Los Santos Summer Special update. However, fans who podded out GTA$6,000,000 for the luxury cruiseliner have been bemused to learn...
News Red Dead Online's Latest Update Has Broken the Game
Oh boah
At the time of writing, Red Dead Online is a disaster. Following the release of the game's latest update, the virtual world has become a nightmarish hellscape -- and not in a fun way, like in Undead Nightmare. Players are reporting all kinds of frustrating and frankly insane issues -- and that's only if they can actually log in without the...
News GTA Online's Los Santos Summer Special Brings Big Quality of Life Improvements
And a bunch of new cars and clothing
It’s always summer in Los Santos, but Rockstar has dropped GTA Online’s first major update of 2020 to celebrate the season. As previously announced, this will finally give yachts a purpose, as you’re able to launch new missions from the cruiseliners. Don’t worry if you don’t already own a boat, as...
Call of the wild
Rockstar's big update for Red Dead Online is now live on PlayStation 4. The headline act here is an all-new Frontier Pursuit -- or job -- that players can adopt. The Naturalist is all about tracking down and either hunting or studying wild animals, which adds to a newly implemented 'Animal Field Guide'. It all sounds rather in-depth...
News GTA Online to Get Its 'Biggest Ever Update' Later This Year
Shark business
Grand Theft Auto Online, much like its compatriot Red Dead Online, will be updated this summer, as Rockstar continues its commitment to its evolving online multiplayer sandboxes. There’s not much information on what residents of Los Santos should realistically expect, but a press release mentions “a fun mix of diverse new content...
News 'Massive' Red Dead Online Update Set to Arrive Next Week
Finally
Rockstar says that a "massive" Red Dead Online update is coming next week, on Tuesday the 28th July. It's safe to say that fans have been waiting a while for this one -- players protested the game's lack of support by dressing up as clowns earlier this month -- and general criticism has been building for weeks. Unfortunately, we don't have...
News Red Dead Online Fans Demonstrate Their Disappointment by Dressing as Clowns
Jokers
You may not have noticed Rockstar’s abandonment of Red Dead Online, but franchise fans certainly have. While the company continues to pour obscene sums of money into adding features to GTA Online, it’s been a whopping seven months since the Western’s acclaimed Moonshine update, and the wait for additional content is clearly getting to...
News Classic Grand Theft Auto Games Rated for Release on, Er, PS3
But why?
Well, here’s a humongous head-scratcher of a story: PS1 titles Grand Theft Auto and Grand Theft Auto 2 have been rated for release on, er, the PlayStation 3. New information published by European classifications board
News Rockstar the Latest Games Company to Tackle Coronavirus
Implements work from home policies
Rockstar is the latest gaming company to deviate from its day-to-day routine in response to the coronavirus. The developer and publisher revealed its plans in a statement on Twitter, writing that it has now "implemented work from home policies across international offices and studios". It continues: "We are...
One last job
We’re listing the ten best Soundtracks of the Decade. These are the ten PlayStation scores released over the past decade that we believe left the biggest impression on our sonic palettes. Whether it’s Journey's Grammy nominated masterpiece or Destiny’s 8 movement symphony, these are the soundtracks that hit the best notes across...
News Xbox Game Pass Adds GTA5 the Day After It Leaves PS Now
Daylight robbery
Grand Theft Auto V is no longer available to stream and download on PlayStation Now, having left the service yesterday alongside God of War, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, and inFAMOUS: Second Son. This wouldn’t be newsworthy alone, but interestingly Microsoft has announced that th
Boah howdy
If you've been planning on playing through Red Dead Redemption 2 over the holidays, you've picked a great time to dive in. The game's latest update, which is out now on PlayStation 4, adds a load of single-player stuff to what is already a huge open world adventure. This content was apparently included with the recently released PC...
News Rockstar Snags the Two Best Reviewed PS4 Games of the Decade on Metacritic
Mass Effect 2 in third
Reviews are always a bit of a controversial topic, but there's no denying that Rockstar is one of the few developers that absolutely excels when it comes to critical opinion. So much so that in a newly published list from Metacritic, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Grand Theft Auto V share the top spot for the best-reviewed game on...
Here we go again
Oh boy, where do we even start with this one? This particular rumour originally stems from a different rumour that was doing the rounds years ago. Following the launch of Grand Theft Auto V, there was a lot of speculation that Rockstar was working on a new property -- one with a medieval setting that was conveniently called 'Project...
Good news for Rockstar
Aside from the rocky PC release of Red Dead Redemption 2, we imagine that it's all smiles across Rockstar's multiple studios today. During its most recent financial briefing, parent company Take-Two has revealed that the developer's open world blockbusters -- Red Dead 2 and Grand Theft Auto V -- continue to be sales...
News Red Dead Online's Halloween Mode Sounds Like a Nightmare
But not an Undead Nightmare
Running from now until the 12th November, Red Dead Online's new Fear of the Dark multiplayer mode sounds like an interesting take on its often intense player versus player encounters. It pits a team of 'Night Stalkers' against a team of hunters, but the twist is that the Night Stalkers are "supernaturally fast, tough, and...
News Red Dead Redemption 2 Single-Player DLC Is Looking Increasingly Unlikely
Rockstar "100%" focused on Red Dead Online
Despite all the rumours, all the leaks, and everything else over the last year or so, Rockstar has effectively said that it's not working on any single-player content for Red Dead Redemption 2. In an interview with VG247, when asked about single-player DLC, lead online production associate Katie Pica said...
News L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files Is Out for PSVR Right Now
Truth, doubt, lie
After an unexpected age rating sort of gave the project away, L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files has been confirmed for a PlayStation VR release. Better yet, it's actually out right now on the PlayStati
News The Dead are Rising in Red Dead Online as Players Report Sightings of Zombies
Undead Nightmare
Well this is a bit creepy. Numerous reports over on Reddit (compiled by GamesRadar) suggest that zombies are appearing in Red Dead Online. No, you read that right: pale, glowing green-eyed non-playable characters are occasionally popping up around the map. The below example from Reddit user groats_active is perhaps the most...
News Red Dead Online's Massive Frontier Pursuits Update Is Out Now on PS4
So many gameplay tweaks
Today's a big day for Red Dead Online, as Red Dead Redemption 2's new patch brings a huge number of additions and changes to the open world title. As you may already know, the 'Frontier Pursuits' update incorporates set roles into Red Dead Online, allowing you to become a trader, bounty hunter, collector, or a combination of...
News Red Dead Online's Long Awaited Character Roles Arrive Next Week on PS4 Alongside a Big Update
Back in the saddle
Update: Rockstar has released a trailer that briefly showcases the update's new character roles. You can watch it above. Original story: Rockstar has confirmed that Red Dead Online's three highly anticipated character roles are dropping next week alongside the title's next big update. Due on the 10th September, players will be...
News Red Dead Redemption 2 DLC Rumours Resurface as Mystery Rockstar Project Gets Rated
Oh boah
Putting aside the fact that there seems to be a fresh Rockstar rumour every other day, these latest whispers actually have some weight to them. As reported by Kotaku AU, Australian ratings board IARC has essentially refused the classification of an unannounced Rockstar project. Sadly, this is an all too common an occurrence down under, but...
News L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files Age Rating Suggests a PSVR Release Isn't Far Off
PEGI spills the beans
When L.A. Noire came to PS4 a couple of years back via a remaster, it released alongside a sort of spin-off experience for virtual reality headsets that rebuilt specific cases from the main game. It was only available for headsets compatible with the PC such as the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, but it looks like the PlayStation VR...
Outlaws for life
Following on from the release of Red Dead Redemption 2's soundtrack last month, Rockstar has unleashed the game's incredibly atmospheric original score on all major music streaming services. To be clear, this is a collection of all the environmental and event music from last year's blockbuster, primarily composed by Woody Jackson...
News Grand Theft Auto V Is the Best Selling Game of 2019 So Far in the UK
You're 'avin' a larf
Cor blimey guv, the lads and lasses over at Rockstar must be rolling in it. Games Industry has broken down the top ten best selling games of 2019 so far in the UK, and guess what's number one? That's right, Grand Theft Auto V -- a game that first launched on PlayStation 3 all the way back in 2013. At this point it's difficult to...
News Huge Incoming Red Dead Online Update Adds Three Unique Character Roles and 'Much, Much More'
Yeehaw
There's a big old update on the horizon for Red Dead Online -- Red Dead Redemption 2's multiplayer component. The update, which is "coming soon" according to Rockstar, will introduce three distinct character roles to the game: bounty hunter, trader, and collector. Each role focuses on different gameplay mechanics, subsequently leading you...
Rumour Red Dead Redempion 2 DLC Is About Aliens, Red Dead Remake Is Real
Dutch didn't plan for this
Update: The Reddit poster has admitted that they made it all up. Looks like we were right to be cynical, and, as per usual, this is another fine example of why you shouldn't believe everything that you read on the internet. Still, Arthur Morgan versus aliens... We wouldn't say no. Original story: Another week, another...
News The Red Dead Redemption 2 Soundtrack Is Finally on Spotify and Other Major Music Platforms
Unshaken
Red Dead Redemption 2 fans rejoice, for the time has finally come. After months and months of waiting, the game's superb soundtrack has arrived. It's now available on Spotify, Apple Music, and other major music platforms. If you're searching for it, the album is titled 'The Music of Red Dead Redemption 2 (Original Soundtrack)'. The whole...
News Grand Theft Auto 6 Fan Fiction Makes for Fun Reading
Don't believe everything you read
Grand Theft Auto 6 has leaked – except it most definitely hasn’t. Fan fiction on Reddit claims that the sequel will span Vice City, South America, and Cuba – it’ll also purportedly run decades, with each location changing as the years whisk by. Just like in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, you’ll...
News Red Dead Redemption 2's Incredible Soundtrack Can Be Pre-Ordered Now, Coming Next Month
Grab two singles now
Red Dead Redemption 2 might have one of the best video game soundtracks of all time. Produced by the legendary Daniel Lanois, the soundtrack can now be pre-ordered on iTunes, with the full album expected to arrive on 12th July. Made up of 13 songs, The Music of Red Dead Redemption 2 packages together instant classics such as...
Feature Is Red Dead Online Worth Playing Now That It's Out of Beta?
Red or dead?
Is it safe to say that Red Dead Online has been a bit of a disappointment? The online component of Red Dead Redemption 2, we expected big things from the team at Rockstar -- especially given the developer's experience with the ridiculous ongoing success of GTA Online -- but a few weeks after Red Dead Online launched, it just kind of...
News PS4 Players Score Early Access to New Red Dead Online Content
New weapon, modes, more
Following on from the huge update to Red Dead Online last week, PlayStation 4 players can look forward to a bunch of extra bits and pieces in Red Dead Redemption 2's multiplayer component. Rockstar has taken to the PlayStation Blog to detail some n
Weirdness Piles of Dead Horses Are Appearing in Red Dead Online, and No One Knows Why
Update: Rockstar resolves issue
Update (20th May 2019): Rockstar has issued a statement to Eurogamer regarding this bizarre occurrence: "The issue affecting some players in Red Dead Online that was causing reduced numbers of animals in session and other knock-on effects has been resolved," the company says. Turns out it was just a bug after all...
Plus anti-griefing measures and poker
Rockstar has pushed out a mega patch for Red Dead Redemption 2, and you can download it right now on PlayStation 4. Update 1.09 mostly covers Red Dead Online, but there are also a few fixes for the single player story buried in the patch notes. Also buried in there is the removal of "the beta label" from both...
News 27 Free Red Dead Redemption 2 Avatars Hijack US PlayStation Store
The whole gang's here
If you're on the market for a new PlayStation avatar and you're a big fan of Red Dead Redemption 2, today's your lucky day. Over on the US PlayStation Store, Rockstar has released a whopping 27 Red Dead Redemption 2 avatars for free. From Arthur Morgan to Uncle, just about every member of the Van der Linde gang is here. Again,...
News Full Red Dead Redemption 2 Concert Is Well Worth a Listen
Yeehaw
A recent Red Dead Redemption 2 Red Bull Festival concert has made its way online, and you can now watch the full thing on YouTube. Spanning 56 minutes of music taken from the game's stellar soundtrack, it's well worth listening to -- even if you're just looking for some background noise. Fair warning though: filling your ears with this might...
News Red Dead Redemption 2 Lighting Supposedly Downgraded Following Patch 1.06 on PS4
Gosh darn it
Rockstar's first game built for current gen, Red Dead Redemption 2, is a real looker. Especially when you consider how big and detailed it is, the game's visuals are pretty incredible. However, the technical achievement has supposedly been dulled with the latest update. According to one particularly keen-eyed player, patch 1.06 alters...
News Red Dead Redemption 2's Soundtrack Finally Set to Release This Spring
Music to our ears
Red Dead Redemption 2 has one of the best soundtracks that we've heard in a long, long time, and it feels like we've been waiting an age for its official standalone release. It's been four months since the game launched, but Rockstar's never had a date nailed down for the music. Thankfully, it looks like the soundtrack is finally...
