Tag: Rockstar
News 50 Cent Teases Something Vice City Related, 'I Will Explain This Later'
Curtis Jackson, remember the name!
Rapper and producer Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson has teased his involvement in something Grand Theft Auto: Vice City-related on Instagram, though what form this mysterious project takes remains to be seen. Posting a picture of a neon pink Vice City logo to his Instagram page, Jackson wrote, "I will explain this later...
News GTA 5's 1.64 Patch Notes Are Ginormous for PS5, PS4
New story content for GTA Online, raytracing, and more
Grand Theft Auto 5’s colossal 1.64 patch is available to download now for approximately 5.3GB, and it brings a bunch of new content, features, and quality of life updates to Rockstar’s unstoppable sandbox release. Most notable is the addition of new story content in GTA Online, and you can...
News Sell Psychedelics in GTA Online's Los Santos Drug Wars Update on PS5, PS4
Start a new business enterprise with Nervous Ron
GTA Online will be getting jacked with a new dose of story content next week, as the Los Santos Drug Wars descend on PS5 and PS4. Teased last week alongside a slew of gameplay improvements – including raytracing – the new content will see you travel to Blaine County to team up with Nervous Ron and...
News GTA 5, GTA Online Getting Graphics Upgrade in PS5 Patch
Shark Cards get juiced, too
Los Santos will look lovelier than ever before later this month, as Rockstar adds raytraced reflections to the Fidelity Mode of Grand Theft Auto 5’s sumptuous PS5 remaster. This feature will be available across the single player campaign and multiplayer mode GTA Online, which is also getting a raft of quality of life...
News Take-Two Reiterates GTA 6 Leak 'Won't Have Any Influence on Development'
Plus, GTA 5 speeds past 170 million units sold
Following the high-profile leak of more than an hour of still-in-development GTA 6 footage, developer Rockstar vowed the incident would not affect development and that the team would exceed players' expectations. Parent company Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has reiterated this stance during an earnings...
News Red Dead Redemption No Longer Playable on PS5, PS4 in a Troubling Sign of the Times
Git along, little Dogies
Red Dead Redemption was a landmark achievement in game design, one that few studios have managed to replicate in the more than a decade since the cowboy epic was released. But, like the age of the Wild West itself, Red Dead Redemption has become a relic of a bygone era, with the title no longer playable on modern PlayStation...
News 17-Year-Old GTA 6 Hacker Reportedly Arrested in London, UK
Police issue statement
Update: The City of London Police has confirmed that it's arrested a 17-year-old on suspicion of hacking. It's being reported that this is (one of) the same individual(s) behind the recent Rockstar incident. The individual is currently in police custody. Original Story: While developer
News What a Twist, Saints Row Denied EU Number 1 By GTA 5
Crime does pay
We don't usually cover the monthly European software charts here on Push Square — often because there's, well, not really much to write about — but August's results have created quite the headline story. The new Saints Row, which released on the 23rd of the month, was beaten to the top spot by none other than Grand Theft Auto V...
News GTA 6 Leak Won't Disrupt Development, Rockstar Vows to Exceed Expectations
"We'll introduce new game when we're ready"
As you’ve no doubt already seen, an unprecedented leak over the weekend exposed an enormous amount of confidential footage from GTA 6 in frankly staggering fashion. Game developers from all around the globe, including Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann, have already spoken out in support of developer...
Reminder Red Dead Redemption 2 Is Removed From PS Plus Extra Tomorrow
Redemption will have to wait
If you've been playing through Red Dead Redemption 2 thanks to its inclusion on PS Plus Extra, and you haven't finished it yet, then you might want to hurry. Rockstar's incredible open world title will be removed from the service tomorrow (that's the 20th September 2022 at the time of writing), and that means Extra...
News New Cayo Perico Race Events Wave the Chequered Flag in GTA Online on PS5, PS4
El Rubio's raceway
Until today, GTA Online’s tropical Cayo Perico Island had been solely leveraged for heists – until now. As part of the latest GTA Online Weekly Update, developer Rockstar has added an entire new series of races all around the idyllic resort – and there’s double GTA$ and RP rewards up
News GTA 5 PS5 Players Are Buying More Shark Cards Than Those on PS4
Free willy
If you’re a PS5 owner playing the upgraded GTA 5 on your new console, you’re part of the problem. As part of an earnings call, Rockstar’s overlord Take-Two revealed that new-gen owners are “monetising at a rate 36 per cent higher than players on the previous generation” in GTA Online. In other words: new console owners are...
News GTA 6 Will Set 'Creative Benchmarks' for All Entertainment
Puff your chest out
At some point, you have to wonder how Rockstar can possibly follow GTA 5. Take a step back and think about this for a second: the fifth instalment has sold 170 million copies – the pressure to improve upon that must be unfathomable. Nevertheless, we know the label is effectively all hands on deck right now, with rumours of a...
News You're All Wrong! GTA 6 Won't Have the Franchise's First Female Protagonist
It's been done before
Earlier this week, we got our first insight into the development of GTA 6. The game – due out in a couple of years thanks to a more tolerable working culture at developer Rockstar – will apparently plot a Bonnie & Clyde-style story in modern Miami, marking the franchise’s “first female protagonist”. Except it’s...
News GTA Online's Next Story Update Sees Gas Prices Soar in Los Santos
All playable in Invite Only sessions
Rockstar promised we’d get word of a major GTA Online update soon, and here it is: The Criminal Enterprises is coming on 26th July. For the most part this is promising new activities for existing business owners, and some quality of life improvements – like the ability to finally run y
Rumour Red Dead Redemption 2 PS5 Version Also Ditched for GTA 6
No redemption here
Last week, reports on innerworkings at Rockstar made a lot of headlines. The gist of the reports was that the developer had shelved remasters of Red Dead Redemption and Grand Theft Auto IV, in favour of focusing on Grand Theft Auto 6. The reports originated through Rockstar insider Tez2
News GTA 6 Needs to Exceed Players' Expectations, Rockstar Admits
"It needs to be the best it can possibly be"
It’s been almost a decade since GTA 5, and developer Rockstar is perhaps beginning to feel the pinch. The studio – which admitted this week it’s effectively abandoning Red Dead Online – said that it understands “more than ever the need to exceed players’ expectations and for [GTA 6] to be the...
News GTA Online Dialling Down the Effectiveness of the Oppressor Mk 2, Increasing GTA$ Payouts
Finally allowing Sell Missions in Invite Only lobbies
If you’ve ever played GTA Online, then you’ll know all about the Oppressor Mk 2. The frighteningly mobile flying motorcycle, complete with homing missiles, has been a source of frustration in Los Santos for years – but it’ll be getting nerfed as part of an impending update. In fact,...
News As Red Dead Online Fans Ready Funeral, Rockstar Admits It's Basically Pulled the Plug
Life support
Red Dead Online isn’t dead – but it is. Fans of the sandbox Western were planning a funeral for the game next week, and it looks like that will go ahead, because an update from developer Rockstar doesn’t instil much confidence in the mulitplayer mode’s future. Effectively it admits that, as its attention is turning to
News GTA 5 Patch 1.56 Further Improves PS5 Loading Times, Here Are All the Patch Notes
Motion blur slider added to PS5
GTA 5 may be nearing its tenth anniversary (!!!), but Rockstar is continuing to optimise the title. A new update for the PlayStation 5 and PS4 has deployed this week, and it bundles in a number of optimisations and improvements, including a motion blur slider on Sony’s new-gen console and even faster loading times...
News GTA 5 PS5 Will Lift a Physical Release This Month
For those who prefer boxes
The excellent next-gen version of GTA 5, already available digitally at a discounted price, will hot-wire a retail release from 12th April. Rockstar confirmed the news in its weekly GTA Online update, so all those of you who prefer physical games will be able to snap that up, either from the Rockstar Store or selected...
News GTA Online Adding Paid, Monthly Subscription on PS5
Inspired by the GTA$
Like many of its live service peers – including the likes of Fortnite and Minecraft – the ever-popular GTA Online is getting an optional monthly subscription. Imaginatively entitled GTA+, the membership – which will be exclusive to the new-gen version of the game, including PlayStation 5 – will cost $5.99 per month, and...
News GTA 5 Hotwires PS5 Specific Features Trailers
Promo work
Sony’s big money marketing deal with GTA 5 has prompted several PlayStation 5 specific trailers to be published, each delving into some of the new-gen improvements of Rockstar’s long-running open world game. The first of the series spotlights near-instant loading, and showcases a vehicle from Hao’s Special Works, which is a new mod...
News GTA 5 PS5 Promos Can Only Be Claimed on a Console
No stock, no deal
Struggling to find PS5 stock but hoping to snag a free copy of GTA Online and take advantage of the introductory offer for GTA 5? Sorry, you can’t. As has been pointed out by a number of readers, you’ll need to physically own a PlayStation 5 console to download your free copy of GTA Online and purchase the single player...
Review GTA 5 (PS5) - Rockstar's Los Santos Is Still One of the Best Open Worlds Ever Assembled
Four stars
It’s staggering to think that GTA 5 got its start on the PlayStation 3. Even today, almost a decade since it first debuted, Los Santos feels more lived in than virtually any other open world. In fact, compared to its urban contemporaries, like Cyberpunk 2077’s Night City, it’s startling just how believable the Hollywood-inspired...
News GTA Online to Nerf Los Santos' Deadliest Vehicles
Oppressed
With the release of GTA 5 and, by extension, GTA Online on the PlayStation 5 this week, players are in a particularly irritable mood. While we found the community had mellowed a lot over the last few years on the PS4, we’re getting blown to pieces within seconds while minding our own business in Los Santos right now. We wouldn’t...
Hands On Is GTA 5 PS5 Worth It?
One night in Los Santos
Aw sh*t, here we go again! Grand Theft Auto 5 is one of the greatest selling games of all time, shifting over 160 million copies in the decade or so since it debuted. First released on the PlayStation 3 in 2013, the game was a mainstay on software sales charts throughout the entire PS4 generation, and now it’s launched on...
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...
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
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...
News Shoddy GTA Trilogy Remasters to Get PS5, PS4 Patches Soon
Claude almighty
Rockstar’s disappointing GTA Trilogy remasters will get a new patch next week, presumably addressing any other outstanding issues with these shoddy re-releases. The package – featuring GTA 3, GTA Vice City, and GTA San Andreas – launched last year, and was quickly ridiculed for its poor performance and presentation. The...
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...
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...
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,...
News GTA 6 Officially Confirmed, Development Is 'Well Underway'
Ah sh*t, here we go again
Rockstar Games has officially (and finally!) confirmed that it's working on a new Grand Theft Auto game. The company casually dropped this long-awaited bombshell at the end of its latest community blog post, under the heading "What's Next". Exciting times. Rockstar writes: "With the unprecedented longevity of GTAV, we know...
News Beleaguered PS2 Remaster GTA Vice City Spotted for PS Now
Coming next week, it seems
Grand Theft Auto III: Definitive Edition will leave PS Now on 31st January, but it looks like it’s poised to be replaced by GTA Vice City: Definitive Edition. A slew of images have emerged across Reddit and social medi
News GTA Trilogy Has Done 'Just Great', Exec Says 'Glitch Was Resolved'
Take-Two chief satisfied with remasters
GTA Trilogy has received a few patches since its dismal launch, but it remains below par as Rockstar works to resurrect it. Take-Two and Rockstar overlord Strauss Zelnick is fairly satisfied with the game, though, as he told investors that it’s “done just great” and while it had a “glitch in the...
News Red Dead Online's Paltry PS4 Updates Continue to Frustrate Fans
Tumble weeds
Late last year, GTA Online received an enormous update, adding a new business and multiple mission types – including story content, featuring Dr Dre – to the game. In the meantime, Red Dead Online has been largely left abandoned. While Rockstar has added various new job types to the Western sandbox over the years, as well as a...
Hands On GTA Online's The Contract Adds More Compelling Content to a Creaking Classic
Organic produce
In its eighth year, and fast-approaching its third console generation, there are plenty who can’t fathom the longevity of GTA Online. Even in an era of service-based games – like Minecraft, which actually pre-dates Rockstar’s sequel by a couple of years – there’s a sentiment among engaged gamers that the developer should...
News GTA Online Update Reduces Texts from Contacts, Adds Over 300 Clothing Items
And, of course, The Contract
If you’re returning to Los Santos this week and want to know How to Start The Contract and the Best Agency to Buy, then our GTA Online guide can help with all of that. In addition to the new content, however, Rockstar has been busy optimising elements of t
News GTA Online's The Contract Adds New Radio Station, Debuts Fresh Dr Dre Beats
Updates to existing stations, too
GTA Online is getting a new radio station this week, as Rockstar rolls out The Contract on 15th December – a huge new expansion featuring protagonist Franklin Clinton. The fresh station, MOTOMAMI Los Santos, will be hosted by Spanish singer-songwriter ROSALÍA and longtime Rockstar collaborator Arca, and will...
News Franklin, Dr. Dre Headline Huge New GTA Online Story
Recover an unreleased album from 15th December
A huge new GTA Online story will arrive on 15th December, with protagonist Franklin Clinton making his return. The plot picks up after the events of the single player campaign, with Franklin now in charge of a “celebrity solutions agency catering to the Vinewood elite in need of solutions to...
News PS Now's GTA 3 Now Available to Download and Stream
Looking like a mistake
Update #2: Sony has corrected an issue with GTA 3 on PS Now which meant users couldn't download the game. It's now available to both stream and download worldwide. This isn't the first time this error has occurred, and has led to confusion and unnecessary frustration for subscribers. Update #1: GTA 3 is now available as part...
News GTA Trilogy Physical Release Delayed on PS4
Still coming before Christmas, though
GTA Trilogy — or Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition if you've all the time in the world — released digitally on PlayStation 5 and PS4 in mid-November. Obviously, the game has been on a rough ride since then, with bugs, graphical issues, and more dealing a heavy blow to its reputation. A...
News GTA Trilogy Patch 1.03 Fixes Another Boatload of Bugs, Adds 'Cloud Cover' on PS5, PS4
Bit by bit
GTA Trilogy has a new update on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. As you'd expect, it promises to fix another huge list of bugs in all three games. Somehow, the patch notes are even longer than last time, so you'll have to forgive us for all of the scrolling that you're about to do. There are a couple of notable graphical improvements...
