Grand Theft Auto V News, Tips, Tricks & Ideas

The main story of may finish before you even realize it, as the journeys of Michael, Trevor, and Franklin come to a close in around a dozen hours. Completing the game is not the end of your experience in Los Santos, as the city still has a lot to offer. From stealing cars to making stacks of money, there's plenty to do once the credits roll.

As a somewhat deflating example of the money-churning might of GTA Online becoming the sole focus of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto 5 efforts over the last decade, the actor who played Trevor in the ridiculously well-selling crime epic has teased some details of planned story DLC that would have turned the controversial protagonist into a James Bond-style spy. The pack supposedly got as far as shooting with the actors, only to end up cancelled and folded into a GTA Online heist.

Story details for 's canceled story DLC have emerged, and it sounds like it would have leaned into the espionage genre with perhaps the last character anyone would have expected: Trevor. It has long been known that single-player story DLC for the game was in the works, much like 's and, and 's before it, but with the monumental success of, which launched a month after and made over $500 million in microtransactions alone by 2016, and development of the massively detailed, Rockstar's priorities changed, resulting in the DLC's cancelation.

A new interview with a former Rockstar employee sheds some new light on how the company’s workplace environment had grown toxic around the time they released Grand Theft Auto V.

We have a strange story today about the longest running, and most successful, Grand Theft Auto game of all time.

Following the recent price hike for EA Play, as well as price bumps for other video game subscription services over the last year, Rockstar's GTA+ is getting more expensive too.

The iconic is all about immersion, exploration, and trying hard to finish every single mission and objective the game has to offer. That's a particularly tall order, especially when hidden missions abound all over the vast expanse of the map. Many fans uncover new details every time they play through the game, but some are hidden quite well. Hunting down these secret missions involves following clues, having a keen eye, and venturing off the beaten path as if it's a lifestyle.

The update of added Nightclub properties that you can purchase as a way to generate money and increase your character's popularity. These are arguably the most expensive places to own in the game, with tons of start-up costs and maintenance fees. Beyond the visual appeal, a Nightclub has multiple uses as a place that can store your vehicles and offer various missions.

Swedish non-profit Talita has created a new mod for GTA 5 to highlight real-life issues of sex trafficking.

's single-player campaign seems fairly straightforward, but the three ending possibilities are anything but. gives players control over how the story will reach its dramatic conclusion, with a choice of three very different options. Protagonist Franklin Clinton must decide between killing Michael De Santa, killing Trevor Philips, or teaming up with both. While there is a true ending to the game, there is no right or wrong answer for players other than leaving things in a way that they feel confident about the choice they made.

Rockstar has announced it's removing Grand Theft Auto Online's clips editor on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One from 20th February this year, explaining it's making the move as it approaches the «limits of what's possible» on previous-generation consoles.

Ned Luke, the voice actor behind Michael De Santa in Grand Theft Auto 5, has called out a company for using his voice as the basis of an unofficial AI chatbot.

In , there is one business that costs more than any other business in the game. This business is theLos Santos Golf Club which will cost players $150,000,000 to buy in the game, but will also net you $264,500 a day afterward. The question most players will have is whether it is worth it to save the cash to buy the business.

has many different roles you can take on, but it may be better for some to leave a life of crime and become a cop. Breaking the law has always been the lifestyle of many characters that walk in Los Santos. However, those looking to pursue a career as a police officer will have to access a certain cheat code that activates a unique mode within the game.

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The key to growing your character's stats in is to keep taking part in activities that are associated with the attribute. While the stats progression works sort of like an RPG, it is quite rudimentary and similar to other titles. Upgrading stats can make your character stronger, faster, and proficient at other skills such as flying. However, to level up each skill, you simply have to do more of that activity.

A new report suggests that planned story DLC was scrapped due to internal rifts at Rockstar Games, as well as the sudden emergence and rise in popularity of GTA Online.

’s recent update now lets players own a Salvage Yard, which can be used to strip cars and sell valuable parts for profits. There are five Salvage Yards you can purchase, and they are located in different regions of Los Santos. The Salvage Yard functions much like real-life scrap yards; however, since this is, you can make a lot of money by scrapping stolen cars.

Hackers have reportedly leaked content from several projects, including the source code for as well as content regarding Grand Theft Auto VI and Bully 2.

Rockstar Games has seemingly been hit with yet another leak. Several reports have tipped that the complete source code of Grand Theft Auto 5 has been leaked. Reports have also suggested the leak includes GTA 6 codes and files from a rumoured sequel to the company's 2006 game, Bully. Notably, the hacker who helped leak GTA 6 gameplays last year was sentenced to indefinite hospital prison last week. Even the GTA 6 trailer was revealed 15 hours ahead of schedule in response to a leak that had shared the trailer online.

The year is coming to a close and Microsoft may have one more surprise up its sleeve as it seems that may leave soon. Some players have received notifications that the game will be one of three due to leave the service on December 31, but only two of those have been confirmed by Microsoft.

The enduring popularity of means that millions of people have taken the game for a spin, but many of these players have never discovered all the secret locations in This is unsurprising considering the scope of the game, which provides players with a large, open-world map to explore and enjoy all the virtual free will they please. Being an expansive game with hundreds of different areas and locations, it's easy to get lost in the exciting adventures one can go on in San Andreas.

Rockstar Games revealed the first trailer for , which already seems to be on its way to beating the record held by its predecessor,. The trailer confirmed the game's Bonnie and Clyde-esque duo, Lucia and Jason, and provided a look at the game's Florida-inspired location, Leonida, which includes a modernized version of the fan-favorite location, Vice City.

We’re mere hours away from the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6, the simple teaser image for which has already sparked an internet-wide meme and thrown infinite fuel on the ever-burning GTA 6 rumour fire. Big questions remain, of course. Not least: when will GTA 6 actually be out? Yet some eagle-eyed internet detectives reckon GTA 6’s release date has been staring us all in the face - and nips - for months.

Ned Luke, the actor behind GTA 5 main character Michael De Santa, has been swatted while playing the game for fans in a Thanksgiving livestream.

Ned Luke, the voice actor who plays Michael De Santa in, has dropped hints that suggest his character will make an appearance in . Little is known so far about the next, which is expected to have its first trailer in December 2023. However, leaks and wild rumors about have been mounting for a decade. Very few of them are verifiable, but the few reliable leaks do provide an idea of what to expect. Ned Luke's response is too cryptic to be called a leak, but as an actor who's actually worked on the series, he's certainly a reliable source.

When first I played GTA Online back in the Xbox 360 days it felt like an afterthought, a chance to play some random good-for-nothing in GTA 5's sizzling alt-Los Angeles, securely cloistered away from the events of the all-important singleplayer story. Having built yourself a no-name crim, you galloped around cranking out cash and XP by means of glorified sidequests handed down by headliners such as Lamar. Skip forward to 2023, and as Alice0 observed when we discussed Rockstar's GTA 6 announcements this morning, GTA Online is effectively an MMO with ten years of updates, expansions and community projects under its belt. The no-name crim has become the star attraction.

News on the next entry in Rockstar's open-world action series is imminent, according to reports.

Director Hideaki Itsuno mentions Rockstar's title as one source of inspiration for the action-RPG sequel.

GTA V turns 10, but where's the GTA 6 reveal?

It's been 10 years already?!

The teenagers who were part of an international cyber-crime gang were found responsible for a hacking spree, and will be sentenced at a later date.

«No one from Take-Two Interactive contacted and ask me anything prior to this, they just took down the video out of nowhere.»

GTA V reclaimed its throne in July, with Remnant 2 in hot pursuit.

«I suppose it's possible the lack of backward compatibility could enhance your revenue for a period of time, but at what cost?»