You may remember that putting your own music into Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV would dump the custom tracks into Independence FM, a special radio station designed to act just like the official in-game stations. The feature is returning in Grand Theft Auto V on PC, with DJs Cliff Lee and Andee hosting Self Radio. Although you don't have to use it, and can instead simply play the music in order or by shuffling through.
It might have taken Rockstar a little longer than anticipated to get GTA V ready for the PC, but it sounds like the developer is cooking up a pretty solid product for the platform. One of the more interesting features that's unique to the PC version is a new video editing system, which allows players to create their own in-game movies.
Rockstar Games is set to become a TV movie star as the BBC will begin shooting on April 20th for 'Gamechanger', which explores the rollercoaster ride that is game development at the Grand Theft Auto developer. It's believed Daniel Radcliffe will be playing co-founder and president Sam Houser. The film explores the crazy times for the studio, of which there have been many and includes Florida ambulance-chaser, Jack Thompson.
The painful wait for our trip to Los Santos in Grand Theft Auto V on PC is almost over, with it now due to launch in less than a week. In an interview, Rockstar Games assures us future DLC and updates 'will arrive simultaneously'. The studio also reaffirm that PC is the "ultimate version" of GTA V, having drawn from a "huge pool of knowledge" over its development cycle. Sadly, modding support is 'dismissed'.
If you've pre-ordered the long awaited PC version of GTA 5 via Steam, the good news is that from today you can start pre-loading the game ready for its release on 14th April. If you pre-ordered a copy through the Rockstar Warehouse, pre-loading will work for you as well. Rockstar hasn't officially revealed what time the pre-loading will begin today, but did say that it would update us when more information is available.
Time for those eyeballs to well-up as Rockstar Games has gone live with their special PC trailer for Grand Theft Auto V, which shows the open world crime sandbox running at a mouth-watering 60 frames. The studio boast the PC version has a "range of major visual and technical upgrades" over the console releases, including the Xbox One and PS4 editions. It officially releases on PC April 14th.
The official trailer for the much delayed PC version of Grand Theft Auto V is pencilled in for this Thursday, April 2nd @ 10am EDT / 3pm GMT. This has been hotly anticipated to show off all that the PC can offer. Rockstar also reveals it will be running at 60 frames-per-second, and it will debut exclusively on the official website. They advise the "most recent generation device" or browser for maximum drool factor.
While fans continue to plan a heist of Rockstar North's offices, the studio has decided to rub salt in our delayed-yet-again wounds by releasing a series of smoking hot screens for Grand Theft Auto V on PC. They also remind us of their pre-order bribe of an extra $300k in-game for GTA Online, which now has a March 31st deadline for the new April 14th release. We're also getting a new trailer soon.
Grand Theft Auto V for PC has once again been delayed by Rockstar Games, as they also announce that the long sought after Heists will be debuting March 10th for GTA Online. The new release date currently pencilled in amidst the debris of eraser rubbings, is April 14th. The studio says a "bit more time is needed" to ensure GTA Online works day one.
It's raining big bucks over at Nvidia as their quarterly take over Christmas saw around $1.25 billion in revenue, driven largely by the spike in demand for their Maxwell GPU range, like those found in the GeForce GTX 980. In fact they say a 38% rise in sales, up by 9% from the same period last year. Total revenue for year was $4.7 billion, with actual profits at $630 million. They didn't reveal Nvidia Shield figures.
Pre-orders begin today for Grand Theft Auto V on PC, with Rockstar Games announcing that as a bonus we'll be getting a cool $1 million of in-game cash spread across Story mode and GTA Online. If you pre-order with the Rockstar Warehouse between now and February 1st you'll also score a free PC game from select titles, and an extra $300k for GTA Online.
Rockstar Games has just announced a further delay to the PC version of Grand Theft Auto V which was due by the end of this month. Now desktop crime waves won't start until March 24th. It's painful news alright. The PC requirements to light up Los Santos have also been disclosed, and they're suspiciously merciful given the vast scope of GTA V. A collection of PC screens have been published too.
Rumours that GTA V for PC would be delayed past its predicted January 27 release date have cropped up over the last month, mainly due to the game's listing on Steam changing its due date to the rather less specific "early 2015". Not to worry though, according to a Rockstar post responding to fan concerns on the game's official forum, that initial date hasn't changed.
Rockstar's latest 'Asked & Answered' session through the Rockstar Newswire has been posted and confirms the studio is in the "final stages" of wrapping up development for the PC version. We should also expect to see the system requirements "in the coming week." A developer already leaked that their Max Payne 3 PC team is behind GTA V's PC edition.
The very long-awaited addition of Heists for GTA Online, the free online counterpart to Grand Theft Auto V, has finally been given trailer by Rockstar. Even better is the early 2015 window for the events. The PC version of Grand Theft Auto V is due in late January so PC gamers won't need to wait much longer hopefully. Our pain has already been to wait for Xbox One and PS4 to get theirs first.
An alleged developer for Rockstar has said their upcoming PC version for Grand Theft Auto V is being handled by the very same team that brought Max Payne 3 to PC, which proved surprisingly great. This same Rockstar dev also stated they've got GTA V running at 60 frames, although didn't say what PC specs it was running on. Rockstar is yet to announce any PC exclusive perks.
Turns out that the rumours were true - the remastered version of Grand Theft Auto V for PC and current-gen consoles will come with a first-person mode. First reported by CVG, the mode will add assisted aim, free aim and semi-assisted aim, and it sounds like there's plenty of options for modifying the controls to your taste.
Rockstar has announced a bevy of exclusive content for the remastered version of Grand Theft Auto V, but it's only going to be available to players transferring characters from the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game. “Some of the other updates such as the upgrade content are being designed exclusively as a reward for returning players so those will not be released on the previous versions,” confirmed the developer in a recent Q&A session reported by VG247.
We've seen mods that add a first-person mode to Grand Theft Auto, but if rumours currently circulating are true then we might see Rockstar try their hand at a change of perspective in the upcoming PC version of Grand Theft Auto 5. Reddit user DrOversight claims to have found a cached blog page from Rockstar's website that promises first-person modes both in-car and on foot.
Rockstar Games announced this morning that Grand Theft Auto IV, which is set for release on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation, will be released on April 29th 2008. "We are so excited to be releasing Grand Theft Auto IV," said Sam Houser, Founder and Executive Producer of Rockstar Games. "We've pushed ourselves very hard to make something incredible and hope the game sets a new benchmark for interactive entertainment."