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Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V has not just been breaking records on the High Street. The PlayStation Blog has confirmed that the digital version of the game available for 49.99 on the PlayStation Network has broken the previous sales record enjoyed by The Last of Us to become the biggest …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto Online is fixed! Although Rockstar still investigating missing items
The good news is that Grand Theft Auto Online is now working. The bad news is that there are still issues with players losing their items. A patch released late last week for both the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Grand Theft Auto V seems to have largely resolved …
Read More »Inside Rockstar North – Part 4: The Art
Art director Aaron Garbut tells us how the studio crafted the world of GTA
Read More »FIFA 14 still No.1 but GTA V continues to chase records
EA’s FIFA 14 has held off Grand Theft Auto V to claim its second week as the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats No.1. Sales of the football game fell 68 per cent in its second week, which is an improvement on the 72 per cent drop FIFA 13 saw in …
Read More »Inside Rockstar North – Part 3: The Tech
Technical leads Adam Fowler and Phil Hooker take us through the technology powering GTA V
Read More »In Pictures: A rare glimpse behind the scenes at Rockstar North
Meet the developers behind Grand Theft Auto V
Read More »UPDATED: Grand Theft Auto Online title update hits "as soon as" tomorrow
A title update for the so far very buggy GTA Online is being prepped by Rockstar. A new post on the developer’s newswire announces that the patch could hit XBLA and PSN as soon as tomorrow – but there’s no guarantee that’ll actually be the case, or (based on past …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V voice actors defend title against game violence critics
The three stars behind GTA V protagonists Franklin, Michael and Trevor have justified the violence in Rockstar’s hugely successful game. Grand Theft Auto V is an 18-rated game, for good reason. And if that isn’t sufficient to keep it from the hands of kids then fingers should be pointed at …
Read More »Over 1,000 people made GTA V
Rockstar North has revealed a team of 1,000+ developers worked on Grand Theft Auto V. In an interview with sister-site Develop, studio president Leslie Benzies confirmed the monster team that worked on what has since become the fastest selling game in UK history. "It’s probably more, much more," said Benzies. …
Read More »Inside Rockstar North – Part 2: The Studio
Studio director Andy Semple and president Leslie Benzies take us through how the developer operates
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