9 December 2023
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GTA 5 made it to the top 10 most downloaded games in the PS Store in November
The company Sony has released four top lists of the most downloaded games in the PS Store on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 consoles in November. Grand Theft Auto 5, released almost 10 years ago, appeared in all of them.
6 December 2023
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Elon Musk revealed that he didn't want to play through GTA 5 because it required killing police officers
American billionaire Elon Musk recently shared his first encounter with GTA 5. He reported this on the social network X (Twitter) in the comments to one of the posts.
2 December 2023
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AI drew Rick Grimes from The Walking Dead in the style of GTA 5
User ItsTheFreshPrince used the neural network Midjourney to show how Rick Grimes from The Walking Dead might look in the world of Grand Theft Auto 5. For this, the artificial intelligence portrayed the character in the signature style of the fifth installment of GTA, featuring all the game's art.
1 December 2023
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GTA 5 and RDR 2 have made it into the top 20 most popular games on Steam Deck in November
Valve has released the top 20 most popular games on Steam Deck, including two Rockstar Games projects — Red Dead Redemption 2 and GTA 5. The games secured the 8th and 9th spots, respectively.
25 November 2023
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The actor who played Michael in GTA 5 reacted to swatting
The other day, Ned Luke, who played Michael in Grand Theft Auto 5, became a victim of swatting. After some time, the actor decided to comment on what happened. He posted on his X (Twitter) page, condemning the act and stating that he had been swatted six times already. Ned also noted that the culprits showed originality by calling the firefighters instead of the police.
25 November 2023
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In GTA 5, a superhero battle between Omni-Man and Superman took place
YouTuber with the nickname TK REBIRTH published a video showing a superhero fight between Omni-Man from the animated series Invincible and Superman in the world of GTA 5. The characters were added as modifications.
24 November 2023
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The actor who played Michael in GTA 5 got swatted live on stream
Ned Luke, who played Michael De Santa in Grand Theft Auto 5, fell victim to swatting—during a GTA Online stream, police officers arrived at his place. Initially, the actor received a call, and subsequently saw the police near his home, prompting him to urgently end the live broadcast.
21 November 2023
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GTA 5 and RDR 2 are among the top 10 best-selling games in Europe in October
The analytical portal GamesIndustry has published the top 10 best-selling games in Europe in October 2023. The list includes two projects developed by Rockstar Games. We are talking about Grand Theft Auto 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2. They took the 5th and 9th places respectively.
20 November 2023
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A reference to Bully 2 was found in the leaked PDB file of GTA 5
Another confirmation of Rockstar Games developing Bully 2 has emerged. Recently, a debug build of Grand Theft Auto 5 leaked online, revealing a mention of the sequel to the 2006 game in its files. So far, the build has not been successfully launched, as it lacks some essential files.
15 November 2023
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GTA 6 Publisher Claims Game Prices Should Be Determined by Its Length
Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick has suggested that companies should change their approach to game pricing. He believes that the time spent on completing a game should directly affect its cost.
15 November 2023
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Spotify now has an official playlist featuring music from GTA
Great news for all Grand Theft Auto fans who love music and have a Spotify subscription. The service now features a playlist made up of soundtracks from the GTA games.
14 November 2023
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A modder has added DLAA and DLSS technologies to GTA 5, significantly improving performance
A modder by the username PureDark has released a new video of his modification for GTA 5, which incorporates DLAA and DLSS technologies into the game. This has substantially boosted performance.
11 November 2023
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Take-Two CEO Responds to Question About Plans for a GTA Movie
Some GTA series fans would surely love to see a movie adaptation of one of the installments, but it seems unlikely to happen in the foreseeable future. Take-Two's CEO (owner of Rockstar Games) Strauss Zelnick during a recent conversation with investors, stated that the company is not currently interested in creating a movie based on Grand Theft Auto.
9 November 2023
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Take-Two has sold 190 million copies of GTA 5 and 57 million copies of RDR 2
Take-Two has released a financial report, presenting updated sales data for its games. Over the past quarter, the company sold 2 million copies of Red Dead Redemption 2 and 5 million copies of Grand Theft Auto 5. The total sales for Red Dead Redemption 2 reached 57 million copies, and for Grand Theft Auto 5, it reached 190 million copies. The sales for the Red Dead Redemption series reached 81 million copies, while for GTA, it reached 410 million copies.
8 November 2023
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GTA 5 made it into the top 10 most downloaded games in the PS Store in October
Sony Interactive Entertainment has published the lists of the most downloaded games in the PlayStation Store in October 2023. Among the PS4 projects, Grand Theft Auto 5 ranked 6th in the US and 5th in Europe. On PlayStation 5, the game secured the 10th position in the US and the 4th position in Europe. The updated version of Red Dead Redemption 2 also made it to the top, taking the 1st spot in the US and the 3rd spot in Europe.
4 November 2023
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GTA 5 and RDR 2 made it into the top 20 most popular games on the Steam Deck in October
Valve has published a list of the most popular games on the Steam Deck in October. The top 20 includes GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2, placing 7th and 9th respectively.
2 November 2023
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The first trailer GTA 5 was released 12 years ago
The debut trailer for Grand Theft Auto 5 reached its 12th anniversary precisely — the video was released on November 2, 2011, on the Rockstar Games YouTube channel. Since then, the video has amassed over 90 million views and 1.9 million likes. The trailer became the most-viewed video on the studio's channel.
2 November 2023
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The Day Before copies GTA 5 and RDR 2 trailers, uses AI for narrator
The creators of The Day Before, an online survival shooter set in a zombie apocalypse, have been accused of plagiarism again. It was pointed out the latest gameplay video contains phrases from the overview trailers for GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2.
27 October 2023
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GTA 5 has made it to the top 10 most popular games on consoles in the US in September
The analysts from The NPD Group have published lists of the projects that gamers in the US played the most in September. Grand Theft Auto 5 took the third spot on PlayStation and the fourth position on Xbox. However, it didn't make it to the top 10 on Steam. Red Dead Redemption 2 didn't make it to the top on either consoles or in Steam.
21 October 2023
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GTA 5 once again made it into the top 10 best-selling games in Europe
Analysts from the company GSD have published the top 10 best-selling games in Europe for September. The list takes into account both physical and digital copies of the games.