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GTA and Red Dead Redemption 2 devs form new super studioNov 28, 2023 - PCGamesNGrand Theft Auto proves timeless even today, with its fifth entry still going strong a decade later and its sixth game looming over the horizon. Fellow beloved Rockstar game Red Dead Redemption 2 is also always pushing its way back into the limelight with its regular updates and its expansive online play. Dan Houser, Rockstar co-founder and writer on both iconic series, recently departed the company to found a mysterious transmedia company dubbed Absurd Ventures. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Rockstar announces access to "rotating assortment" of iconic GTA games GTA voted game "most likely not to succeed" by Rockstar creators Take-Two founder Ryan Brant dies at 47 GTA and Red Dead Redemption 2 devs form new super studioNov 28, 2023 - PCGamesNGrand Theft Auto proves timeless even today, with its fifth entry still going strong a decade later and its sixth game looming over the horizon. Fellow beloved Rockstar game Red Dead Redemption 2 is also always pushing its way back into the limelight with its regular updates and its expansive online play. Dan Houser, Rockstar co-founder and writer on both iconic series, recently departed the company to found a mysterious multimedia company dubbed Absurd Ventures. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Rockstar announces access to "rotating assortment" of iconic GTA games GTA voted game "most likely not to succeed" by Rockstar creators Take-Two founder Ryan Brant dies at 47 A former GTA dev made an ill-fated blog about his experiences, and boy did Rockstar not like that: 'Maybe I'll try again in a decade or two'Nov 23, 2023 - PC GamerI love hearing about all the little bits of developer weirdness that go into making games—cursed rain orbs, hidden centrifuges, and, most recently, the revelation that Grand Theft Auto 3's weird moon sniping easter egg was due to an unresolved dispute between artists. That last one's thanks to a dev blog by Rockstar North's former technical director, Obbe Vermeij... Read more.Take-Two boss says Grand Theft Auto games rake in so much money, making a GTA movie isn't even worth the hassleNov 9, 2023 - PC GamerTwo of the biggest bits of videogame news to come along this week were Nintendo's announcement of a live-action Zelda movie, and Rockstar's promise of a proper Grand Theft Auto 6 reveal in December. That might naturally lead your wandering thoughts to wonder when Take-Two Interactive will get around to making the Grand Theft Auto-based Hollywood blockbuster that's such an obvious, almost obligatory, project... Read more.Rockstar announces access to "rotating assortment" of iconic GTA gamesSep 22, 2023 - PCGamesNGrand Theft Auto has long stood the test of time as one of the most iconic game series ever. Rockstar Games' long-lasting line of city-based criminal activity-focused experiences has just evolved even further with the company's new GTA+ subscription membership benefits. The developer just announced that all players subscribed will have access to a steadily changing selection of classic Grand Theft Auto games, from beloved entries like San Andreas to Vice City. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: GTA voted game "most likely not to succeed" by Rockstar creators Take-Two founder Ryan Brant dies at 47 The making of: Grand Theft Auto GTA-themed 'Cluckin' Bell' pop-up restaurant catches cease and desist from Take Two, so they're renaming it 'Don't Cluckin' Tell'Jul 18, 2023 - PC GamerOne of the culinary highlights of San Diego Comic Con 2022 was Cluckin' Bell, a popup fast-food joint based on the fictional Grand Theft Auto eatery of the same name. Alas, the chicken is off the menu for 2023, as Take-Two Interactive has issued a cease-and-desist order that's shut the whole thing down... Read more.The story of Rockstar's logo is a glimpse at the chaos of its early daysApr 15, 2023 - PC GamerRockstar's transformation from DMA Design—the Scottish developer behind the Lemming series as well as Grand Theft Auto—into an international publishing behemoth is a tale that's been told several times before. For starters, there's David Kushner's book Jacked: The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto, and BBC docudrama The Game Changers starring Daniel Radcliffe. There's even our own feature on how Rockstar made millions selling Scotland's natural export: dark comedy... Read more.GTA creator says no, sorry, it didn't start as a dinosaur gameNov 30, 2022 - PC GamerIf you can cast your mind as far back as yesterday, you'll remember a story about the original Grand Theft Auto game being based on a tech demo about a "dinosaur roaming around and destroying the buildings". The news came via Colin Macdonald, a former developer at DMA (now Rockstar North) in the 90s who told the tale to the BBC. But that story is now disputed by the creator of GTA 1's original prototype, Mike Dailly... Read more.DMA devs disagree over the dinosaur-based origins of the first GTA [Updated]Nov 29, 2022 - PC GamerUpdate: The designer of the original GTA prototype disputes this account. Speaking to PCG, Mike Dailly said that "There was never any Dinosaur tech demo". Instead, the first version of GTA 1 contained a chunk of code originally made for an earlier prototype of a game called Attack, "based on Cavemen and Dinosaurs," which is why it ran off a .bat file named "Dino". Somehow, that got distorted by memory into a much more twisty story of a dinosaur tech demo becoming GTA 1... Read more.GTA's original devs thought the game was dead in the waterNov 29, 2022 - PC GamerYesterday was the 25th anniversary of Grand Theft Auto 1's release, and it turns out that not everyone was convinced the series had a future ahead of it back in 1997. In fact, GTA was the project voted "most likely not to succeed" by devs at DMA Design (the studio now known as Rockstar North). It now makes half a billion dollars a year from GTA Online alone. I guess hindsight is 20/20... Read more.That time Rockstar turned down a Grand Theft Auto movie starring EminemNov 15, 2022 - PC GamerHi! My name is… anonymous 3D protagonist? In the early 2000s, Grand Theft Auto was transitioning from being a minor 2D hit (and tabloid cause celebre) into a cultural phenomenon. A new BBC podcast featuring Kirk Ewing, who worked on games including State of Emergency and Earthworm Jim 3D, touches on this period and what was going on: and the startling idea that a GTA movie starring Eminem was once on the table... Read more.GTA creator reports Rockstar put copyright strikes on his prototype videosAug 21, 2022 - PC GamerOne of the founding members of DMA Design, the studio that created the Grand Theft Auto franchise, is the latest victim of Take-Two and Rockstar's itchy copyright trigger finger. Videos posted to YouTube by developer Mike Dailly from his early time at DMA Design were taken down on copyright strikes. Dailly was the first employee at DMA Design and later created the graphics engine for GTA, the bedrock for the series' now-famous style... Read more.The original GTA's tank was a pedestrian bolted onto a carDec 12, 2021 - PC GamerStewart Waterson, an artist at DMA Design in the 1990s, is sharing behind-the-scenes stories about his work on the original Grand Theft Auto at Gamerhub. The first in the series explains how he landed the job (an art director saw his work as part of an exhibition and asked to talk to whoever did "all the weird shit"), and how he and coder Ian Johnson pushed for what was originally a driving game Race'n'Chase to be about crime... Read more.Unfinished VR mode found in GTA TrilogyNov 22, 2021 - EurogamerAn unfinished VR mode has been spotted in GTA Trilogy. Ben Turpin of Rockstar Intel tweeted a video showing the mode in action in San Andreas. It appears similar to the first person mode in GTA5, but is accessed using the command GTA.VR.1 in a debug menu, implying it's intended to be VR. "There is a debug Unreal command for GTA VR but it looks a little bit unfinished," said Walker. "Maybe it would be cool if they implemented this as a first-person option? It plays pretty well. Gunfights and punching will need tweaking, would be super cool for screenshots!" Read more Rockstar releases first post-launch update for Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive EditionNov 20, 2021 - EurogamerRockstar has released the first post-launch update for Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition. Title update 1.02 is available now for the GTA Trilogy on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X and S and Xbox One. Rockstar's patch notes page mentions the 1.02 update coming out for PlayStation and Xbox consoles only, but in the patch notes itself there are fixes for "all platforms", and, digging further, there is a solitary fix relating to the Nintendo Switch version of the game. Read more Rockstar apologises for GTA: Trilogy - Definitive Edition's "unexpected" issues, re-lists classic versions for PCNov 19, 2021 - EurogamerRockstar has apologised for the "unexpected" technical issues plaguing its widely lambasted Grand Theft Auto: Trilogy - Definitive Edition release, promising to put the classic versions of the games back on sale on PC and making them free to owners of the remaster. Rockstar's Definitive Edition, developed by Grove Street Games, launched last week and immediately attracted ire for its myriad issues, including progression crashes, a widely documented procession of (admittedly sometimes hilarious) bugs, poor performance across all consoles, and a host of art concerns. As Digital Foundry put it at the time, "The bottom line is that it's impossible to believe that this remaster was properly tested - and if it was, it seems that the bugs were not addressed by the developer. The end result is simply not good enough and this is such a shame. This is a landmark game and a genuinely important work." Read more Modders get to work on GTA Trilogy despite takedown concernsNov 15, 2021 - EurogamerModders have begun work on the GTA Trilogy - despite ongoing concern about potential takedowns from Take-Two. GTA Trilogy's disastrous launch came after a concerted campaign from Take-Two to scrub the internet of mods related to GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas. Take-Two even sued some of the people who reverse-engineered GTA code. But that hasn't put off some modders who have tried to remedy some of GTA Trilogy's numerous faults. Read more Disgruntled GTA: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition players demand refunds as backlash intensifiesNov 13, 2021 - EurogamerRockstar is being inundated with refund requests as the Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition backlash intensifies. The company's official Twitter support page has been replying to a constant stream of refund requests ever since Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition went on sale on 11th November. You can see why customers are demanding refunds, too: the PC version of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition has been unplayable for over two days now. Read more GTA Trilogy adds Big Head mode in secret cheat codeNov 12, 2021 - EurogamerA Big Head mode has been discovered in the remastered GTA Trilogy by using a secret code. And that secret code? The Konami code of course. The code works across all three games and causes both the player character and NPCs to grow an enormous head. Read more Rockstar pulls Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition from sale on PCNov 12, 2021 - EurogamerUPDATE 13TH NOV 2021: Rockstar pulled Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition from sale on PC to "remove files unintentionally included", it's admitted. ORIGINAL STORY 12TH NOV 2021: Rockstar has pulled Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition from sale on PC. This week the PC version launched exclusively on the Rockstar Games Launcher, which then suffered significant issues that made the game unplayable. Read more

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