Author: Aaron Trueman

As a fan of Rockstar Games and part of the GTA community, Aaron used his passion to co-found and run GTAOnline News / RockstarINTEL.

Rockstar Games co-founder’s studio have announced their first projects. The studio titled Absurd Ventures is the latest endeavour by Rockstar co-founder and storied writer Dan Houser. We reported earlier this week that Absurd Ventures have hired key Rockstar Games veterans as they start up. Alongside Mr Houser, Lazlow Jones, wildly know for his work on the Grand Theft Auto in-game radio stations, was a founding member. Michael Unsworth, the Vice President of Writing at Rockstar left the company after 19 years to join Absurd. He currently servers as Head of Story & Creative Management. Adam Tedman also had 19 years…

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It’s another week in GTA Online! Well, this is an extended event week. Rockstar Games have revealed what is happening in the game via a News Wire post. Find out if we have unlocked new GTA Online content and more below. Log-in unlock Log into GTA Online from now until December 11th to earn the Galaxy livery for the Mammoth Avenger. Community event ends Rockstar Games announced two new community challenges for GTA Online last week. The company issued an update on them today. The Sprunk & eCola Challenge has been completed. As a collective, the GTA Online community needed…

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The GTA Trilogy is coming to Netflix next month the streaming company has announced. The 3 classic titles included in Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy — The Definitive Edition are finally getting their mobile release. We’ve got a release date, screenshots, what devices will run it and more in this article so continue reading to find out everything! Netflix does games? Back in October, we covered a report from The Wall Street Journal who claimed GTA would be coming to Netflix. We also speculated that this could be how the mobile versions of the GTA Trilogy get released. Netflix not…

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Rockstar Games have released new merchandise just in time for their 25th anniversary. The company posted on X/Twitter late Tuesday about their new merch release that features several new items. These range from clothing to collectables. The new patches are a particular highlight among fans. These feature iconography from Rockstar’s back catalogue of games and their own branding. Some fans have even speculated the “I heart VC” is a reference to the upcoming GTA 6 trailer. That is not the case. These patches were given out to Rockstar Games employees in 2019 along with a backpack as their Christmas gift…

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Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser’s new studio has hired veterans he worked alongside for many years. His new endeavour, “Absurd Ventures”, has also teased when some some big announcements will be happening. On top of that, new trademarks have been uncovered which may have given us the name of upcoming projects. After he created headlines when he left Rockstar Games in March 2020, the storied games developer joined NFT/web3 studio Revolving Games as an adviser and investor. Then back in June, Mr Houser announced Absurd Ventures. The company said in a press release “Absurd is building narrative worlds, creating characters, and…

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GTA Online has been nominated for an award in The Game Awards. The Game Awards is the most popular ceremony that celebrates games in the past 12 months. This event also reveals new games, trailers, updates and more. Over thirty categories are part of this year’s awards show which takes place on December 7th. Fans have been able to vote in these categories for a couple of weeks. Both the fan vote and jury vote are combined to find the winner. The jury is made up of over a hundred ” jury of over 100 global media and influencer outlets”. These…

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Red Dead Redemption 2 just hit a new peak player count as the game continue to sell well. Despite releasing over 5 years ago, Rockstar’s western masterpiece has seen another resurgence in terms of the amount of players playing at the same time. And this is only counting Steam players, no consoles or other PC versions. Following a discount on Black Friday in 2022, the game hit a then record of 66,492 players on Steam at the same time. This actually continued to grow through the new year. We reported in the early days of January 2023 it surpassed 69,000…

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Rockstar Games have shared their feelings which have put an end to a blog by a ex-developer at the company. This might not come as much of a surprise based on previous actions taken by Rockstar and its parent company. Last year, the creator of GTA posted his prototypes before they were hit with a copyright claim. Over the past few days, we’ve been reporting on the fascinating insights provided by former technical director at Rockstar North Obbe Vermeij. Many community members have shared their love for Obbe’s blog posts which have revealed some very interesting and fun info from…

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It’s another big week in GTA Online! From Thanksgiving to Black Friday and community challenges, it’s all happening. Find out if we have unlocked new GTA Online content and more in Los Santos below. Black Friday Discounts Rockstar Games have announced their Black Friday sale inside of GTA Online. Starting on November 24th through the 28th, you can save big on these items: 70% off: 50% off: 40% off: 25% off: New login unlock Log into GTA Online this week to unlock the Turkey Mask that celebrates Thanksgiving. The Diamond Casino Heist gift and diamonds There is a higher chance…

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An ex-Rockstar Games director has revealed some GTA San Andreas development secrets. These include early decisions made on the map and how their own confidence became an issue. The former technical director at Rockstar North, Obbe Vermeij, started a blog this month titled, “inside rockstar north”. He is sharing memories and reasons behind some of the ways Rockstar made their classic games. During his spell at the Scottish studio from 1995 to 2009, Obbe worked on several big titles at Rockstar. GTA III, Vice City, San Andreas, and GTA VI are just a few of the games he has been…

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