Author: Aaron Trueman

Rockstar Games have just shared how much money they paid out to hackers last year. This headline might come as a big surprise to many but it is true, Rockstar do indeed pay hackers who find issues and report them to the company rather than exploiting players. As spotted by gta.com.ua, Rockstar Games posted a 2024 round-up on their official HackerOne page. HackerOne is a website that lets anyone report hacks they’re able to achieve on a company’s services. Organisations offer a monetary bounty for the report, reproduction steps and potential fixes. This is ethical hacking and it important to…

Rockstar Games just confused a lot of GTA 6 fans with their boxing sponsorship once again. As fans of the company and their games can’t stop dreaming of a second trailer or any information for that matter, Rockstar Games shared an unexpected post on social media. On Friday, Rockstar shared on Instagram a boxing match poster and caption saying “Watch @lucasroehrig1 — trained and managed by former world champion @stgeorgegroves — in his second pro bout this Saturday Feb 1! 🥊 See it on @skysportsboxing in the UK and @peacock in the US.” This led to many followers sharing their…

It seems like Rockstar Games are gearing up to release the next-gen feature set update/release to GTA Online for PC. That’s according to a new survey the company distributed to select players of GTA Online. We learned late last year from Rockstar that they would finally be bringing the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S content to PC in “the new year”. The first month of the new year has passed without any news from Rockstar so fans have been left wondering when it will arrive. Last night, Rockstar Games enthusiast mnm345 shared on Twitter an interesting question Rockstar Games asked…

Red Dead Redemption 2 hit a new peak player count twice in a week. Rockstar released their sequel to the legendary western game back in 2018 to huge praise and tens of millions of copies sold since. Even as time has gone on, the game has seen several surges in popularity from returning players to whole groups of new outlaws. Last week, we reported how Red Dead Redemption 2 had reached 86,717 concurrent players on Stream. This is was up almost 10,000 more players than the previous record which was set in November 2023. As of February 2nd, it gained…

A pre-release version of GTA Vice City has been leaked. In turn, fans who have downloaded the unfinished build of the game have shared some very interesting details and changes about it. First shared on socials by Rockstar Games enthusiast Vadim M., a user on the GTA Forums shared a download link to this pre-launch version of Grand Theft Auto Vice City. According to Vadim, the build is for the PS2 dated 2nd October 2002, just under a month from release. Even though it is so close to the launch of the game, there are some notable changes and inclusions…

Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser has just revealed his first game since leaving the company he built. Over the past few years, we’ve reported on Houser’s latest work including Absurd Ventures, a new multimedia company he set up and how he’s hired many Rockstar Games veterans along the way. We’ve seen Absurd Ventures kick off their multimedia plans with A Better Paradise and American Caper podcasts and graphics novels and how a game will be set in the Paradise universe but today’s news adds a new game to the roster. According to a press release (via Venture Beat), Absurdaverse is a…

It’s a big new content Event Week in GTA Online! To celebrate the Year of the Snake and Lunar New Year, there are several rewards, events and bonuses live in the game. This week runs from January 30th through February 5th. Special Rewards And Bonuses Completing one Dispatch Work Job will grant you the Black Square Shades and GTA$100,000 (within 72 hours). Meanwhile you can earn triple LS Car Meet Rep on eligible activities. Login Rewards Log into GTA Online this week to receive the Black Snake Yogarishima Outfit, Red Serpent Leather Jacket, Snake Soul Pendant, Snake King Pendant, Red…

A former Rockstar Games animator that worked on their most recent releases has shared details about his time at the company. During a new interview, the ex-employee also revealed a shake up to combat that he pitched for GTA V. The developer in question worked at Rockstar Games’ New England office between 2012 and 2017. This meant he had a hand in the development of both Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2. Some of the specific work he did for GTA V includes character switching animations between the trio. For Red Dead Redemption 2 he largely focused…

A question many people have asked is will any protagonists from other GTA games feature in GTA 6? There is a lot of hope for Tommy from Vice City but also the GTA V trio who have become famous in and out of game. GTA V’s story ends with the player being able to make 1 of 3 choices which decides the fate of a couple of them. There is a “canon” ending though Trevor’s actor would like to see inspiration taken from one of the others… Trevor’s Idea Actor Steven Ogg who is best known for his work as…

Red Dead Redemption 2 just hit a new peak player count as the game continue to sell very well. Rockstar released this western masterpiece over 6 years ago to huge praise and millions of copies sold at launch. Even as time has gone on, the game has seen several surges in popularity from returning players to whole groups of new outlaws. On January 26th, the game broke its own concurrent player count several times. Since the start of the day, I had been monitoring the count via SteamDB and it just kept climbing. At the time of writing (3:01pm GMT),…