Author: Aaron Trueman

A new and unexpected Red Dead Redemption 2 update has been released by Rockstar Games. It removes features from Red Dead Online. This change by Rockstar has annoyed some fans. A similar change was made to GTA Online earlier this year. Despite no new major content updates in years, Rockstar Games are still continuing to perform basic updates and Event Months. This time, a downloadable patch was not required as the changes were made server side by the game’s developers. The changes have been made to Posse and Horse names in Red Dead Online. All custom names for Posses and…

Rockstar Games have just released a new GTA Online update just days after the last one. That update included the addition of a new anti-cheat, BattlEye. Whilst it has brought the end to various mod menus plaguing GTA Online, it also ended Steam Deck/Linux support and other problems. First spotted by Gtamen on Twitter, this new patch is a small one focused on fixing issues in the PC version of GTA Online. We have the download sizes various PC versions plus the patch notes below. Download Size On the Rockstar Games Launcher, it is 453.59MB, on Steam. What does it…

The team behind FiveM, Cfx.re, have released a lengthy blog post providing an update to FiveM and RedM. This comes just over one year on from Rockstar Games’ purchase of the platform and team. Each month, Cfx.re release a “Community Pulse” that updates players on what’s going on with FiveM and RedM. This month’s post is quite a detailed one as the team celebrate 1 year under Rockstar Games’ wings. The blog post kicks off with a thank you to all players, server owners, creators and more who have been part of the FiveM/RedM journey so far. They also reveal…

A fan has begun porting GTA San Andreas’ map into Assassin’s Creed Unity. Whilst these two games are completely, different from each other, that has not stopped YouTuber Sliderv2 from attempting this unexpected mashup. As commenter @blakegriplingph says, we just got Grove Street in the Animus before GTA 6… Only in the past few weeks have custom map mods been possible in Assassin’s Creed titles. Much like other early modding attempts in games with CJ, GTA San Andreas kicks this new feat off. In a video posted to their YouTube channel, Sliderv2 showed footage of Assassin’s Creed Unity protagonist Arno…

Nopixel 5.0 has officially been confirmed to be in development along with teases of how it will change GTA RP. It has been nine months since nopixel 4.0 released with a ton of enhancements but a new chapter in the roleplay server’s story is soon to be written. This upcoming update is set to be another big one. Owner of nopixel, Koil, posted a Tweet confirming nopixel 5.0’s existence. “Excited to share that nopixel 5.0 is currently in development” Koil said along with some big promises. According to the GTA RP server’s owner, it will be “built from the ground…

Hugely popular Twitch streamer Kai Cenat has had an emotional reaction to finding out Rockstar Games following him on Twitter and sending him a message to meet them. However, he has missed this chance of meeting the community team at Rockstar Games. Cenat was live when he realised the GTA 6 studio were following his Twitter account. “Oh my gosh” he exclaimed a few times whilst his chat asked if he’s in GTA VI. Then the streamer quickly noticed Rockstar Games sent him a direct message. After being stunned into silence for a few seconds, he shares his screen showing…

GTA Online has suffered network attacks by disgruntled players following the launch of a new anti-cheat. First spotted by content creator Mors Mutual, both GTA Online and Red Dead Online servers went down. Fans loading into GTA Online to kick off their weekend experienced login issues for a short while. These issues were reported on Rockstar’s own service status site. It showed GTA Online and Red Dead Online for all platforms had limited access. After a short time of downtime, the servers did resume back to their normal functionality. However, it might not be the last of it. Mors notes…

GTA V was the best selling game during August in the UK and Europe. Plus the game fought new blockbuster games to maintain its place in the most downloaded PS5 game charts. Sony and UK & Europe chart data has just been released showing where Rockstar’s titles such as GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2 keep doing. GTA V surprises in PS5 chart PlayStation have shared their monthly game charts on PS5, PS4, PSVR and F2P games for June this week. GTA V was the second most downloaded game in July. Then in August we saw big hitting titles like Black…

Alongside the introduction of Battleye anti-cheat in GTA Online, Rockstar Games are now taking unban requests. The company shared a new article on their support site titled “Rockstar Games Online Suspension and Ban Policy”. The article goes into detail on how suspensions and bans work in their games such as GTA Online. For example, breaking Rockstar’s Community Guidelines or Terms of Service will result in an immediate suspension. Continued violations lead to an immediate ban. These are no expiration date. Plus, this covers ALL Rockstar Games’ Online Services. Everything part of your GTA Online career such as progress, cash and…

It has been a turbulent few days for GTA Online players on devices running Linux such as the Steam Deck. After 9 years, Rockstar Games finally implemented a third party anti-cheat which surprised the entire GTA community. Whilst it was met with joy for the most part, it came with a major side effect: no more Steam Deck or Linux support for GTA Online. As we mentioned in a previous article, it is possible to use the BattlEye anti-cheat Linux-based devices with Proton. It is up to the developer to contact BattlEye to enable it for their game. BattlEye say…