GTA Online made Rockstar Games nearly $500m, yes half a billion, in just 12 months nearly 10 years on according to a new report. This comes after Take-Two Interactive recently announced GTA V had passed 185 million copies sold. Insane money making In a new article by The Wall Street Journal, the outlet discusses why investing in Take-Two right now is a good idea ahead of GTA 6 releasing. The article states analysts at Visible Alpha estimate “Grand Theft Auto Online generated nearly $500 million in Take-Two’s most recent fiscal year”. To put this into perspective, GTA Online generated at…
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Aaron Trueman
As a fan of Rockstar Games and part of the GTA community, Aaron used his passion to co-found and run GTA Online News / RockstarINTEL.
Red Dead Redemption has just released on PS4 and Nintendo Switch. The game’s PS4 version is backwards compatible on the PS5 so no native version. One content creator has shared their findings including what resolution it runs at and new settings. Is it 4K on PS5? In a video by YouTuber The PlayStation Tester, the game runs at 4K resolution at 30 frames per second on PS5. New graphics settings There are several new graphics settings in the settings menu to allow the game to run better. It’s quite interesting to see FSR 2.2 make its way into this re-release…
#Ad Disclosure: Rockstar Games kindly provided me with copy of Red Dead Redemption on Nintendo Switch ahead of its release. No coverage was required in exchange for the copy nor is it editorialised by Rockstar Games. This message is to be compliant with the advertising standards guidelines. Today, Rockstar Games have released two new versions of their masterpiece Red Dead Redemption. In this article I’ll be sharing my experience playing the Nintendo Switch version of the game so far. 2023 has been a busy year of great games so finishing a Switch playthrough before its official release was a task…
Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2 have continued their strong form from the first half of 2023 in terms of sales and downloads. The results of July 2023 show these two from Rockstar Games beat out titles newly released in 2023. New reports with verified data shows these two titles from Rockstar Games just keep on going despite their age and brand new blockbuster releases. We’re over half way into the year now and the two titles are hanging on in the charts, even topping some of them. PlayStation reveals GTA V tops the charts PlayStation have…
The GTA 6 hack has led to the US government looking for stricter protection for companies such as Rockstar Games. Back in September 2022, a teenage hacker allegedly hacked Rockstar Games releasing 90 videos of GTA 6. This also came with a threat of leaking its source code. The teenager was arrested and pled not guilt. Over the last few months the teen has been charged on several different counts and deemed unfit to stand trial. It wasn’t only Rockstar Games who suffered at the hands of this teenager. Prosecutors claim just days before the Rockstar hack, he broke into…
GTA RP server Nopixel has released a teaser video for a major update coming to the service. The server’s community have been eagerly awaiting the next chapter and we now have an official video showing off some of what it will contain. What’s coming? Posted to the Nopixel Twitter account, a 39 second video reveals a list of new content. The first line reads 100 new lore vehicles. This is followed up by new vehicle handling for Nopixel’s breadth of motors. There will also be 300 new vehicle sounds according to the teaser to go with this. After the list…
In an unexpected announcement, Rockstar Games have revealed the acquisition of cfx.re, the development team behind popular mods FiveM and RedM that allowed roleplay (GTA RP). Rockstar posted a Tweet on Friday saying “Today, we are proud to announce that Cfx.re — the team behind the biggest Rockstar roleplay and creator communities, FiveM and RedM — are now officially a part of Rockstar Games” Mod policy They linked a Newswire post that shares more details about this business decision. The company explain they have “watched with excitement as Rockstar’s creative community have found new ways to expand the possibilities of…
Images of physical Red Dead Redemption PS4 and Nintendo Switch copies have been shared online by retailers. Rockstar Games announced this new port of Red Dead Redemption for these consoles this week. However, there is a staggered release of the digital and physical releases just like the GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition. The digital release date is Thursday 17th August on both the PlayStation Store and Nintendo eshop for $49.99 / £39.99. Meanwhile, the disc and cartridge versions are coming out on October 13th. Game case images UK retailers have begun posting product listings and taking pre-orders for these physical copies.…
It’s a new content packed week in GTA Online! Along with the usual bonuses, discounts etc, Rockstar Games have added several new pieces of content as part of the San Andreas Mercenaries update. Check out everything happening below. New vehicle The Buckingham Weaponized Conada has been added to GTA Online. It costs $3,385,000 from Warstock Cache & Carry. This is the latest vehicle part of the GTA Online San Andreas Mercenaries dripfeed content. New Cayo Perico job A new Adversary Mode titled Assault on Cayo Perico is now live in the game. A team of attackers and defenders face off…
During Take-Two Interactive’s Q1 2024 quarterly earnings presentation, CEO Strauss Zelnick discussed the success of Rockstar Games’ titles over the past three months. From GTA V to Red Dead 2, we go over all of his statements in this article. Grand Theft Auto V goes big for Take-Two Take-Two Interactive revealed that Grand Theft Auto V sold over 185 million copies, up from the over 180m in May. Grand Theft Auto V normally sells an average of 5 million every month. The total sales of the Grand Theft Auto series is now at over 405 million copies worldwide, up 5…