Grand Theft Auto V Legacy News

Hands on with GTA V on PC: the "ultimate" port

Rockstar have sold 41 million copies of Grand Theft Auto V. 41 million. That's an unbelievable number. It also makes talking about the upcoming PC version of the game somewhat difficult.

The game has been rinsed: every car, every mission, every location, every little detail has been examined and dissected at length on YouTube, on forums, and on sites all over the web.

All that's left to say is this: Rockstar repeatedly call the PC version the "ultimate" or "definitive" version of the game.

And after playing it on a truly monstrous PC - an i7 with 16 Gb RAM running dual GeForce 980s, driving a 4K monitor at 60 frames-per-second, I think they've got a point.

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Grand Theft Auto V for PC now in its "final stages" - expect system requirements shortly

We grumbled when Rockstar let the prospect of a PC port for the new Grand Theft Auto drift along unmentioned for months, and then announced it as an afterthought - leaving ours the fifth and final platform.

But it's no good holding a grudge. The idea of a first-person GTA V - not to mention a chic range of new dogs - has made it essential playing. Rockstar are finishing up work ahead of the January release date of GTA V on PC, and will announce GTA 5 system requirements within the week.

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A Steam hiccup pulled Rockstar's games, then briefly brought back Midnight Club 2

Yesterday afternoon, Rockstar's games suddenly weren't available to buy on Steam. Were Rockstar pulling out in a big store scloosie hullaballo? Had Ian Gun, the inventor of guns, finally sent in his lawyers to demand royalties? Naw, looks like it was one big daft mistake. It did have one bright side, though. When Grand Theft Auto and the rest returned, so did Midnight Club 2, the racing game they actually had intentionally pulled from sale in 2018, giving people a fleeting opportunity to buy it again.

For a crime game all about doing nefarious acts, Grand Theft Auto 5 doesn't involve much murder - comparatively speaking, at least. A kill-count of every mandatory kill has concluded the Mass Effect series is more violent, on a pure killing other NPCs level, anyway.

The science was done by Reddit user TK-576, who broke down their methodology and results in a post. Across Franklin, Michael, and Trevor, the player is forced to kill 726 enemies. Franklin has the most blood on his hands, murdering 295, Trevor's next at 258, and Michael's slacking behind with only 172. The three have one together, from the end of the open-world game.

Getting the minimum viable body count - MVBC for short - took some amount of patience. No innocent bystanders could be hurt, a difficulty in any Rockstar action-adventure game, the stealth route was always used, or a quick escape if feasible, and for stages that had endless respawn until you switched to a certain character, options were tested to find the quickest pattern. There's no way to avoid all the cops collapsing in 'Blitz Play', the post says, but they managed to find a speedrun that meant the player doesn't pull the trigger to kill them. Off on a technicality, but off nonetheless.

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GTA Online's weekly update is all about racing

It's Thursday in the real world, which means it's reset day in Los Santos. While Rockstar will reveal the official rundown in the newswire later, GTA Online players have already jumped into the online game to see what's new and what's worth doing this week.

By the looks of things, racing is very much the thing that's worth doing this week if you're looking to raise some extra money. Time trials, RC time trials, and RC Bandito stunt races offer up twice their usual reward. If you need to catch a break from all the motoring, you can see three times the Sumo adversary mode's standard reward. It's still car themed, but it's all about nudging your pals off the top of a very tall building. We have garages packed with fancy cars, so it's a good week to put them to work.

There are plenty of discounts on offer, too, which means that somewhere a GTA Online player is cursing their luck because they didn't wait a week to buy a particular car. The Progen PR4, Ocelot R88, and Souther San Andreas Super Autos Rc Bandito are currently 40% off, while the Grotti Brioso 300 is 30% off.

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Grand Theft Auto V Legacy News

Hands on with GTA V on PC: the "ultimate" port

Grand Theft Auto V for PC now in its "final stages" - expect system requirements shortly

A Steam hiccup pulled Rockstar's games, then briefly brought back Midnight Club 2

GTA 5 has less murder than the Mass Effect trilogy

GTA Online's weekly update is all about racing