Grand Theft Auto V Legacy News

Rockstar wants its games to run better on Steam Deck despite GTA Online debacle

In a fresh update for the Rockstar launcher, the studio behind the iconic Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption franchises is trying to make its games run better on Steam Deck. This is despite recently willfully removing compatibility for the online portion of GTA 5.

The Steam Deck is still the best handheld gaming PC on the market as an all-around package, and Rockstar will be aware of this situation given the popularity of its games, particularly Grand Theft Auto 5, on the handheld. It frequently features in the most-played games each month, but a recent update made GTA 5 Unsupported on Steam Deck.

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Haunted Vehicles and Supernatural Creatures Plague the Streets of Los Santos

The Halloween-inspired commotion in Los Santos is spreading. More mayhem is appearing around every corner, with haunted vehicles and supernatural creatures now roaming the streets. Confront chaos in Halloween Deathmatches, don more spooky masks, and boost your earnings in Freemode Events and Challenges.

Plus, claim the Purple Glow and Green Glow Skeleton Onesies from the North Yankton Nightmare Community Challenge, and you can now create your own zombie encounters with undead additions to the GTA Online Survival Creator. Brace yourself for the seasonally strange occurrences to reach new heights as the UFO sighting stories give way to tales of full-blown extraterrestrial abduction.

COMMUNITY CHALLENGE REWARDS

Having successfully banished more than 800 million zombies in the North Yankton Nightmare Community Challenge the GTA Online community has unlocked the Purple Glow and Green Glow Skeleton Onesies — along with the Orange Glow Skeleton Onesie and the Red Hooded Skull Mask initially awarded last week. Claim these ghoulish rewards by logging in anytime this week.

Experiment with the undead in your own custom GTA Online Jobs as Zombie pedestrians are now available in the Survival Creator to create your own wave-based horrors. Make sure to use the tag #CommunitySeries when publishing your Jobs for the chance to be featured in a future Community Series.

See full event details at the Rockstar Newswire.

Slashers Creep Up on Locals as Halloween Chaos Escalates

Reports of Slashers stalking Los Santos are through the roof, including bruised and blemished clones wandering the streets in search of prospective targets. There’s also an added paranormal streak to the citywide chaos, with increased UFO sightings alongside reports that these alien vessels are teleporting anyone within touching distance to undisclosed locations.

2X GTA$ AND RP ON SLASHER

Stalk a team of up to seven Hunted as the Slasher, armed with a shotgun. After three minutes, the dynamic shifts as the Hunted become the hunters, receiving shotguns of their own. Both sides of this conflict walk away with Double Rewards all week long.

NORTH YANKTON NIGHTMARE COMMUNITY CHALLENGE

Congratulations! After making quick work of the North Yankton Nightmare Challenge's initial target by vanquishing over 200 million zombies in the popular new Ludendorff Cemetery Survival over the span of two days, we upped the ante to 800 million and now you're poised to soar past that mark imminently.

Play GTA Online this week to receive the Orange Glow Skeleton Onesie and the Red Hooded Skull Mask, and look for the Purple Glow and Green Glow Skeleton Onesies to arrive as early as next week.

Bravely fighting off these waves of ambling, reanimated corpses also continues to yield Double Rewards.

See full event details at the Rockstar Newswire

Good news culture lovers, Grand Theft Hamlet, that film about Shakespeare in GTA Online, is coming to UK cinemas in time for Christmas

There's a film about some folks putting on a production of Shakespeare's Hamlet in GTA Online, and it's actually gonna be coming out in a manner which means that if, like me, you're mildly curious about it and live in the UK, you'll be able to go and see it as the flim gods intended later this year.

Last week, Rockstar Games announced a new limited-time zombie mode for GTA Online that would see hordes of the undead let loose around North Yankton. This snowy town is from the beginning of GTA 5's story, a location that players haven't been let back into for a very long time (unless you could master a series of glitches to clip into the area). At first, players weren't quite sure what was in store for them, but now that the mode is out, it's clear that zombies are a recipe for success...
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