Grand Theft Auto V Legacy News

GTA Online weekly update introduces the Slamtruck, baby

It's reset day in Los Santos, and that can only mean one thing. GTA Online players are dipping into the crime game to see what's new, discounted, and offering the best potential to make money. Rockstar has provided it's own round up on its newswire, but most people choose not to wait as reset happens well before that.

One of the more prominent additions this week is a new car called the Slamtruck. Is it particularly lovely looking? No, not really, but it's a truck that slams and we're all here for it. If you want to add this beast to your garage, you can pick it up from Southern San Andreas Super Autos for $1.3 million in-game.

If you're looking to raise some funds for your new Slamtruck, you ought to know that bunker sale missions are offering double rewards. If you're new to those types of tasks, they typically involve picking up and shifting stock for money. It's a good week to get into it as bunkers and bunker renovation are 40% off. Bunker research speed has been doubled, too.

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Take-Two Interactive patent could point to a bigger, better world for the next Grand Theft Auto

Large-scale outdoor urban environments, crowded with people and vehicles, are difficult to simulate accurately in videogames—just ask CD Projekt. A huge number of moving parts is required to make the scenes believable, but the more that number goes up, the more likely it is that something, somewhere, is going to go spectacularly haywire...
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Steam Global Top Sellers for the Week ending 17 January 2021

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For the first time, GTA 5 did not make NPD's year-end best-seller list (but there's a reason)

The NPD has released its monthly breakdown of videogame sales in the US, and since the most recent month was December, this means we get to look at the top-selling games of the year. 2020 presents us with a massive milestone for the annual NPD charts, though: it's the first time that Grand Theft Auto 5 has not been among the 20 best-selling of the year.

GTA 5 was the eleventh best-selling title of the year in both 2019 and 2018, and its place was (naturally) even higher in previous years. But its absence from the 2020 chart doesn't mean it's stopped selling. In fact, on this year's UK charts GTA ranked in third place, just behind Black Ops - Cold War.

So why is GTA completely missing from the 2020 US charts? Because digital sales of Rockstar parent company Take-Two's games are no longer included in the tracking group's list of best-selling titles - presumably at the publisher's request. This does mean that retail sales of physical game copies, which are tracked, were not enough to get GTA 5 to chart, but it's likely the game still would've made the top 20 if digital sales were included.

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GTA Online weekly update brings double rewards for survivals

It's Thursday, which means a new raft of discounts and bonuses have come to Los Santos. Rockstar typically reveals this in full later in the day, which it has now done, but the changes happen at reset, so GTA Online players have a mull around and find out what's new for themselves - why wait, you know?

If you're looking to make any extra dosh this week, you'll find that cash and reward prizes are doubled for survival matches. The multiplayer game mode has been around for a while and involves defending yourself or another player from hordes of enemies. It can be played by up to four people, and unlocks after you hit level 15 in GTA Online.

It's also looking like a wonderful week to deck out your Kosatka submarine if you, er, have one. You can get 25% off such features as guided missiles and the sonar station. There are discounts on various vehicles, too, such 40% off the Buzzard, Reaper, and Sea Sparrow. You'll also find that the Coquette D10 is 30% off. Fancy trying your luck at the Diamond Casino's Wheel of Fortune? The GTA 5 podium car is currently the Pegassi Toreador.

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