Grand Theft Auto V Legacy News

Grand Theft Auto V's Twitch viewership is up 227% this year

GTA V was the fourth most watched game on Twitch in 2019 and viewership grew 227% from last year, according to new figures.

Despite GTA V celebrating its sixth birthday this year, it saw a massive explosion in popularity on Twitch that puts it's total viewership behind only League of Legends, Fortnite, and the Just Chatting section. As the report from Stream Elements and Arsenal.gg highlights, GTA V viewership has more than tripled from 2018. This is thanks mainly to streamers using role playing mods in custom 'RP servers' and going around GTA V's incredibly detailed world as their characters while interacting with other role players.

Streamers such as Jaryd 'Summit1g' Lazar and Saqib 'Lirik' Zahid have been some of the big names who have streamed a lot of GTA V content in 2019 and their viewers have contributed towards the total watch time of over 500 million hours. Further stats from SullyGnome show that GTA V has had an average viewership of around 64,000 during the last 12 months across the whole of Twitch.

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Hong Kong protesters clash on Grand Theft Auto V

Scenes of the Hong Kong protests are being replicated in real time in Grand Theft Auto V's Los Santos following the addition of riot gear, yellow hard hats, and more.

The cosmetics were added as part of the Diamond Casino Heist update, and the news of the new additions was spread through LIHKG, which is like the Hong Kong version of Reddit. It was then that the violent clashes representing the struggle against Chinese oppression started on the GTAV servers, according to the BBC (via PCGamesN).

The outfit is being dubbed 'Glory to Hong Kong' by its supporters and is being used by thousands of 'Stand With Hong Kong' crew members in game, who are throwing Molotovs at police cars, and damaging public areas such as subway stations. These instances pale in comparison to the current situation in Hong Kong though.

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GTA 5 Cheats: every cheat code for PC, PS4, and Xbox One

Grand Theft Auto 5 features one of the most expansive open worlds in gaming, which makes it a trek to explore on foot. Sure, you could hail a taxi, or steal a random car on the side of the road, but there is an easier way to get around. There are times where it would be far less complicated to simply spawn a helicopter right at your feet, and these GTA 5 cheats will help you do exactly that, plus much more.

We've assembled a list of GTA 5 cheats to help make your time in Los Santos even more enjoyable. Whether you want to become fully invincible, or you want to have every gun available on a whim, these cheats will transform you into an unstoppable force. Be warned that using any of these cheats will disable achievements/trophies from unlocking during your current session. It may be worth loading up a separate save when you want to mess around with cheats to avoid any issues.

It doesn't matter if you're using a PC, Xbox, or PS4 as we've listed every platform to ensure you have all the best cheats at your disposal. The method of inputting the cheat codes varies between PC and console, so we'll focus on how to use these codes first.

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GTA V RP community raises over $40,000 and creates in-game tribute to Blue622

The Grand Theft Auto V role-playing community has raised well over $40,000 and left a fitting tribute in the NoPixel server to Kenny 'Blue622' Tancredi, who died unexpectedly earlier this week at the age of 30.

Blue622 was credited with popularising the NoPixel server and GTA V role-playing in general after introducing top streamers such as Jaryd 'Summit1g' Lazar to it. The news of his death sent shockwaves through the role-playing community, but they have rallied to raise over $40,000 on a GoFundMe page that will go towards a memorial monument for his gravesite, with the rest being passed on to "others in Kenny's memory." This included a $5,000 donation from Summit1g.

To commemorate Blue622, GTA V players gathered at the location of his house in the NoPixel server. A Reddit post also shows that the developers of the server have coded Blue622's character model and car to be outside the house permanently in his memory.

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The fastest bikes in GTA 5

Are you struggling to pick up podium placements in Grand Theft Auto 5 motorcycle races? You're not alone. Learning what to pick in the vehicle selection screen of a GTA Online race is difficult enough, especially if custom vehicles are enabled.

But it doesn't have to be hard. We all know that one wrong selection can lead to a pretty rough race, so if you're clever enough to do your research to find out what the fastest bikes in GTA 5 actually are, you're more likely to have more successful races.

There's a lot to think about, though. While you might be tempted to opt for a bike based on its in-game stats or how quickly you think it can do 0-60mph, it's worth considering other factors, like handling and traction too. So with all of that in mind, here are the fastest bikes in GTA 5, based on their top speed, lap times, and price.

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